securing our common future by decoupling economic growth from environmental pressures
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Michael H. Smith
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
; Karlson "Charlie" Hargroves and Cheryl Desha
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London ;Washington, DC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Earthscan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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lv, 405 p.
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: , ill. , 24 cm.
GENERAL NOTES
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"The Natural Edge Project."
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Securing "our common future" -- Achieving economic growth and reducing environmental pressures -- Factors that can undermine or even block efforts to achieve decoupling -- Factors that affect poorer nations' ability to achieve decoupling -- Informing and developing national strategies for decoupling -- Responding to the complexity of climate change -- Decoupling economic growth from greenhouse gas emissions -- Decoupling economic growth from loss of biodiversity and exosystem resilience -- Decoupling economic growth from freshwater extraction -- Decoupling economic growth from waste production -- Decoupling economic growth from air pollution -- Reducing air pollution through public interest litigation : the Delhi pollution case.