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1 online resource (xxii, 167 pages) : illustrations |
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Routledge studies in ecological economics |
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Routledge studies in ecological economics ; 9.
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Needs, capabilities and quality of life : refocusing sustainable development / Felix Rauschmayer, Ines Omann and Johannes Frühmann -- The overshadowing of needs / John O'Neill -- Sustainabliity as a challenge to the capability approach / Ortrud Leßmann -- From individual well-being to sustainable development : a path where psychologists and economists meet / Sophie Spillemaeckers, Luc van Ootegem and Gerben J. Westerhof -- The life-chances concept : a sociological perspective in equity and sustainable development / Paul-Marie Boulanger -- Human needs frameworks and their contribution as analytical instruments in sustainable development policymaking / Ivonne Cruz -- A plea for the self-aware sustainability researcher : learning from business transformation processes for transitions to sustainable development / Felix Rauschmayer, Tell Muenzing and Johannes Frühmann -- Transition towards sustainable development : which tensions emerge? How do we deal with them? / Ines Omann and Felix Rauschmayer |
| Summary |
This groundbreaking new work establishes links between sustainable development, needs, well-being, and the capabilities approach that is central to human development and the United Nations Development Programme. By challenging the role of people in sustainability policy, this collection's argument refocuses sustainable development on needs and makes it easier for people to relate positively to its core values. This exciting new book incites a whole new way of looking at sustainable development. Even though the word 'needs' is central to the most popular definition of sustainable development, th |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Sustainable development.
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sustainable development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
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Sustainable development
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Hållbar utveckling.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Rauschmayer, Felix, 1967-
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Omann, Ines
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Frühmann, Johannes
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| ISBN |
9781136886775 |
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113688677X |
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9780203839744 |
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0203839749 |
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