A Survey of sustainable development : social and economic dimensions / edited by Jonathan M. Harris [and others].

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A Survey of sustainable development : social and economic dimensions / edited by Jonathan M. Harris [and others].

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Harris, Jonathan M.

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1 online resource (xxxvii, 409 pages) : illustrations.

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Frontier issues in economic thought ; v. 6

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"Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University."

Contents:

Natural capital and sustainable development / Robert Costanza and Herman E. Daly -- Environmental economics, ecological economics, and the concept of sustainable development / Giuseppe Munda -- On the problem of achieving efficiency and equity, intergenerationally / Talbot Page -- Economics and "sustainability": balancing trade-offs and imperatives / Michael A. Toman -- From political economy to politicalecology / Juan Martinez-Alier -- Green accounting and economic policy / Salah El Serafy -- Are we saving enough for the future? / Kirk Hamilton and Michael Clemens -- Progress on the environmental Kuznets curve? / David I. Stern -- The human development paradigm / Mahbub ul Haq -- Sustainable livelihoods: the poor's reconciliation of environment and development / Robert Chambers -- Market, citizenship, and social exclusion / Charles Gore -- Gendered poverty and well-being / Shahra Razavi.

Government action, social capital, and development: reviewing the evidence on synergy / Peter Evans -- Good government in the Tropics / Judith Tendler -- View from the periphery: encountering development / Philip W. Porter and Eric S. Sheppard -- Global ecology and the shadow of development / Wolfgang Sachs -- Biodiversity: a third world perspective / Vandana Shiva -- Global warming in an unequal world: a case of environmental colonialism / Anni Agarwal and Sunita Narain -- Lifestyle is the problem / A. Atiq Rahman -- Enclosing the global commons: Global environmental negotiations in a North-south conflictual approach / Alain Lipietz -- Government, population, and poverty: a win-win tale / Nancy Birdsall -- An ecologist view of the Malthusian conflict / C.S. Holling -- Accelerated resource degradation by agriculture in developing countries?: the role of population change and responses to it / Michael Lipton.

People and environment: what is the relationship between exploitation of natural resources and population growth in the South? / Sara J. Scherr -- Population and urbanization in the Twenty-First Century: India's megacities / Sai Felicia Krishna-Hensel -- Mexico City: our common future? / Priscilla Connolly -- Reinventing cities for people and the planet / Molly O'Meara Sheehan -- Food security and sustainable use of natural resources: a 2020 vision / Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Rajul Pandya-Lorch -- Sustainable agriculture / Gordon Conway -- Environmental risks posed by Transgenic crops / Jane Rissler and Margaret Mellen -- Population extinction and saving biodiversity / Paul R. Ehrlich and Gretchen C. Daily -- Rocking the boat: conserving fisheries and protecting jobs / Anne Platt McGinn -- The world's forests: problems and potentials / Norman Myers.

Materialization and dematerialization: measures and trends / Iddo K. Wenick, Robert Herman, Shekhar Govind, and Jess H. Ausubel -- Material use and sustainable affluence / Frank Ackerman -- Balancing China's energy, economic, and environmental goals / John M. Byrne, Bo Shen, and Xiuguo Li -- Environmental quality, energy efficiency, and renewable energy / Peter Fox-Penner -- The costs of climate protection: a guide for the perplexed / Robert Repetto and Duncan Austin -- Equity and discounting in climate-change decisions / Robert C. Lind and Richard E. Schuler -- Globalization: threat or salvation? / Paul Streeten -- From adjustment to sustainable development: the obstacle of free trade / Herman E. Daly -- Ecological distribution, agricultural trade liberalization, and in situ genetic diversity / James K. Boyce -- Multinational corporations and the Neo-liberal regime / James R. Crotty, Gerald Epstein, and Patricia Kelly.

