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The role and meaning of sustainable development have been recognized in the scientific literature for decades. However, there has recently been a dynamic increase in interest in the subject, which results in numerous, in-depth scientific research and publications with an interdisciplinary dimension. This edited volume is a compendium of theoretical knowledge on sustainable development. The context analysed in the publication includes a multi-level and multi-aspect analysis starting from the historical and legal conditions, through elements of the macro level and the micro level, inside the organization. Organizing Sustainable Development offers a systematic and comprehensive theoretical analysis of sustainable development supplemented with practical examples, which will allow obtaining comprehensive knowledge about the meaning and its multi-context application in practice. It shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic and will be of interest to students at an advanced level, academics and reflective practitioners in the fields of sustainable development, management studies, organizational studies and corporate social responsibility.

A response from the Sustainable Development Commission to the discussion paper on proposals for a sustainable development strategy for Northern Ireland. ; Publisher PDF

By taking a sustainable development approach, local authorities and their partners can play a leading role in delivering integrated environmental, social and economic improvements at the local level. ; Publisher PDF

What Is Sustainable Development? Sustainable Development: A New Social Concept. The Environment & Sustainable Development. Sustainable Buildings. Sustainable Energy Solutions. Corporate Sustainability Programs. Local Politics for Sustainable Development. How Sustainable Development Policies Affect Planning. Tracking Local Sustainable Development. Learning from Las Vegas. International Sustainability. What the Future Holds: Creating a Sustainable World. Bibliography, Appendices, Index.

The SDC's written evidence presented to the Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee as part of their investigation into how well sustainable development is being embedded in Government. ; Publisher PDF

In this paper, an overdeterminist value-theoretic & class-based approach is used to intervene in the discussions of ecological sustainability. It is argued that the search in nature for ecological principles to guide society/nature relations is epistemologically suspect. Ecological problems in capitalism are inseparably articulated with the process of extracting surplus value. Moreover, due to their adverse impacts, they instigate struggles over the appropriation of nature that shape the possibility of sustainable development. This analysis suggests that capitalism may be ecologically sustainable, but that is by no means given. It is argued that scientific research & technology development in capitalism, so often presented as a solution, could create new ecological risks. The greening of capitalism is contradictory & socially unjust. Socialism can be expected to be preferable to capitalism on a number of social grounds, including environmental considerations. References. Adapted from the source document.

Examines the role of social and environmental justice, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and political economy; international perspective; 13 articles. Contents: Preface: the power of unsustainable development: what is to be done? by Jude L. Fernando; Toward just sustainability in urban communities: building equity rights with sustainable solutions, by Julian Agyeman and Tom Evans; NGOs and production of indigenous knowledge under the condition of postmodernity, by Jude L. Fernando; The links between poverty and the environment in urban areas of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, by David Satterthwaite; Chiang Mai and Khon Kaen as growth poles: regional industrial development in Thailand and its implications for urban sustainability, by Jim Glassman and Chris Sneddon; Sustainable development and urban growth in the Argentine Pampas region, by Jorge Morello, Silvia Diana Matteucci, and Andrea Rodríguez; Poverty, sustainability, and the culture of despair: can sustainable development strategies support poverty alleviation in America's most environmentally challenged communities? by Amy K. Glasmeier and Tracey L. Farrigan; Environmental activism and social networks: campaigning for bicycles and alternative transport in West London, by Simon Batterbury; Urbanization and the politics of land in the Manila region, by Philip F. Kelly; Neoliberalism and nature: the case of the WTO, by Elaine Hardwick and Richard Peet; NGOs, organizational culture, and institutional sustainability, by David Lewis; The paradox of sustainability: reflections on NGOs in Bangladesh, by Joseph Devine; An innovative combination of neoliberalism and state corporatism: the case of a locally based NGO in Mexico City, by Roger Magazine.