Sustainability: a systems approach

✍ Scribed by Clayton, Anthony M. H.; Radcliffe, Nicholas J

Publisher: Earthscan
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Leaves: 270
Edition: 1. publ., reprint
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content: General systems theory
complex adaptive systems
environmental factors
eco-system economics
integrating economic and environmental factors
economic policy instruments
discounting and investment
levels of sustainability
financing the transition
economic development and the environment
sociocultural factors
a systems approach to managing sustainability
assessing sustainability.

✦ Subjects

Nachhaltige Entwicklung ;SWD-ID: 43156915

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