Perspectives towards sustainable environmental development
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Perspectives towards sustainable environmental development
(Avebury studies in green research)
Avebury, c1994
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Includes bibliographical references
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Description
Sustainable environmental development is one of the core concepts of the 1990's. How this concept can be turned into a reality is the theme of the book. Its focus is the ways in which sustainable environmental development can be implemented and managed. This theme is explored from four contrasting perspectives: part 1 investigates the economic perspectives, covering the approaches of both the old orthodox economics and the new economics. Part 2 surveys business perspectives, reviewing business-environment relations and particular industrial sectors. Part 3 examines the planning perspectives at scales ranging from the global and international, through the urban scale to the local level. Finally, part 4 investigates the political perspectives, covering not only the contemporary debates in environmental politics, but also the broader politics of sustainable development. The result is a study of the full range of perspectives towards implementing and managing sustainable environmental development.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Economic perspectives: the old economics - orthodox approaches to environmental management
- the new economics - an ecological approach. Part 2 Business perspectives: environmental sustainability and business - recognising the problem and taking positive action
- business planning and sustainable development - a construction industry perspective. Part 3 Planning perspectives: from the global to the local - issues of policy implementation in sustainable development
- global environmental aspects of managing the relationship between transport and land use - an Anglo-Polish comparison
- managing sustainable urban development
- planning for sustainable development - an exploration of the potential role of town planners and the planning system. Part 4 Political perspectives: from red to green - towards a new antithesis to capitalism?
- sustainability and the future
- the long view and the big picture.
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