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Pawlowski Artur

Sustainable development as a civilization revolution : A multidisciplinary approach to the challenges of the 21st century - London : CRC Press ; 2011 - `229p ix

Table of Contents:

About the Author
Introduction

Chapter 1: The evolution of the idea of sustainable development in history;
Worldwide perspective
European perspective

Chapter 2: Theoretical basis for sustainable development:
The notion of sustainable development
Hierarchy of planes
The principles of sustainable development
Indicators of sustainable development

Chapter 3: Philosophy, religion and environmental education:
Eco-philosophy and the ethical plane of sustainable development
Religion and sustainable development
Ethics in practice: Ecological attitude and education
A new research field: A philosophical audit

Chapter 4: Level II of sustainable development: Ecological, social, and economic considerations
Ecological plane
Social plane
Economic plane

Chapter 5: Level III of sustainable development: Technical, legal and political considerations
Technical plane
Legal plane
Political plane

Chapter 6: Integration of planes, the phenomenon of globalization and the Sustainable Development Revolution
Overlapping of sustainable development planes
The challenges of globalization
Breakthroughs in human history
Sustainable development as a civilizational revolution

Conclusions
References
Index
Reviews.

ISBN: 9780415578608

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Moders Civilization
History
21st Century
Economic History
Economic History

Dewey Class. No.: 303.4 PAW