An Introduction to Sustainable Development

This volume is the most comprehensive textbook on sustainable development. It has been developed with students and professionals from around the world'specifically for those who need a thorough grounding in the subject. Coverage includes: background to sustainable development and global environmental issues; measurement and sustainability indicators; environmental assessment, management and policy; approaches and linkages to poverty reduction; impacts and infrastructure development; economics, consumption, production and market failures; governance; participation; disaster management; international financial institutions; international environmental agreements; and the role of civil society.

The most comprehensive textbook ever written on sustainable development, pilot-tested worldwide. Coverage includes: background to sustainable development and global environmental issues; measurement and sustainability indicators; environmental assessment, management and policy; approaches and linkages to poverty reduction; impacts and infrastructure development; economics, consumption, production and market failures; governance; participation; disaster management; international financial institutions; international environmental agreements and the role of civil society.

Peter P. Rogers is Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Engineering and Professor of City Planning, Harvard University.

Kazi F. Jalal is a lecturer at Harvard’s Extension School and Chief of the Office of Environment and Social Development of the Asian Development Bank.

John A. Boyd formerly a lawyer at ADB, served as a Principal Sector Specialist on Sustainable Development at ADB.