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Road to Sustainability [PDF ebook]

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Is the concept of sustainability founded on strong, solid scientific bases? This book presents a view of sustainability that starts from the acknowledgment of physical conditions and limits that humans can no longer neglect. It also includes some epistemological foundations of the concept of sustainability and an historical background.

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Format PDF ● Pages 224 ● ISBN 9781845643065 ● Publisher WIT Press ● Published 2008 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 7077662 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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