Global environmental sustainability case studies and analysis of the United Nations' journey toward sustainable development / Dr. Choy Yee Keong, Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
| Author/creator | Keong, Choy Yee |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, [2021] |
| Description | xxviii, 435 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBook - Environmental Science 2020 [EBCES20] |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Sustainable development--a preliminary reflection -- The United Nations' journey to global environmental sustainability since Stockholm : an assessment -- The United Nations' journey to global environmental sustainability since Stockholm : the paradox -- Greening for a sustainable future : the ethical connection -- The nexus of environmental ethics and environmental sustainability : an empirical assessment -- The United Nations environmental education initiatives : the green education failure and the way forward -- Summary and conclusion. |
| Abstract | "A systematic, integrated framework for examining progress toward sustainable development and understanding how to move forward on a global scale. Key features: provides a systematic exposition of sustainable development in all its complexity, with all the chapters complementing each other in an integral way; presents extensive empirical evidence of various environmental problems across the world including China, the United Statess, Canada, Southeast Asia, South America and Africa, and the extent to which the United Nations has succeeded in driving toward global environmental sustainability; provides a cogent examination of the treatment of our global commons by some of the world's most powerful leaders; includes data from field studies and in-depth interviews with indigenous people in Borneo's rainforests of the Malaysian state of Sarawak most affected by environmental change." -- From cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-423) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | Ebook version : Keong, Choy Lee. Global environmental sustainability. Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2021 9780128224137 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020938030 |
| ISBN | 9780128224199 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0128224193 (pbk.) |
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