{"product_id":"green-development-by-bill-adams-9780415820721","title":"Green Development","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe concept of sustainability lies at the core of the challenge of environment and development, and the way governments, business and environmental groups respond to it. \u003ci\u003eGreen Development\u003c\/i\u003e provides a clear and coherent analysis of sustainable development in both theory and practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreen Development\u003c\/i\u003e explores the origins and evolution of mainstream thinking about sustainable development and offers a critique of the ideas behind them. It draws a link between theory and practice by discussing the nature of environmental degradation and the impacts of development. It argues that, ultimately, ‘green’ development has to be about political economy, about the distribution of power, and not about environmental quality. Its focus is strongly on the developing world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe fourth edition retains the broad structure of previous editions, but has been updated to reflect advances in ideas and changes in international policy. Greater attention has been given to the political ecology of development, market-based and neoliberal environmentalism, and degrowth. This fully revised edition discusses:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe origins of thinking about sustainability and sustainable development, and its evolution to the present day.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe ideas that dominate mainstream sustainable development (including natural capital, the green economy, market environmentalism, and ecological modernisation).\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCritiques of mainstream ideas and of neoliberal framings of sustainability, and alternative ideas about sustainability that challenge ‘business as usual’ thinking, such as arguments about limits to growth and calls for degrowth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe dilemmas of sustainability in the context of forests, desertification, food and farming, biodiversity conservation, and dam construction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe challenge of policy choices about sustainability, particularly between reformist and radical responses to the contemporary global dilemmas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreen Development\u003c\/i\u003e offers clear insights into the challenges of environmental sustainability, and social and economic development. It is unique in offering a synthesis of theoretical ideas on sustainability and in its coverage of the extensive literature on environment and development around the world. The book has proved its value to generations of students as an authoritative, thought-provoking and readable guide to the field of sustainable development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605961556204,"sku":"9780415820721","price":93.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780415820721-green-development.jpg?v=1778143611","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/green-development-by-bill-adams-9780415820721","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}