EAN: 9780262528504

SUSTAINABILITY - KENT E PORTNEY KARTONIERT (TB)

A concise and accessible examination of sustainability in a range of contemporary contexts 
from economic development to government policy. The 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.

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