TY  - BOOK
AU  - United Nations Development Programme
TI  - Human development report 2011 : sustainability and equity : a better future for all
SN  - 0230395082
U1  - 338.9 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - United Nations, Devep. Programme
N1  - CONTENTS Foreword  iv Acknowledgements vi OVERVIEW  1 1 Why sustainahility and equity?  13 Are there limits to human development?  14 Competing paradigms  15 Thecriticalroleofuncertainty  16 Sustainability, equity and human development  17 What we mean by sustainability  17 What we mean by equity  18 Why centre on equitable sustainability?  19 Our focus of inquiry  20 2 Patterns and trends in human development, equity and environmental indicators  23 Progress and prospects  23 Progress in human development  23 Equity trends  28 Prospects-and environmental threats  30 Threats to sustaining progress  31 Climate change  32 Chronic environmental threats  37 Success in promoting sustainable and equitable human development  41 3 Tracing the effects-understanding the relations45 A poverty lens  45 Deprivations facing the poor  46 Understanding the relations  47 Environmental threats to people's well-being  50 Harming health  51 Impeding education  54 Endangering livelihoods  54 Other adverse repercussions 57 Disequalizing effects of extreme events 59 Disempowerment and environmental degradation 61 Gender equality 61 Power inequalities 64 4 Positive synergies-winning strategies for the environment, equity and human development 67 Scaling up to address environmental deprivations and build resilience 67 Energy  67 Water access, water security and sanitation 71 Averting degradation 73 Expandinq reproductive choice 73 Supportinq community management of natural resources 75 Conserving biodiversity while promoting equity 76 Addressing climate change-risks and realities 77 Equitable and adaptive disaster responses 77 Innovative social protection 78 5 Rising to the policy challenges 81 Business-as-usual is neither equitable nor sustainable 81 Rethinking our development model-levers for change 83 Inteqrating equity concerns into green economy policies 83 Empowering people to brinq about change 86 Financing investment and the reform agenda 90 Where does the world stand? 90 What development assistance can do 90 Innovations at the global level 94 Innovative new sources to meet the financing gap 94 Ensuring equity and voice in governinq and in access to finance 96 Enabling universal access to enerqy 98 Notes 99 References 105
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