Future as fairness : ecological justice and global citizenship /

Twenty years after the establishment of the World Commission on Environment and Development, the 13 contributions in this interdisciplinary volume offer a broad spectrum of perspectives and research-based recommendations on environmental sustainability, social justice and the human enterprise. The c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Haugestad, Anne K., Wulfhorst, J. D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2004.
Colección:At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 10.
Temas:
Environmental protection > Citizen participation.
Environmental justice.
Sustainable development.
Environnement > Protection > Participation des citoyens.
Justice environnementale.
Développement durable.
sustainable development.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Milieubeleid.
Ecologie.
Internationale politiek.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • PART I Facing the Challenges
  • Andrew DOBSON: Ecological Citizenship and Global Justice: Two Paths Converging?
  • Ivan IVANOV, Angela G. MERTIG and Roberto BERTOLLINI: Environment and Health in Post-Communist Societies: Public Concerns, Attitudes and Behaviour
  • J.D. WULFHORST and Jennifer KAMM: America's Nuclear Waste: Tribal Sovereignty, Injustice, and Technological Conflict
  • Achim SCHLÜTER: Views from a Producer Town: Public Perceptions, Technology and the Distribution of Environmental Risks
  • Peter T. ROBBINS, Elisa PIERI und Guy COOK: GM Scientists and the Politics of the Risk Society
  • PART II Taking Responsibility
  • Lucy H. FORD: The Power of Technocracy: A Critical Analysis of the Global Environmental Governance of the Toxic Waste Trade
  • Evy CRALS, Mark KEPPENS and Lode VEREECK: Tradable Fuel Permits: Towards a Sustainable Road Transport System
  • Bob FOWLES: The Quest for 'A Beautiful Act': Meeting Human and Ecological Rights in Creating the Sustainable Built Environment
  • Roselle MIKO and Shirley THOMPSON: The Environmental Impact of Housing: Local and Global Ecological Footprint of a House
  • PART III Building Alliances
  • Paul TOYNE: Forestry and Illegal Logging: Law, Technology and the Environment in Natural Resource Management
  • Ruby PAP: Solid Waste Management in Jamaica: Household and Institutional Perspectives
  • Anne K. HAUGESTAD: Norwegians as Global Neighbours and Global Citizens
  • Robert WOOG and Vladimir DIMITROV: Globalisation from a Complexity Perspective: Explored not as an Abomination but as Irresistible Human Enterprise
  • Notes on Contributors.

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