Foreign investment, globalization, and environment / Daniel C. Esty and Bradford S. Gentry -- Globalization and social integration / Dharam Ghai and Cynthia Hewitt de Alcantara -- Reconciling economic reform and sustainable human development: social consequences of Neo-liberalism / Lance Taylor and Ute Pieper -- Impacts of structural adjustment on the sustainability of developing countries / David Reed -- The corporate accountability movement: lessons and opportunities / Robin Broad and John Cavanagh -- Socially responsible investing: doing good while doing well / Peter D. Kinder, Steven D. Lydenberg, and Amy L. Domini -- Corporate social responsibility / George A. Steiner and John F. Steiner -- Toward a new conception of the environment-competitiveness relationship / Michael E. Porter and Claas van der Linde -- Civil associations and toward a global civil economy / Severyn T. Bruyn.

Sustainability and the accountable corporation / Allen L. White -- A theory of Government intervention in late industrialization / Alice H. Amsden -- An idea whose time has come / M. Jeff Hamond, Stephen J. DeCanio, Peggy Duxbury, Alan H. Sanstad, and Christopher H. Stinson -- From class struggle to class compromise: redistribution and growth in a South Indian State / Patrick Heller -- New strategies for rural sustainable development: Popular participation, food self-sufficiency, and environmental regeneration / David Barkin -- African development that works / Peter G. Veit, Adolfo Mascarenhas, and Okyeante Ampadu-Agyei -- Challenges to community-based sustainable development / Melissa Leach, Robin Mearns, and Ian Scoones -- What is micro-enterprise development for women? Widening the agenda / Linda Mayoux.

Alternatives to the International Monetary Fund / Robert S. Browne -- The World Bank and poverty / Carlos A. Heredia -- Assessing the the impact of NGO advocacy campaigns on World Bank projects and policies / Jonathan Fox and David Brown -- Coping with ecological globalization / Hilary French -- The United Nations environment programme and the United Nations development programme / Alexandre Timoshenko and Mark Berman -- Conflicts of global ecology: environmental activism in period of global reach / Vanadan Shiva.

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Sustainable development.

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Harris, Jonathan M.

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2001

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Perpetual economic growth is physically impossible on a planet with finite resources. Many concerned with humanity's future have focused on the concept of "sustainable development" as an alternative, as they seek means of achieving current economic and social goals without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own goals. Sustainable development brings together elements of economics, public policy, sociology, ecology, resource management, and other related areas, and while the term has become quite popular, it is rarely defined, and even less often is it understood.

A Survey of Sustainable Development addresses that problem by bringing together in a single volume the most important works on sustainable human and economic development. It offers a broad overview of the subject, and gives the reader a quick and thorough guide to this highly diffuse topic. The volume offers ten sections on topics including:

economic and social dimensions of sustainable development the North/South balance population and the demographic transition agriculture and renewable resources energy and materials use globalization and corporate responsibility local and national strategies

Each section is introduced with an essay by one of the volume editors that provides an overview of the subject and a summary of the mainstream literature, followed by two- to three-page abstracts of the most important articles or book chapters on the topic.

A Survey of Sustainable Development is the sixth and final volume in the Frontier Issues of Economic Thought series produced by the Global Development And Environment Institute at Tufts University. Each book brings together the most important articles and book chapters in a "frontier" area of economics where important new work is being done but has not yet been incorporated into the mainstream of economic study. The book is an essential reference for students and scholars concerned with economics, environmental studies, public policy and administration, international development, and a broad range of related fields.

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This final volume in the "Frontier Issues in Economic Thought" series by the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University summarizes 66 articles on current issues in sustainable social and economic development. The articles are drawn from a range of disciplines, collecting views of economists with those of other social, political, and natural scientists in an effort to provide an alternative approach to traditional economic development. The articles are arranged in ten parts, each of which is accompanied by an overview essay providing pertinent background information on the articles and putting them within the context of literature on the topic. Parts 1, 2, and 3 present general perspectives of sustainability: environmental and social perspectives and Southern criticism of Northern-dominated programs. Parts 4, 5, and 6 offer analyses of specific aspects of sustainability: population growth, agriculture and renewable resources, and industrial systems and energy use. Parts 7 through 10 focus on policy issues: globalization, the role of corporations, national and local government policies, and global institutional reform. The articles represent the issues well, and the overview essays are useful by themselves to acquaint readers with the literature. Recommended for upper-division undergraduate through professional collections. M. Morgan-Davie Utica College of Syracuse University

