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082			_a338.927 _bSMI-C
100			_aSmith, Michael H. _931070
245			_aCents and sustainability : _bsecuring our common future by decoupling economic growth from environmental pressures _cby Michael H.Smith,et all.
260			_bEarthscan, _c2010. _aLondon:
300			_alv,405 p.
505			_a1.Securing "our common future" -- 2.Achieving economic growth and reducing environmental pressures -- 3.Factors that can undermine or even block efforts to achieve decoupling -- 4.Factors that affect poorer nations' ability to achieve decoupling -- 5.Informing and developing national strategies for decoupling -- 6.Responding to the complexity of climate change -- 7.Decoupling economic growth from greenhouse gas emissions -- 8.Decoupling economic growth from loss of biodiversity and the deterioration of natural systems -- 9.Decoupling economic growth from freshwater extraction -- 10.Decoupling economic growth from waste production -- 11.Decoupling economic growth from air pollution -- 12.Reducing air pollution through public interest litigation : the Delhi pollution case.
520			_aCents and Sustainability is a clear-sighted response to the 1987 call by Dr Gro Brundtland in Our Common Future to achieve a new era of economic growth that is 'forceful and at the same time socially and environmentally sustainable'. The Brundtland Report argued that not only was it achievable, but that it was an urgent imperative in order to achieve a transition to sustainable development while significantly reducing poverty and driving 'clean and green' investment. With some still arguing for significantly slowing economic growth in order to reduce pressures on the environment, this new book...
650			_aEnvironmental policy _931071
700			_aCharlie,Karlson _aHargroves _aDesha,Cheryl _931072
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