The Earthscan reader in sustainable development
By: edited by John Kirkby, Phil O'Keefe and Lloyd Timberlake.
Contributors: Kirkby, John, 1938-; O'Keefe, Philip.; Timberlake, Lloyd.; Earthscan.
Publisher: Earthscan Publications; Routledge
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
Subjects: Sustainable development.; Economic development -- Environmental aspects.
Other titles: Sustainable development
Description: Such a huge number of books, journals and papers have been devoted to defining, assessing and implementing 'sustainable development' that students and other readers face information overload. Earthscan alone has published hundreds of essays and books on the subject. Now, though, the most authoritative writings have been carefully assessed and collected together in the Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Development.

The contributions included span five years of the debate, and cover all the principal themes: the history of the concept; the problems in defining it; the issues surrounding it; and national and international policies and schemes to implement it.

For ease of use, the essays have been split into key subject areas - such as agriculture, population and the commons - and they include practical case studies and examples, together with analyses from a number of different viewpoints from both the North and South. These seminal essays will provide readers with a unique overview of the subject, as well as the long-awaited basic course material for students of environmental studies, economics, geography, politics, planning and the social sciences.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-362) and index.