Sustainable Development and Global Climate Change

Peng Wu and Sui Pheng Low
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Peng Wu: Central Queensland University
Sui Pheng Low: National University of Singapore

Chapter Chapter 2 in Lean and Cleaner Production, 2013, pp 13-45 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The key factors governing sustainable development are poverty, population, pollution, participation, policy and market failures, and prevention and management of disasters, which can be regarded as the major pillars on which sustainable development rests (Rogers et al. 2008). The United Nations Environment Programme’s GEO-4 (UNEP 2007) report identifies the following stark figures:

Keywords: Carbon Emission; Construction Industry; Green Building; Construction Company; Reduce Carbon Emission (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-42062-7_2

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