Oluf Langhelle

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Towards Sustainable Development (eBook, PDF)

On the Goals of Development - and the Conditions of Sustainability

Redaktion: Lafferty, W.

Beschreibung

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.

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Autor

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 1999
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230378797
• Artikelnr.: 45963254

Rezensionen

'Each one is an expert in their field and provides an erudite and comprehensive discussion of the topic and the issues that arise.' - John Baines, International Journal of Environmental Studies