"CITIES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT"

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Professor of Ecology Economics at Universidad Austral de Chile, Director of the Institute of Economics. He established the principles of Barefoot Economics and the Theory of Human Scale Development, for which in 1983 he was awarded the Alternative Nobel Prize by the Swedish Parliament. One of the 100 visionaries of the 20th Century (see: "Visionaries of the 20th Century" a Resurgence Anthology, Green Books, 2006, Cornwall, England). One of the 50 key thinkers on the history of development (see: "Fifty Key Thinkers on Development", Ed. David Simon, Routledge, 2006, London and New York). One of the top 50 world leaders in sustainability (see: "The top 50 Sustainability Books" University of Cambridge, Greenleaf Publishing Ltd., England, 2009).