Sustainable Development: The Challenge of Transition [Hardcover]

Jurgen Schmandt (Editor), C. H. Ward (Editor), Marilu Hastings (Assistant)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521653053 | ISBN-13: 978-0521653053 | Publication Date: April 24, 2000

Demographers predict that the world population will double during the first half of the 21st century before it will begin to level off. In this volume, a group of prominent authors examine what societal changes must occur to meet this challenge to the natural environment and the transformational changes that we must experience to achieve sustainability. Frances Cairncross, Herman E. Daly, Stephen H. Schneider and others provide a broad discussion of sustainable development. They detail economic and environmental, as well as spiritual and religious, corporate and social, scientific and political factors. Sustainable Development: The Challenge of Transition offers many insightful policy recommendations about how business, government, and individuals must change their current values, priorities, and behavior to meet present and future challenges. It will appeal to scholars and decision makers interested in global change, environmental policy, population growth, and sustainable development, and also to corporate environmental managers.

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Book Description

Demographers predict that world population will double to around twelve billion people during the first half of the 21st century. Based on this scenario, this book examines what societal changes must occur over the next generation to ensure a successful transition to sustainability. An array of prominent authors present a broad discussion of sustainable development: economic, environmental, spiritual, religious, corporate, social, scientific and political. This volume will appeal to scholars and decision makers interested in global change, environmental policy, and population growth, and also to corporate environmental managers.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (April 24, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521653053
• ISBN-13: 978-0521653053
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,963,652 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jurgen Schmandt was born in Germany, lived in France and came to the United States in 1965. He has worked in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Austin, Texas and Washington, D.C. He writes about water, climate and sustainable development.