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 Sustainable Development.
The contributions included span five years of the debate, and cover all the principle themes: the history of the concept; the problems in defining it; the issues surrounding it; and national international policies and schemes to implement it. For ease of use, the essays have been split into key subject areas - such as agriculture, population and the commons - and they include practical case studies and examples, together with analyses from a number of different viewpoints from both the North and South.
These seminal essays will provide readers with a unique overview of the subject, as well as the long-awaited basic course material for students of environmental studies, economics, geography, politics, planning and the social sciences.
Author(s): John Kirkby, Phil O'Keefe, Lloyd Timberlake
Series: Earthscan Reader Series
Publisher: Routledge/Earthscan
Year: 1995
Language: English
Pages: 381
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Sustainable Development: An Introduction
1. Biodiversity
The Value of Biodiversity
Many Marine Mammal Populations Declining
The Evolution of International Whaling Law
Conservation of Wild Genetic Resources
Costa Rica
The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
2. Climate Change and Energy
A Target-Based, Least Cost Approach to Climate Stabilization
Energy Planning
3. Population
“Carrying Capacity”, “Over Population” and Environmental Degradation
The Population Debate
The Politics of Population Policies
Stabilizing Population: The Biggest Challenge
4. Agriculture
Regenerating Agriculture: The Agroecology of Low-External Input and Community-Based Development
Economic and Political Consequences of the Green Revolution in India
Pricing Policy and Sustainability in Indonesia
5. Industrialization and Pollution
Restructuring Industry for Sustainable Development
Legal Rights … and Wrongs: Internationalizing Bhopal
Run into the Wind
Environmental Problems
Agenda 21
6. Urbanization and Health
Urban Growth as a Problem
Human Settlements: Women’s Environment of Poverty
The Search for Shelter
The Scale of the Problem
7. The Commons
The Ambivalence of Property
The Commons: Where the Community has Authority
Defending the Global Commons
Improving Livestock Raising
The Future of Africa’s Drylands
8. Environmental Security and Environmental Institutions
Enforcing Environmental Security
Institutions for Environmental Security
Greening Bretton Woods
Sustainable Development: The Political and Institutional Challenge
9. Empowerment
Planning the Family: A Woman’s Choice
Women’s Mobilization in Human Settlements: The Case of Barrio lndio Guayas
What Next?
Organizing for Change: People Power and the Role of Institutions
10. Environmental Economics
The Steady-State Economy: Alternatives to Growthmama
Green Taxes
Global Warming: The Economics of Tradable Permits
Acronym and Abbreviations
Sources of Information
Index
