{"product_id":"the-environment-dutch-committee-for-long-term-environmen-9780792326564","title":"The Environment: Towards a Sustainable Future","description":"A sustainable future: a world in which sustainable development is possible and guaranteed? In this book, the Dutch Committee for Long-Term Environmental Policy, an expert advisory board to the Dutch Minister of Housing, Physical Planning and Environment, shows possible ways in which society can move towards a sustainable future.\u003cbr\u003e The book goes in search of a new social order, an order in which sustainability is guaranteed. This search holds four main elements: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003esigns of hope\u003c\/em\u003e: which positive initiatives and developments exist which will lead to a sustainable future? \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003etransformations\u003c\/em\u003e: which transformations are needed to reach a sustainable future? \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003ephilosophical and methodological reflections\u003c\/em\u003e: can one predict the future? \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003einstitutions\u003c\/em\u003e: what are the necessary changes in the basic institutions of society to reach a sustainable future? \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The committee has invited well-known experts from different disciplinary backgrounds to check the existing social order from a point of sustainability and to give recommendations for a sustainable future. The central conclusion is that we are in need of an evolving green strategy aimed at sustainability. The contours of this strategy are described and a large set of recommendations to reach a sustainable future are given. As the committee states:  There is no certainty and no statistical probability for a sustainable future, but there is at least a chance.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dutch Committee for Long-Term Environmen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0792326563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780792326564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.26d","brand":"Dutch Committee for Long-Term Environmen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49148194390271,"sku":"9780792326564","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-environment-dutch-committee-for-long-term-environmen-9780792326564","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}