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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... issues. They argue that the key test of an investment is the net present value and that projects should be chosen in order to yield a higher return than the next best alternative use of scarce capital resources. This implies that those ...
... issues. They argue that the key test of an investment is the net present value and that projects should be chosen in order to yield a higher return than the next best alternative use of scarce capital resources. This implies that those ...
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... issues. Nevertheless, even if one accepts such sceptical views, it can still be argued that the concept of sustainable development is performing a useful function because it has many assumptions in common with standard growth theory ...
... issues. Nevertheless, even if one accepts such sceptical views, it can still be argued that the concept of sustainable development is performing a useful function because it has many assumptions in common with standard growth theory ...
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... issues that are of topical interest and pressing social importance . One important objective of the series is to encourage new and bold perspectives on development problems and issues . A second key objective is to develop inter ...
... issues that are of topical interest and pressing social importance . One important objective of the series is to encourage new and bold perspectives on development problems and issues . A second key objective is to develop inter ...
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... Issues in environmental and resource accounting (ERA). Working Paper for EDF Meeting, Oregon. Nordhaus, W.D. (1992) Is growth sustainable? reflections on the concept of sustainable growth. Mimeo. Paper prepared for the International ...
... Issues in environmental and resource accounting (ERA). Working Paper for EDF Meeting, Oregon. Nordhaus, W.D. (1992) Is growth sustainable? reflections on the concept of sustainable growth. Mimeo. Paper prepared for the International ...
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... issue of the definition of the goals of , or limits to , economic development largely unresolved . If a sustainability approach leads to defining ' critical natural capital ' , but implies that this task lies outside the scope of ...
... issue of the definition of the goals of , or limits to , economic development largely unresolved . If a sustainability approach leads to defining ' critical natural capital ' , but implies that this task lies outside the scope of ...
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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