Description: Perpetual economic growth is physically impossible on a planet with finite resources. Many concerned with humanity's future have focused on the concept of "sustainable development" as an alternative, as they seek means of achieving current economic and social goals without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own goals. While the idea of sustainable development has become quite popular, the concept is rarely defined, and even less often is it understood.

A Survey of Sustainable Development addresses that problem by bringing together in a single volume the most important works on sustainable human and economic development. It offers a broad overview of the subject, and gives readers a quick and thorough guide to this highly diffuse topic. The volume offers ten sections on topics including:
-- economic and social dimensions of sustainable development
-- the North/South balance
-- population and the demographic transition
-- agriculture and renewable resources
-- energy and materials use
-- globalization and corporate responsibility
-- local and national strategies

Each section is introduced with an essay by one of the volume editors that provides an overview of the subject and a summary of the mainstream literature, followed by two- to three-page abstracts of the most important articles or book chapters on the topic.

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