The principles of sustainability / Simon Dresner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dresner, Simon, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Economic development--Environmental aspects.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

200 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications Ltd, 2002.

Summary:

At a time of increasingly rapid environmental deterioration, sustainability is the most important issue facing the world today. Can we create a sustainable society? What would that mean? How should we go about doing it? How can we bring about such a profound change in the way things are organized? This book tackles these questions directly. It goes beyond rhetoric about "sustainable development" to explain the deeper issues in a way that is accessible and interesting to the non-specialist reader. It covers the development of the concept of sustainability within its broader historical context; the contemporary debates about what sustainability implies and how to achieve it; and the obstacles to reaching the goal and prospects for overcoming them. This book will be invaluable to students, academics and activists concerned with the topics of sustainability and sustainable development.

Contents:

Part 1 Past

1 Progress and its Discontents 9

2 From Muir to Meadows 19

3 Sustainability Emerging 28

4 From Rio to Kyoto and Later Disappointments 38

Part 2 Present

5 What Does 'Sustainable Development' Mean? 63

6 Taking Sustainability into Economics 75

7 'Putting a Price on the Planet' 108

8 The Ethics of Sustainability 121

Part 3 Future

9 The End of Sustainability? 139.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [186]-191) and index.

ISBN:

1853838411

185383842X

OCLC:

49355942