Sustainable Development Policy and Urban Development - Tourism, Life Science, Management and Environment

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Ghenai, Chaouki (Editor ), Ghenai, Chaouki, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Croatia : IntechOpen 2012
2012.
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (494 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789535152118