The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Development

, by Kirby, John; O'Keefe, Phil; Timberlake, Lloyd

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ISBN: 9781853832239 | 1853832235
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 11/1/1995

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A collection of the most accessible and authoritative readings on all the principal areas of sustainable development, providing the basic course material needed in all the relevant subjects, including economics, environmental studies, geography, politics, planning and social science

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Sustainable Development: An Introduction	p. 1
Biodiversity
The Value of Biodiversity	p. 17
Many Marine Mammal Populations Declining	p. 30
The Evolution of International Whaling Law	p. 34
Conservation of Wild Genetic Resources	p. 40
Costa Rica	p. 49
The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity	p. 55
Climate Change and Energy
A Target-Based, Least Cost Approach to Climate Stabilization	p. 65
Energy Planning	p. 78
Population
"Carrying Capacity", "Over Population" and Environmental Degradation	p. 101
The Population Debate	p. 104
The Politics of Population Policies	p. 110
Stabilizing Population: The Biggest Challenge	p. 115
Agriculture
Regenerating Agriculture: The Agroecology of Low-External Input and Community-Based Development	p. 125
Economic and Political Consequences of the Green Revolution in India	p. 146
Pricing Policy and Sustainability in Indonesia	p. 151
Industrialization and Pollution
Restructuring Industry for Sustainable Development	p. 161
Legal Rights ... and Wrongs: Internationalizing Bhopal	p. 174
Run into the Wind	p. 182
Environmental Problems	p. 184
Agenda 21	p. 191
Urbanization and Health
Urban Growth as a Problem	p. 197
Human Settlements: Women's Environment of Poverty	p. 200
The Search for Shelter	p. 211
The Scale of the Problem	p. 215
The Commons
The Ambivalence of Property	p. 223
The Commons: Where the Community has Authority	p. 227
Defending the Global Commons	p. 238
Improving Livestock Raising	p. 246
The Future of Africa's Drylands	p. 254
Environmental Security and Environmental Institutions
Enforcing Environmental Security	p. 259
Institutions for Environmental Security	p. 267
Greening Bretton Woods	p. 274
Sustainable Development: The Political and Institutional Challenge	p. 287
Empowerment
Planning the Family: A Woman's Choice	p. 293
Women's Mobilization in Human Settlements: The Case of Barrio Indio Guayas	p. 298
What Next?	p. 303
Organizing for Change: People Power and the Role of Institutions	p. 309
Environmental Economics
The Steady-State Economy: Alternatives to Growthmania	p. 331
Green Taxes	p. 343
Global Warming: The Economics of Tradable Permits	p. 348
Acronym and Abbreviations	p. 355
Sources of Information	p. 359
Index	p. 363
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