Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Edited by M.A. Mohamed Salih, Emeritus Professor, Politics of Development, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

'. . . this book gives a good overview of major challenges facing policy makers, researchers and ultimately humankind in dealing with climate change. . . The reader also gets a good understanding of how fragmented and transversal the issues of climate change and sustainable development are.'

• Contents:Foreword Jacqueline CramerPreface Louk BoxIntroduction M.A. Mohamed Salih 1. Polycentric Systems as One Approach to Solving Collective-Action Problems Elinor Ostrom2. An Ecosystems Services Approach: Income, Inequality and PovertyKerry Turner and Brendan Fisher3. Ecospace, Humanspace and Climate Change Ton Dietz4. After Us, the Deluge? The Position of Future Generations of Humankind in International Environmental Law Nico Schrijver5. A Child Rights Perspective on Climate Change Karin Arts6. Climate Change and Development (Cooperation) Joyeeta Gupta7. Environmental Security, Politics and Markets Bas de Gaay Fortman8. Humans are the Measure of All Things: Resource Conflicts versus Cooperation Syed Mansoob Murshed9. From Climate Refugees to Climate Conflict: Who is Taking the Heat for Global Warming? Betsy Hartmann10. Rural Poverty, Cotton Production and Environmental Degradation in Central Eurasia Max Spoor11. Spatializing Development and Environmental Discourses: The Case of Sustainable Development and Globalization Michael Bernard Kwesi Darkoh and Meleckidzedeck Khayesi12. Digital Dematerialization: Economic Mechanisms Behind the Net Impact of ICT on Materials Use Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, Harmen Verbruggen and Vincent G.M. Linderhof13. Ecological Cities, Illustrated by Chinese ExamplesMeine Pieter van Dijk 14. Green or Mean: Is Biofuel Production Undermining Food Security? Rob Vos Bibliography Index