Environment in the 21st Century and New Development Patterns
Economic growth after World War II was made possible through dramatic increases in the use of material resources and energy. It is apparent that current development patterns followed by industrialized countries are causing serious environmental problems and that they are neither ecologically nor soc...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2001, 2001
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2001 |
| Series: | Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introductory Chapter: Asian Environment and New Development Patterns
- 1. Material Cycles and the Formation of an Environmentally Sound Market Economy
- 2. Energy and New Development Patterns
- 3. Energy and the New Economy
- 4. Impacts of the Information Technology Revolution: Economic Challenges of New Development Patterns
- 5. The Role of Information Disclosure in Corporate Governance: The Case of the Chemical Industry
- 6. Sustainable Water Strategies for New Development Patterns
- 7. Toward Sustainable Agriculture and Development
- 8. New Development Patterns in Asia
- 9. New Development Patterns in India
- 10. New Development Patterns and Innovation in China’s Environmental Policy
- 11. International Development at the Dawn of the 21st Century
- 12. Enjoy it by Giving it up: Toward Sustainable Development Patterns
- 13. New Development Patterns in Asia — Securing Economic Growth, Social Justice, Healthy Environment, Sustainable Human Development and Good Governance in the 21st Century
- Afterword