Managing Sustainable Development

by Ian Christie, Michael Carley, michael-carley-ian-christie

In a world where environmental problems spill across political, administrative and disciplinary boundaries, there is a pressing need for a clear understanding of the kinds of organizations, management structures and policy-making approaches required to bring about socially equitable and ecologically sustainable development. In this second edition, the authors incorporate lessons from a decade of work on the conditions of sustainability in both developed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853834408
• ISBN13: 9781853834400
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Important Thinking on a Critical Subject

Managing Sustainable Development does an outstanding job of analyzing the principles of sustainable development and summarizing many of the best practices internationally in bringing them to fruition. Sustainable development involves living within the carrying capacity of the earth's natural systems, while maintaining and improving the quality of life for people around the globe. Beyond its analysis and summary, however, this book contains the best thinking yet seen by this reviewer on how to link research and action into a global learning network. Those of us who practice community development need to know what kind of research will make our work more informed and effective. Researchers, likewise, seek practical application of their hard-won findings. Everyone involved in promoting sustainable development desires a link with the many achievements around the world. Carley and Christie demonstrate how that might happen, by creating and connecting "research-action networks". Changing the paradigm may seem impossible to some; this book offers a practical plan to accomplish that essential task.