Umfang:
1 online resource (217 pages)
Ausgabe:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9780815357155
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9781351124911
Serie:
Critical Issues in Global Politics Series
Inhalt:
In this second edition, the authors present new developments in the sustainability discussion and argue that a new understanding of sustainability is needed if we are to truly serve future generations ecologically, economically, and equitably
Anmerkung:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of boxes -- Preface -- Organization of the book -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Why do we define? -- A universally accepted definition? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 1 A brief history: the early debates that shaped sustainability -- Preservation or conservation? -- Limits and growth -- The physical laws of thermodynamics -- Summary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 2 A brief history: international sustainable development events, agreements, and commitments -- "Sustainability's" timeline -- The Brundtland Report -- United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) - the Rio Conference -- World summit on sustainable development - Johannesburg -- Rio +20, SDGs, and climate meetings -- Summary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 3 Multidisciplinary influences in defining sustainability -- The natural sciences -- Biodiversity and resilience -- Maximum sustainable yield -- Economics -- Ecological economics -- Weak and strong sustainability -- A steady state economy -- The social sciences -- Political science -- Sociology -- Psychology -- Anthropology -- Summary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4 Government responses to the sustainability challenge -- The implementation gap -- International commitments to sustainable development -- Rio and Agenda 21 -- The millennium development goals -- The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- The Johannesburg plan of implementation -- The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development declaration on green growth -- National governmental sustainability -- The United States -- The European Union -- Developing nations -- African nations -- Bhutan -- Brazil and China -- Measures of national sustainability -- The RobecoSAM index -- The Environmental Performance Index - Yale University
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The Sustainable Society Foundation -- High achievers - Finland -- High achievers - Sweden -- Changing world leadership in the Global North -- History -- The United States today -- Europe today -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 5 Non-governmental organizations and sustainability -- Sustainability and business -- "Greenwashing" -- The transportation sector -- Non-governmental organizations -- Higher education institutions -- Individuals and sustainable living -- Summary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Neo-sustainability -- Redefining sustainability -- Neo-sustainability -- The three rules of neo-sustainability -- Situating neo-sustainability in existing frameworks -- The spaceman economy -- The natural step -- Environmental justice -- The ecological footprint -- Cradle to cradle -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Appendix: the Rio Principles - excerpted from the Rio Declaration, UNCED (1992) -- Index
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Farley, Heather M. Sustainability Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2020 ISBN 9780815357155
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
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