An Introduction to Sustainable Development

This fourth edition has been comprehensively rewritten and updated to provide a concise, well illustrated and accessible introduction to the characteristics, challenges and opportunities of sustainable development with particular reference to developing countries. The contested nature of sustainable...

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Main Author: Elliott, Jennifer A. , 1962- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge , c2013
Edition:4th ed
Series:Routledge perspectives on development
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [332]-350) and index 
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