| Description |
xlviii, 527 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2005. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 462-512) and index. |
| Contents |
SECTION 1: THE NEED FOR A NEW PARADIGM -- Chapter 1: Natural Advantage of Nations -- i) Progress, Competitiveness and Sustainability -- ii) Significant potential for resource productivity improvements -- iii) Creating competitive advantage of the firm -- iv) A critical mass of enabling technologies -- v) Externalities: Who pays? -- vi) Benefits of valuing nature -- vii) Implications and Benefits for Global Development -- Chapter 2: Risks of inaction on sustainable development - i) A Great Transition -- ii) A Sense of Urgency -- iii) Declining Ecosystems: a new limiting factor for growth? -- iv) Can we replicate nature’s services? -- Chapter 3: Asking the right questions -- i) How should we measure growth? -- ii) What is meant when we speak of ‘Sustainability’ and ‘Sustainable Development’? Achieving sustainable genuine progress or sustainable development -- iii) Can we achieve no major trade-offs and win-win opportunities? -- iv) How do nations measure progress? -- v) How do we design for legacy? -- vi) Can we turn ‘Vicious Cycles' into ‘Virtuous Loops’? -- Chapter 4: A dynamic ‘Platform for Change’ -- i) Economic Policy: The Broader Context -- The invisible hand -- Collaborative approaches -- ii) Tripartite World -- iii) Whole of Society Approach -- Importance of Capacity Building -- Chapter 5: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally -- SECTION 2: NATURAL ADVANTAGE: A BUSINESS IMPERATIVE -- Chapter 6: Natural advantage and the firm -- i) The changing nature of competition -- ii) Achieving competitive advantage through strategic positioning -- iii) What will be the major driver of innovation in the 21st Century? -- Moving Early to Exploit Structural Change -- iv) Why integrate sustainable development into corporate strategy? -- Downsizing: a strategy that no longer cuts it -- v) The shifting nature of competition in emerging economies -- vi) Additional Drivers for Sustainable Development -- Achieving radical resource productivity -- New opportunities for product differentiation -- vii) Increasing profitability and minimizing risk (Porter¿s 5 Forces Model) -- Threats of New Entrants -- Threat of substitute products or services -- Power of suppliers -- Chapter 7: Innovation and competitiveness through Industry cluster development -- i) Cocoa Beans… and What Else? -- Chapter 8: The political and social context: a sixth force on business? -- i) Consumer demand change: knowing your market -- ii) Human Resources: attracting the best people -- iii) Staying Ahead of Changes to Government Regulations -- Can market based mechanisms be designed to assist firms to achieve competitive advantage? -- Can regulation be designed to assist firms to achieve competitive advantage? -- Raising the bar: independent certification schemes -- iv) The Insurance Industry: responding to climate change -- v) The Finance Industry: a new paradigm in investment -- The practice of ethical and socially responsible investment -- Chapter 9: Accelerating the sustainability revolution -- i) Overcoming short-termism -- Incentives for Business Leaders -- Reform of fiduciary duty for pension and superannuation funds trustees -- Environmental Management Accounting in Japan -- ii) Grounds for Change: the exciting developments in firm level economics -- Efficiency gains within firms under voluntary environmental initiatives -- Chapter 10: Operationalising Natural Advantage: Sustainability Helix -- SECTION 3: ACHIEVING A NATURAL ADVANTAGE OF NATIONS -- Chapter 11: The Role of Government -- The tragedy of the commons: 35 years on Government Mechanisms -- The regulatory measure response -- Voluntary agreements: effectiveness analysis - tools, guidelines and checklists. -- Can regulation be designed to improve competitiveness? -- From Clusters to National Systems of Innovation -- Managing industry transitions through waves of innovation -- Chapter 12: Towards a deeper understanding -- i) Markets and Efficiency -- What is a market? -- How do economists define efficiency? -- The Classical Understanding -- Perfect Complete Markets -- The Economics of Information Financial Markets: what do they do and why they are fragile -- Anti-Monopoly legislation: Competition Policy - ii) Challenges to Governments and Institutions -- Attributes of policy problems in sustainability -- Clarifying government, governance and institutions -- Available scales of sustainability governance -- Scaling responses -- Principles and elements of policy and institutional reform -- Is there ‘credible commitment’ to sustainabilty? -- iii) National Councils of Sustainable Development -- Features of National Councils of Sustainable Development -- Specific NCSDs as examples -- NCSDs and international agreements -- General observations -- Chapter 13: Harnessing National Innovation for Sustainability -- i) Practice makes perfect -- ii) Innovation systems are part of today's development paradigm -- The challenge to innovation systems -- iii) The Dutch National Sustainable Technology Development - Program -- iv) The Netherlands context -- v) Lessons from the Dutch and other programmes -- vi) Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 14: Sustainability in the Wild West (State Government) -- i) The Fremantle Declaration: ‘Passing the Torch to the Regions’ -- ii) The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? -- Process for developing the strategy -- Public Engagement -- The policy change process -- What have we learned? -- Chapter 15: Delivering sustainability through local action (Local Government) -- i) A worldwide movement of Local Governments -- ii) Sustainability