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• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Authors and Contributors
• Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Chapter 1 From Malthus to Sustainable Development
• Some Intellectual Underpinnings (and a Disclaimer)
• Why Sustainability?
• Nine Ways to Achieve Sustainability
• Economics as the Dismal Science
• Population, Resources, Environment, and Sustainability
• Sustainability on the Highway Produced by Three Key Sources of Energy
• A Look Forward
• Chapter 2 Challenges of Sustainable Development
• Concept of Sustainability
• Factors Governing Sustainable Development
• Linkages Among Sustainable Development, Environment, and Poverty
• Determinants of Sustainable Development
• Case Studies on Sustainable Development
• Chapter 3 Global Environmental Issues
• Population, Income, and Urbanization
• Health Care
• Food, Fisheries, and Agriculture
• Materials and Energy Flows
• Transportation: the Automobile Industry
• Precautionary Principle
• Forestry
• Water Resources
• Valuation of Nature’s Services
• Coping with Global Problems
• Chapter 4 Sustainable Development Indicators
• Need For Indicators
• Statistical Procedures
• Emissions, Diffusion, and Impact Model
• Aggregating Indicators
• Other Weighting Systems
• Use of Principal Component Analysis
• Three Environmental Quality Indices
• Summary
• Annex
• Chapter 5 Environmental Assessment
• National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Project Categories Based On Environmental Impacts
• Impact Identification Methods
• Environmental Impact Assessment Process
• Chapter 6 Environmental Management: Trends and Policies
• Milestones in Environmental Management
• Revisiting Complex Issues
• Sector Policies Concerning the Environment
• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
• Institutional Framework for Environmental Management
• Achievements in Environmental Management
• People’s Perception of the Environment
• Why is the Environment Bad?
• Millennium Development Goals
• Conclusion
• Chapter 7 Legislation, International Law, and Multilateral Environmental Agreements
• Definitions
• Sources of International Law
• The Four Questions in the Context of International Law
• Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)
• Some Early Contributions to Environmental Law and Sustainable Development by Lawyers, Scholars, and Judges
• Conclusion
• Chapter 8 Social Dimensions and Policies
• Eradication of Poverty
• Participatory Development
• Consensus Building
• Nongovernment Organizations (NGOs)
• Gender and Development
• Involuntary Resettlement
• Indigenous Peoples (IPS)
• Social Exclusion
• Social Analysis
• Social Development Indicators (SDIS)
• Conclusion
• Chapter 9 The Economics of Sustainability
• Evolution of Economic Thinking About the Environment and the Role of Economic Factors
• Concepts of Welfare
• Public Goods, Common Property, and Private Goods
• Summary
• Chapter 10 Sustainability: Externalities, Valuation, and Time Externalities
• Valuation
• Approaches to Valuation
• Economic Assessment of Sustainable Projects
• Categories of Costs
• Economic Life of a Project
• Economic Assessment of Sustainable Plans and Projects
• Economic Assessment of Investments in Climate Change Mitigation
• Summary
• Chapter 11 Natural Resource Accounting
• National Income: Definitions and Limitations
• Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI)
• Human Development Index
• World Bank’s Wealth of Nations
• Genuine Savings
• Summary of National Sustainability Accounting
• Chapter 12 The Role of International Financial Institutions
• Development and Environment at the World Bank
• Integrating Environment and Poverty Reduction
• Environment and Growth
• Millennium Development Goals and the World Bank
• Attacking Poverty Through Sustainable Development
• World Bank Experience and Goals
• Corporate Social Responsibility: The Triple Bottom Line
• Developed Countries and Sustainable Development
• Chapter 13 International Cooperation
• Organizations Responsible for Sustainable Development
• Reform and Revitalization of Global Organizations
• World Summit on Sustainable Development
• Role of Non-State Actors in Sustainable Development
• NGOs and Social Entrepreneurs
• Financing Sustainable Development
• Cooperation Between Regions
• Peoples’ Earth Charter
• Conclusion
• Chapter 14 Sustainable Development: Crisis, Conflict, and Compromise
• Crisis
• Role of Natural Resources and the Environment
• Conflict
• Compromise
• Summary
• Epilogue
• References
• Index