Towards Sustainable Development

On the Goals of Development - And the Conditions of Sustainability
1999. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-333-71521-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 481 g

The book brings together twelve original essays on the meaning and implications of sustainable development. The collection assesses the theoretical debate over the concept of sustainable development, and looks at the unique experiment in applying this practically which has taken place in Norway to discover how the concept can illuminate practical policy across a wide range of fields. Topics covered include sustainable development as a global ethics; the concept of need; global and generational equity; the limits of nature; implications for economics; and the role of technology. The editors outline the logic of the approach and draw together the implications of the individual studies for a more focused and consistent application of the concept.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Langhelle, Oluf

Lafferty, W.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface List of Abbreviations List of Contributors Sustainable Developments as Concept and Norm; W.M.Lafferty and O.Langhelle A Global Ethic of Sustainability?; J.Wetlesen On Need: A Central Concept in the Brundtland Report; W.Håland Sustainable Development, State Sovereignty and International Justice; A.Follesdal Sustainability, Morality and Future Generations; P.Ariansen The Limits of Nature; N.Stenseth Nature, Market and Ignorance: Can Development Be Managed?; O.Langhelle Sustainable Development: Caught Between National Sovereignty and International Challenges; J.B.Skjærseth Economic Analysis of Sustainability; G.Asheim Economic Initiatives and Sustainable Development: An Assessment of Initiatives and Possibilities; S.Hansen Future Challenges of Sustainable Development; W.M.Lafferty and O.Langhelle Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

PER ARIANSEN Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, University of Oslo
GEIR B. ASHEIM Professor of Economics at the University of Oslo
ANDREAS FOLLESDAL Research Associate at the ARENA Center, University of Oslo
STEIN HANSEN economist and international consultant
WENCHE HÅLAND Professor in Clinical Psychology and Head of the Polyclinic for Youths and Adults at the University of Bergen
INGUNN MOSER Research Associate at the Center for Technology and Human Values, University of Oslo
JON BIRGER SKJÆRSETH Research Fellow for the Research Council of Norway at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Oslo
NILS CHR. STENSETH Professor of Zoology at the University of Oslo
JON WETLESEN Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo