Environment, employment, and development /
Environment, employment, and development /
- Geneva : International Labour Office, c1992.
- x, 177 p. :ill,
- A WEP study ; .
Includes bibliographical references: p. 173-177.
This study examines the employment implications of sustainable development, especially for developing countries, and reviews current approaches to minimizing environmental degradation. Spectacular economic growth since 1945, based largely on technological advance, has entailed major environmental costs which, this book claims, cannot be sustained, except at the risk of our own survival.
9221082504 9789221082507
Environmental economics.
Economic development.
Environmental policy.
Labor market.
Unemployment.
HD75.6 / .E554 1992
338.927 / ENV
Includes bibliographical references: p. 173-177.
This study examines the employment implications of sustainable development, especially for developing countries, and reviews current approaches to minimizing environmental degradation. Spectacular economic growth since 1945, based largely on technological advance, has entailed major environmental costs which, this book claims, cannot be sustained, except at the risk of our own survival.
9221082504 9789221082507
Environmental economics.
Economic development.
Environmental policy.
Labor market.
Unemployment.
HD75.6 / .E554 1992
338.927 / ENV