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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454839903321

Titolo

Achieving sustainable development [[electronic resource] ] : the challenge of governance across social scales / / edited by Hans Th. A. Bressers and Walter A. Rosenbaum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2003

ISBN

1-282-40879-8

9786612408793

0-313-05727-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BressersHans

RosenbaumWalter A

Disciplina

338.9/27

Soggetti

Sustainable development

Sustainable development - International cooperation

Environmental policy

Environmental policy - International cooperation

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Preface; I. Introduction; II. The Significance of Social Scales: Visions and Concepts; III. The Imperative for Multilevel Governance in Sustainable Development; IV. The Impact of Multilevel Governance on Policy Making for Sustainability; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Bressers, Rosenbaum, and their contributors analyze what, until recently, has been among the least examined issues implicit in the growing global discourse about sustainable development: the creation of institutions and processes for effective governance of sustainability policies. The creation and endurance of governance institutions capable of implementing sustainability policies is, in fact, fundamental for any viable conception of sustainable development. The analyses focus not only on how societies can organize, but on how they do organize to overcome such daunting obstacles in the Nether