Sustainability - Life Chances and Livelihoods (Hardcover, illustrated edition)

This text examines the links between people's livelihoods and life chances and the concept of sustainability in both the developed and developing worlds. It does so by examining the way in which social and economic processes complement and compound environmental change. It explores the main components of sustainable development - health, economic policy, land use, ethics and education, in both the north and south and demonstrates the way in which the life chances of individuals both effect and are affected by, their environments. The book shows that the scope of sustainability thinking needs to be widened to embrace public policies and experiences in both developed and developing countries.