Environmental and economic sustainability /

Never before has the quest to balance the needs of people, the environment, and the economy been so important. While sustainability has been widely taken up by governments and business, the world has continued to move in increasingly unsustainable directions, from continued dependence on fossil ener...

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Main Author: Hardisty, Paul E
Corporate Author: CRC Press
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2010
Series:Environmental and ecological risk assessment series
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