Rogers / Jalal / Boyd An Introduction to Sustainable Development

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-136-57176-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten

This volume is the most comprehensive textbook on sustainable development. It has been developed with students and professionals from around the world specifically for those who need a thorough grounding in the subject. Coverage includes: background to sustainable development and global environmental issues; measurement and sustainability indicators; environmental assessment, management and policy; approaches and linkages to poverty reduction; impacts and infrastructure development; economics, consumption, production and market failures; governance; participation; disaster management; international financial institutions; international environmental agreements; and the role of civil society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rogers, Peter P.

Jalal, Kazi F.

Boyd, John A.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword * From Malthus to Sustainable Development * Challenges of Sustainable Development * Global Environmental Issues * Sustainable Development Indicators * Environmental Assessment * Environmental Management: Trends and Policies * Legislation, International Law, and Multilateral Environmental Agreements * Social Dimensions and Policies * The Economics of Sustainability * Sustainability: Externalities, Valuation, and Time Externalities * Natural Resource Accounting * The Role of International Financial Institutions * International Cooperation * Sustainable Development: Crisis, Conflict, and Compromise * Index

Über Autor(innen)

Peter P. Rogers is Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Engineering and Professor of City Planning, Harvard University, USA. Kazi F. Jalal is a lecturer at Harvard?s Extension School and was Chief of the Offi ce of Environment and Social Development of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). John A. Boyd, formerly a lawyer at ADB, has been a guest lecturer at the Harvard Extension School and served as an ADB Principal Sector Specialist on Sustainable Development.