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 : An Introduction to Sustainable Development

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 338.927
EAN: 9781844075201
ISBN: 1844075206
Label: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Manufacturer: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 2007-11
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Studio: Earthscan Publications Ltd.




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The most comprehensive textbook ever written on sustainable development, pilot-tested worldwide. Coverage includes: background to sustainable development and global environmental issues; measurement and sustainability indicators; environmental assessment, management and policy; approaches and linkages to poverty reduction; impacts and infrastructure development; economics, consumption, production and market failures; governance; participation; disaster management; international financial institutions; international environmental agreements and the role of civil society.



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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - A biased book
Firstly, I'll start from positive side. This book is very helpful resource for many numbers and events. Moreover, it is organized (divided into subtitles and sentences are bulleted), but I always lost track along with those many bullets. Some chapters are not really bad. At least I thought that if I need some dates or names of organization, events, I learnt where I can find them easily (but Google is much easier, in fact). That's all my positive words.

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