Sustainable development brings together a series of normative themes related to negotiating environmental limits, to addressing equity, needs and development, and to the process of transformation and transition. To mark the thirtieth anniversary of Our Common Future (1987), that first placed sustainable development on the global agenda, the editors have brought together a group of international scholars from a range of social science backgrounds. They have discussed these same themes - looking backwards in terms of what has been achieved, assessing the current situation with respect to sustainable development, and looking forwards to identify the key elements of the future agenda. This book presents a series of critical reflections on these enduring themes. The overriding concern is with the present and with the future as the editors seek to explore the question: What next for sustainable development?
History
Publication status
Published
File Version
Accepted version
Publisher
Edward Elgar
Page range
219-238
Book title
What next for sustainable development? Our common future at thirty
Place of publication
Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
ISBN
978-1788975216
Department affiliated with
SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications
Full text available
Yes
Peer reviewed?
Yes
Editors
Erling Holden, others, David Banister, James Meadowcroft