1st Edition
The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Development
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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Such a huge number of books, journals and papers have been devoted to defining, assessing and implementing 'sustainable development' that students and other readers face information overload. Earthscan alone has published hundreds of essays and books on the subject. Now, though, the most authoritative writings have been carefully assessed and collected together in the Earthscan Reader in... Read more
From Brundtland to Rio ? Food and Agriculture ? Population ? Urbanization ? Industrialization ? Energy ? Economics ? Biodiversity ? The Commons ? Institutions ? International Relations.
Biography
JOHN KIRKBY is Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management and Sustainable Development at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle, and has worked on development issues in the South for a number of years.
PHIL O'KEEFE is a Reader of Environmental Management at the University of Northumbria. He has extensive experience of running development projects, and has published numerous books and articles on the subject.
LLOYD TIMBERLAKE was the editorial advisor to WCED in the preparation of Our Common Future. He has worked in over 50 countries, and his prize-winning books include Africa in Crisis (1985), Only One Earth (1987), and When the Bough Breaks (1990).
