Towards Sustainable Development
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Towards Sustainable Development

On the Goals of Development - and the Conditions of Sustainability

  1. 284 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Towards Sustainable Development

On the Goals of Development - and the Conditions of Sustainability

About this book

The book brings together twelve original essays on the meaning and implications of sustainable development. The collection assesses the theoretical debate over the concept of sustainable development, and looks at the unique experiment in applying this practically which has taken place in Norway to discover how the concept can illuminate practical policy across a wide range of fields. Topics covered include sustainable development as a global ethics; the concept of need; global and generational equity; the limits of nature; implications for economics; and the role of technology. The editors outline the logic of the approach and draw together the implications of the individual studies for a more focused and consistent application of the concept.

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Year
1999
Print ISBN
9780333715215
eBook ISBN
9780230378797

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. List of Abbreviations
  8. Notes on the Contributors
  9. 1 Sustainable Development as Concept and Norm
  10. 2 A Global Ethic of Sustainability?
  11. 3 On Needs - a Central Concept in the Brundtland Report
  12. 4 Sustainable Development, State Sovereignty and International Justice
  13. 5 Sustainability, Morality and Future Generations
  14. 6 The Limits of Nature
  15. 7 Nature, Market and Ignorance: Can Development Be Managed?
  16. 8 Sustainable Development: Caught between National Sovereignty and International Challenges
  17. 9 Economic Analysis of Sustainability
  18. 10 Economic Initiatives and Sustainable Development: an Assessment of Possibilities and Limitations
  19. 11 The 'Technology Factor' in Sustainable Development
  20. 12 Future Challenges of Sustainable Development
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index

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