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Medientyp:
E-Book
Titel:
The environment, sustainable development, and public policies
:
building sustainability in Brazil
Enthält:
Contents: 1. Government policy for sustainable development -- 2. Towards sustainable development -- 3. Scale, ecological economics and the conservation of biodiversity -- 4. Environmental valuation in the quest for a sustainable future -- 5. Achieving a sustainable world -- 6. Policies for sustainable development -- 7. Green accounting and macroeconomic policy -- 8. A politico-communicative model to overcome the impasse of the current politico-technical model for environmental negotiation in Brazil -- 9. Agenda 21 -- 10. International private finance and sustainable development -- 11. Environmental services as a strategy for sustainable development in rural amazonia -- 12. Exploitation of biodiversity and indigenous knowledge in Latin America -- Index.
Anmerkungen:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:
This book presents an interdisciplinary perspective on the possibility of creating a sustainable path of economic development which would not harm the natural environment. It presents concepts, theories, methods and policy advice on sustainability and debates the difficulty in establishing a general notion of sustainability. The authors draw on a number of different disciplines to address the formulation of public policy for sustainable development in Brazil. They analyse the basic principles and motivations for sustainability, provide practical advice on how to coordinate public policies and indicate possible courses of action to reach a sustainable society. The authors conclude that there is a need to recognize the biophysical limits imposed on economics by ecosystems, the levels of participatory decision-making processes and the use of environmental services as a strategy for sustainable development. This book will be welcomed by academics and students working in the areas of ecological and environmental economics, sustainable development, development studies and Latin American studies as well as by policymakers and practitioners