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Resetting the compass : Australia's journey towards sustainability / David Yencken & Debra Wilkinson...

Resetting the compass : Australia's journey towards sus...

Resetting the compass : Australia's journey towards sustainability / David Yencken & Debra Wilkinson...

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Resetting the compass : Australia's journey towards sustainability / David Yencken & Debra Wilkinson.

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Full title

Resetting the compass : Australia's journey towards sustainability / David Yencken & Debra Wilkinson.

Publisher

Collingwood, Vic : CSIRO Publishing, c2000.

Call Numbers

N363.70099/1

Record Identifier

74VvglQy0L4b

MMS ID

991012450769702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xvi, 400 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Contents

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....

Publication information

Publisher

Collingwood, Vic : CSIRO Publishing, c2000.

Place of Publication

Victoria

Date Published

c2000.

Access and use

Access Conditions

David Yencken and Debra Wilkinson 2000.

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

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.

Alternative Titles

Full title

Resetting the compass : Australia's journey towards sustainability / David Yencken & Debra Wilkinson.

Portion of title

Australia's journey towards sustainability.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Artists

Notes

General note

Includes index and bibliographical notes.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

c2000.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N363.70099/1

Record Identifier

74VvglQy0L4b

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvglQy0L4b

Other Identifiers

ISBN

0643063854 (pbk)

9780643063853 :

0643063854 :

9780643063853 (pbk.)

0643063854 (pbk.)

9780643063853

0643063854

9780643063853 (Pbk)

0643063854 (Pbk)

9780643063853 (pbk)

DDC

363.70994

363.700994

MMS ID

991012450769702626

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