{"product_id":"imperatives-of-sustainable-development","title":"Imperatives of Sustainable Development","description":"\u003cp\u003eThirty years ago, the UN report \u003ci\u003eOur Common Future\u003c\/i\u003e placed sustainable development firmly on the international agenda. \u003ci\u003eThe Imperatives of Sustainable Development \u003c\/i\u003etakes the ethical foundations of \u003ci\u003eOur Common Future\u003c\/i\u003e and builds a model that emphasizes three equally important moral imperatives – satisfying human needs, ensuring social justice, and respecting environmental limits. This model suggests sustainability themes and assigns thresholds to them, thereby defining the space within which sustainable development can be achieved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors accept that there is no single pathway to the sustainable development space. Different countries face different challenges and must follow different pathways. This perspective is applied to all countries to determine whether the thresholds of the sustainability themes selected have been met, now and in the past. The authors build on the extensive literature on needs, equity, justice, environmental science, ecology, and economics, and show how the three moral imperatives can guide policymaking. \u003ci\u003eThe Imperatives of Sustainable Development\u003c\/i\u003e synthesizes past reasoning, summarizes the present debate, and provides a clear direction for future thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be essential reading for everyone interested in the future of sustainable development and in the complex environmental and social issues involved.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45541568086254,"sku":"9781138714267","price":67.19,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781138714267.jpg?v=1720112170","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/imperatives-of-sustainable-development","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}