Implementing Sustainable Development: From Global Policy to Local ActionRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004 - 424 pages Implementing Sustainable Development focuses on the challenge of turning international commitments and policy promises into action. Using examples and cases from around the U.S. and around the world, it examines the successful and failed efforts designed to address the social, environmental, and economic dimensions of sustainable development. Based on broad research that started before the Earth Summit, Implementing Sustainable Development offers a practical and useful approach to identifying and addressing policy implementation challenges. |
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Global Common Commitments | 21 |
Building Infrastructure to Meet Mandates | 123 |
From Paper to Action | 163 |
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