The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Development

ISBN-13: 9781853832239 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 304 str.

Phil O. 'Keefe; Lloyd Timberlake; John Kirby

Opis

Designed as a coursebook containing material on the principal aspects of sustainable development, this volume provides extensive coverage of food and agriculture, population statistics, urbanization, industrialization, energy and biodiversity, as well as the international aid agencies involved.

Spis treści

From Brundtland to Rio ? Food and Agriculture ? Population ? Urbanization ? Industrialization ? Energy ? Economics ? Biodiversity ? The Commons ? Institutions ? International Relations.

O autorze

JOHN KIRKBY is Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management and Sustainable Development at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle, and has worked on development issues in the South for a number of years.

PHIL O'KEEFE is a Reader of Environmental Management at the University of Northumbria. He has extensive experience of running development projects, and has published numerous books and articles on the subject.

LLOYD TIMBERLAKE was the editorial advisor to WCED in the preparation of Our Common Future. He has worked in over 50 countries, and his prize-winning books include Africa in Crisis (1985), Only One Earth (1987), and When the Bough Breaks (1990).