This first report focuses on the demand for and use of natural resources, as drivers and as consequences of economic activity and social development. It provides an overview of resource use patterns in Asia and the Pacific, explains why sustainable resource use and resource efficiency will become an economic and social imperative for the region, and presents information on how resource efficiency and sustainable resource use might be achieved through careful policy design. It aims to inform policymakers and practitioners working on integrated environment and development strategies and also those working on sustainability policies in general.
| ISBN: | 9789280731002 |
| Publication date: | 30th November 2011 |
| Author: | United Nations |
| Publisher: | United Nations Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 264 pages |
| Genres: |
Development economics and emerging economies |
This first report focuses on the demand for and use of natural resources, as drivers and as consequences of economic activity and social development. It provides an overview of resource use patterns in Asia and the Pacific, explains why sustainable resource use and resource efficiency will become an economic and social imperative for the region, and presents information on how resource efficiency and sustainable resource use might be achieved through careful policy design. It aims to inform policymakers and practitioners working on integrated environment and development strategies and also those working on sustainability policies in general.
Resource Efficiency features in the following genres: Development economics and emerging economies
Resource Efficiency is available in Paperback
Resource Efficiency was written by United Nations and published by United Nations Publications
Resource Efficiency has 264 pages