Sustainable development : the challenge of transition / edited by Jurgen Schmandt and C.H. Ward with the assistance of Marilu Hastings.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schmandt, Jurgen, editor.

Ward, C. H. (Calvin Herbert), 1933- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 223 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Demographers predict that world population will double to around twelve billion people during the first half of the twenty-first century and then begin to level off. Based on this scenario, Sustainable Development: The Challenge of Transition examines what societal changes must occur over the next generation to ensure a successful transition to sustainability within the constraints of the natural environment. An array of prominent authors present a broad discussion of the dimensions of sustainable development: not just economic and environmental, but also spiritual and religious, corporate and social, scientific and political. Unlike other books on the subject, this volume provides insightful policy recommendations about how business, government, and individuals must change their values, priorities, and behaviour to meet these challenges. This volume will appeal to scholars and decision makers interested in global change, environmental policy, population growth, and sustainable development, and also to corporate environmental managers.

Contents:

Foreword / Bruce Alberts

Preface / C.H. Ward and Jurgen Schmandt

Challenge and response / Jurgen Schmandt and C.H. Ward

National self-interest in the pursuit of sustainable development / Malcolm Gillis and Jeffrey R. Vincent

Uneconomic growth: empty-world versus full-world economics / Herman E. Daly

Population and consumption: from more to enough / Robert W. Kates

Spirituality and sustainability / Carla V. Berkedal

Leadership skills for sustainable development / Bruce W. Piasecki

The role of science: guidance and service / Stephen H. Schneider

Economic tools, international trade, and the role of business / Francis Cairncross

Stakeholders and sustainable development / James B. Blackburn

From idea to action: the role of policy / Jurgen Schmandt.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-11761-5

1-280-42072-3

0-511-17502-7

0-511-04055-5

0-511-15512-3

0-511-32862-1

0-511-53602-X

0-511-04835-1

OCLC:

55641469