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Resetting the compass : Australia's journey towards sustainability / David Yencken & Debra Wilkinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yencken, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental protection--Australia.
- Environmental protection.
- Sustainable development--Australia.
- Sustainable development.
- Human ecology--Australia.
- Human ecology.
- Biodiversity conservation--Australia.
- Biodiversity conservation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (417 p.)
- Other Title:
- Australia's journey towards sustainability
- Place of Publication:
- Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Australia's Journey Towards Sustainability
- Contents:
- The issues
- The physical and global context
- Population, consumption and technological change
- Energy
- Material flows and wastes
- The sustainability of settlements
- Atmosphere
- Biodiversity
- Land and waters
- Estuaries and the sea
- Present policies and future targets
- Political and economic change
- The four pillars of wisdom.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-389) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613154378
- 1-283-15437-4
- 0-643-09173-4
- OCLC:
- 699474460
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