Sustainable Development : An Introductory Guide

ISBN-13: 9781853832413 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 284 str.

David Reid

Opis

Surveying the attempts that have been made to integrate economic development and the environment, this study reviews the growth of the concept of sustainable development in response to international crises and the strengthening critique of the economics of growth. It also describes the major obstacles to sustainable development and how they can be overcome. The final section examines the outcome of the Rio Summit and analyzes the impact of current developments throughout the world. Policies are highlighted which represent the best way forward.

Spis treści

Part I: The Global Crisis and Responses to it * The Global Crisis * Environmentalist Responses * Developmental Responses * Part II: The Implications of Brundtland's Definition Examined * Meeting the Needs of the Present * The Sustainable Use of Global Resources * Principles, Policies and Process * Part III: Assessing the Obstacles * Obstacles to Sustainable Development * Overcoming the Obstacles * Part IV: Developments since Brundtland * The Rio Summit * On or Down from the Summit? * Sustainable Development i the mid-1990s * Index

O autorze

David Reid is a researcher at the Centre for Human Ecology at the University of Edinburgh.