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1 online resource (207 pages) |
| Series |
Global Institutions |
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Global institutions series.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Crisis of Global Sustainability; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The birth and evolution of the Club of Rome: Earlyidentification of a global crisis; 2. A new way of thinking: The MIT study The Limits to Growth; 3. How have the concepts and doctrines of sustainability changed?; 4. Intergovernmental action 1972-2012: From Stockholm toRio plus 20; 5. Planetary boundaries: Doomsday prophecies or scientificprojections?; 6. A crisis of institutions: How to manage our interconnectedfuture |
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7. Overcoming the crisis of mind and action: Creating newinstitutions and strategies for a global emergency8. The future: Thinking big about global institutions andworld governance; 9. Epilogue: What should be done?; Notes; Select bibliography; Index; Routledge Global Institutions Series |
| Summary |
This concise and informative text provides a critical history of the concept of sustainability and the various institutional measures taken to promote, implement and enforce sustainable development, proposing new organizational solutions to deal with the crisis of sustainability. Crisis of Global Sustainability provides for the first time a compact insider description of the evolution and impact of the Club of Rome, a global think tank that produced a groundbreaking 1972 study ""The Limits to Growth"" which highlighted the dangers of unrestrained economic growth and po |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Club of Rome.
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| SUBJECT |
Club of Rome fast |
| Subject |
Sustainable development -- Government policy
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Sustainable development.
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sustainable development.
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Sustainable development
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Sustainable development -- Government policy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135097394 |
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1135097399 |
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