Introduction to Sustainable Development, John A. Boyd, Peter P. Rogers and Kazi F. Jalal, 9781844075201

An Introduction to Sustainable Development

John A. Boyd
Peter P. Rogers
Kazi F. Jalal

Colour photographs
416 pages, 240 x 170 mm
Publisher: Earthscan

Paperback - 2009
ISBN: 9781844075201 - AU $ 44.95

This volume is the most comprehensive textbook on sustainable development – ideal for all undergraduate and postgraduate courses. It has been developed with students and professionals from around the world specifically for those who need a thorough grounding in the subject.

Coverage includes: background to sustainable development and global environmental issues; measurement and sustainability indicators; environmental assessment, management and policy; approaches and linkages to poverty reduction; impacts and infrastructure development; economics, consumption, production and market failures; governance; participation; disaster management; international financial institutions; international environmental agreements; and the role of civil society.

Peter P. Rogers is Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Engineering and Professor of City Planning, Harvard University, USA.

Kazi F. Jalal is a lecturer at Harvard’s Extension School and was Chief of the Offi ce of Environment and Social Development of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

John A. Boyd, formerly a lawyer at ADB, has been a guest lecturer at the Harvard Extension School and served as an ADB Principal Sector Specialist on Sustainable Development.

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