Wasted : counting the costs of global consumption /: counting the costs of global consumption. (2020)
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- Book
- Title:
- Wasted : counting the costs of global consumption /: counting the costs of global consumption. (2020)
- Main Title:
- Wasted : counting the costs of global consumption
- Further Information:
- Note: Michael Redclift.
- Authors:
- Redclift, M. R
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments; ; List ofFigures; ; List of Tables; ; Chapter One: Introduction; ; Consumption and the Environment; ; How can we 'Recover Consumption'?; ; Chapter Two: The Earth Summit; ; International Environmental Policy: the Road From Stockholm; ; Counsel of Despair: International Environmental Problems in the 1980s; ; UNCED: the Road to Rio; ; The UNCED Deliberations: Conventions and a New Agenda; ; In the Wake of Rio: International Finance and Political Devolution; ; Global Environmental Management: a Realist Perspective; ; From Science to Policy: Environmental Management and the UNCED Process; ; Making sense of the Environment/Development Debate; ; Chapter Three: Meeting Environmental Targets; ; Global Environmental Change; ; The Laws of Thermodynamics; ; The Effect of Human Evolution on Natural Systems; ; Sustainable Development ; ; Sustainability Indicators; ; Chapter Four: The Global Economy and Consumption; ; The Hydrocarbon Society and Energy Consumption; ; The New International Economic Order; ; Energy Consumption and the Generation of Waste; ; Recovering Consumption: the Political Economy of Wastes; ; Chapter Five: Managing Global Resources; ; European Energy Policy and Global Change; ; Sustainable Energy Policies for the Brazilian Amazon; ; Chapter Six: Metabolising Nature; ; Global Environmental Management; ; The 'Empty' and 'Full' World System: a Point of Departure; ; How we Measure Environmental Quality: the Costs of Consumption; ; Democratic Control of theAcknowledgments; ; List ofFigures; ; List of Tables; ; Chapter One: Introduction; ; Consumption and the Environment; ; How can we 'Recover Consumption'?; ; Chapter Two: The Earth Summit; ; International Environmental Policy: the Road From Stockholm; ; Counsel of Despair: International Environmental Problems in the 1980s; ; UNCED: the Road to Rio; ; The UNCED Deliberations: Conventions and a New Agenda; ; In the Wake of Rio: International Finance and Political Devolution; ; Global Environmental Management: a Realist Perspective; ; From Science to Policy: Environmental Management and the UNCED Process; ; Making sense of the Environment/Development Debate; ; Chapter Three: Meeting Environmental Targets; ; Global Environmental Change; ; The Laws of Thermodynamics; ; The Effect of Human Evolution on Natural Systems; ; Sustainable Development ; ; Sustainability Indicators; ; Chapter Four: The Global Economy and Consumption; ; The Hydrocarbon Society and Energy Consumption; ; The New International Economic Order; ; Energy Consumption and the Generation of Waste; ; Recovering Consumption: the Political Economy of Wastes; ; Chapter Five: Managing Global Resources; ; European Energy Policy and Global Change; ; Sustainable Energy Policies for the Brazilian Amazon; ; Chapter Six: Metabolising Nature; ; Global Environmental Management; ; The 'Empty' and 'Full' World System: a Point of Departure; ; How we Measure Environmental Quality: the Costs of Consumption; ; Democratic Control of the Environment; ; The Standard of Living or the Quality of Life?; ; Global Carbon Budgets; ; The Social Functions of Sinks; ; Chapter Seven: Sustainability and Social Commitments; ; Environmental Discourse and Environmental Management; ; How we Metabolise Nature; ; Embodiment and Distanciation; ; Chapter Eight: Local Environmental Action; ; Creating Sustainable Employment: LETS Schemes; ; Beyond Recycling: Recovering our Control over Waste; ; Farmers' Networks; ; References; ; Index; ; … (more)
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations, maps, 24 cm
- Subjects:
- 333.7
Sustainable development
Economic development projects -- Environmental aspects
Consumption (Economics) - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781000151831
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781000108682
9781000131413
9781003076667 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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