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Planning for a sustainable future / by Belmont, Helen.(CARDINAL)482801;
Includes bibliographical references (page 45) and index.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Sustainable development.;
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Plenitude : the new economics of true wealth / by Schor, Juliet.(CARDINAL)307604;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-247) and index.Introduction -- From consumer boom to ecological bust -- Economics confronts the earth -- Living rich on a troubled planet -- The economics of plenitude.Outlines a strategy for addressing key ecological and financial challenges that focus on redefining what goods, values, and lifestyle mean, along with recommendations on promoting sustainability without deprivation.
Subjects: Sustainable development.; Wealth.;
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Beyond growth : the economics of sustainable development / by Daly, Herman E.(CARDINAL)148886;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-245) and index.The shape of current thought on sustainable development -- I: Economic theory and sustainable development -- 1. Moving to a steady-state economy -- 2. Elements of environmental macroeconomics -- 3. Consumption: value added, physical transformation, and welfare -- II: Operational policy and sustainable development -- 4. Operationalizing sustainable development by investing in natural capital -- 5. Fostering environmentally sustainable development; four parting suggestions for the world bank -- III: National accounts and sustainable development -- 6. Toward a measure of sustainable net national product -- 7. On sustainable development and national accounts -- IV: Population and sustainable development -- 8. Carrying capacity as a tool of development policy: the Ecuadoran Amazon and the Paraguayan Chaco -- 9. Marx and Malthus in Northeast Brazil: a note on the world's largest class difference in fertility and its recent trends -- V: International trade and sustainable development -- 10. Free trade and globalization vs. environment and community -- 11. From adjustment to sustainable development: the obstacle of free trade -- VI: Two pioneers in the economics of sustainable development -- 12. The economic thought of Frederick Soddy -- 13. On Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen's contributions to economics: an obituary essay -- VII: Ethics, religion, and sustainable development -- 14. A biblical economic principle and the sustainable economy -- 15. Sustainable development: from religious insight to ethical principle to public policy.
Subjects: Sustainable development.;
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The cities we live in / by Amson-Bradshaw, Georgia,author.(CARDINAL)676455;
"Introduce your young readers to the environmental issues that come with the rise of the large and busy communities of the city landscape. After learning about problems like overcrowding, sewage, and pollution from factories and transportation, students are encouraged through 'Solve It!' activities to come up with sustainable solutions for the future."--Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Sustainable living.; Sustainable urban development.; Sustainable development.;
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Global survival : the challenge and its implications for thinking and acting / by Laszlo, Ervin,1932-(CARDINAL)143751; Seidel, Peter,1926-(CARDINAL)649471;
MARCIVE 12/19/07Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreword / Ervin Laszlo -- Introduction : a sensible way to think and act / Peter Seidel -- Survival research : a new discipline needed now / Peter Seidel -- On human survival : reflections on survival research and survival policies / John H. Herz -- World population, food, natural resources, and survival / David Pimentel & Marcia Pimentel -- Survival from the brain's perspective / Walter Lowen -- Biology is destiny only if we ignore it / Jerome H. Barkow -- Belief and survival / James E. Alcock -- The social psychology of sustainability / David G. Myers -- The need for a planetary ethic / Ervin Laszlo -- Rational sustainability / Joseph A. Tainter -- Seeing the whole picture / Richard B. Norgaard & Paul Baer -- What can the systems community contribute to ensure the survival of civilization? / Kenneth E. F. Watt -- Economics weak and strong : ecological economics and human survival / Andy Bahn & John Gowdy -- Historical perspectives on global ecology / J.R. McNeill -- Governance barriers to sustainability / Richard D. Lamm -- Sustainability and governmental foresight / Lindsey Grant -- Educating world leaders / Christopher Williams -- A primer of civilization / James Lovelock with Peter Seidel.
