Regional Opportunities for Sustainable Development - Theory, Methods, and Applications (Hardcover, 1999 ed.)

By their adoption of Agenda 21, most of the world's governments have acknowledged the need for sustainable development. This implies that new policies are needed, focusing on economic, social, cultural and ecological goals. At the same time, we also need to solve existing environmental and social problems, and prevent the occurrence of new ones. This volume presents, tests and illustrates a theoretically well-founded procedure for discovering regional opportunities for sustainable development, based on a systems approach to decision making. The procedure takes as its starting point the needs of the people involved, relating these to the measurement of available resources in order to find opportunities for multiple resource use and sustainable development. The needs of future generations and broader communities are taken into account throughout. The book studies regional planning and the implementation of plans, offering guidance and support to parties involved in debates on sustainable development, and improving the quality of their decision making.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Studies in Ecological Economics, 1
Release date:	June 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	H.J. de Graaf • C. J. Musters • W. J. Ter Keurs
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	348
Edition:	1999 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-5693-6
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability
LSN:	0-7923-5693-4
Barcode:	9780792356936

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