Call number:
PIK N 070-12-0257
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: Preface.-Part 1. Environmental sciences, sustainability, and quality. Biogeochemical cycles. Reconstructing environmental changes over the last 3 million years. Environmental history: object of study and methodology. Human environmental history since the origin of agriculture. Recent developments and trends.-Part 2. General Principles. Specific principles. Social science and environmental behaviour. The Natural Environment. Analytical tools for the environment-economy interaction. Analysis of physical interactions between the economy and the environment. Environmental policy instruments. Environmental institutions and learning: perspectives from the policy sciences. Technology for Environmental Problems. Integration. Environmental modelling. An illustration of the LCA technique. Integrated assessment.-Part 3. Environmental policies in their cultural and historical contexts. National policy styles and waste management in the Netherlands and Bavaria. Land use in Zimbabwe and neighbouring southern African countries. Climate change policy of Germany, UK and USA. Technical progress, finite resources and intergenerational justice. Sustainability is an objective value. A rejoinder to Wilfred Beckerman and Herman Daly. Transitions to sustainability as societal innovations. Agriculture and food problems. Tracing the sustainable development of nations with integrated indicators.-Index.
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XVII, 542 S. : graph. Darst.
Edition:
1. softcover print.
ISBN:
9789048191932
,
978-1-402-09157-5
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Branch Library:
PIK Library
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