emerging systems for informing sustainable development /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Jackie Venning and John Higgins.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Sydney :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
UNSW Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2001.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 volume
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Introduction / John Higgins and Jackie Venning -- 2. Development of sustainability concepts in Australia / David Bennett -- 3. Environmental models / John Higgins -- 4. Economic models / John Hatch -- 5. Environmental indicators: development and application / Jackie Venning -- 6. Economic measures of sustainability / Tor Hundloe -- 7. Sustainability indicators: measuring progress towards sustainability / Ann Hamblin -- 8. Modelling physical realities: designing and testing future options to 2050 and beyond / Barney Foran and Franzi Poldy -- 9. Informing institutions and policies / Stephen Dovers.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This text looks at the ways that new systems for documenting ecologically sustainable development have been evolving in Australia. Key issues the book considers include environmental and economic models, environmental and economic measures, and sustainability indicators.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Sustainable development-- Australia.
Sustainable development-- Social aspects-- Australia.