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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456455103321

Titolo

Achieving sustainable development [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Ann Dale and John B. Robinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, BC, : UBC Press, c1996

ISBN

1-283-13166-8

9786613131669

0-7748-5375-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Sustainability and the environment ; ; 3

Altri autori (Persone)

DaleAnn <1948->

RobinsonJohn Bridger <1953->

Disciplina

333.7/0971

Soggetti

Sustainable development - Canada

Environmental policy - Canada

Sustainable development - International cooperation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Project of the Sustainable Research Institute".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro; Contents; Figures and Tables; Foreword; Introduction; Visions; Connections; Action; Assessing Progress; Contributors; Index; 1 Life in 2030: The Sustainable Society Project; 2 Sustainability Strategies and Green Planning: Recent Canadian and International Experience; 3 Growing Wisely: Reconciling Competitiveness and Sustainability in a Shrinking World; 4 Biodiversity Conservation: A Decision-Making Context; 5 Industrial Ecology: Efficient and Excellent Production; 6 Making Sustainable Development Happen: Institutional Transformation

7 Putting Women and the Environment First: Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development8 Promises, Promises: Canadian Campaign Rhetoric, Agenda 21, and the Status of Women; 9 Aboriginal Peoples: The Basis for Policy-Making toward Sustainable Development; 10 A Systemic Approach to Assessing Progress toward Sustainability; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y