Amartya SenJonathan M. Harris and Neva R. GoodwinJonathan M. HarrisRobert Costanza and Herman E. DalyGiuseppe MundaTalbot PageMichael A. TomanJuan Martinez-AlierSalah El SerafyKirk Hamilton and Michael ClemensDavid I. SternTimothy A. WiseMahbub ul HaqRobert ChambersCharles GoreShahra RazaviPeter EvansJudith TendlerTimothy A. WisePhilip W. Porter and Eric S. SheppardWolfgang SachsVandana ShivaAnil Agarwal and Sunita NarainA. Atiq RahmanAlain LipietzJonathan M. HarrisNancy BirdsallC. S. HollingMichael LiptonSara J. ScherrSai Felicia Krishna-HenselPriscilla ConnollyMolly O'Meara SheehanJonathan M. HarrisPer Pinstrup-Andersen and Rajul Pandya-LorchGordon ConwayJane Rissler and Margaret MellenPaul R. Ehrlich and Gretchen C. DailyAnne Platt McGinnNorman MyersFrank AckermanIddo K. Wernick and Robert Herman and Shekhar Govind and Jesse H. AusubelFrank AckermanJohn M. Byrne and Bo Shen and Xiuguo LiPeter Fox-PennerRobert Repetto and Duncan AustinRobert C. Lind and Richard E. SchulerKevin P. GallagherPaul StreetenHerman E. DalyJames K. BoyceJames R. Crotty and Gerald Epstein and Patricia KellyDaniel C. Esty and Bradford S. GentryDharam Ghai and Cynthia Hewitt de AlcantaraLance Taylor and Ute PieperDavid ReedNeva R. GoodwinRobin Broad and John CavanaghPeter D. Kinder and Steven D. Lydenberg and Amy L. DominiGeorge A. Steiner and John F. SteinerMichael E. Porter and Claas van der LindeSeveryn T. BruynAllen L. WhiteTimothy A. WiseAlice H. AmsdenM. Jeff Hamond and Stephen J. DeCanio and Peggy Duxbury and Alan H. Sanstad and Christopher H. StinsonPatrick HellerDavid BarkinPeter G. Veit and Adolfo Mascarenhas and Okyeante Ampadu-AgyeiMelissa Leach and Robin Mearns and Ian ScoonesLinda MayouxKevin P. GallagherRobert S. BrowneCarlos A. HerediaJonathan Fox and David BrownHilary FrenchAlexandre Timoshenko and Mark BermanVandana Shiva

