1st Edition

Sustainable Development Exploring the Contradictions

By Michael Redclift Copyright 1987
    232 Pages
    by Routledge

    230 Pages
    by Routledge

    Argues that environmental problems need to be looked at internationally, in terms of the global economic system, and that the degradation of the environment is not natural', but an historical process which is intrinsically linked and shaped by economic and political systems.

    Acknowledgements, 1 Introduction, 2 Sustainable development: the concept, 3 Economic models and environmental values, 4 Sustainable development: the problem, 5 The internationalization of the environment, 6 The transformation of the environment, 7 Environmental management and social movements, 8 The frontiers of sustainability, 9 Conclusion, Bibliography, Index

    Biography

    Redclift, Michael

    'This is an important contribution to a crucial debate.' - World Development