Approaches to Sustainable DevelopmentRoutledge, 2021 M12 24 - 313 pages A definition of sustainable development is that of the Brundtland Commission - "...development which meets the needs of the current generation without jeopardizing the needs of future generations". This volume seeks to analyze the economic basis for this definition, and to look at the critiques of the economic approach - which have their basis in growing disquiet over the role of the productive normative science driving technological change and economic transformation. The discussion is followed by studies of the application of the criteria of sustainability to rural problems in South Asia, Kenya, Nepal, and Latin America and to urban/industrial problems in Jamaica, Chile and Vietnam. |
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... increasing importance of multinational corporations . Yet it is clear that the processes of global restructuring and change are affecting various regions and nations at different rates and in a variety of different ways . For example ...
... increasing importance of multinational corporations . Yet it is clear that the processes of global restructuring and change are affecting various regions and nations at different rates and in a variety of different ways . For example ...
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... increase in scale . ' Systems ' perspective - ' health ' of whole ecosystem very important ; Gaia hypothesis and implications Further extension of ethical reasoning : interests of the collective take precedence over those of the ...
... increase in scale . ' Systems ' perspective - ' health ' of whole ecosystem very important ; Gaia hypothesis and implications Further extension of ethical reasoning : interests of the collective take precedence over those of the ...
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... at least the possibility of increasing welfare from a shrinking ( but increasingly productive ) capital stock . Nordhaus regards standard economic growth theory as a superior vehicle An Overview of Approaches to Sustainable Development 9.
... at least the possibility of increasing welfare from a shrinking ( but increasingly productive ) capital stock . Nordhaus regards standard economic growth theory as a superior vehicle An Overview of Approaches to Sustainable Development 9.
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... increase. This is an argument for the creation of a 'national grid' in water, and for the amalgamation of different ... increased by transferring water from farmers to households. The opportunity cost principle implies knowledge of the ...
... increase. This is an argument for the creation of a 'national grid' in water, and for the amalgamation of different ... increased by transferring water from farmers to households. The opportunity cost principle implies knowledge of the ...
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... increase as pollution loads grow. Navigation was also a low-value use, partly because much waterway transportation had become unprofitable and uneconomic. Recreational values were observed to be rising rapidly, and were especially high ...
... increase as pollution loads grow. Navigation was also a low-value use, partly because much waterway transportation had become unprofitable and uneconomic. Recreational values were observed to be rising rapidly, and were especially high ...
Contents
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Labour Force Analysis as a Means to Understand the Livelihood | 50 |
A Grand Illusion? | 83 |
Recent Trends and Prospects | 103 |
Towards Sustainable Pastoral | 129 |
In Pursuit of Sustainable | 144 |
Global Processes and the Politics of Sustainable Development | 169 |
Chile and Jamaica | 197 |
Pollution Patterns in the Industrialization Process | 220 |
Social Change and Environment | 247 |
Taking Stock | 296 |
Subject Index | 309 |
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