Implementing Sustainable Development: Strategies and Initiatives in High Consumption Societies

. Ed(s): Lafferty, William M.; Meadowcroft, James

ISBN 10: 0198294360 / ISBN 13: 9780198294368

Published by OUP Oxford, 2001

About this Item

This book examines how governments in industrialized countries have engaged with the challenge of sustained development over the past decade. Analysis of initiatives undertaken by nine national governments and the European Union reveal important differences in the ways the international commitment to sustainable development has been received. Editor(s): Lafferty, William M.; Meadowcroft, James. Num Pages: 544 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; JPQB; KC; RGCP; RNK; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 903. . 2000. New. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Implementing Sustainable Development: Strategies and Initiatives in High Consumption Societies
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198294360
• ISBN 13: 9780198294368
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book examines how governments in industrialized countries have engaged with the challenge of sustained development over the past decade. Analysis of initiatives undertaken by nine national governments and the European Union reveal important differences in the ways the international commitment to sustainable devolopment has been received.

About the Author

William M. Lafferty is at University of Oslo. James Meadowcroft is at University of Sheffield.