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Sustainable development as a civilization revolution : A multidisciplinary approach to the challenges of the 21st century

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Publication details: London : CRC Press ; 2011Description: `229p ixISBN:
  • 9780415578608
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.4 PAW
Contents:
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.
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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.