Development Without Destruction: The UN and Global Resource Management

by Nico Schrijver

Book Overview

Since 1945, the UN has been actively engaged in conceptualizing strategies for both economic development and a sustainable environment. From a broad historical perspective, Development without Destruction sketches the role played by organizations and individuals in the UN system in developing and consolidating principles of international law and international governance with respect to natural resource management. Nico Schrijver highlights...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253221978
• ISBN13: 9780253221971
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher