Environment and sustainability in a globalizing world /

From the Foundations in Global Studies series, this student-friendly text follows a two-pronged approach to help readers understand the globalizing processes relating to environment and sustainability, which are examined in a range of disciplines, including environmental studies, geography, global s...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Nightingale, Andrea J. (Editor ), Böhler, Tom (Editor ), Campbell, Ben, 1958- (Editor ), Karlsson, Linus (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Colección:Foundations in global studies series.
Temas:
Sustainability.
Sustainable development.
Globalization > Environmental aspects.
Sustainability > Case studies.
Sustainable development > Case studies.
Globalization > Environmental aspects > Case studies.
Durabilité de l'environnement.
Développement durable.
Mondialisation > Aspect de l'environnement.
Durabilité de l'environnement > Études de cas.
Développement durable > Études de cas.
Mondialisation > Aspect de l'environnement > Études de cas.
sustainable development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
NATURE > Ecology.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Globalization > Environmental aspects
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction and overview / Andrea J. Nightingale, Tom Böhler, and Ben Campbell
  • Background and history of sustainability / Andrea J. Nightingale, Tom Böhler, Ben Campbell, and Linus Karlsson
  • Narratives of sustainability : key concepts and issues / Andrea J. Nightingale, Linus Karlsson, Tom Böhler, and Ben Campbell
  • Enacting sustainability / Andrea J. Nightingale, Tom Böhler, and Ben Campbell
  • Issues of scale in producing sustainability / Andrea J. Nightingale and Linus Karlsson
  • The range of environmental concerns / Andrea J. Nightingale and Linus Karlsson, Laura Saxer, and Ben Campbell
  • Introduction to the case studies / Andrea J. Nightingale and Tom Böhler
  • Alternative food movements and transition towns in the United Kingdom / Ben Campbell
  • Community forestry and sustainability in Nepal / Dinesh Paudel
  • Sustainable mining and the North / Nancy Langston
  • Governing genetically modified crops and agricultural sustainability / Phil Macnaghten
  • Rethinking sustainable community through permaculture initiatives in Zimbabwe / Pamela Richardson Ngwenya
  • The entanglements of oil extraction and sustainability in the Ecuadorian Amazon / Angus Lyall and Gabriela Valdivia
  • Sustainability and gender equality : exploring the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development / Sarah Bradshaw
  • Sustaining what and by what means? : the importance of local social relations in the Sahel / Matthew D. Turner.

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