Achieving the sustainable development goals punctually : an impossible remit? / by Graeme Baber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baber, Graeme, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable Development Goals (Project).

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 464 pages)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021.

Summary:

This book defines 'sustainable development', setting out the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from their inception in January 2011 to their operationalization in September 2015. It maps the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and their targets to the SDGs and their respective targets. Nine SDGs are classified on the basis of the mapping exercise as proceeding from the MDGs, and eight as new Goals. One of the nine SDGs (SDG 1) is the subject of a 'Continuation Microstudy', the structure for which is also used for the 'Continuation Macrostudy' that assesses the others from this.

Contents:

Intro

Dedication

Contents

List of Tables

Preface

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

List of Abbreviations

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 30, 2021)

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

1-5275-6329-4

9781527563292

1527563294

OCLC:

1226762138