The Principles of Sustainability
At a time of increasingly rapid environmental deterioration, sustainability is the most important issue facing the world today. Can we create a sustainable society? What would that mean? How should we go about doing it? How can we bring about such a profound change in the way things are organized? This book tackles these questions directly. It goes beyond rhetoric about "sustainable development" to explain the deeper issues in a way that is accessible and interesting to the non-specialist reader. It covers the development of the concept of sustainability within its broader historical context; the contemporary debates about what sustainability implies and how to achieve it; and the obstacles to reaching the goal and prospects for overcoming them.This book will be invaluable to students, academics and activists concerned with the topics of sustainability and sustainable development.
- Author
- Simon Dresner
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Earthscan Publications
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9781853838422
- Genres
- sustainability
- Release date
- 2002
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