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) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and abbreviations; 1 Introduction: the difficult elements of sustainable development; PART I The time before the WCED; 2 The background: strands leading up to the Brundtland Commission; PART II The time of the WCED; 3 Establishing the Commission; 4 Jakarta; 5 Oslo; 6 São Paulo; 7 Ottawa; 8 Harare; 9 Moscow; 10 Bringing Commission work to an end; PART III The time after the WCED; 11 Strands leading away from the Brundtland Commission
- 12 Conclusions: a retroactive view on sustainable development and its difficult elementsNotes; Bibliography; Index