Street: It’s a village out there -- iii) Leadership in the Local Government Sector - Working from inside out -- Sustainability Leadership in the Local Government Sector -- Profile of Sustainability Leadership -- ‘When everything is said and done - more is said than Done’ -- Sector-Wide Action -- Sustainability Advocacy in the Local Government Sector -- SECTION 4: INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION ¿ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES -- Chapter 16: Tomorrow's Mega Cities: How will they develop? -- i) Governance of Municipalities: A Snapshot of Sustainable -- Development in China -- ii) Megacities and urban rural development of the future -- The GOA 2100 Project: a breakthrough project from India -- Chapter 17: Profitable Greenhouse Solutions -- i) Energy systems: drivers for change -- Vulnerabilities in the energy system -- Threat of climate change -- Greenhouse solutions that do not cost the earth -- An historic opportunity -- Issues identification -- Chapter 18: Greening the Built Environment -- i) Building positive examples -- ii) The significance of greening the building and development industry -- iii) Perceived Barriers to Change -- Informational Failure -- Market Failure -- Institutional Failure -- iv) From Pioneers to Systemic Change - Cultural Reform -- Informational Reform -- Market Reform -- Institutional Reform -- v) Rating Schemes -- vi) Design Practice Reform -- Design process elements -- Residential buildings -- The future in design approaches -- vii) Summary -- Chapter 19: Sustainable Urban Transport -- i) Economic impacts of transport choices are significant -- Methodology of the Millennium Cities Database -- Characteristics of Urban Transport Systems -- Sustainable transport systems -- The importance of urban form -- Sustainable urban development -- Designing around the mind: understanding behaviour -- Civil society and business -- Chapter 20: Water: Nature¿s Gold -- i) Key drivers for change -- Rational for dams in the past -- Creating a robust foundation and framework for water management -- The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) -- Agreements on Water Policy -- The COAG communiqué to Develop a National Water Initiative -- A robust separation framework -- Water Access Entitlements: Allocations and Use Conditions - Conclusion -- SECTION 5: A NATIONAL COLLABORATIVE APPROACH: THE BIGGER PICTURE ¿BUILDING RESILIENCE -- Chapter 21: Integrated approaches to sustainable consumption and cleaner production -- i) Consumption and Low Impact Affluence -- ii) Patterns of Consumption are a Global Issue -- iii) Policy Approaches and Action -- iv) Industry attention and action -- Summary of Policy approaches for sustainable consumption -- v) Strategies for the future -- Clarifying the focus for action on consumption -- Developing better indicators -- An alternative conceptual approach for describing systems of production and consumption -- Enhancing the potential of limited, localised actions -- Improving products and services: the logical focus production and consumption -- The overall strategic goal: leapfrog to new systems of products and services -- Chapter 22: Changing hearts and minds ¿ the role of education -- i) The Need for Critical Literacies in sustainability -- ii) Sustainable development in schools: adding value not load -- iii) Key role of higher education and the professions -- Harnessing universities¿ research capacity -- Partnering with professional bodies to build capacity -- iv) The power of individuals -- Chapter 23: Achieving multi-stakeholder engagement -- i) What is multi-stakeholder engagement? -- Where does multi-stakeholder engagement fit in? -- Current Issues with multi-stakeholder processes -- Looking forward: Multi-stakeholder Process Design -- Engaging the spirit -- ii) Introducing the Pyramid: a versatile process and planning tool for accelerating sustainable development through multi-stakeholder engagement -- What is the ‘Pyramid’? -- How the Pyramid process works -- iii) Building a Network around a Project: The Natural Edge Project |
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Sustainable development.
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Sustainable development. |
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects.
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects. |
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Technological innovations -- Environmental aspects.
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Technological innovations -- Environmental aspects. |
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Business enterprises -- Environmental aspects.
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Business enterprises -- Environmental aspects. |
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Environmental policy -- International cooperation.
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Environmental policy -- International cooperation. |
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Environmental protection -- International cooperation.
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Environmental protection -- International cooperation. |
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Sustainable development -- International cooperation.
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Sustainable development -- International cooperation. |
| Added Author |
Hargroves, Karlson, 1974-
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Smith, Michael H., 1969-
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| ISBN |
1844073408 paperback |
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9781844073405 paperback |
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