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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458185003321

Titolo

Communities, development, and sustainability across Canada [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John T. Pierce and Ann Dale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, c1999

ISBN

0-585-35052-3

1-283-13130-7

9786613131300

0-7748-5224-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Sustainability and the environment

Altri autori (Persone)

PierceJohn T

DaleAnn <1948->

Disciplina

307.1/4/0971

Soggetti

Community development - Canada

Sustainable development - Canada

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A project of the Sustainable Development Research Institute."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro; Contents; Preface: The Importance of Community; Introduction; Vision; Connections; Action; Assessing Progress; Conclusion; Contributors; Index; 1 Sustainable Development Begins at Home: Community Solutions to Global Problems; 2 Social Evolution and Urban Systems: Directions for Sustainability; 3 Systemic Crisis in Rural Newfoundland: Can the Outports Survive?; 4 Community Change in Context; 5 Northern Communities and Sustainable Development in Canada's North; 6 Sustainable Communities and Sustainable Agriculture on the Prairies

7 The Canadian Pacific Salmon Fishery: Issues in Resource and Community Sustainability 8 Incorporating Post-productivist Values into Sustainable Community Processes; 9 Natural Capital and Social Capital: Implications for Sustainable Community Development; 10 The Civic State, Civil Society, and the Promotion of Sustainable Development; 11 Concepts, Cosmologies, and Commitment: Using Biodiversity Indicators in Critical Zones Models; 12 Making Communities the Strong Link in Sustainable Development;