Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Development, Paperback by Kirkby, John (EDT);...
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Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Development, Paperback by Kirkby, John (EDT);.... Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Development, Paperback by Kirkby, John (EDT); Kirby, John; O'Keefe, Phil (EDT); Timberlake, Lloyd (EDT); Earthscan (COR), ISBN 1853832162, ISBN-13 9781853832161, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Such a huge number of books, journals and papers have been devoted to defining, assessing and implementing 'sustainable development' that students and other readers face information overload. Earthscan alone has published hundreds of essays and books on the subject. Now, though, the most authoritative writings have been carefully assessed and collected together in the Earthscan Reader in Sustainable contributions included span five years of the debate, and cover all the principle themes: the history of the concept; the problems in defining it; the issues surrounding it; and national international policies and schemes to implement it. For ease of use, the essays have been split into key subject areas - such as agriculture, population and the commons - and they include practical case studies and examples, together with analyses from a number of different viewpoints from both the North and seminal essays will provide readers with a unique overview of the subject, as well as the long-awaited basic course material for students of environmental studies, economics, geography, politics, planning and the social sciences.
