Sustainability: SustainabilitySustainability links peoples' livelihoods and life chances to the concept of sustainability by examining the way in which social and economic processes complement and compound environmental change. Looking at the main ingredients of sustainable development - health, economic policy, land use, ethics and education, the book demonstrates the way in which the life chances of individuals both effect and are affected by, their environments. |
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Περιεχόμενα
General introduction 1 | 1 |
The theory of population | 23 |
a conceptual framework | 36 |
The land ethic | 43 |
The strategy of ecosystem development | 58 |
elements for a poststructural | 69 |
The tragedy of the commons | 75 |
Production consumption and externalities | 89 |
Environment population and technology in primitive socities | 157 |
Living resource conservation | 184 |
Coevolutionary agricultural development | 202 |
sustainable and equitable | 223 |
Principles for sustainable living | 247 |
Index | 299 |
What are forests for? | 332 |
The trouble with wilderness or getting back | 357 |
Indicators of sustainability | 103 |
The role of economics | 112 |
The concept of a steadystate economy | 121 |
Exploring uncommon ground | 379 |
Άλλες εκδόσεις - Προβολή όλων
Sustainability: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences Michael Redclift Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2005 |
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
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