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A Survey of sustainable development : social and economic dimensions
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- ISBN: 9781559638623
- ISBN: 1559638621
- ISBN: 159726783X
- ISBN: 9781597267830
- ISBN: 9781417539529
- ISBN: 1417539526
- ISBN: 9781559638630
- ISBN: 155963863X
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxxvii, 409 pages) : illustrations.
remote - Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, [2001]
- Copyright: ©2001
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-387) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Alternatives to the International Monetary Fund / Robert S. Browne -- The World Bank and poverty / Carlos A. Heredia -- Assessing the the impact of NGO advocacy campaigns on World Bank projects and policies / Jonathan Fox and David Brown -- Coping with ecological globalization / Hilary French -- The United Nations environment programme and the United Nations development programme / Alexandre Timoshenko and Mark Berman -- Conflicts of global ecology: environmental activism in period of global reach / Vanadan Shiva. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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| Subject: | Sustainable development Electronic books Développement durable Electronic books |
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A Survey of Sustainable Development : Social and Economic Dimensions
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Copyright American Library Association, used with permission.
This final volume in the "Frontier Issues in Economic Thought" series by the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University summarizes 66 articles on current issues in sustainable social and economic development. The articles are drawn from a range of disciplines, collecting views of economists with those of other social, political, and natural scientists in an effort to provide an alternative approach to traditional economic development. The articles are arranged in ten parts, each of which is accompanied by an overview essay providing pertinent background information on the articles and putting them within the context of literature on the topic. Parts 1, 2, and 3 present general perspectives of sustainability: environmental and social perspectives and Southern criticism of Northern-dominated programs. Parts 4, 5, and 6 offer analyses of specific aspects of sustainability: population growth, agriculture and renewable resources, and industrial systems and energy use. Parts 7 through 10 focus on policy issues: globalization, the role of corporations, national and local government policies, and global institutional reform. The articles represent the issues well, and the overview essays are useful by themselves to acquaint readers with the literature. Recommended for upper-division undergraduate through professional collections. M. Morgan-Davie Utica College of Syracuse University
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