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PublisherTaylor & Francis Group

ISBN-101853838551

ISBN-139781853838552

eBay Product ID (ePID)2319099

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Number of Pages256 Pages

Publication NameEvidence for Hope : the Search for Sustainable Development

LanguageEnglish

SubjectDevelopment / Economic Development, Ecology, Development / Sustainable Development

Publication Year2003

TypeTextbook

AuthorNigel Cross

Subject AreaNature, Business & Economics

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight13.6 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2002-151418

Dewey Edition21

Reviews'Evidence for Hope reminds us that NGOs too posses historical depth and analytical variety.'Development and Change

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal338.9/27

Table Of ContentIntroduction * Part I: Beginning with Hope - Only One Earth * The Duty to Hope: a Tribute to Barbara Ward * Stockholm: The Founding of IIED * Part II: Three Decades of Change and Development - Time for Change: IIED 1984-1990 * Earthscan-Panos: Favourite Son, Via Cuckoo-in-the-nest, to Friendly Rival * Change that Works * Part II: IIED Programmes - Forestry and Land Use * The Energy Programme * Sustainable Agriculture * Setting an Urban Agenda: Human Settlements and IIED-America Latina * Drylands: A History of Networks * Economics of Environment and Development * Strategies, Plans, Impacts and People: IIED's Role in Assessment * Part IV: Endpiece - Globalization, Civil Society and Governance: Challenges for the 21st Century * Index of People

SynopsisSince the Stockholm Environment Conference in 1972 and the Rio Summit in 1992, there has been unprecedented public concern for the future of the planet and a growing awareness that development needs to be sustainable. This text charts the growth of these ideas by beginning with a visionary piece written by Barbara Ward in the 1970s, and ends with a chapter looking ahead another 30 years into the future. Two generations of thinkers and activists have helped to shape environment and development policy and increase local level power in environmental management. In celebration of their 30th anniversary, the IIED's most influential writers provide in this volume a perspective on three decades of development and green debates., * Tracks the concept of sustainable development from Stockholm, to Rio, to Johannesburg, and beyond * An authoritative view of three decades of development and green debates Since the Stockholm Environment Conference in 1972 and the Rio Summit in 1992 and now in Johannesburg, there has been unprecedented public concern for the future of the planet and a growing awareness that development needs to be sustainable. This charts the growth of these ideas by beginning with a visionary piece written by Barbara Ward in the 1970s, and ending with a chapter looking ahead another 30 years into the future. Two generations of thinkers and activists have helped to shape environment and development policy and increase local level power in environmental management - in celebration of their 30th anniversary, the IIED's most influential writers, in this book, provide a uniquely authoritative perspective on three decades of development and green debates.

LC Classification NumberHC79.E5E95 2002