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Much has been said about sustainability, but few people have really defined what it means. This book takes the reader through the tangled web that has built up around ‘sustainability’ and ‘sustainable development’. It defines what meaningful sustainability should be, which the book explains should be seen as different from ‘sustainable development’. In particular it looks at what economic, ecological and social sustainability should be. It also discusses the key problems of denial and unsustainable worldview, which are often missing in current works on sustainability.
The chapters cover the ‘old sustainability’; the history behind the terms; the rise of the ‘new’ sustainability; economic sustainability; ecological sustainability; social sustainability; population and consumption; worldview and ethics; denial; appropriate technology; and ‘solutions for sustainability’. This book provides in accessible language a much-needed comprehensive discussion of what sustainability means for students, policy makers and all those interested in a sustainable future. |
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