Sustainable development / Susan Baker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Susan, 1955-

Series:

Routledge introductions to environment series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Globalization.

Globalization--Environmental aspects.

Economic policy--Environmental aspects.

Economic policy.

International organization.

Physical Description:

xviii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

institutional engagement with sustainable development at the global level, with an emprically informed discussion on challenges facing high consumption societies, economies in transition and third world countires in their efforts to achieve sustainable development. It explores the issues involved in the promotion of sustainable development across different socio-political and economic contexts, in a theoretically informed, critical way.

Contents:

Introduction : the environment and sustainable development

Theoretical and conceptual exploration of sustainable development

The concept of sustainable development

International engagement with sustainable development

Global governance and the United Nations environmental summits

Key global concerns : climate change and biodiversity management

The local level : LA21 and public participation

The promotion of sustainable development in different social, political and economic contexts

High consumption societies : the responsibilities of the European Union

Challenges in the Third World

Changing times : the countries in transition in Eastern Europe

Conclusion : the promotion of sustainable development : what has been achieved?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-233) and index.

ISBN:

0415282101

041528211X

9780415282109

9780415282116

OCLC:

60516793

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