Modelling sustainable development : transitions to a sustainable future This insightful book explores the issue of sustainable development in its more operative and applied sense. Although a great deal of research has addressed potential interpretations and definitions of sustainable development much of this work is too abstract to offer policy makers and researchers the feasible and effective guidelines they require. This book redresses the balance pt. 1. Defining sustainability pt. 2. Issues in modelling sustainability pt. 3. Model descriptions pt. 4. Synthesis of TranSust