Signs of Hope
Working Towards Our Common Future
Linda Starke(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published in May 1990
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-19-212993-2 (ISBN)
Description
In April 1987 the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) issued the report "Our Common Future", which pointed out that the world could no longer afford to think of its problems in neat, sectional packages. It called for international co-operation in order to halt the human assault on natural resources. This volume refutes pessimistic claims by describing how governments, organizations, industry, youth and the media have responded to the report's recommendations on atmospheric issues, soil erosion, indigenous people, foreign aid, disarmament and the tropical rain forests. The text also acknowledges areas where there has been disappointingly little progress, and urges the international community to address such issues as housing, education, population growth, Third World debt, renewable energy sources and the promotion of non-economic analysis among multilateral development banks.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 130 mm
Weight
199 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-212993-2 (9780192129932)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Global responses to global problems; The wheels of government; The NGO community; A commitment by industry and labour; New ways of thinking; The next generation; Delivering the message; The unfinished agenda.