The age of sustainable development / Jeffrey D. Sachs ; [foreword by Ban Ki-Moon].
2015
338.927 S121a 2015
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Title
The age of sustainable development / Jeffrey D. Sachs ; [foreword by Ban Ki-Moon].
Author
ISBN
9780231173155 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0231173156
9780231173148 (cloth : alk. paper)
0231173148 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231539005 (e-book)
0231173156
9780231173148 (cloth : alk. paper)
0231173148 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231539005 (e-book)
Published
New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
xvi, 543 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 23 cm
Call Number
338.927 S121a 2015
System Control No.
(OCoLC)892887168
(OCoLC)892887168
(OCoLC)892887168
Summary
Jeffrey D. Sachs is one of the world's most perceptive and original analysts of global development. In this major new work he presents a compelling and practical framework for how global citizens can use a holistic way forward to address the seemingly intractable worldwide problems of persistent extreme poverty, environmental degradation, and political-economic injustice: sustainable development. Sachs offers readers, students, activists, environmentalists, and policy makers the tools, metrics, and practical pathways they need to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. Far more than a rhetorical exercise, this book is designed to inform, inspire, and spur action. Based on Sachs's twelve years as director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, his thirteen years advising the United Nations secretary-general on the Millennium Development Goals, and his recent presentation of these ideas in a popular online course, The Age of Sustainable Development is a landmark publication and clarion call for all who care about our planet and global justice.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-519) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction to sustainable development
What is sustainable development?
An introduction to economic growth
Continuing poverty in the midst of plenty
Global environmental threats caused by economic development
Pathways to sustainable development
An unequal world. Incomes around the world
Urban-rural inequality
Income inequality within countries
Measuring wellbeing
Convergence or divergence?
A brief history of economic development. The age of modern economic growth
The Industrial Revolution begins in England
The great waves of technological change
The diffusion of economic growth
Economic development since World War II: the making of globalization
Why some countries developed while others stayed poor. The idea of clinical economics
A further look at geography: transport, energy, disease, and crops
The role of culture: demography, education and gender
The role of politics
Which countries are still stuck in poverty?
Ending extreme poverty. The reasons to believe that extreme poverty can be ended
Strategies to end extreme poverty
South Asia: the continuing challenge of food supply
A closer look at official development assistance
Designing practical interventions: the case of the Millennium Villages
Planetary boundaries. Planetary boundaries
Growth dynamics
The case of energy
The case of food
Population dynamics and sustainable development
Economic growth within planetary boundaries
Social inclusion. The ethics of wealth, poverty, and inequality
United Nations declarations, covenants, and the MDGs
Divided societies
Forces of widening inequalities
Gender inequality
Education for all. Life cycle approach to human development
Early childhood development
The rising returns of education and the supply response
Social mobility
The role of higher education in technological advance
Health for all. Universal health coverage
Poverty and disease
Designing and financing primary health systems in low-income countries
Ten recommended steps to health for all in the poorest countries
The continuing challenges of health coverage in the high-income countries
Food security. Sustainable food supply and the end of hunger
Farm systems, ecology, and food security
How environmental change threatens the food system
How the food system threatens the environment
Toward a sustainable global food supply
Resilient cities. The patterns of urbanization around the world
What makes a city sustainable, green, and resilient?
Smart infrastructure
Urban resilience
Planning sustainable development
Climate change. The basic science of climate change
The consequences of human-induced climate change
Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius
Adaptation
The politics of carbon dioxide mitigation
Saving biodiversity and protecting ecosystem services. What is biodiversity?
Biodiversity under threat
Oceans and fisheries
Deforestation
International dynamics
Sustainable development goals. The sustainable development goals (SDGs)
Goal-based development
Financing for sustainable development
Principles of good governance
Is sustainable development feasible?
What is sustainable development?
An introduction to economic growth
Continuing poverty in the midst of plenty
Global environmental threats caused by economic development
Pathways to sustainable development
An unequal world. Incomes around the world
Urban-rural inequality
Income inequality within countries
Measuring wellbeing
Convergence or divergence?
A brief history of economic development. The age of modern economic growth
The Industrial Revolution begins in England
The great waves of technological change
The diffusion of economic growth
Economic development since World War II: the making of globalization
Why some countries developed while others stayed poor. The idea of clinical economics
A further look at geography: transport, energy, disease, and crops
The role of culture: demography, education and gender
The role of politics
Which countries are still stuck in poverty?
Ending extreme poverty. The reasons to believe that extreme poverty can be ended
Strategies to end extreme poverty
South Asia: the continuing challenge of food supply
A closer look at official development assistance
Designing practical interventions: the case of the Millennium Villages
Planetary boundaries. Planetary boundaries
Growth dynamics
The case of energy
The case of food
Population dynamics and sustainable development
Economic growth within planetary boundaries
Social inclusion. The ethics of wealth, poverty, and inequality
United Nations declarations, covenants, and the MDGs
Divided societies
Forces of widening inequalities
Gender inequality
Education for all. Life cycle approach to human development
Early childhood development
The rising returns of education and the supply response
Social mobility
The role of higher education in technological advance
Health for all. Universal health coverage
Poverty and disease
Designing and financing primary health systems in low-income countries
Ten recommended steps to health for all in the poorest countries
The continuing challenges of health coverage in the high-income countries
Food security. Sustainable food supply and the end of hunger
Farm systems, ecology, and food security
How environmental change threatens the food system
How the food system threatens the environment
Toward a sustainable global food supply
Resilient cities. The patterns of urbanization around the world
What makes a city sustainable, green, and resilient?
Smart infrastructure
Urban resilience
Planning sustainable development
Climate change. The basic science of climate change
The consequences of human-induced climate change
Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius
Adaptation
The politics of carbon dioxide mitigation
Saving biodiversity and protecting ecosystem services. What is biodiversity?
Biodiversity under threat
Oceans and fisheries
Deforestation
International dynamics
Sustainable development goals. The sustainable development goals (SDGs)
Goal-based development
Financing for sustainable development
Principles of good governance
Is sustainable development feasible?
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