The Imperatives of Sustainable Development: Needs, Justice, Limits

Taking the ethical foundations from the seminal UN Report (1987) Our Common Future, this revised and updated second edition builds a model that emphasizes three equally important moral imperatives - satisfying human needs, ensuring social justice, and respecting environmental limits.

Erling Holden: Professor in Renewable Energy at Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management; and Adjunct Professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.

David Banister: Professor Emeritus of Transport Studies and Senior Research Fellow at St Anne’s College, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, UK

Kristin Linnerud: Professor in Renewable Energy at Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management; and Adjunct Professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences