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Introduction to Sustainable Development

This fourth edition has been comprehensively rewritten and updated to provide a concise, well illustrated and accessible introduction to the characteristics, challenges and opportunities of sustainable development with particular reference to developing countries. The contested nature of sustainable development is explored through a detailed consideration of changing ideas and practices within environmentalism and development thinking. The text identifies the different actors involved (from institutions of global governance through to community based organisations), the policies and mechanisms.

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  • "This fourth edition has been comprehensively rewritten and updated to provide a concise, well illustrated and accessible introduction to the characteristics, challenges and opportunities of sustainable development with particular reference to developing countries. The contested nature of sustainable development is explored through a detailed consideration of changing ideas and practices within environmentalism and development thinking. The text identifies the different actors involved (from institutions of global governance through to community based organisations), the policies and mechanisms."@en
  • "The new edition has been extensively revised to highlight recent developments in the theory and practice of sustainable development. The theoretical framework underpinning the book has also been strengthened and explicit attention is now given to the significance of geography and place. It also reviews recent activity in the arena of developing indicators of sustainable development. Containing a wealth of new case studies from across the globe, discussion question, guides for further reading and a glossary, this text provides an invaluable introduction to the characteristics, challenges and op."
  • "This extensively revised third edition provides a concise, accessible introduction to the ideas behind, and the practices flowing from, the notion of sustainable development, with a particular focus on the developing world."
  • "From an examination of the historical origins of the concept, this identifies how and why future development patterns must be sustainable on a global scale and explores the current patterns and future challenges of resource use in fragile areas."
  • "This text examines the complex challenges presented by the goal of sustainable development at the local and global level. Areas covered include the challenges and opportunities for the developing world in the search for sustainable development."
  • "This text examines the complex challenges presented by the goal of sustainable development at the local and global level. Areas covered include the challenges and opportunities for the developing world in the search for sustainable development."@en
  • "This revised and updated second edition evaluates the progress made in the last decades of the twentieth century towards establishing new patterns and processes of development which are sustainable."
  • "This revised and updated second edition evaluates the progress made in the last decades of the twentieth century towards establishing new patterns and processes of development which are sustainable."@en
  • "Sustainable development continues to be the key idea around which environment and development are structured. This third edition of a sucessful, established text provides a concise and well-illustrated introduction to the ideas behind and the practices flowing from the notion of sustainable development. Ideal for students of geography, development and environmental studies, this key text evaluates the progress made towards establishing more sustainable patterns and processes of development through: - examination of the ways in which key institutions involved in development are changing how they work - consideration of the contemporary characteristics of processes of globalization, aid and trade - the substantial detail of the features of rural and urban environments in the developing world that further condition outcomes for future sustainability at the local level. Reworked and expanded in the light of response to previous editions and rapid developments in the field, this third edition contains a wealth of new case studies from across the globe, discussion questions and further reading.; A further forty pages in length, it includes an update of all data/statistics and tables, gives specific attention to the significance of geography and place and new consideration of progress in assessing and monitoring sustainable development. With a strengthened theoretical framework and comprehensive reviews of recent activity, this outstanding book provides an invaluable introduction to the characteristics, challenges and opportunities of sustainable development."
  • "Avalia o progresso feito nas últimas décadas do século XX com relação ao desenvolvimento sustentável, com ênfase nos países em desenvolvimento, visando encontrar padrões e processos de desenvolvimento sustentável para o futuro."

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  • "An Introduction to sustainable development : the developing world"
  • "Introduction to Sustainable Development"@en
  • "An Introduction to sustainable development"@en
  • "An Introduction to sustainable development"
  • "An introduction to sustainable development : the developing world"
  • "An introduction to sustainable development : the developing world"@en
  • "An introduction to sustainable development"
  • "An introduction to sustainable development"@en
  • "Introduction to sustainable development"
  • "Introduction to sustainable development"@en
  • "An Introduction to Sustainable Development"@en
  • "An Introduction to Sustainable Development"

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