Sustainable development
Subtitle: science, ethics, and public policy
By: edited by John Lemons and Donald A. Brown.
Contributors: Lemons, John.; Brown, Donald A., 1944-
Series: Environmental science and technology library ;; v. 3
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Sustainable development; Environmental protection -- Decision making
Description: Off all the books written about the problems of sustainable development and environmental protection, Sustainable Development: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy is one of the first to examine the role of science, economics and law, and ethics as generally applied to decision making on sustainable development, particularly in respect to the recommendations contained in Agenda 21.

Specifically, the book examines the role, capabilities, and certain strengths and weaknesses of these disciplines and their ethical implications in the context of sustainable development problems.

Such an analysis is necessary to determine whether sustainable development problems create important new challenges and problems for government so that, where appropriate, new tools or approaches may be designed to overcome limitations or take advantage of the strengths of current scientific, economic and legal capabilities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.