This book presents a broad discussion on sustainable development, rethinking and improving its effectiveness as a paradigm of today and tomorrow. Outstanding visionary thinkers and scientists offer their timely assessment on the future prospects of mankind: In what direction are we heading? How can the world become more just and equitable, and how can future development be sustained to adequately address economic, social, and perhaps most important environmental issues?

Acknowledgements.- Rethinking SustainabilityEditors Introduction; Marco Keiner.- SustainabilityQuo Vadis?.- Reflections on Sustainability, Population Growth, and the Environment2006; Albert A. Bartlett.- Sustainable DevelopmentDefinitions, Principles, Policies; Herman E. Daly.- Sustainability is Not Enough; Peter Marcuse.- Challenges to Sustainable Development.- Sustainable Development and Urbanization; Marios Camhis.- Sustainable EconomiesLocal or Global?; Helena Norberg-Hodge.- Business and Human Rights; Klaus M. Leisinger.-New approaches.- A New Glasnost for Global Sustainability; Mikhail Gorbachev.- Tools for the Transition to Sustainability; Dennis L. Meadows.- Factor Four and Sustainable Development in the Age of Globalization; Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker.- Ecological Footprint AccountingComparing Earths Biological Capacity with an Economys Resource Demand; Mathis Wackernagel.- Advancing Sustainable Development and its Implementation Through Spatial Planning; Marco Keiner.- Sustainability is DeadLong Live Sustainability; Alan AtKisson.- About the Authors. Index.