securing our common future by decoupling economic growth from environmental pressures
/ Michael H. Smith
; Karlson "Charlie" Hargroves and Cheryl Desha
London ;Washington, DC
: Earthscan,
, 2010.
lv, 405 p.
: , ill. , 24 cm.
"The Natural Edge Project."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Securing "our common future" -- Achieving economic growth and reducing environmental pressures -- Factors that can undermine or even block efforts to achieve decoupling -- Factors that affect poorer nations' ability to achieve decoupling -- Informing and developing national strategies for decoupling -- Responding to the complexity of climate change -- Decoupling economic growth from greenhouse gas emissions -- Decoupling economic growth from loss of biodiversity and exosystem resilience -- Decoupling economic growth from freshwater extraction -- Decoupling economic growth from waste production -- Decoupling economic growth from air pollution -- Reducing air pollution through public interest litigation : the Delhi pollution case.