Sustainable Development

An Introductory Guide

David Reid

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781134168934
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Development Economics
• Index: Economics

'Sustainable development' is the catchphrase of the 1990s. Governments around the world, international institutions, local organizations and NGOs have committed themselves to its principles and have adopted policies to promote it.

But 'sustainable development' is difficult to define - let alone implement - and its proponents and advocates may all interpret it in very different ways.

This introductory guide provides a clear and accurate account of what sustainable development actually is. David Reid gives an overview of the history of the concept and how it has evolved in recent years, describes the obstacles to achieving sustainable development, and looks at recent progress towards implementing it - and at how much we have still to do.

Index

Adams, W M, 37, 42, 51, 63, 65

Africa, 8, 91, 205, 211, 227

Agenda 21, 22, 182, 185–90, 193, 203, 204, 212, 215, 229, 232

Local Agenda 21, 211–12

aid, 19–20

Alexander of Weedon, Lord, 215

Algeria, 46

Algerian declaration, 46

Amazon,14

Andes, 92

Antarctic, 3, 200

Arctic, 3, 92

Asia, 8, 11, 227

Southeast Asia, 18

Asian Aevelopment Bank, 205

Aswam High Dam, 12

Audit, social, 213, 215

auditing, environmental, 212

Austria, 225

B & Q, 213

Bacon, Francis, 129, 132

Balaton Group, 223

Balfour, Eva, xiin

Baltic, 35

Bangkok, 12

Bangladesh, 112, 194

Basic Income Research Group, 164

Bateson, Gregory, 147, 153

Beijing, 202

Belgrade, 174n

Bentham, Jeremy, 130, 139

Berlin, 186, 200

Climate Convention Conference, 220

Bhopal, 5

Biodiversity Convention, 183–4, 200

Body Shop, The, 215

Boulding, Kenneth, 24–5, 109, 168

BP, 216

Brandt Commission, 47–52

Brandt Report, 22, 47, 49, 62, 64, 65, 147,232

Brazil, 14, 173,182

Briarpatch, 168

Britain, 9, 17–18, 22, 31, 92, 138, 143–4, 208, 216–17, 228; see also UK

British Columbia, University of,

Brown, Lester, 14, 136

Brundtland Commission, xiii-xvi, xix, 22, 47, 53, 80, 96, 102, 106, 123, 157, 197, 224, 228, 229, 232

Brundtland Report, xii, 12, 55–65, 182, 221, 229

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Table of contents

• Cover
• AutorPage
• TitlePage
• CopyrightPage
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acronyms
• Ack
• AuthorsNote
• Introduction
• Part1:The Global Crisis and Responses to it
• Part2:The Implications of Brandtland’s Definition Examined
• Part3:Assessing the Obstacles
• Part4:Developments since Brundtland
• Reference
• Index