Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 816 g
Strategies and Initiatives in High Consumption Societies
Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 816 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-924201-6
Verlag: OUP Oxford
At the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, political leaders from more than a hundred countries made a formal commitment to intensify efforts to resolve global environment and development problems and to strive for sustainable development. This volume examines how governments in the developed industrial world have responded to the challenge of sustainable development since it was catapulted into the international stage. It focuses on the central government engagement with sustainable development in Australia, Canada, Japan, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union. The study shows that sustainable development has been integrated into governmental idiom in most jurisdictions and has come to be associated with a series of changes to the structures and approached deployed to manage environmental problems. Yet, it also reveals significant differences of interpretation and priority, and in enthusiasm with which sustainable development has been received.
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Fachgebiete
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
- Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Politische Geographie
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
Weitere Infos & Material
- 1: William Lafferty and James Meadowcroft: Introduction
- 2: Elim Papadakis: Australia: Ecological Sustainable Development in the National Interest
- 3: Glen Toner: Canada: From Early Front-runner to Flagging Anchorman
- 4: Christiane Beuermann: Germany: Regulation and the Precautionary Principle
- 5: Miranda Schreurs: Japan: Law, Technology, and Aid
- 6: Marie-Louise van Muijen: The Netherlands: Ambitious on Goals - Ambivalent on Action
- 7: Oluf Langhelle: Norway: Reluctantly Carrying the Torch
- 8: Katarina Eckerberg: Sweden: Progression Despite Recession
- 9: Stephen C Young: The United Kingdom: Political Change and Promising Rhetoric
- 10: Gary Bryner: The United States: Sorry - Not Our Problem
- 11: Susan Baker: The European Union: Integration, Competition, Growth and Sustainability
- 12: William Lafferty and James Meadowcroft: Patterns of Government Engagement
- 13: William Lafferty and James Meadowcroft: Concluding Perspectives
