Description |
xxvii, 509 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Contents |
Sustainable development and the United States / John C. Dernbach -- Progress toward sustainability : a report card / by the contributing authors -- Agenda for a sustainable America / by the contributing authors -- Local governance and sustainability : major progress, significant challenges / Jonathan D. Weiss -- Brownfields development : from individual sites to smart growth / Joel B. Eisen -- Business and industry : transitioning to sustainability / Ira Robert Feldman -- Higher education : more and more laboratories for inventing a sustainable future / Wynn Calder and Julian Dautremont-Smith -- Kindergarten through twelfth grade education : fragmentary progress in equipping students to think and act in a challenging world / Carmela Federico and Jaimie Cloud -- Religion and ethics focused on sustainability / Dieter T. Hessel -- Sustainable and unsustainable developments in the U.S. energy system / Mark D. Levine and Nathaniel T. Aden -- Materials : from high consumption to more sustainable resource use / Amit Kapur and Thomas E. Graedel -- The importance of curbing and ending population growth to achieve sustainability / Anne H. Ehrlich and James Salzman -- Poverty : greening the tax and transfer system to create more opportunities / Jonathan Barry Forman -- Freshwater : sustaining use by protecting ecosystems / Robert W. Adler -- Oceans and estuaries : the Ocean Commissions' unfulfilled vision / Robin Kundis Craig -- Air quality : the need to replace basic technologies with cleaner alternatives / David M. Driesen -- Climate change : the unmet obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions / Donald A. Brown -- Biodiversity conservation : an unrealized aspiration / A. Dan Tarlock and Andrew Zabel -- Sustainable forestry : moving from concept to consistent practice / Federico Cheever and Ward J. Scott -- Toxic chemicals and pesticides : not yet preventing pollution / Lynn R. Goldman -- Hazardous waste and superfund : few changes and little progress / Joel A. Mintz -- Municipal solid waste : building stronger connections to jobs and the economy / Marian Chertow -- Land use : blending smart growth with social equity and climate change mitigation / Patricia Salkin -- Transportation : challenges and choices / Trip Pollard -- International trade : sustainability as a multilateral, bilateral, and regional effort / Kevin C. Kennedy -- Official development assistance : toward funding for sustainability / Royal C. Gardner and Ezequiel Lugo -- Financing sustainable development / Smita Nakhooda, Frances Seymour, and Sabina Ahmed -- Lead poisoning and pollution : opportunities for internationalized solutions / K.W. James Rochow -- State governance : leadership on climate change / Kirsten H. Engel and Marc L. Miller -- Public access to information, participation, and justice : forward and backward steps toward an informed and engaged citizenry / Carl Bruch, Frances Irwin, and Gary D. Bass -- National governance : still stumbling toward sustainability / John C. Dernbach. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Subject |
Sustainable development -- United States.
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Sustainable development -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Environmental law -- United States.
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Added Author |
Dernbach, John C., 1953-
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Environmental Law Institute.
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ISBN |
9781585761333 (pbk.) |
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1585761338 (pbk.) |
Standard No. |
CDX 7958556 |
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AU@ 000044207093 |
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