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Sustainability : if it's everything, is it nothing? : [electronic book] /

By: Farley, Heather M [author].
Contributor(s): ProQuest [vendor].
Series: Critical issues in global politics: 5.Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2013Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text | text Media type: computer | computer Carrier type: online resource | online resourceISBN: 1136009280; 9781136009280:; 9781136009280; 129979310X; 9781299793101; 9780203799062; 0203799062; 9781351124904; 1351124900; 9781351124898; 1351124897; 9781351124911; 1351124919.Subject(s): Sustainable development -- Government policy | Sustainable development -- International cooperation | Environmental policy -- International cooperation | World politicsOnline resources: Access ebook here
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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