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Z.Łepko,R.Sadowski(red.),Ahumanistapproachtosustainabledevelopment,Warszawa2009
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Preface
Thisconfirmsthewidelyheldopinionthattheecologicalcrisiscannot
besolvedmerelybytechnicalmeansofexertinganimpactonnature.
Whatisequallynecessaryistheself-developmentofmanandthestyle
ofhispresenceinthenaturalenvironmentasmeasuredbyhiseco-
logicalconscience.
Thefirstpart,Atheoreticalandmethodologicalapproach,includes
threechapters:“Foundingprinciplesofsustainabledevelopment”,
“Manandthenaturalenvironmentinthelightofsustainabledevelop-
ment”,and“Controlandoptimizationinsustainabledevelopment”.
Thefirstchapterindicatestheneedtoreconstructthefoundingprinci-
plesofsustainabledevelopmentasablueprintforthecreationofahu-
man-friendlyworldandaworld-friendlyman.ChaptersTwoand
Threefillinthedetailsofthisprogram.
Thesecondpart,Thelegalandadministrativeapproach,alsocon-
sistsofthreechapters:“Legalconditionsforsustainabledevelop-
ment”,“Thelawonclimatewithreferencetoruralareas”,and“The
legalcapacityoflocalgovernmentinimplementingtheprinciplesof
sustainabledevelopment”.Allofthesechaptersemphasizetheimpor-
tanceoftheinvolvementoflawbothinthedevelopmentandtheim-
plementationofstrategiesforsustainabledevelopmentatglobal,
nationalandlocallevels.
ThethirdpartentitledAreligiousandcivilizationalapproachcon-
sistsoftwochapters:“TheroleofreligionintheworldandinPoland
inshapingandimplementingstrategiesforsustainabledevelopment
andsustainabledevelopmentasarevolutionofcivilization”,and
“Sustainabledevelopmentasacivilizationalrevolution”.Thefirst
chapterinthispartshowsthecontributionofdifferentreligioustradi-
tionsintheemergenceoftheideaofsustainabledevelopmentand
providesexamplesofitsreligiously-motivatedimplementations.The
nextchapterexplorestherevolutionarytransformationsofhumancivi-
lizationinspiredbytheideaofsustainabledevelopmentthatarecom-
parabletotheagricultural,scientificandindustrialrevolutionstradi-
tionallyevokedbythehistoryofhumanity.
ThefourthpartcalledAsocio-politicalapproachalsoconsistsof
twochapters:“Theecologicalpostulateofasustainabledevelopment