2nd Edition

Sustainability: The Basics

By Peter Jacques Copyright 2021
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

Sustainability is a pressing concern for people and governments around the world, but it is also an essentially contested concept that requires an understanding of the stakes, trade-offs, and complex politics at play.  Sustainability: The Basics  offers an accessible and interdisciplinary introduction to the concept, and discusses key questions such as: What are the core principles of... Read more

Introduction  1. Sustainability: What is at Stake?  2. The Principles of Sustainability  3.Endurance and Ruin: An Economic Memoire  4. Measuring Sustainability  5. Ethics, Justice, Moral Order, and Oblivion  6. Politics at the End of the World  7. The Collapse of Civilizations and Dark Ages  Conclusion

Biography

Peter Jacques is Professor in the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs and the National Center for Integrated Coastal Research at the University of Central Florida.