Evidence for Hope

by Cross, Nigel

• ISBN13: 9781853838552
• ISBN10: 1853838551
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

* Tracks the concept of sustainable development from Stockholm, to Rio, to Johannesburg, and beyond * An authoritative view of three decades of development and green debates Since the Stockholm Environment Conference in 1972 and the Rio Summit in 1992 and now in Johannesburg, there has been unprecedented public concern for the future of the planet and a growing awareness that development needs to be sustainable. This charts the growth of these ideas by beginning with a visionary piece written by Barbara Ward in the 1970s, and ending with a chapter looking ahead another 30 years into the future. Two generations of thinkers and activists have helped to shape environment and development policy and increase local level power in environmental management - in celebration of their 30th anniversary, the IIED's most influential writers, in this book, provide a uniquely authoritative perspective on three decades of development and green debates.

Table of Contents

About the authors	v
Chronology of key events	viii
Acknowledgements	x
Introduction	xi
Nigel Cross
PART I BEGINNING WITH HOPE
Only one Earth, Stockholm 1972	3	(7)
Barbara Ward
The duty to hope: A tribute to Barbara Ward	10	(9)
Brian Johnson
Stockholm: The founding of IIED	19	(12)
Maurice Strong
PART II THREE DECADES OF CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT
Time for change: IIED 1984--1990	31	(9)
Brian W Walker
Earthscan--Panos: Favourite son, via cuckoo-in-the-nest, to friendly rival	40	(20)
Jon Tinker
Change that works, sometimes	60	(17)
Richard Sandbrook
PART III IIED PROGRAMMES
Forestry and land use	77	(19)
Duncan Poore
Stephen Bass
The energy programme	96	(12)
Gerald Leach
Sustainable agriculture	108	(14)
Gordon Conway
Setting an urban agenda: Human settlements and IIED-America Latina	122	(25)
David Satterthwaite
Drylands: A history of networks	147	(25)
Camilla Toulmin
Economics of environment and development	172	(17)
David Pearce
Ed Barbier
Strategies, plans, impacts and people: IIED's role in changing the world of planning and environmental assessment	189	(15)
Barry Dalal-Clayton
Profit in need? Business and sustainable development	204	(19)
Nick Robins
PART IV ENDPIECE
Globalization, civil society and governance: Challenges for the 21st century	223	(12)
Anil Agarwal
Index of people	235