Exploring Sustainable Development
Subtitle: Geographical Perspectives
Contributors: Martin Purvis (Editor); Alan Grainger (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Published: September 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9781844071074
Subjects: Geography; Sustainability; Economic geography; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Sustainable development; Developing Countries; Development - Economic Development; Development - Sustainable Development; Social Science / Third World Development; Dâeveloppement durable
First sentence: Sustainable development, which meets the needs of the present generation without undermining the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, was widely adopted as a policy goal in the 1990s by many international agencies, governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).