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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454280503321

Titolo

Implementing sustainable development [[electronic resource] ] : strategies and initiatives in high consumption societies / / edited by William M. Lafferty and James R. Meadowcroft

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000

ISBN

0-19-159973-5

1-281-94380-0

9786611943806

0-19-152227-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (544 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LaffertyWilliam M. <1939->

MeadowcroftJames R

Disciplina

338.9/27

Soggetti

Economic policy

Sustainable development

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [460]-498) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. AUSTRALIA: ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST""; ""3. CANADA: FROM EARLY FRONTRUNNER TO PLODDING ANCHORMAN""; ""4. GERMANY: REGULATION AND THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE""; ""5. JAPAN: LAW, TECHNOLOGY, AND AID""; ""6. THE NETHERLANDS: AMBITIOUS ON GOALS�AMBIVALENT ON ACTION""; ""7. NORWAY: RELUCTANTLY CARRYING THE TORCH""; ""8. SWEDEN: PROGRESSION DESPITE RECESSION""

""9. THE UNITED KINGDOM: FROM POLITICAL CONTAINMENT TO INTEGRATED THINKING?""""10. THE UNITED STATES: 'SORRY�NOT OUR PROBLEM'""; ""11. THE EUROPEAN UNION: INTEGRATION, COMPETITION, GROWTH�AND SUSTAINABILITY""; ""12. PATTERNS OF GOVERNMENTAL ENGAGEMENT""; ""13. CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVES""; ""Consolidated Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A ""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q"";



""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

Examining how governments in the developed industrial world have responded to the challenge of sustainable development, this text shows that the concept has been integrated into governmental idiom in most jurisdictions.