TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dillard,Jesse F.
AU  - Dujon,Veronica
AU  - King,Mary C.
TI  - Understanding the social dimension of sustainability / 
T2  - Routledge studies in development and society
SN  - 9780203892978 (ebook) :
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York, London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Sustainable development
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Industry
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Sociology
KW  - thema
KW  - Development economics & emerging economies
KW  - Business & Management
KW  - Business ethics & social responsibility
KW  - Sustainability
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Explicitly addressing both the macro and micro dimensions of social sustainability, this book outlines the theoretical and practical possibilities. As a contribution to sustainable development, the book will be useful in the practice, teaching and academic research of this nascent field; The imperative of thetwenty-first century is sustainability: to raise the living standards of the world's poor and to achieve and maintain high levels of social health among the affluent nations while simultaneously reducing and reversing the environmental damage wrought by human activity. Scholars and practitioners are making progress toward environmental and economic sustainability, but we have very little understanding of the social dimension of sustainability. This volume is an ambitious, multi-disciplinary effort to identify the key elements of social sustainability through an examination of what motivates its pursuit and the conditions that promote or detract from its achievement. Included are theoretical and empirical pieces; examination of international and local efforts; discussions highlighting experiences in both the developing and industrialized nations; and a substantial focus on business practices. Contributors are grounded in sociology, economics, business administration, public administration, public health, geography, education and natural resource management
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ER  -