Sustainable Development Policy Directory
Sustainable Development Policy Directory
Alan Strong and Lesley HemphillBlackwell PublishingLondonJanuary 2006ISBN: 1405121505672 pp.Hardback £89.50
This desk-top reference on sustainable development provides essential information for all who need to be up-to-date and familiar with the implications of the legal, fiscal and planning frameworks around the global and local sustainability agenda. It is relevant to a range of organisations and individuals – from national and local authorities, professional bodies,built environment professions, academia, environmental consultancies,non-governmental organisations and others.
Carefully designed to facilitate access for a diverse range of stakeholders,it covers international, European, British and local policies in key built environment themes, and develops their inter-relationship to sustainable development. The Directory addresses each theme in a series of tables which summarise the policy purpose and also provide web-links to view the specific policy documents.
The themes covered are: Biodiversity; Climate change; Construction; Energy;Environment; Planning; Pollution; Social issues; Sustainable development policy and practice; Transport; Urban development; Waste management; Water.