Authors of Original Articles	p. xvii
Foreword	p. xxi
Acknowledgments	p. xxv
Volume Introduction	p. xxvii
Perspectives on Sustainability
Part I. Economics of Sustainability: The Environmental Dimension
Overview Essay	p. 3
Natural Capital and Sustainable Development	p. 14
Environmental Economics, Ecological Economics, and the Concept of Sustainable Development	p. 17
On the Problem of Achieving Efficiency and Equity, Intergenerationally	p. 21
Economics and "Sustainability": Balancing Trade-offs and Imperatives	p. 25
From Political Economy to Political Ecology	p. 29
Green Accounting and Economic Policy	p. 33
Are We Saving Enough for the Future?	p. 37
Progress on the Environmental Kuznets Curve?	p. 42
Part II. Economics of Sustainability: The Social Dimension
Overview Essay	p. 47
The Human Development Paradigm	p. 58
Sustainable Livelihoods: The Poor's Reconciliation of Environment and Development	p. 61
Markets, Citizenship, and Social Exclusion	p. 64
Gendered Poverty and Well-being	p. 68
Government Action, Social Capital, and Development: Reviewing the Evidence on Synergy	p. 71
Good Government in the Tropics	p. 75
Part III. Global Perspectives: The North/South Imbalance
Overview Essay	p. 79
Views from the Periphery: Encountering Development	p. 90
Global Ecology and the Shadow of Development	p. 94
Biodiversity: A Third World Perspective	p. 98
Global Warming in an Unequal World: A Case of Environmental Colonialism	p. 101
Lifestyle Is the Problem	p. 104
Enclosing the Global Commons: Global Environmental Negotiations in a North-South Conflictual Approach	p. 107
Building Blocks of Sustainability
Part IV. Population and Urbanization
Overview Essay	p. 115
Government, Population, and Poverty: A Win-Win Tale	p. 128
An Ecologist View of the Malthusian Conflict	p. 131
Accelerated Resource Degradation by Agriculture in Developing Countries?: The Role of Population Change and Responses to It	p. 134
People and Environment: What Is the Relationship Between Exploitation of Natural Resources and Population Growth in the South?	p. 137
Population and Urbanization in the Twenty-First Century: India's Megacities	p. 142
Mexico City: Our Common Future?	p. 145
Reinventing Cities for People and the Planet	p. 149
Part V. Agriculture and Renewable Resources
Overview Essay	p. 155
Food Security and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources: A 2020 Vision	p. 164
Sustainable Agriculture	p. 168
Environmental Risks Posed by Transgenic Crops	p. 172
Population Extinction and Saving Biodiversity	p. 176
Rocking the Boat: Conserving Fisheries and Protecting Jobs	p. 179
The World's Forests: Problems and Potentials	p. 183
Part VI. Materials, Energy, and Climate Change
Overview Essay	p. 189
Materialization and Dematerialization: Measures and Trends	p. 198
Material Use and Sustainable Affluence	p. 202
Balancing China's Energy, Economic, and Environmental Goals	p. 205
Environmental Quality, Energy Efficiency, and Renewable Energy	p. 208
The Costs of Climate Protection: A Guide for the Perplexed	p. 212
Equity and Discounting in Climate-Change Decisions	p. 216
Policies for Sustainability
Part VII. Globalization and Sustainability
Overview Essay	p. 223
Globalization: Threat or Salvation?	p. 229
From Adjustment to Sustainable Development: The Obstacle of Free Trade	p. 232
Ecological Distribution, Agricultural Trade Liberalization, and In Situ Genetic Diversity	p. 235
Multinational Corporations and the Neo-Liberal Regime	p. 239
Foreign Investment, Globalization, and Environment	p. 243
Globalization and Social Integration	p. 248
Reconciling Economic Reform and Sustainable Human Development: Social Consequences of Neo-Liberalism	p. 251
Impacts of Structural Adjustment on the Sustainability of Developing Countries	p. 256
Part VIII. Taming the Corporation
Overview Essay	p. 261
The Corporate Accountability Movement: Lessons and Opportunities	p. 276
Socially Responsible Investing: Doing Good While Doing Well	p. 280
Corporate Social Responsibility	p. 283
Toward a New Conception of the Environment-Competitiveness Relationship	p. 286
Civil Associations and Toward a Global Civil Economy	p. 289
Sustainability and the Accountable Corporation	p. 292
Part IX. Local and National Strategies
Overview Essay	p. 297
A Theory of Government Intervention in Late Industrialization	p. 308
An Idea Whose Time Has Come	p. 313
From Class Struggle to Class Compromise: Redistribution and Growth in a South Indian State	p. 315
New Strategies for Rural Sustainable Development: Popular Participation, Food Self-sufficiency, and Environmental Regeneration	p. 318
African Development That Works	p. 322
Challenges to Community-Based Sustainable Development	p. 326
What Is Micro-Enterprise Development for Women? Widening the Agenda	p. 329
Part X. Reforming Global Institutions
Overview Essay	p. 335
Alternatives to the International Monetary Fund	p. 345
The World Bank and Poverty	p. 348
Assessing the Impact of NGO Advocacy Campaigns on World Bank Projects and Policies	p. 352
Coping with Ecological Globalization	p. 357
The United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Development Programme	p. 362
Conflicts of Global Ecology: Environmental Activism in Period of Global Reach	p. 365
Bibliography	p. 369
Subject Index	p. 389
Name Index	p. 405

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