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""This book begins with simple definitions and principles of sustainable development, addresses some of the major questions, and illustrates ways in which patterns of development can be measured and modelled in the search for sustainability. Readers will find the chapters on alternative approaches to modelling sustainable development and on modelling sustainable development using systems dynamics of particular interest as discussion of these approaches is usually confined to mathematical texts. Several theoretically interesting and empirically valid economic activities can be altered to make development more sustainable. A sustainable example of global and national dynamic hierarchical model is given in the book as an illustration of both the potential and the difficulties of the modelling approach."" - The International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology ""This book is certainly interesting and will prove an excellent reference for students doing environmental management or sustainability courses, especially at the postgraduate level. In the twelve chapters the authors provide their definition of sustainable development in terms of economics, environment, equity, and ethics, introduce the concept of Scotland as a case study, and then consider what measures provide a useful and usable index for sustainability."" -Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, 2002 ""it is a useful addition to the bookshelf and one which I will certainly be referring to and recommending to my research students."" -Philip James, The International Journal of Environmental Education and Information, 2001

This book begins with simple definitions and principles of sustainable development, addresses some of the major questions, and illustrates ways in which patterns of development can be measured and modelled in the search for sustainability. Readers will find the chapters on alternative approaches to modelling sustainable development and on modelling sustainable development using systems dynamics of particular interest as discussion of these approaches is usually confined to mathematical texts. Several theoretically interesting and empirically valid economic activities can be altered to make development more sustainable. A sustainable example of global and national dynamic hierarchical model is given in the book as an illustration of both the potential and the difficulties of the modelling approach. - The International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology This book is certainly interesting and will prove an excellent reference for students doing environmental management or sustainability courses, especially at the postgraduate level. In the twelve chapters the authors provide their definition of sustainable development in terms of economics, environment, equity, and ethics, introduce the concept of Scotland as a case study, and then consider what measures provide a useful and usable index for sustainability. -Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, 2002 it is a useful addition to the bookshelf and one which I will certainly be referring to and recommending to my research students. -Philip James, The International Journal of Environmental Education and Information, 2001

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