Sustainable resource management : reality or illusion?

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Sustainable resource management : reality or illusion?

edited by Peter N. Nemetz

E. Elgar, c2007

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

This provocative book examines the broad and complex conceptual issues that must be addressed in order to achieve sustainable development. It begins with several case studies that reflect innovative policy and strategic initiatives within the corporate and public sectors, followed by a sector-by-sector analysis of specific opportunities and challenges within the critical resource domains of energy and global climate, human health, fisheries, agriculture, biodiversity, and forestry. It concludes by discussing how to measure and assess national economic and corporate activity, and whether humanity is itself capable of making the changes necessary to guarantee its own survival. The contributors illustrate, on the one hand, the spark of human ingenuity and invention which holds out a promise of success, but expose, on the other hand, the mindsets, myths and new conventional wisdom which characterize the emerging domain of sustainable development and which pose a daunting and potentially insurmountable challenge to its achievement. They determine that nothing short of a revolution in the way we produce goods and services, structure corporate decision making, and view our relationship with the natural environment will guarantee sustainable development. Central to this conclusion is a realization that many of the reigning beliefs that guide our actions today must be critically re-examined and, if necessary, rejected and replaced. A challenge to the tenets of current conventional wisdom, Sustainable Resource Management will be of great interest to students and scholars of business, resource and environmental economics, and resource management.

目次

Contents: PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Introduction PART II: SOME SUCCESSES ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABILITY Introduction 1. Emissions Trading: US Experience Implementing Multi-State Cap and Trade Programs Brian J. McLean 2. Green Tax Reforms in OECD Countries: An Overview Jean-Philippe Barde and Nils Axel Braathen 3. Mid-Course Correction: Toward a Sustainable Enterprise Ray Anderson PART III: CHALLENGES WITHIN SPECIFIC RESOURCE DOMAINS Introduction SECTION A. ENERGY AND GLOBAL CLIMATE 4. Reconciling Global Warming and Increasing Energy Demand Burton Richter SECTION B. HUMAN HEALTH 5. Global Consumption from the Perspective of Population Health Clyde Hertzman SECTION C. FISHERIES 6. Fisheries and Coastal Ecosystems: The Need for Integrated Management Daniel Pauly and Ratana Chuenpagdee SECTION D. AGRICULTURE 7. Fatal Harvest: Old and New Dimensions of the Ecological Tragedy of Modern Agriculture Miguel A. Altieri SECTION E. BIODIVERSITY 8. Is Conservation a Lost Cause? Anthony R.E. Sinclair SECTION F. FORESTRY 9. The Myth, Reality and Social Process of Sustainable Forest Management Jane Lister 10. Sustainability: A Focus on Forests and Forestry J.P. (Hamish) Kimmins 11. Tropical Forest Management Systems as Economic and Sustainable Roger A. Sedjo PART IV: THE CONCEPTUAL CHALLENGES Introduction 12. Accounting for the Environment: Can Industrial Ecology Pay Double Dividends for Business? W.G.B. Smith 13. Better Financial Disclosure Protects Investors and the Environment Robert Repetto 14. The Challenge of the 21st Century: Setting the Real Bottom Line David T. Suzuki 15. Is Humanity Fatally Successful? William E. Rees 16. Measuring Genuine Progress Ronald Colman CONCLUDING COMMENTS Index

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA82959327
  • ISBN
    • 9781845425944
  • LCCN
    2006012550
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Cheltenham
  • ページ数/冊数
    ix, 445 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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