Crisis of global sustainability / Tapio Kanninen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kanninen, Tapio, author.

Series:

Global institutions series ; 74.

Routledge global institutions series ; 74

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Club of Rome.

Sustainable development--Government policy.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 178 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The book provides a critical history of the concept of sustainability and the various institutional measures taken to promote, implement and enforce sustainable development"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Cover; Crisis of Global Sustainability; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The birth and evolution of the Club of Rome: Earlyidentification of a global crisis; 2. A new way of thinking: The MIT study The Limits to Growth; 3. How have the concepts and doctrines of sustainability changed?; 4. Intergovernmental action 1972-2012: From Stockholm toRio plus 20; 5. Planetary boundaries: Doomsday prophecies or scientificprojections?; 6. A crisis of institutions: How to manage our interconnectedfuture

7. Overcoming the crisis of mind and action: Creating newinstitutions and strategies for a global emergency8. The future: Thinking big about global institutions andworld governance; 9. Epilogue: What should be done?; Notes; Select bibliography; Index; Routledge Global Institutions Series

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9781135097387

1135097380

9781283924047

1283924048

9780203071861

0203071867

9781135097394

1135097399

OCLC:

823041464