Implementing Sustainable Development - Claudia María Vargas

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Auteur(s) : Claudia María Vargas - Phillip J Cooper

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/11/2024

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 494.0

ISBN : 1538162237

Résumé :

Despite all the talk of sustainability, there has not been enough action to halt or reverse the impacts of climate change. Decades after the Rio Earth Summit and despite the many policies and commitments to move toward sustainable development, there continues to be a serious implementation gap.

Implementing Sustainable Development focuses on the challenges of turning international commitments and policy promises into local action. Through global examples and cases, the authors examine not only the core principles, but also successful and failed efforts to address the social, environmental, and economic dimensions of sustainable development. They systematically guide readers through the technical, legal, economic, administrative, political, ethical, and cultural feasibility of putting sustainable development solutions in place. Based on broad research, Claudia Mar?a Vargas and Phillip J. Cooper offer a practical and useful approach to identifying and addressing policy implementation challenges-what works, what doesn't, and why.

Features of this thoroughly revised second edition include:
Dozens of case studies from the throughout the worldAn overview of the UN Sustainable Development GoalsAction-oriented solutions to the challenges of sustainable developmentCareful consideration of local and indigenous knowledgeKey issues of equity, equality, and the importance of community involvement

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Sommaire:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Chapter 1. The Foundations of Sustainable Development
What is Sustainable Development Really?
What Sustainable Development is Not
Sustainable Development in Public Policy: The Implementation Gap
Making Sense of it All: The Feasibility Framework as a Way to Understand and Advance Sustainable Development Implementation
So Why Has Sustainable Development Today Gone Beyond Necessary and Has Become Urgent?
Our Common Future: The Commission's Warnings Are Today's Critical Problems
Climate Change: Exhibit-A for the Necessity of Sustainable Development
Conclusion
Chapter 2. The Principles of Sustainable Development: Global Common Commitments
Key Concepts, Connections, and Distinctions: The Foundations of Sustainable Development Implementation
A Transformation in Development Policy
The Growing Significance of Environment
The Growing Role of Markets
Linking Social Development with Economic and Environmental Concerns
The International Dialog on Sustainable Development
From the Brundtland Commission to Rio to Copenhagen
The Copenhagen Social Summit-Re-emphasizing the Three Key Elements of Sustainable Development
Getting from Copenhagen to the Sustainable Development Goals 2030
The Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Paris Accords: Commitments to Evaluate Progress
The Challenge of Implementation Amidst a Turbulent Political Environment
Working with Both the Principles of Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals 2030
Sustainable Development Goals: A Necessary but Not Sufficient Approach
The Declared Principles of Sustainable Development: A Useful Framework for Implementation That Can Work Well with the Agenda 2030 goals
Declared Principles of Sustainable Development
The Change Principle
The Environmental Protection Principle
The Principle of Balance and Integration
The Principle of Human-Centered Development
A Right to Development, but with an Obligation of Mutual Respect
The Intergenerational and Intragenerational Equity Principle
The Equality Principle
The Decentralization Principle
The Partnership Principle
The Transparency and Accountability Principle
The Family Principle
The Livable Community Principle
The Education Principle
The Health and Wellness Principle
The Poverty Eradication Principle
The Culture Sensitivity Principle
The Scope, Scale, and Wealth Principle
The Market Principle
The Rule of Law Principle
The Principles and the Goals: Both Necessary, Neither is Sufficient Alone
Conclusion
Chapter 3. Questions of Technical Feasibility: Do We Know How to Do It?
Two Very Different Technical Feasibility Positions
The Namosi Copper Mine-The Effort to Use Mineral Resources for Development in Fiji
Civano, Tucson, Arizona: A Sustainable Community in a Desert Environment
The Context of Sustainable Development Choices
The State of Development
Ecosystem Characteristics
The Temporal Dimension
The Challenges of Finding Technical Responses
Understanding the Problem: Not Always as Easy as it May Seem
The Question of Appropriate Technologies
Sources of Appropriate Technical Solutions
Diffusion of Appropriate Technologies: From Knowledge to Action
What is Good Science in Support of Policy Action?
What Is Success? Problems of Assessment and Measurement in Sustainable Development
Conclusion
Chapter 4. Legal Feasibility: Building Infrastructure to Meet Mandates, from Supranational to Local
Legal Feasibility Challenges on Two Ends of the United States
Washington State Oil Tank...