The Principles of Sustainability
Simon Dresner(Author)
Earthscan Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 1. October 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-85383-842-2 (ISBN)
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Description
At a time of increasingly rapid environmental deterioration, 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 goes beyond rhetoric to explain the deeper issues of sustainable development in a way that seeks to be accessible and interesting to the non-specialist reader. It covers: historical development of the concept of sustainability; contemporary debates about how to achieve it; and obstacles and the prospects for overcoming them. The work should be useful to students, academics and activists concerned with sustainable development. It assumes no previous knowledge of the subject.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
figures, tables, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 149 mm
Weight
323 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85383-842-2 (9781853838422)
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Content
Introduction; Part I: Past Progress and its Discontents; From Muir to Meadow; Sustainability Emerging; From Rio to Kyoto; Part II: Present; What does 'Sustainable Development' Mean?; Taking Sustainability in Economics; Putting a Price on the Planet; The Ethics of Sustainability; Part III: Future; The End of Sustainability; Bibliography, Index