Sustainable Development in Western Europe

Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-7146-4376-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 288 g

The transition to sustainable development will test government and democracy in a fundamentally radical way. There is probably no such end state as truly sustainable development. So the pathways towards it are endless. In any case, like a mirage, sustainable development will metamorphose like a more distant goal as it is approached.

This series of essays looks at three elements of sustainable development in terms of the institutional challenge they pose, and from the viewpoint of five European Union Member States.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Riordan, Tim

Voisey, Heather

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll

Inhaltsverzeichnis

an important text for students of contemporary development strategies and interested parties alike. Simon Kenton, environmental, Education and Information

European Planning Studies, Vol.7,NO 3, 1999 - reveiwed by Didier Guillain

"But, as some essays in the book demonstarte, the different institutions could contribute to solving the ambiguities and contradictions that arise from it, and help to develop a deeper understanding of the environment, society and the economic development process which which are still too often perceived as self-contained units.

Über Autor(innen)

Tim O'Riordan, Heather Voisey