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An Introduction to Sustainable Development (Paperback, 4th edition)
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An Introduction to Sustainable Development (Paperback, 4th edition)
Series: Routledge Perspectives on Development
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Price R513
Discovery Miles 5 130
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This fourth edition has been comprehensively rewritten and updated
to provide a concise, well illustrated and accessible introduction
to the characteristics, challenges and opportunities of sustainable
development with particular reference to developing countries. The
contested nature of sustainable development is explored through a
detailed consideration of changing ideas and practices within
environmentalism and development thinking. The text identifies the
different actors involved (from institutions of global governance
through to community based organisations), the policies and
mechanisms through which sustainable development is being sought
and considers the outcomes for particular groups and environments
in both rural and urban contexts. This edition places stronger
emphasis on the global challenges of sustainable development with
an understanding of inter-linked crises in climate, energy,
economy, poverty and social injustice. It explores how these issues
are leading to deep questioning of what sustainable development is,
what it should be, and how sustainable development policies and
mechanisms are being reconsidered. The book gives new consideration
to the challenge of achieving lower carbon growth, climate
adaptation, and the implications on sustainable development of
rapidly expanding economies, including China and India. It contains
greater discussion of how civil society movements influence
outcomes of international climate policy, as well as technological
developments in energy and agriculture. The text also contains a
substantially expanded discussion of how poverty remains central to
sustainable development challenges, as revealed through the
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and Millennium Development Goals.
This invaluable text retains the core message that sustainable
development has become central to debates about environment and
development. Containing a substantial number of new boxed case
studies, learning outcomes, chapter summaries, discussion
questions, further reading and websites, this text provides an
essential introduction for students.
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