This text takes issue with the notion that economic well-being of people derives only from quantitatively expanding commercial business activity. It argues that

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Environmental Sustainability and Economy contains the latest practical and theoretical concepts of sustainability science and economic growth. It includes the l

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Since the Rio ‘Earth’ Summit of 1992, sustainable development has become the major policy response to tackling global environmental degradation, from climat