This timely and important Handbook takes stock of progress made in our understanding of what sustainable development actually is and how it can be measured and achieved. This fully updated and revised second edition captures recent developments in the field, adding 14 new chapters by internationally renowned authors from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. The authors explain that the gap between public commitments to sustainable development and real-world action towards achieving it is still significant, but not insurmountable, and that opportunities do exist to reduce that margin. Contributors synthesize the established knowledge and clearly present cutting edge concepts from the frontier of sustainability research with direct relevance to theory and practice. Topics covered include: the fundamentals of sustainability; equity within and between generations; the capital approach; green growth; measurements and indicators of sustainability; climate change and wellbeing. This accessible, comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to exploring the theory and practice of sustainable development will prove an invaluable reference tool for researchers, students, academics and practitioners with an interest in the field of sustainable development.
Contents: Preface 1. Introduction Giles Atkinson, Simon Dietz, Eric Neumayer and Matthew Agarwala PART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2. Comprehensive Wealth Accounting and Sustainable Development Kirk Hamilton and Esther Naikal 3. Sustainable Development in Ecological Economics Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh 4. Strong Sustainability and Critical Natural Capital Paul Ekins 5. Ecosystems as Assets Ed Barbier 6. Ecological and Social Resilience W. Neil Adger and Jennifer Hodbod PART II EQUITY ACROSS GENERATIONS 7. Ethics and Sustainable Development: The Virtues of an Adaptive Approach to Environmental Choice Bryan G. Norton and Allen Thompson 8. Equitable Intergenerational Preferences and Sustainability Geir B. Asheim 9. Evaluating Impacts in the Distant Future: Cost - benefit Analyses, Discounting, and the Alternatives Cameron Hepburn and Greer Gosnell 10. Weak Sustainability, Conservation, and Precaution Alan Randall PART III EQUITY WITHIN GENERATIONS 11. Distribution, Sustainability and Environmental Policy Geoffrey Heal and Bengt Kristr?m 12. Environmental Justice and Sustainability Julian Agyeman 13. Vulnerability, Poverty and Sustaining Well-being W. Neil Adger and Alexandra Winkels 14. Human Wellbeing and Sustainability: Interdependent and Intertwined J. Allister McGregor PART IV: GROWTH, CONSUMPTION AND NATURAL WEALTH 15. Green Growth Alex Bowen 16. Economic Growth and the Environment Matthew A. Cole and Andrea Lucchesi 17. The Resource Curse and Sustainable Development Richard M. Auty 18. Sustainable Consumption Tim Jackson 19. Population and Sustainability Geoffrey McNicoll 20. Technological Lock-in and the Role of Innovation Timothy J. Foxon PART V: PROGRESS IN MEASURING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 21. Environmental Accounting Glenn-Marie Lange 22. Genuine Saving as an Indicator of Sustainability Kirk Hamilton and Esther Naikal 23. Measuring Sustainable Economic Welfare Philip Lawn 24. Ecological Footprint Accounts Mathis Wackernagel, Gemma Cranston, Juan Carlos Morales and Alessandro Galli PART VI: THE INTERNATIONAL SETTING 25. International Trade and Sustainable Development Louis Dupuy and Matthew Agarwala 26. International Environmental Cooperation Carlo Carraro 27. The International Politics of Sustainable Development John Vogler 28. Financing for Sustainable Development Samuel Fankhauser and David Pearce PART VII: DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY 29. Climate Change Adaptation: A Risk-management Approach Gary Yohe 30. Linking Climate Change Mitigation Research to Sustainable Development Ottmar Edenhofer, Susanne Kadner, Christoph von Stechow, Gregor Schwerhoff and Gunnar Luderer 31. Sustainable Development of Water Resources J.A. (Tony) Allan and Matthew Agarwala 32. Sustainable Agriculture Clement A. Tisdell 33. Sustainable Energy Policy Richard Green, Yacob Mulugetta and ZhongXiang Zhang 34. Sustainable Cities and Local Sustainability Yvonne Rydin 35. Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, and the Governance of Business Andy Gouldson, Rory Sullivan and Stavros Afionis Index
