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Achieving Sustainable Development
Achieving Sustainable Development explores how well Canada has met the Earth Summit's targets and attempts to find ways in which the public can become involved in such issues. Its authors stress the importance of integration of information from various fields and seek to stimulate the exchange of knowledge among the academic community, government, non-governmental organizations and industry. The contributors look far beyond merely identifying and analyzing selected issues and problems. To facilitate public discussion and to affect policy development, at least one initiative is proposed and detailed for each problem identified.
Table of Contents
Vision Life in 2030: The Sustainable Society Project Sustainability Strategies and Green Planning: Recent Canadian and International Experience Connections Growing Wisely: Integrating Competitiveness, Sustainability, and Social Policy Action Biodiversity Conservation: Developing a Research and Policy Agenda for Canada Industrial Ecology: Efficient and Excellent Production Making Sustainable Development Happen: Institutional Transformation Putting Women and the Environment First: Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development Promises, Promises: Canadian Campaign Rhetoric, Agenda 21, and the Status of Women Aboriginal Peoples: Understanding the Basis for Policy-Making towards a Sustainable Development, with Focus on the Hudson Bay Region Assessing Progress A Systematic Approach to Assessing Progress towards Sustainability