Understanding the Social Dimension of Sustainability

by Veronica Dujon, Mary C. King, Jesse F. Dillard

Book Overview

The imperative of the twenty-first century is sustainability: to raise the living standards of the world's poor and to achieve and maintain high levels of social health among the affluent nations while simultaneously reducing and reversing the environmental damage wrought by human activity. Scholars and practitioners are making progress toward environmental and economic sustainability, but we have very little understanding of the social dimension...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415536677
• ISBN13: 9780415536677
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"