1st Edition

Sustainable Development Policy and Administration

    716 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Sustainable Development Policy and Administration provides a learning resource describing the major issues that are critical to understanding the multiple dimensions of sustainable development. The overall theme of each contributed chapter in this book is the urgent need to promote global sustainability while adding insights into the challenges facing the current and future generations. This volume brings together diverse contributions that cover the multiple facets of development, resulting in a rich reference for students, development managers, and others interested in this emerging field.

    SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: MAJOR DIMENSIONS AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS
    Rethinking Sustainable Development Policy and Administration, M.S. Haque and G.M. Mudacumura
    Limits of "Sustainable Development" as a Concept, M.S. Haque
    Sustainable Development and Governance Policy Nexus: Bridging the Ecological and Human Dimensions, B.T. Costantinos
    Systems Concept of Sustainability and Sustainable Development, D. Mebratu
    Sustaining Development: The Road from Stockholm to Johannesburg, O.P. Dwivedi and R. Khator
    Toward a General Theory of Sustainability, G.M. Mudacumura

    SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS
    Urbanization and Sustainable Development Policy and Administration, J. Leitmann
    What Is Sustainable Farming? E. Goewie, J. da Silva, J.P. Zabaleta, and R.M. de Souza
    Bridging Sustainable Agriculture and Sustainable Tourism to Enhance Sustainability, T. Berno
    Sustaining Development Projects through Nongovernmental Organizations in Municipal-Community Partnerships, H. Nel
    Sustainable Development in India, N. Bava

    SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL EXPERIENCES
    Microfinance in Asia: Toward Economic Sustainable Development Policies and Strategies, K. Gow
    Citizens' Participation in Neighborhood Revitalization, P.A. Hippler
    Toward a Sustainable Rural Development in Africa: A Sociological Case Study of a World Bank Agricultural Development Project in Nigeria, A.A. Zekeri
    Prisons: A Cautionary Tale of Rural Economic Development, D. Walker
    Sustainable Waste Management: A Case Study of the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority, W. Luanratana and C. Visvanathan
    Multi-Regime-Regulation and Sustainable Development: A Study of the International Hazardous Waste Trade, B. Meinke-Brandmaier
    The Institutionalization of Poverty in the Third World: The Case of Grenada, P.C. Mocombe

    SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CURRENT AND FUTURE CHALLENGES
    Implementing Sustainable Development Policies: A Theoretical Discourse, G.M. Mudacumura
    The Political Economy of Sustainable Development: The Governance Perspective, A. Barclay
    Technology Assessment in the Journey to Sustainable Development, G. Assefa and B. Frostell
    Industry and Sustainable Development in 18 Developing and Transition Economies, R. Luken and N. Komendantova-Amann
    Toward Sustainable Tourism: Moving Beyond Ecotourism, G. Miller and T. Berno
    An Assessment of Health Care System Reform in Post-Soviet Transitional Economies, P.A. Cholewka

    CONCLUSION: ALTERNATIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
    The World Bank's New Urban Strategy: An Assessment from Development Ethics, S.G. Schwenke
    Private and Public Sector Interfaces: Prerequisites for Sustainable Development, L. Munoz
    Foundation Principles Governing Accounting: Revisiting the Representation of Business Activities, K. Saravanamuthu
    Critical Impacts of Inequality on Sustainable Development, M.S. Haque

    Biography

    Gedeon M. Mudacumura (Pennsylvania State University, USA) (Edited by) ,  Desta Mebratu (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) (Edited by) ,  M. Shamsul Haque (Edited by)

    "The publication of this Sustainable Development Policy and Administration is expected to contribute to the further development of the knowledge base that is required for programs on education for sustainable development. The combination of the sections on conceptual review, policy and institutional analysis, and sectoral cases of applications enhances its utility. I also believe the reader will benefit from the broad area of topics combined with key sectoral focus and geographical coverage of cases."
    Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), from the Foreword