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A compilation of definitions, terms, and critical commentary on aspects of sustainable development and environmental policy, with a strong emphasis on policy tools, policy practices, and systems of international environmental governance.

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“This useful and unusual resource brings together a large number of interrelating concepts on an important and contentious issue.”—Lynton K. Caldwell, author of International Environmental Policy: From the Twentieth to the Twenty-First Century
“This useful reference work provides grounding for two essential tasks: understanding the needs of the present, and engaging with the compromises implicit in any attempt to assure that future generations will be able to meet their own needs.”—Kai N. Lee, Williams College

Table of Contents
Introduction xxix
Contributors xxxiii
1. Basic Concepts of Development and Environment
2. Sustainability
3. Main Factors Behind Development and Environmental Change
4. International Political Economy of Environment and Development
5. Decision Making
6. Major Problems of Environmental Degradation and Development
References 353
Index 371

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      Publisher Duke University Press
      Published 3/29/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780822327455
      978-0822327455
      ISBN-10 0822327457
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      Conservation of the environment Sustainability Central / national / federal government policies

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A compilation of definitions, terms, and critical commentary on aspects of sustainable development and environmental policy, with a strong emphasis on policy tools, policy practices, and systems of international environmental governance.

      Trade Review
      “This useful and unusual resource brings together a large number of interrelating concepts on an important and contentious issue.”—Lynton K. Caldwell, author of International Environmental Policy: From the Twentieth to the Twenty-First Century
      “This useful reference work provides grounding for two essential tasks: understanding the needs of the present, and engaging with the compromises implicit in any attempt to assure that future generations will be able to meet their own needs.”—Kai N. Lee, Williams College

      Table of Contents
      Introduction xxix
      Contributors xxxiii
      1. Basic Concepts of Development and Environment
      2. Sustainability
      3. Main Factors Behind Development and Environmental Change
      4. International Political Economy of Environment and Development
      5. Decision Making
      6. Major Problems of Environmental Degradation and Development
      References 353
      Index 371

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