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050 4 _aHC79.E5I5112 2000
082 0 _a338.9/27
100 1 _aLafferty, William M.
245 1 0 _aImplementing Sustainable Development :
_bStrategies and Initiatives in High Consumption Societies.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press, Incorporated,
_c2001.
264 4 _c©2001.
300 _a1 online resource (544 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aIntro -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. AUSTRALIA: ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST -- 3. CANADA: FROM EARLY FRONTRUNNER TO PLODDING ANCHORMAN -- 4. GERMANY: REGULATION AND THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE -- 5. JAPAN: LAW, TECHNOLOGY, AND AID -- 6. THE NETHERLANDS: AMBITIOUS ON GOALS-AMBIVALENT ON ACTION -- 7. NORWAY: RELUCTANTLY CARRYING THE TORCH -- 8. SWEDEN: PROGRESSION DESPITE RECESSION -- 9. THE UNITED KINGDOM: FROM POLITICAL CONTAINMENT TO INTEGRATED THINKING? -- 10. THE UNITED STATES: 'SORRY-NOT OUR PROBLEM' -- 11. THE EUROPEAN UNION: INTEGRATION, COMPETITION, GROWTH-AND SUSTAINABILITY -- 12. PATTERNS OF GOVERNMENTAL ENGAGEMENT -- 13. CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVES -- Consolidated Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
520 _aThis book examines how governments in industrialised 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.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aEconomic policy -- Case studies.
650 0 _aSustainable development -- Case studies.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aMeadowcroft, James.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aLafferty, William M.
_tImplementing Sustainable Development
_dOxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated,c2001
_z9780198294368
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3052757
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