Sustainability and the American Naturalist Tradition : Revisiting Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, and Edward O. Wilson.

Humanity is failing at solving complex socio-ecological problems like global climate change, biodiversity loss and population growth. The existing 'sustainable development' paradigm and its reliance on trade-offs between the three pillars of environment, economics, and equity is not robust...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thomas, Craig
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bielefeld : Transcipt Verlag, 2018.
Series:Neue Ökologie.
Subjects:
Sustainability > United States.
Naturalists > United States.
Environmentalism > United States > History.
Durabilité de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Naturalistes > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
Environmentalism
Naturalists
Sustainability
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Content; Acknowledgements; Sustainability and the American Naturalist Tradition; Chapter 1: What is Sustainability?; Chapter 2: Thoreau, Early American Industrialism, and Local Sustainability; Chapter 3: Leopold, the Progessive Era, and Regional Sustainability; Chapter 4: Carson, the Baby-Boom Era, and National Sustainability; Chapter 5: Wilson, the Era of Sustainable Development, and Global Sustainability; Chapter 6: What Now? Sustainability in the 21ST Century; Glossary; Works Cited.

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