Full Record
Back to Search Results
Title: Resetting the compass : Australia's journey towards sustainability / David Yencken & Debra Wilkinson. [Variant title:Australia's journey towards sustainability.]
Author: Wilkinson, Debra. ; Yencken, D. G. D. (David George Druce), 1931-
Publisher: Collingwood, Vic : CSIRO Publishing,
Year: c2000.
Description: xvi, 400 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Subject: Sustainable development - Australia. ; Human ecology Australia. ; Energy. ; Biodiversity conservation - Australia. ; Environmental protection - Australia. ; Environmental policy. ; Population. ; Australia. ; Human ecology. ; Soil degradation. ; Technology. ; Sustainability. ; Land use. ; Environment. ; Consumption. ; Salinity. ; Environmental protection. ; Estuaries. ; Erosion. ; Air pollution.
Notes: Includes index and bibliographical notes.
ISBN/ISSN: 0643063854 (pbk);
Type: Book
Abstract: Chapter 1. The issues -- ch. 2. The physical and global context -- ch. 3. Population, consumption and technological change -- ch. 4. Energy -- ch. 5. Material flows and wastes -- ch. 6. The sustainability of settlements -- ch. 7. Atmosphere -- ch. 8. Biodiversity -- ch. 9. Land and waters -- ch. 10. Estuaries and the sea -- ch. 11. Present policies and future targets -- ch. 12. Political and economic change -- ch. 13. The four pillars of wisdom.
A discussion of Australia's environmental problems and how they can be solved. It argues that, to deal with them, the resource inputs and pressures must be reduced, behaviour and practice must be improved, and the impacts of emissions and waste outputs must be reduced.
Item Availability
Item Availability
{ 2 } items found
Result
Links
Status
Location
Shelf No
1 Retain Iron Mountain 502.33(94) YEN
2 Retain Iron Mountain 502.33(94) YEN