Was bedeutet es, nachhaltig zu leben? Welches Erbe wollen wir unseren Nachkommen hinterlassen? Wer diese Fragen beantworten will, muss weit in die Zukunft blicken. Doch was können wir über die Zukunft wissen? Eine Antwort darauf verlangt, in der Nachhaltigkeitsdebatte der Dimension der Zeit...

Professor Sigman has selected the most authoritative previously published papers for this pathbreaking collection. This timely book examines private decision-making and government policy for the management of hazardous waste, the clean-up of contaminated land and the redevelopment of brownfield...

Vacant land as opportunity and challenge / Michael A. Pagano and Ann O'M. Bowman -- Western European vacant land / Barry Wood -- The economics of vacant land / Alan W. Evans -- Turning brownfields into community assets / Lavea Brachman -- Is contamination the barrier to inner-city industrial...