Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Crisis of global sustainability / Tapio Kanninen.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Global institutions series ; 74 | Routledge Global Institutions Series ; 74 | Routledge Global Institutions SeriesPublication details: New York, NY : Routledge, 2013.Description: xix, 178 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780415694179
  • 0415694175
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.9/27 23
LOC classification:
  • HC 79  K16c 2013
Contents:
Introduction 1. The birth and evolution of the Club of Rome: early identification 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 to Rio plus 20 5. Planetary boundaries: doomsday prophecies or scientific projections? 6. A crisis of institutions: how to manage our interconnected future? 7. Overcoming the crisis of mind and action: creating new institutions and strategies for a global emergency 8. The future: thinking big about global institutions and world governance 9. Epilogue: what should be done?
Summary: "The book provides a critical history of the concept of sustainability and the various institutional measures taken to promote, implement and enforce sustainable development"-- Provided by publisher.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HC 79 K16c 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000111083

Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-165) and index.

Introduction 1. The birth and evolution of the Club of Rome: early identification 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 to Rio plus 20 5. Planetary boundaries: doomsday prophecies or scientific projections? 6. A crisis of institutions: how to manage our interconnected future? 7. Overcoming the crisis of mind and action: creating new institutions and strategies for a global emergency 8. The future: thinking big about global institutions and world governance 9. Epilogue: what should be done?

"The book provides a critical history of the concept of sustainability and the various institutional measures taken to promote, implement and enforce sustainable development"-- Provided by publisher.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.