Description
This volume is the most comprehensive textbook on sustainable development. It has been developed with students and professionals from around the world specifically for those who need a thorough grounding in the subject. Coverage includes: background to sustainable development and global environmental issues; measurement and sustainability indicators; environmental assessment, management and policy; approaches and linkages to poverty reduction; impacts and infrastructure development; economics, consumption, production and market failures; governance; participation; disaster management; international financial institutions; international environmental agreements; and the role of civil society.
Table of Contents
Foreword * From Malthus to Sustainable Development * Challenges of Sustainable Development * Global Environmental Issues * Sustainable Development Indicators * Environmental Assessment * Environmental Management: Trends and Policies * Legislation, International Law, and Multilateral Environmental Agreements * Social Dimensions and Policies * The Economics of Sustainability * Sustainability: Externalities, Valuation, and Time Externalities * Natural Resource Accounting * The Role of International Financial Institutions * International Cooperation * Sustainable Development: Crisis, Conflict, and Compromise * Index
