Understanding Sustainable Development

<p>This new and expanded edition builds upon the first edition's powerful multi-perspective approach and breath of coverage. A truly comprehensive introduction to sustainable development, it is designed specifically to allow access to the topic from a wide range of educational and professional backgrounds and to develop understanding of a diversity of approaches and traditions at different levels.</p> <p></p> <p>This second edition includes:</p> <p></p> a complete update of the text, with increased coverage of major topics including ecosystems; production and consumption; business; urban sustainability; governance; new media technologies; conservation; leadership; globalization and global crises; sustainability literacy and learning; <p></p> more examples from the Global South and North America, while retaining its unique coverage of first world countries; <p></p> chapter aims at the start and summaries at the end of each chapter; glossary of key terms; <p></p> a new chapter on Conservation with a focus on behaviour change and values; <p></p> a brand new website which includes discussion of how projects are done on the ground, additional exercises and online cases, test questions and recommended readings and films. <p></p> <p>Offering boxed examples from the local to the global, Understanding Sustainable Development is the most complete guide to the subject for course leaders, undergraduates and postgraduates.</p>