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

• Pubblicazione: Vancouver, BC, : UBC Press, c1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.7/0971
• Soggetto topico: Sustainable development - Canada; Environmental policy - Canada; Sustainable development - International cooperation
• Soggetto geografico: Canada Economic policy 1991-
• Altri autori: DaleAnn <1948-> RobinsonJohn Bridger <1953->
• 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
• Sommario/riassunto: The recent United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development, popularly known as the Earth Summit, was a milestone event for sustainable development. In dealing with ecological and developmental issues concurrently, it brought the international environmental agenda to the fore. Canada was the first industrialized country to announce that it would be a signatory to the Biodiversity Convention, and by furthering future forestry and global warming conventions, it played an important leadership role. Achieving Sustainable Development explores how well Canada has met the Earth Summit's targets and attempts to find ways in which the public can become involved in such issues. Its authors stress the importance of integration of information from various fields and seek to stimulate the exchange of knowledge among the academic community, government, non-governmental organizations and industry. The contributors look far beyond merely identifying and analyzing selected issues and problems. To facilitate public discussion and to affect policy development, at least one initiative is proposed and detailed for each problem identified. Achieving Sustainable Development provides an overall introduction to critical subjects in sustainable development -- industrial growth, women, institutional arrangements, industrial practices, and aboriginal peoples. Most importantly, it argues for the immediate development of a research and policy agenda for Canada and suggests mechanisms for its implementation.
• Titolo autorizzato: Achieving sustainable development
• ISBN: 1-283-13166-8; 9786613131669; 0-7748-5375-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780681703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Sustainability and the environment ; ; 3.