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Green Development : Environment and Sustainability in a Developing World by Bill Adams (2019, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis Group
ISBN-100415820723
ISBN-139780415820721
eBay Product ID (ePID)17038312187
Product Key Features
Number of Pages402 Pages
Publication NameGreen Development : Environment and Sustainability in a Developing World
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2019
SubjectEnvironmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Environmental Conservation & Protection, Developing & Emerging Countries, Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Development / Sustainable Development
TypeTextbook
AuthorBill Adams
Subject AreaNature, Political Science, Social Science, Science, Business & Economics
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight33.9 Oz
Item Length9.7 in
Item Width6.9 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number4
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2019-036496
IllustratedYes
Table Of Content1. The dilemma of sustainability 2. The roots of sustainable development 3. Mainstream sustainable development 4. Sustainability and Natural Capital 5. Neoliberalism and the Green Economy 6. Corporations and sustainability 7. Sustainability and Degrowth 8. The political forest 9. Desertification 10. Famine, Food and Farming 11. The Political Ecology of Biodiversity 12. Engineering Development 13. Green development: reformism or radicalism?
SynopsisThe concept of sustainability lies at the core of the challenge of environment and development, and the way governments, business and environmental groups respond to it. Green Development provides a clear and coherent analysis of sustainable development in both theory and practice. Green Development explores the origins and evolution of mainstream thinking about sustainable development and offers a critique of the ideas behind them. It draws a link between theory and practice by discussing the nature of the environmental degradation and the impacts of development. It argues that, ultimately, 'green' development has to be about political economy, about the distribution of power, and not about environmental quality. Its focus is strongly on the developing world. The fourth edition retains the broad structure of previous editions, but has been updated to reflect advances in ideas and changes in international policy. Greater attention has been given to the political ecology of development, market-based and neoliberal environmentalism, and degrowth. This fully revised edition discusses: the origins of thinking about sustainability and sustainable development, and its evolution to the present day; the ideas that dominate mainstream sustainable development (including natural capital, the green economy, market environmentalism and ecological modernisation); critiques of mainstream ideas and of neoliberal framings of sustainability, and alternative ideas about sustainability that challenge 'business as usual' thinking, such as arguments about limits to growth and calls for degrowth; the dilemmas of sustainability in the context of forests, desertification, food and farming, biodiversity conservation and dam construction; the challenge of policy choices about sustainability, particularly between reformist and radical responses to the contemporary global dilemmas. Green Development offers clear insights into the challenges of environmental sustainability, and social and economic development. It is unique in offering a synthesis of theoretical ideas on sustainability and in its coverage of the extensive literature on environment and development around the world. The book has proved its value to generations of students as an authoritative, thought-provoking and readable guide to the field of sustainable development., The book provides a clear and coherent analysis of sustainable development and explores the origins and evolution of mainstream thinking about it. It critiques of the ideas behind them and draws a link between theory and practice by discussing the nature of the environmental degradation and the impacts of development.
LC Classification NumberHC59.7.A714 2020
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