Sustainable Development : the Challenge of Transition / edited by Jurgen Schmandt and C.H. Ward with the assistance of Marilu Hastings.
"Demographers predict that world population will double to around 12 billion people during the first half of the twenty-first century and then begin to level off. Based on this scenario, Sustainable Development: The Challenge of Transition examines what societal changes must occur over the next...
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2000.
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Bruce Alberts
- Preface / C.H. Ward and Jurgen Schmandt
- 1. Challenge and response / Jurgen Schmandt and C.H. Ward
- 2. National self-interest in the pursuit of sustainable development / Malcolm Gillis and Jeffrey R. Vincent
- 3. Uneconomic growth: Empty-world versus full-world economics / Herman E. Daly
- 4. Population and consumption: From more to enough / Robert W. Kates
- 5. Spirituality and sustainability / Carla V. Berkedal
- 6. Leadership skills for sustainable development / Bruce W. Piasecki
- 7. The role of science: Guidance and service / Stephen H. Schneider
- 8. Economic tools, international trade, and the role of business / Frances Cairncross
- 9. Stakeholders and sustainable development / James B. Blackburn
- 10. From idea to action: The role of policy / Jurgen Schmandt.