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Decision-makers increasingly seek to design environmental and development policies that will support sustainable development. Thus, practical tools to help formulate sustainable development policies and clear methods to assess their acceptability and effectiveness are urgently needed. This book...
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With the increasingly evident and widespread impact of economic activity on the environment, there is a growing concern in all parts of the world for environmental considerations to be more fully reflected in economic decision-making. The Polluter-Pays, User-Pays and Precautionary principles are...
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This book focuses on cities, their relationships with each other and the disparities between them. Analysing cities as the places where diversity is especially apparent, where cultural richness is experienced and where conflicts often erupt, it illustrates how cultures and cultural diversity...
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The debate on the valuation of nature and the environment, sustainable national income and economic growth is one of prime importance in environmental economics. Economic Growth and Valuation of the Environment deals with the fundamental approaches to calculating sustainable national income and...
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. These build on a new methodological and theoretical framework for assessing and explaining the sustainability impact of CSR … and explaining the sustainability impact of CSR : case study findings -- pt. 4. CSR and public policy …
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Transnational corporations play a role in the design, diffusion, and consolidation of sustainable development in the context of globalization and multinational firms. In this timely book European and American contributors analyze this role and explore the complex and dynamic phenomena of...
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, corporate social responsibility, management and sustainability, and environmental management. It will also appeal to those …
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state of the art of sustainability and business and assesses key challenges for the field. Multidisciplinary chapters … sustainability challenges facing businesses today, from socially responsible consumption behaviours and organisational resilience to … climate change and sustainability transitions in extractive industries. Its diverse contributions highlight the breadth and …
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"This book provides a set of decision and organizational models for the advancement of sustainability in higher … education. International authors present how universities and colleges have attempted to advance sustainability both within and … societies toward greater sustainability in the future. Transdisciplinary in scope, this book emphasizes the need for …
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. Examining how to successfully integrate sustainability into the processes and practices involved, it highlights the significant … and contribute to sustainability. Using diverse case studies, leading project management scholars address key challenges … in the field, such as how to align an organisation's sustainability ambition, strategy and project impact. Ultimately …
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