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Organizing sustainable development: from diffusion to translation

Bergström, Ola; Dobers, Peter - In: Sustainable Development 8 (2000) 4, pp. 167-179

Policy changes towards global sustainable development have important consequences for how these policies are organized … sustainable development. The paper is based on a field study of the latest attempt in Sweden to work towards sustainable … upon the organizing of sustainable development. We suggest a view of the implementation of environmental policies towards …

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Sustainable Development and the Future of Cities edited by Bernd Hamm and Padurang K. Muttagi, 1998. Intermediate Technology, x+291 pp, no price stated (pbk). ISBN 1 85339 452...

Williams, Trevor L. - In: Sustainable Development 8 (2000) 1, pp. 65-65

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An accounting representation of sustainable agriculture practices: the case of a biogas agricultural unit in Sichuan

Simon, Sandrine - In: Sustainable Development 8 (2000) 2, pp. 106-120

This article provides an accounting representation of a system of sustainable agricultural production, organized around a biogas unit in the Province of Sichuan, China. The aims of this exercise are numerous. <P>First, it is important to highlight the existence of examples of sustainable practices,...</p>

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Natural capitalism: the next industrial revolution by Paul Hawken, Amory B Lovins and L Hunter Lovins, 1999. Earthscan, xix + 396 pp, £18.99 (hbk). ISBN 1 85383 461 0

Collins, Alan - In: Sustainable Development 8 (2000) 3, pp. 165-166

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Linking impact assessment and sustainable development at the local level: the introduction of sustainability assessment systems

Devuyst, Dimitri - In: Sustainable Development 8 (2000) 2, pp. 67-78

sustainable development. Because of the importance of introducing sustainable development at the local level, this paper deals … with impact assessment systems introduced by local authorities and links them to the sustainable development debate. <P …

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Corine: coastal erosion by R.-E. Quelennec, 1998. European Commission, 170 pp, 88 maps, £12.50 (pbk). ISBN 9282685063

McGlashan, Derek J. - In: Sustainable Development 8 (2000) 2, pp. 122-122

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Local agenda 21 in practice - a Swedish example

Jörby, Sofie Adolfsson - In: Sustainable Development 8 (2000) 4, pp. 201-214

A part of a local Agenda 21 project aiming at reducing the nutrient supply into a Swedish Baltic Sea fjord is analysed. The reduction is to be carried out in a way that permits and facilitates the re-use of the nutrients as fertilizers. This article is focused on how to implement the project and...

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Water supply in the UK: towards a more sustainable future?

Tate, John - In: Sustainable Development 8 (2000) 3, pp. 155-164

This paper reviews the impact of increasing environmental concerns on the UK water industry over the 30 years from early research in the 1970s to the present. From being supply driven 30 years ago, with demand being regarded as an exogenous variable, the focus is now very much on demand...

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Community development and micro-enterprises: fostering sustainable development

Vargas, Claudia María - In: Sustainable Development 8 (2000) 1, pp. 11-26

-enterprises can foster sustainable development if, and only if, they are integrated in a view of community development that links the … lessons learned from successful micro-enterprises suggest that the key is to bring together the elements of sustainable … development with the importance of the key fact that the micro-enterprises are community based. The thesis proposed is that micro …

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Scientific consensus on sustainability: the case of The Natural Step

Upham, Paul - In: Sustainable Development 8 (2000) 4, pp. 180-190

The Natural Step (TNS) is internationally promoted as the basis of a scientific consensus on sustainability. TNS appears potentially consensual because it argues from a position of summary trends that are scientifically informed. However, comparison with other sustainability principles shows...

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