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Sustainability /

By: Thiele, Leslie Paul [author.].
Series: Key concepts (Polity Press): Publisher: Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2013Description: viii, 234 pages ; 23 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 0745656102; 9780745656106:; 9780745656106 (pbk.); 9780745656090 (hrd.); 0745656099 (hrd.).Subject(s): Sustainability | Sustainable development | Sustainable development -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 338.927
Contents:
Sustainability and time -- The geography of sustainability -- Ecological resilience and environmental health -- Technological solutions and their problems -- The political and legal challenge -- Sustaining economies -- Culture and change.
Summary: The pursuit of sustainability has generated lifestyle changes for individuals across the globe, widespread initiatives within civil society and business, historic policies for municipal, regional, and national governments, and crucial protocols and agreements by international organizations. In this book, the author argues that sustainability requires innovation and adaptation as much as the conservation of resources.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-229) and index.

Sustainability and time -- The geography of sustainability -- Ecological resilience and environmental health -- Technological solutions and their problems -- The political and legal challenge -- Sustaining economies -- Culture and change.

The pursuit of sustainability has generated lifestyle changes for individuals across the globe, widespread initiatives within civil society and business, historic policies for municipal, regional, and national governments, and crucial protocols and agreements by international organizations. In this book, the author argues that sustainability requires innovation and adaptation as much as the conservation of resources.

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