Defining and Measuring Sustainability: The Biogeophysical Foundations

摘要

This volume is based on papers prepared for the International Conference on theDefinition and Measurement of Sustainability: The Biophysical Foundations, which was convened at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. from June 22 to 25 1992. The conference was conceived as an exercise to advance thinking on the biogeophysical foundations for defining and measuring sustainability and to provide useful policy considerations for international development community.