Sustainable Development : : Policy and Urban Development - Tourism, Life Science, Management and Environment / / edited by Chaouki Ghenai.
The technological advancement of our civilization has created a consumer society expanding faster than the planet's resources allow, with our resource and energy needs rising exponentially in the past century. Securing the future of the human race will require an improved understanding of the e...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Croatia : : IntechOpen,, 2012. |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (494 pages) :; illustrations |
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| Other title: | Sustainable development |
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| Summary: | The technological advancement of our civilization has created a consumer society expanding faster than the planet's resources allow, with our resource and energy needs rising exponentially in the past century. Securing the future of the human race will require an improved understanding of the environment as well as of technological solutions, mindsets and behaviors in line with modes of development that the ecosphere of our planet can support. Sustainable development offers an approach that would be practical to fuse with the managerial strategies and assessment tools for policy and decision makers at the regional planning level. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9535152114 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Chaouki Ghenai. |