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The long road to sustainability : the past, present, and future of international environmental law and policy

Author: Gillespie, Alexander, author.
Title: The long road to sustainability : the past, present, and future of international environmental law and policy / Alexander Gillespie.
Format: Book
Edition: First Edition.
Description: xxiii, 269 pages ; 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary: For the last few thousand years, humanity has struggled to achieve sustainable development. Alexander Gillespie sees the problem as multi-faceted: a three legged stool of economic, social, and environmental conundrums have stalled the quest for the long term viability of both our species and the ecosystems in which we reside. Gillespie moves from the low life expectancy, excessive deforestation, and wetland drainage of the medieval period, through the species loss, coal burning, free trade, and poor waste management of the 17th and 18th centuries, and to the more recent concerns of climate change, unsustainable fisheries, and chemical pollutants. By delivering a comprehensive examination of human survival over the past millennium, Gillespie illustrates that the challenges we face are not new - that we now have the means to counter them, is.
Subject headings: Environmental law. Sustainability. Natural resources--History.
Genre heading: History.
ISBN: 9780198819516 hardcover 019881951X hardcover