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000694479 1001_ $$aThiele, Leslie Paul.
000694479 24510 $$aSustainability$$h[electronic resource] /$$cLeslie Paul Thiele.
000694479 260__ $$aCambridge :$$bPolity Press,$$c2013.
000694479 300__ $$a1 online resource (viii, 234 p.)
000694479 4901_ $$aKey concepts
000694479 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000694479 5050_ $$aSustainability and Time -- The Geography of Sustainability -- Ecological Resilience and Environmental Health -- Technological Solutions and Their Problems -- The Political and Legal Challenge -- Sustaining Economies -- Culture and Change.
000694479 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
000694479 520__ $$aThe pursuit of sustainability has generated lifestyle changes for individuals across the globe, widespread initiatives within civil society and business, historic policies for municipal, regional, and national governments, and crucial protocols and agreements by international organizations. Increasingly, sustainability provides a common language and goal for diverse peoples and nations. Yet the meaning of sustainability remains unsettled, and the term frequently serves as a PR strategy, a green veneer for business as usual, rather than a driver of fundamental change.  This book provides a broad-ranging introduction to the concept and practice of sustainability today. It addresses the history, scope, and contested meanings of sustainability as an ethical ideal, an ascendant ideology, and a common sense approach to living in an ever more crowded world of increasingly scarce resources. Key topics covered include environmental health and ecological resilience, the promise and unintended consequences of technology, political and legal challenges, economic limits and opportunities, and cultural change. Unlike most other approaches to this crucial topic, the author argues that sustainability requires innovation and adaptation as much as the conservation of resources. His book is a resource for environmental studies and related areas.
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000694479 650_0 $$aSustainable development.
000694479 650_0 $$aSustainable development$$xSocial aspects.
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