Cents and sustainability : securing our common future by decoupling economic growth from environmental pressures / Michael H. Smith, Karlson "Charlie" Hargroves and Cheryl Desha.
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TextPublication details: London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2010. Description: lv, 405 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781844075294 (hbk.)Subject(s): Economic development -- Environmental aspects | Climatic changes -- Economic aspects | Climatic changes | Greenhouse gas mitigation | Environmental policy | Economic policyDDC classification: 338.927 SMI Summary: "Our Common Future was one of the first sustainable development publications to suggest that the twin goals of economic growth and sustainable development could be reconciled. The focus of this new book is to provide an additional response to the call by Dr Gro Brundtland, in her 1987 Foreword, "What is needed now is a new era of economic growth--growth that is forceful and at the same time socially and environmentally sustainable." With the 20th anniversary of Our Common Future in 2007, it is clearly the time to re-examine these important issues. Significant evidence and research is now available to allow a deeper understanding of how, and under what conditions, this "forceful sustainable growth" is possible. The goal of this book is to further explore, in a modern global context, the conditions under which society can achieve a form of economic growth that is environmentally sustainable ..."--Publisher description
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Our Common Future was one of the first sustainable development publications to suggest that the twin goals of economic growth and sustainable development could be reconciled. The focus of this new book is to provide an additional response to the call by Dr Gro Brundtland, in her 1987 Foreword, "What is needed now is a new era of economic growth--growth that is forceful and at the same time socially and environmentally sustainable." With the 20th anniversary of Our Common Future in 2007, it is clearly the time to re-examine these important issues. Significant evidence and research is now available to allow a deeper understanding of how, and under what conditions, this "forceful sustainable growth" is possible. The goal of this book is to further explore, in a modern global context, the conditions under which society can achieve a form of economic growth that is environmentally sustainable ..."--Publisher description
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