This volume, which brings together papers from a seminar held in Beijing in 1996, contains contributions written by Chinese participants as well as by visiting experts from the West. The different experience of the several authors is represented in the unique balance of the book: all the Chinese...

Until recently, governments have measured economic progress by tallying such statistics as GDP, inflation and balance of payments. Today they agree that economic expansion should be socially and environmentally sustainable. Hence measuring progress towards sustainable development is essential to...

Beiträge der Akademie für Natur- und Umweltschutz Baden-Württemberg Neue Chancen für Ökonomie, Ökologie und Soziales-Ressourcenschutz und aktiver Bürgerdialog Die Kommunikation in Sachen Nachhaltigkeit gewinnt in der Praxis einen immer höheren Stellenwert. So publizieren mehr und mehr...