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Title About time : speed, society, people and the environment / edited by Tim Aldrich ; including contributions from Will Hutton [and others]
Published Sheffield : Greenleaf, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (160 pages) : 1 illustration
Contents Perspectives on time / Martin Rees -- Natural clocks / Ghillean Prance -- Too many, too fast? / Jonathon Porritt -- Living time / Jay Griffiths -- The arrival of time politics / Geoff Mulgan -- Time and money / Will Hutton and Alexandra Jones -- Taking people's time seriously / David Boyle -- Ethics in time / Mary Warnock -- Time and technology / James Goodman and Britt Jorgensen -- Conclusion / Vidhya Alakeson
Summary Sustainable development is all about time. It's about trying to safeguard the health of the planet, and the people it supports, indefinitely, unconstrained by time. Looking at issues affecting society and the environment through the prism of time, this collection conveys the urgency of the challenge and leads us to new solutions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Time -- Sociological aspects.
Civilization, Modern -- 1950-
Sustainable development.
sustainable development.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Civilization, Modern
Sustainable development
Time -- Sociological aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Aldrich, Tim, 1975-
ISBN 9781909493544
1909493546