Achieving Sustainable Development provides an overall introduction to critical subjects in sustainable development -- industrial growth, women, institutional arrangements, industrial practices, and aboriginal people -- and argues for the immediate development of a research and policy agenda for Canada and suggests mechanisms for its implementation.

Offers an innovative and far-reaching contribution to the debate over sustainability at a time when many individuals are questioning the future of the environment in British Columbia.

A ground-breaking, practical, and, above all, positive vision of life in twenty-first-century Canada.

This book bridges the gap between theory and practice, bringing together concerned parties who have argued for increased local participation in sustainable community development.

This timely book argues for governance based on human responsibility and recognition of the interconnectedness of human and natural systems.

We all want to reduce the risks of global warming, but how much will this cost? What will it mean on a personal, business, or community level? What policy responses should we expect from our governments?

Mike Carr supports bioregional values and community-building tools for a diverse, democratic, socially-just civil society.

Illustrates the links between two normally disparate literatures—social capital and sustainable development—within the overall context of local community development.

This remarkable volume makes a compelling argument for the need to think ecologically to develop innovative and competitive industrial policy.