The sustainability mirage [electronic resource] : illusion and reality in the coming war on climate change / John Foster.
"Sustainable development's attempted deal between present and future will always collapse under the pressure of 'now' because the needs of the present always win out. Inevitably, this means movable targets and action that will always fall short of what we need. Ultimately, sustai...
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London ; Sterling, VA :
Earthscan,
2008.
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Table of Contents:
- What's wrong with sustainable development? The sustainability horizon ; Pursuing the mirage ; Mirage politics
- Deep sustainabilty. Shifting the focus ; Life goes on
- Greening our luck. Making the break: the carbon framework ; Widening our options ; The politics of reality.