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Sharing the World: Sustainable Living and Global Equity in the 21st Century
This work proposes a framework based on the concept of a fair distribution of environmental space to include the diverse needs of North and South. Drawing on research, it aims to give an equitable basis for global development in order to achieve sustainable consumption by the year 2050.
Author(s) | By Michael Carley, Phillipe Spapens. |
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Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Format | Hardback |
Pages | 224 |
Published in | United Kingdom |
Published | 1 Aug 1998 |
Availability | Available |
This work proposes a framework based on the concept of a fair distribution of environmental space to include the diverse needs of North and South. Drawing on research, it aims to give an equitable basis for global development in order to achieve sustainable consumption by the year 2050.
Preface * A New Approach to Global Development * The Global Commons: Wild Frontier to Full world * Managing the Global Commons - North and South, One World? Fair Shares in Environmental space - Basic Principles * Assessing a Fair Share in Environmental Sp
Michael Carley is professor of planning and Housing at the Centre for Environment and Human settlements, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh and Chair of the Sustainable Societies Programme of Friends of the Earth International. Philippe Spapens is a Coor