The Politics of Sustainable Development: Theory, Policy and Practice Within the European UnionSusan Baker The concept of sustainable development was popularised by the 1987 Brundtland Report and became a central theme in the EU's Fifth Environmental Action Programme. It dominated the Rio Earth Summit and its promotion has been much in evidence in the subseque |
Contents
the theory and practice of sustainable | 1 |
The politics of sustainable development | 43 |
Sustainable development and the deep ecology movement | 61 |
Sustainable development and the treadmill of production | 72 |
The integration of sustainable development objectives | 107 |
Sustainable development in Mediterranean Europe? | 127 |
Policy networks local discourses and the implementation | 152 |
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able development achieved activities Agenda 21 anthropocentric approach areas argued assessment Astakos Barcelona biocentric Birmingham City Council bottom-up Brundtland Catalonia central centre Chapter Commission commitment concept of sustainable concern consumption context countries deep ecology devel dimensions drinking water ecocentric ecology movement economic development economic growth ecosystem Edinburgh Environment Environmental Action Programme environmental movements environmental policy environmental protection Europe European Community European Union example factors Fifth Environmental Action future global grassroots Greece Green Green Political groups human impact implementation industrial institutions integration involvement legislation Leicester London Maastricht Treaty member-states ment mobilization nature O'Riordan opment organizations participation planning policy-making political pollution problems production promotion of sustainable recycling Redclift regional relate role ronmental rural Schnaiberg sectors social Spain strategies structures sub-national subsidiarity TFOs Thesprotia tion tourism transport treadmill urban waste water quality West Midlands