Global Development and the Environment

Perspectives on Sustainability
Herausgeber: Darmstadter, Joel

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1992, Global Development and the Environment questions the compatibility of goals for environmental protection, natural resource consequences and economic growth in relation to sustainability with essays on important topics such as biodiversity, agriculture and population issues. This title will be of interest to students of Environmental Studies and Economics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 92
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 277g
• ISBN-13: 9781138961111
• ISBN-10: 1138961116
• Artikelnr.: 43033238

Autorenporträt

Joel Darmstadter

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword; Preface; 1. Questions on Sustainable Development: An Introduction
to the Essays; 2. Population Issues 3. The Difficulty in Defining
Sustainability 4. The Role of Natural Assets in Economics Development 5.
Using Benefit-Cost Analysis to Prioritize Environmental Problems 6.
Sustainable Agriculture 7. Managing Water for Economic, Environmental, and
Human Health 8. Energy Transitions 9. Climate Variability and Development
10. Preserving Biodiversity as a Resource