Sustainable Development: Exploring the Contradictions

ISBN-13: 9780415050852 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 232 str.

Michael R. Redclift

Opis

This text argues that environmental problems need to be looked at internationally, in terms of the global economic system, and that the degradation of the environment is not natural, but an historical process which is intrinsically linked and shaped by economic and political systems.

Recenzje

'This is an important contribution to a crucial debate.' - World Development

Spis treści

Acknowledgements, 1 Introduction, 2 Sustainable development: the concept, 3 Economic models and environmental values, 4 Sustainable development: the problem, 5 The internationalization of the environment, 6 The transformation of the environment, 7 Environmental management and social movements, 8 The frontiers of sustainability, 9 Conclusion, Bibliography, Index

O autorze

Redclift, Michael