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008			150923s2015 maua b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9780262528504 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040			_aDLC _beng _cLearning Resource Center _erda _dHoly Name University.
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050	0	0	_aHC79.E5 _bP66925 2015
082	0	0	_223 _a338.927/P83
084			_aCAS
085	0	0	_aCAS 338.927/P83 _223
100	1		_aPortney, Kent E., _eauthor. _99152
245	1	0	_aSustainability / _cKent E. Portney.
264			_aCambridge, Mass ; _aLondon, England : _bThe MIT Press, _c©2015.
300			_a235 pages : _billustrations ; _c18 cm.
336			_atext _btext
490	0		_aMIT Press essential knowledge series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aThe concepts of sustainability -- Sustainability and the roots of controversy -- Sustainability and consumption -- Sustainability in the private sector : the role of business and industry -- Sustainability and governments : the importance of public policies -- The special case of sustainable cities -- Sustainability and the future.
520			_aThe word "sustainability" has been connected to everything from a certain kind of economic development to corporate promises about improved supply sourcing. But despite the apparent ubiquity of the term, the concept of sustainability has come to mean a number of specific things. In this accessible guide to the meanings of sustainability, Kent Portney describes the evolution of the idea and examines its application in a variety of contemporary contexts -- from economic growth and consumption to government policy and urban planning. Portney takes as his starting point the 1987 definition by the World Commission on Environment and Development of sustainability as economic development activity that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." At its heart, Portney explains, sustainability focuses on the use and depletion of natural resources. It is not the same as environmental protection or natural resource conservation; it is more about finding some sort of steady state so that the earth can support both human population and economic growth. Portney looks at political opposition to the promotion of sustainability, which usually questions the need for sustainability or calls its costs unacceptable; collective and individual consumption of material goods and resources and to what extent they must be curtailed to achieve sustainability; the role of the private sector, and the co-opting of sustainability by corporations; government policy on sustainability at the international, national, and subnational levels; and how cities could become models for sustainability action.
650		0	_aSustainability. _99153
650		0	_aSustainability _xGovernment policy. _99154
650		0	_aSustainable development. _96679
650		0	_aSustainable urban development. _99155
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