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Title Survival for a small planet : the sustainable development agenda / edited by Tom Bigg.

Publication Info. London ; Sterling : Earthscan Publications : IIED, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 359 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Accompanied by CD-ROM containing documents from the World Summit on Sustainable Development, 2002, Johannesburg, South Africa, produced as a collaboration with ANPED and IIED.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part 1. Global Governance -- 1. The World Summit on Sustainable Development : Was it Worthwhile? / Tom Bigg -- 2. Security and Sustainability / Jan Pronk -- 3. The Trade and Environment Agenda Post-Johannesburg / Mark Halle and Nicola Borregaard -- 4. Moving Beyond Kyoto : Developing Countries, Climate Change and Sustainable Development / Adil Najam, Saleemul Huq, and Youba Sokona -- 5. Financing Sustainable Development : Is There Life after Johannesburg? / Adil Najam -- 6. Global Public Goods : Some Key Questions / Keith Bezanson -- 7. Towards Better Multilateral Environmental Agreements : Filling the Knowledge Gaps / Adil Najam -- 8. The International Framework for Action : Is the CSD the Best We Can Do? / Simon Upton -- Part 2. National and Local Governance -- 9. National Sustainable Development Strategies / Stephen Bass and Barry Dalal-Clayton -- 10. Striving for Good Governance in Urban Areas : The Role of Local Agendas in Africa, Asia and Latin America / Gordon McGranahan [and others] -- Part 3. Equity and Sustainable Development : Towards New Ways of Working? -- 11. Environment and Human Rights : A New Approach to Sustainable Development / Maria Adebowale [and others] -- 12. The Politics of Radical Partnerships : Sustainable Development, Rights and Responsibilities / Charles Secrett -- 13. The Age of Globalization / Tariq Banuri -- 14. What Does the Feminization of Labour Mean for Sustainable Livelihoods? / Nazneen Kanji and Kalyani Menon-Sen -- 15. Environment and Human Health : Towards a Shared Agenda for Sustainable Development / Gordon McGranahan and Marianne Kjellen -- 16. The Links between Migration, Globalization and Sustainable Development / Cecilia Tacoli -- 17. Research Partnerships for Sustainable Development / Steve Bass -- Part 4. Poverty Reduction and Natural Resource Management -- 18. Poverty Reducation and Natural Resource Management -- and Environment / Damian Killeen and Shaheen Rafi Khan -- 19. Forest Policy and Practice since UNCED / Steve Bass, James Mayers and Sonja Vermeulen -- 20. Poverty Reduction through Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity / Izabella Koziell and Charles McNeill -- 21. Reconciling Agriculture and Wildlife : Policy and Research Challenges of "Ecoagriculture" / Sara J Scherr and Jeffrey A McNeely -- 22. Improving Access to Water and Sanitation : Rethinking the Way Forward in Light of the Millennium Development Goals / Gordon McGranahan and David Satterthwaite -- Part 5. Markets and Sustainable Development -- 23. Do the Poor Count? / Roberto Bissio -- 24. The Chains of Agriculture : Sustainability and the Restructuring of Agrifood Markets / Bill Vorley -- 25. Pro-poor Tourism : Harnessing the World's Largest Industry for the World's Poor : Turning the Rhetoric into Action for Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction / Dilys Roe and Penny Urquhart -- 26. Mining and Minerals : Breaking New Ground / Luke Danielson -- 27. Corporate Citizenship : Revisiting the Relationship between Business, Good Governance and Sustainable Development / Halina Ward, Nicola Borregaard, and Paul Kapelus.
Summary Experts from around the world analyse the prospects for sustainable development on all the major policy fronts following the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. Topics range from security to finance, from urban governance to radical partnerships, migration and health to access to resources and the role of the market. They examine the contributions that governments, business and civil society can each make to improving our prospects and set out the agenda for those working to achieve sustainability. The book comes with a free CD-ROM of Civil Society documents on the World Summit on Sustainable Development from over 500 organizations in 80 countries.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language CD-ROM contains documents in English, French, and Spanish.
Subject Sustainable development.
Sustainable development.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Bigg, Tom.
International Institute for Environment and Development.
Northern Alliance for Sustainability.
World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002 : Johannesburg, South Africa)
Added Title Civil society and the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
Other Form: Print version: Survival for a small planet. London ; Sterling : Earthscan Publications : IIED, 2004 (DLC) 2003018295 (OCoLC)52860090
ISBN 184977269X (electronic book)
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1844070778 (paperback)
9781844070763 (hardback)
184407076X (hardback)
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