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Global Ecology

By Wolfgang Sachs

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Global Ecology

By Wolfgang Sachs

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Behind the public's hope of effective action by governments on environmental issues lies a complex terrain of conceptual confusion, conflicts of interest and philosophical dispute. This is why some of the world's leading environmental thinkers have come together in this volume to probe critically the new language being developed by environmental professionals.

They examine the contradictions inherent in the fashionable notion of sustainable development. They explore the emerging conflicts over the distribution of environmental risks between North and South. And they warn that 'global ecology' seen in a managerial perspective, may degenerate into an effor to redesign and manage Nature in order to keep economic growth going in the face of a rising tide of resource plunder and pollution.

This book seeks to launch a critical debate in order to clarify the issues involves and what might constitute appropriate action.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
282
Release Date:
1993-09-01
Publication Date:
1993-08-01
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1856491641
ISBN13:
9781856491648
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
401 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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