Sustainable Development
Constraints and Opportunities
Published on 22. October 2013
232 pages
978-1-4831-6351-2 (ISBN)
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Sustainable Development: Constraints and Opportunities contains a selection of the author's speeches made between 1982 and 1986. During this 5-year period knowledge of environment-development relationships has grown considerably, and this evolving perception can be discerned in his statements spanning those years. Taken together, the common thread binding all the speeches is the fact that long-term development can only be achieved through sound environmental management, that is, sustainable development, which is the title of this book. The speeches included in this volume were delivered in the author's capacity as the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). They thus cover primarily broad areas of interest of UNEP's programs and policies. Key topics discussed include environmental protection; disarmament and the environment; environmental information for engineers; the impact of human settlements on the environment; environmental management in the Gulf; the causes, effects, and prevention of desertification; and the environmental impact assessment process.
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PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Environmental Protection2. Environment and Development3. Safeguarding the Environment4. Disarmament and Environment5. Environmental Information for Engineers6. Highways to Nowhere7. Rolling Back the Wasteland8. Combining the Best of the Old with the Best of the New9. A Duty to Hope - New Directions for Science and Technology10. The Peril of the Two Cities11. Putting the Principles to Work12. Towards a More Prosperous Global Tomorrow13. Profiting from the Environment14. Environmental Management in the Gulf15. Sustainable Development in a Developing Economy16. Desertification is Stoppable17. Environmental Impact Assessment - Principles and Guidelines18. World Population Increase - Our Dangerous Opportunity19. Caring for Lakes in a Changing World20. The Global Dimension to Conservation Issues21. Energy Use and Environment in the Asia/Pacific Region22. The Premises for Building a Sustainable Society23. Partnership for Conservation24. Environmental Management25. Solving Our Environmental Problems26. Protecting the Ozone Layer27. Global Concern about Environment28. Management of Hazardous Waste29. Women and the Earth's Traditions30. An Urgent Role to Save the Mediterranean31. Resource Management - The Human Connection32. Climatic Effects of Carbon Dioxide and Other Trace Gases33. Desertification Control - Moving beyond the Laboratory34. Towards an African Solution35. Socioeconomic Benefits of Environmental ProtectionAbbreviationsIndex
