Achieving sustainable development
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Achieving sustainable development
（Sustainability and the environment, 3）
UBC Press, c1996
- : pbk.
- : hard
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"A project of the Sustainable Development Research Institute"--t.p.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Achieving Sustainable Development explores how well Canada hasmet the Earth Summit's targets and attempts to find ways in whichthe public can become involved in such issues. Its authors stress theimportance of integration of information from various fields and seekto stimulate the exchange of knowledge among the academic community,government, non-governmental organizations and industry. Thecontributors look far beyond merely identifying and analyzing selectedissues and problems. To facilitate public discussion and to affectpolicy development, at least one initiative is proposed and detailedfor each problem identified.
Table of Contents
Vision
Life in 2030: The Sustainable Society Project
Sustainability Strategies and Green Planning: Recent Canadian and International Experience
Connections
Growing Wisely: Integrating Competitiveness, Sustainability, and Social Policy
Action
Biodiversity Conservation: Developing a Research and Policy Agenda for Canada
Industrial Ecology: Efficient and Excellent Production
Making Sustainable Development Happen: Institutional Transformation
Putting Women and the Environment First: Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development
Promises, Promises: Canadian Campaign Rhetoric, Agenda 21, and the Status of Women
Aboriginal Peoples: Understanding the Basis for Policy-Making towards a Sustainable Development, with Focus on the Hudson Bay Region
Assessing Progress
A Systematic Approach to Assessing Progress towards Sustainability
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