Subjects: Sustainable development.; Globalization.;
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A survey of sustainable development : social and economic dimensions / by Harris, Jonathan M.(CARDINAL)265871; Tufts University.Global Development and Environment Institute.(CARDINAL)268317;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-387) and index.Alternatives to the International Monetary Fund / Robert S. Browne -- The World Bank and poverty / Carlos A. Heredia -- Assessing the the impact of NGO advocacy campaigns on World Bank projects and policies / Jonathan Fox and David Brown -- Coping with ecological globalization / Hilary French -- The United Nations environment programme and the United Nations development programme / Alexandre Timoshenko and Mark Berman -- Conflicts of global ecology: environmental activism in period of global reach / Vanadan Shiva.Foreign investment, globalization, and environment / Daniel C. Esty and Bradford S. Gentry -- Globalization and social integration / Dharam Ghai and Cynthia Hewitt de Alcantara -- Reconciling economic reform and sustainable human development: social consequences of Neo-liberalism / Lance Taylor and Ute Pieper -- Impacts of structural adjustment on the sustainability of developing countries / David Reed -- The corporate accountability movement: lessons and opportunities / Robin Broad and John Cavanagh -- Socially responsible investing: doing good while doing well / Peter D. Kinder, Steven D. Lydenberg, and Amy L. Domini -- Corporate social responsibility / George A. Steiner and John F. Steiner -- Toward a new conception of the environment-competitiveness relationship / Michael E. Porter and Claas van der Linde -- Civil associations and toward a global civil economy / Severyn T. Bruyn.Government action, social capital, and development: reviewing the evidence on synergy / Peter Evans -- Good government in the Tropics / Judith Tendler -- View from the periphery: encountering development / Philip W. Porter and Eric S. Sheppard -- Global ecology and the shadow of development / Wolfgang Sachs -- Biodiversity: a third world perspective / Vandana Shiva -- Global warming in an unequal world: a case of environmental colonialism / Anni Agarwal and Sunita Narain -- Lifestyle is the problem / A. Atiq Rahman -- Enclosing the global commons: Global environmental negotiations in a North-south conflictual approach / Alain Lipietz -- Government, population, and poverty: a win-win tale / Nancy Birdsall -- An ecologist view of the Malthusian conflict / C.S. Holling -- Accelerated resource degradation by agriculture in developing countries?: the role of population change and responses to it / Michael Lipton.Materialization and dematerialization: measures and trends / Iddo K. Wenick, Robert Herman, Shekhar Govind, and Jess H. Ausubel -- Material use and sustainable affluence / Frank Ackerman -- Balancing China's energy, economic, and environmental goals / John M. Byrne, Bo Shen, and Xiuguo Li -- Environmental quality, energy efficiency, and renewable energy / Peter Fox-Penner -- The costs of climate protection: a guide for the perplexed / Robert Repetto and Duncan Austin -- Equity and discounting in climate-change decisions / Robert C. Lind and Richard E. Schuler -- Globalization: threat or salvation? / Paul Streeten -- From adjustment to sustainable development: the obstacle of free trade / Herman E. Daly -- Ecological distribution, agricultural trade liberalization, and in situ genetic diversity / James K. Boyce -- Multinational corporations and the Neo-liberal regime / James R. Crotty, Gerald Epstein, and Patricia Kelly.Natural capital and sustainable development / Robert Costanza and Herman E. Daly -- Environmental economics, ecological economics, and the concept of sustainable development / Giuseppe Munda -- On the problem of achieving efficiency and equity, intergenerationally / Talbot Page -- Economics and "sustainability": balancing trade-offs and imperatives / Michael A. Toman -- From political economy to politicalecology / Juan Martinez-Alier -- Green accounting and economic policy / Salah El Serafy -- Are we saving enough for the future? / Kirk Hamilton and Michael Clemens -- Progress on the environmental Kuznets curve? / David I. Stern -- The human development paradigm / Mahbub ul Haq -- Sustainable livelihoods: the poor's reconciliation of environment and development / Robert Chambers -- Market, citizenship, and social exclusion / Charles Gore -- Gendered poverty and well-being / Shahra Razavi.People and environment: what is the relationship between exploitation of natural resources and population growth in the South? / Sara J. Scherr -- Population and urbanization in the Twenty-First Century: India's megacities / Sai Felicia Krishna-Hensel -- Mexico City: our common future? / Priscilla Connolly -- Reinventing cities for people and the planet / Molly O'Meara Sheehan -- Food security and sustainable use of natural resources: a 2020 vision / Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Rajul Pandya-Lorch -- Sustainable agriculture / Gordon Conway -- Environmental risks posed by Transgenic crops / Jane Rissler and Margaret Mellen -- Population extinction and saving biodiversity / Paul R. Ehrlich and Gretchen C. Daily -- Rocking the boat: conserving fisheries and protecting jobs / Anne Platt McGinn -- The world's forests: problems and potentials / Norman Myers.Sustainability and the accountable corporation / Allen L. White -- A theory of Government intervention in late industrialization / Alice H. Amsden -- An idea whose time has come / M. Jeff Hamond, Stephen J. DeCanio, Peggy Duxbury, Alan H. Sanstad, and Christopher H. Stinson -- From class struggle to class compromise: redistribution and growth in a South Indian State / Patrick Heller -- New strategies for rural sustainable development: Popular participation, food self-sufficiency, and environmental regeneration / David Barkin -- African development that works / Peter G. Veit, Adolfo Mascarenhas, and Okyeante Ampadu-Agyei -- Challenges to community-based sustainable development / Melissa Leach, Robin Mearns, and Ian Scoones -- What is micro-enterprise development for women? Widening the agenda / Linda Mayoux.Summaries of essays on sustainable human and economic development. Topics include: Population and the demographic transition; Agriculture and renewal resources; Energy and materials use; Globalization and corporate responsibility; Local and national strategies.
Subjects: Sustainable development.;
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Sustainable residential development : planning and design for green neighborhoods / by Friedman, Avi,1952-(CARDINAL)685763;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-277) and index.Fundamental terms and principles -- The rise of suburbia -- Siting a community -- High-density neighborhoods -- Green homes -- Urban and dwelling renewal -- Implementing sustainability.
Subjects: Ecological houses; Planned communities.; Sustainable engineering.;
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The age of sustainable development / by Sachs, Jeffrey,author.(CARDINAL)162671;
Subjects: Sustainable development.; Economic development;
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Rural sustainable development in America / by Audirac, Ivonne.(CARDINAL)219482;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Case studies.; Sustainable development; Rural development;
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Sustainable development in North Carolina / by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Environmental Resource Program.(CARDINAL)219177;
Subjects: Sustainable development; Economic development projects;
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