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Author | : Lester Russell Brown |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Economic policy |
ISBN | : 9780393300277 |
Brown argues that, as with the ancient Mayans, escalating world food demands are leading to topsoil losses that are eroding the foundation of present civilization. Deforestation, overgrazing and overfishing are shrinking the economy's resource base, leading to the biological equivalent of deficit financing. Unremitting inflation indicates that the transition to a sustainable society is behind schedule. Yet Brown finds reason for hope, China has recently halved its population growth rate and U.S. oil imports were cut by a third in two years. There are exciting signs of a shift to renewable energy, endowing the economy with permanence. Unlike the Mayans, today's societies know the course corrections needed to put it on a sustainable path.
Author | : Dennis Clark Pirages |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2016-09-16 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1315285436 |
A collection of articles addressing the issue of whether the industrial model of human progress can be sustained in the long term. It asks what the social, political, economic and environmental implications as well as potential solutions to the problem of resource-intensive growth are.
Author | : Kathryn McCamant |
Publisher | : New Society Publishers |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2011-05-17 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0865716722 |
The cohousing ?bible” by the US originators of the concept.
Author | : Md. Nurul Momen |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 883 |
Release | : 2020-11-12 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9811523932 |
The book aims to explore South Asian third sector – the nonprofit organizations as provider of social services. The book defines social welfare and describe its relationship to social service programmes and individual well-being; understands the social policy development from the problem identification to policy implementation; describes the range of organization of social service agencies that are responsible for providing social welfare programmes; explores the various roles that professional and non- professional helpers provide in the delivery of social welfare and their influence in promoting change in policy development; and understands the umbrella concept of Child welfare, welfare of people with disability and elderly welfare in welfare policy.
Author | : C. George Benello |
Publisher | : Journal of Indo-European Studi |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780942850369 |
A revised edition of a classic work long out of print, this book is based on the Schumacher Society Seminars on Community Economic Transformation. It presents the underlying ideas and essential institutions for building sustainable communities. The three major sections of the book deal with community land trusts and other forms of community ownership of natural resources; worker-managed enterprises, and other techniques of community self-management; and community currency and banking.
Author | : Karl Johan Bonnedahl |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2018-09-27 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1351173626 |
The response of the international community to the pressing socio-ecological problems has been framed around the concept of ‘sustainable development’. The ecological pressure, however, has continued to rise and mainstream sustainability discourse has proven to be problematic. It contains an instrumental view of the world, a strong focus on technological solutions, and the premise that natural and human-made ‘capitals’ are substitutable. This trajectory, which is referred to as ‘weak sustainability’, reproduces inequalities, denies intrinsic values in nature, and jeopardises the wellbeing of humans as well as other beings. Based on the assumptions of strong sustainability, this edited book presents practical and theoretical alternatives to today’s unsustainable societies. It investigates and advances pathways for humanity that are ecologically realistic, ethically inclusive, and receptive to the task’s magnitude and urgency. The book challenges the traditional anthropocentric ethos and ontology, economic growth-dogma, and programmes of ecological modernisation. It discusses options with examples on different levels of analysis, from the individual to the global, addressing the economic system, key sectors of society, alternative lifestyles, and experiences of local communities. Examining key topics including human–nature relations and wealth and justice, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental and development studies, ecological economics, environmental governance and policy, sustainable business, and sustainability science.
Author | : Patrick M. Condon |
Publisher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2012-02-13 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1597268208 |
Questions of how the design of cities can respond to the challenge of climate change dominate the thoughts of urban planners and designers across the U.S. and Canada. With admirable clarity, Patrick Condon responds to these questions. He addresses transportation, housing equity, job distribution, economic development, and ecological systems issues and synthesizes his knowledge and research into a simple-to-understand set of urban design recommendations. No other book so clearly connects the form of our cities to their ecological, economic, and social consequences. No other book takes on this breadth of complex and contentious issues and distills them down to such convincing and practical solutions.
Author | : Peder Anker |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2020-05-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1108477569 |
Examines how Norway has positioned itself as an alternative, environmentally-sound nation in a world filled with tension and instability.
Author | : Woodrow W. Clark II |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 441 |
Release | : 2010-07-03 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0080963366 |
The objective of Sustainable Communities Design Handbook is to ensure a better quality of life for everyone, both now and for generations to come. This means creating a better and safer environment internationally through the sustainable use of natural resources, encouraging sustainable development which supports a strong economy, and ensuring a high quality environment that can be enjoyed by all. Sustainable Development Partnerships brings together in one reference today's most cutting edge technologies and methods for creating sustainable communities. With this book, Environmental Engineers, Civil Engineers, Architects, Mechanical Engineers, and Energy Engineers find a common approach to building environmental friendly communities which are energy efficient. The five part treatment starts with a clear and rigorous exposition of sustainable development in practice, followed by self-contained chapters concerning applications. Methods for the sustainable use of natural resources in built communities Clearly explains the most cutting edge sustainable technologies Provides a common approach to building sustainable communities Coverage of sustainable practices from architecture to construction
Author | : University of Wisconsin--Madison. Institute for Environmental Studies |
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Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1988 |
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