Sustainability : if it's everything, is it nothing? :
Farley, Heather M.
Sustainability : if it's everything, is it nothing? : [electronic book] / - 1 online resource. - Critical issues in global politics ; 5 . - Critical issues in global politics ; 5. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A brief history : the early debates that shaped sustainability -- A brief history : international sustainable development events, agreements, and commitments -- Multidisciplinary ways of defining sustainability -- Government responses to the sustainability challenge -- Non-governmental institutions and sustainability -- Neo-sustainability.
In this work, the authors examine the misuses and abuses of 'sustainability' and seek to refine and clarify the concept. The authors offer a new definition of sustainability - what they call neo-sustainability - to help guide policies and practices that respect the primacy of the environment, the natural limits of the environment, and the relationship between environmental, social, and economic systems.
1136009280 9781136009280: No price 9781136009280 129979310X 9781299793101 9780203799062 0203799062 9781351124904 1351124900 9781351124898 1351124897 9781351124911 1351124919
510561 MIL
Sustainable development--Government policy.
Sustainable development--International cooperation.
Environmental policy--International cooperation.
World politics.
Sustainability : if it's everything, is it nothing? : [electronic book] / - 1 online resource. - Critical issues in global politics ; 5 . - Critical issues in global politics ; 5. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A brief history : the early debates that shaped sustainability -- A brief history : international sustainable development events, agreements, and commitments -- Multidisciplinary ways of defining sustainability -- Government responses to the sustainability challenge -- Non-governmental institutions and sustainability -- Neo-sustainability.
In this work, the authors examine the misuses and abuses of 'sustainability' and seek to refine and clarify the concept. The authors offer a new definition of sustainability - what they call neo-sustainability - to help guide policies and practices that respect the primacy of the environment, the natural limits of the environment, and the relationship between environmental, social, and economic systems.
1136009280 9781136009280: No price 9781136009280 129979310X 9781299793101 9780203799062 0203799062 9781351124904 1351124900 9781351124898 1351124897 9781351124911 1351124919
510561 MIL
Sustainable development--Government policy.
Sustainable development--International cooperation.
Environmental policy--International cooperation.
World politics.