Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures and Tables vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Introduction xi
6. Visions
7. Life in 2030: The Sustainable Society Project 3
8. Sustainability Strategies and Green Planning: Recent Canadian and International Experience 23
9. Connections
10. Growing Wisely: Reconciling Competitiveness and Sustainability in a Shrinking World 73
11. Action
12. Biodiversity Conservation: A Decision-Making Context 97
13. Industrial Ecology: Efficient and Excellent Production 119
14. Making Sustainable Development Happen: Institutional Transformation 146
15. Putting Women and the Environment First: Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development 160
16. Promises, Promises: Canadian Campaign Rhetoric, Agenda 21, and the Status of Women 182
17. Aboriginal Peoples: The Basis for Policy-Making toward Sustainable Development 204
18. Assessing Progress
19. A Systemic Approach to Assessing Progress toward Sustainability 267
20. Contributors 293
21. Index 295