Cooper, Phillip J.

Implementing sustainable development : from global policy to local action / Phillip J. Cooper, Claudia Maria Vargas. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2004. - xv, 424 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-400) and index.

The foundations of sustainable development -- The principles of sustainable development : global common commitments -- Questions of technical feasibility : do we know how to do it? -- Legal feasibility : building infrastructure to meet mandates from supranational to local -- Fiscal feasibility : from paper to action -- Administrative feasibility : good intentions, intelligence, and money are not enough -- Political feasibility : the will to act and the power to get it done -- Ethical feasibility : values that matter on the ground -- Cultural feasibility : one size does not fit all -- Ideas that matter.

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Sustainable development.
Economic development--Environmental aspects.
Environmental policy--Economic aspects.
Sustainable development--Case studies.

HC79.E5 / C6545 2004

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