Mit dem wesentlich umfangreicheren Römpp-Lexikon Umwelt (2., völlig überarbeitete Auflage 2000: ID 17/00) kann das "Öko-Lexikon" nicht konkurrieren. Die Stärke dieses kleinformatigen, höchst aktuellen und sorgfältig edierten Nachschlagewerkes und Ratgebers (600 Stichworte mit 200...

In Europe, the recent debate on globalisation of the economy has - ironically - given a notable push for various concepts of regionalisation. Regions always played a strong role in people's perceptions of a good life, but regions were predominantly understood as political boundaries of states,...

In political terms it all started with the World Commission on Environment and Development which in its 1987 report Our Common Future stated that ...humanity has the ability to make development sustainable - to ensure that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of...