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Available to subscribers on. M fb tw in. Recommend to librarian Title: This fully updated and revised second edition captures recent developments in the field, including 14 new chapters by internationally renowned authors from a variety of perspectives and disciplines.
Handbook Of Sustainable Development
The authors explain that the gap between public commitments to sustainable development and real-world action towards achieving it is still significant, but not insurmountable, and that opportunities do exist to reduce that margin. Contributors synthesize the established knowledge and clearly present cutting-edge concepts from the frontier of sustainability research with direct relevance to theory and practice. This accessible, comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to exploring the theory and practice of sustainable development will prove an invaluable reference tool for researchers, students, academics and practitioners with an interest in the field of sustainable development.
But while there have been lots of big global debates on planetary boundaries, and thresholds for critical resources, there has been little progress on the ground and in getting the politics right. Contributing authors show that many of the models we use to understand and manage relations between planet, people and profit are hopelessly mis-specified. But better tools exist, such as sustainability indicators, national environmental accounts, and the ecological footprint to help bridge this gap. Overall the Handbook of Sustainable Development is well-written and interesting, and thus it is highly recommended.
Handbook of Sustainable Development
In other words our current paths are unsustainable. This Handbook provides a very thorough, thoughtful and valuable contribution to our understanding of the possible meanings of sustainable development, how it can be understood and calibrated, and characteristics of and choices around alternative paths. This is a subject that should be at the centre of the study of development and encompasses many disciplines. And it should be a subject that commands the attention of all those who think carefully about our future well-being; they will find this Handbook fascinating and essential reading.
It cals into question conceptions of national and international prosperity long employed by elected officials and government analysts, and presents a cascade of methods for integrating the value of non-human nature into policy decisions over unconventional timelines. Ecosystems as Assets Edward B. Ecological and Social Resilience W. Ethics and Sustainable Development: Norton and Allen Thompson 8. In , in the wake of the Johannesburg Summit, the UK Government was amongst the first to launch a national strategy on sustainable consumption and production.
Sustainable Development Handbook, Second Edition
This strategy initiated a continuing and wide-ranging process of consultation, evidence review and policy formation that has already had a significant impact and offers the potential for some quite radical policy innovations in the next few years. You are not authenticated to view the full text of this chapter or article. Elgaronline requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books or journals. Please login through your library system or with your personal username and password on the homepage.
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More Contact us Publish with us Subscribe. The online content platform for Edward Elgar Publishing. Show Less Handbook of Sustainable Development Second Edition Edited by Giles Atkinson, Simon Dietz, Eric Neumayer and Matthew Agarwala This timely and important Handbook takes stock of progress made in our understanding of what sustainable development actually is and how it can be measured and achieved. Handbook Published in print: Comprehensive wealth accounting and sustainable development Chapter 3: Sustainable development in ecological economics Chapter 4: Strong sustainability and critical natural capital Chapter 5: Ecosystems as assets Chapter 6: Ecological and social resilience Chapter 7: Ethics and sustainable development: Equitable intergenerational preferences and sustainability Chapter 9: Evaluating impacts in the distant future: Weak sustainability, conservation and precaution Chapter Distribution, sustainability and environmental policy Chapter Environmental justice and sustainability Chapter Vulnerability, poverty and sustaining well-being Chapter Human wellbeing and sustainability: Green growth Chapter