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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Exploring sustainable development. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2004 (DLC) 2003023957 (OCoLC)53361393 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Martin Purvis; Alan Grainger |
ISBN: | 9781849771290 1849771294 9781844071074 1844071073 9781853834721 1853834726 9781136566035 1136566031 128047498X 9781280474989 1417583045 9781417583041 6610474982 9786610474981 1136566023 9781136566028 6000000456 9786000000455 |
OCLC Number: | 58532381 |
Language Note: | English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 401 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | Geography and sustainable development / Martin Purvis -- The role of spatial scale and spatial interactions in sustainable development / Alan Grainger -- Linking the local to the global : can sustainable development work in practice? / John Soussan -- Forecasting urban futures : a systems analytical perspective on the development of sustainable urban regions / Gordon Mitchell -- Making cities more sustainable : people, plans and participation / Rachael Unsworth -- Business, capital and sustainable economic development / Martin Purvis -- Sustainable agriculture for the 21st century / Martin Purvis, Richard Smith -- Sustaining the flow : Japanese waterways and new paradigms of development / Paul Waley, Martin Purvis -- Sustainable futures for the Arctic north / Ken Atkinson -- Climate change, energy and sustainable development / Martin Purvis -- Sustainable development and international relations / Alan Grainger -- Future perspectives : developing sustainable development / Martin Purvis, Alan Grainger. |
Responsibility: | edited by Martin Purvis and Alan Grainger. |
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Abstract:
Provides a multifaceted introduction to key areas of study in the field of sustainable development, examining sustainability at the full range of spatial scales from the local to the global. This book explores different interpretations of the field in both theory and practice, in developed and developing countries, and in rural and urban areas.
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