Keywords:
Agenda 21.
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects.
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Environmental policy -- International cooperation.
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Sustainable development -- Europe.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
The Transition to Sustainability 'details how all nations are repositioning their economies, their societies and their collective purpose to maintain all life on Earth, peacefully, healthily, equitably and with sufficient wealth to ensure that all are content in their survival.' From the Preface The governments of Europe are committed, in principle, to the implementation of sustainable development policies. What will this mean in practice? Most importantly, how compatible is such implementation with other commitments to economic growth and competitive markets? Can it be achieved, and what are the implications for all other policy areas? This book looks at the implications for government, business, taxation, planning, measures of change and local communities within the European Union. Country case studies include Germany, Norway, Greece, Portugal and the UK. The Editors conclude by giving an overview of progress so far, and offer pointers for the future. Policy makers, researchers and students across the range of social sciences will find this a valuable and groundbreaking book.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (337 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781134181742
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1539192
DDC:
333.7/094
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- List of Contributors -- List of Tables, Figures, Boxes and Appendices -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Part I Setting the Scene -- Chapter 1 The political economy of the sustainability transition -- Chapter 2 The politics of Agenda 21 -- Part II The European Union and Sustainable Development -- Editorial introduction -- Chapter 3 Introducing the concept of sustainable development into the treaties of the European Union -- Chapter 4 The legal dynamics of European integration and sustainable development -- Chapter 5 The legal duty of environmental integration: commitment and obligation or enforceable right? -- Chapter 6 Steps towards integrating the environment into other EU policy sectors -- Chapter 7 European Community funding and the sustainability transition -- Part III The Evolution of National Sustainable Development Strategies -- Editorial introduction -- Chapter 8 Sustainable development: the UK national approach -- Chapter 9 The German response to the sustainability transition -- Chapter 10 The Norwegian experience of the transition to sustainability -- Chapter 11 The evolution of sustainable development strategies in Portugal -- Chapter 12 Adjusting to a changing reality: the Greek response -- Part IV Local Agenda 21 and the Sustainability Transition -- Editorial introduction -- Chapter 13 Local Agenda 21 in the UK -- Chapter 14 Local Agenda 21 in Germany -- Chapter 15 Local Agenda 21 in Norway -- Chapter 16 Continuing the transition -- Endnotes -- References -- Index.
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