UID:
almafu_9959230652402883
Format:
1 online resource (218 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
1-136-55237-5
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1-136-55238-3
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1-281-82743-6
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9786611827434
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600-00-1125-3
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1-84977-324-6
Content:
At a time of increasingly rapid environmental deterioration and climate change, sustainability is one of the most important issues facing the world. Can we create a sustainable society? What would that mean? How should we set about doing it? How can we bring about such a profound change in the way things are organized? This text tackles these questions directly. It covers: historical development of the concept of sustainability; contemporary debates about how to achieve it; and obstacles and the prospects for overcoming them. This new fully revised edition covers the latest on the climate chan
Note:
Rev. ed. of: The principles of sustainability. 2002.
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Cover; the PRINCIPLES of SUSTAINABILITY; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction; Part One PAST; 1 Progress and its Discontents; 2 From Muir to Meadows; 3 Sustainability Emerging; 4 From Rio to Kyoto and Later Disappointments; Part Two PRESENT; 5 What Does 'Sustainable Development' Mean?; 6 Taking Sustainability into Economics; 7 'Putting a Price on the Planet'; 8 The Ethics of Sustainability; Part Three FUTURE; 9 The End of Sustainability?; References; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84407-496-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84407-706-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781849773249
