Defining Sustainable Development for Our Common Future : A History of the World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission)
The UN World Commission on Environment and Development, chaired by former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, alerted the world to the urgency of making progress toward economic development that could be sustained without depleting natural resources or harming the environment. Written by...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Hoboken : Taylor and Francis,
2013
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| Schlagworte: | Sustainable development Environmental policy |
| Umfang: | Online-Ressource (278 p) |
| Zusammenfassung: | The UN World Commission on Environment and Development, chaired by former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, alerted the world to the urgency of making progress toward economic development that could be sustained without depleting natural resources or harming the environment. Written by an international group of politicians, civil servants and experts on the environment and development, the Brundtland Report changed sustainable development from a physical notion to one based on social, economic and environmental issues. This book positions the Brundtland Commission as a key event |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Beschreibung: | Online-Ressource (278 p) |
| ISBN: | 9780415825504 0415825504 9781135961220 1135961220 9781135961299 1135961298 |