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Record Nr.

UNINA9910672492403321

Titolo

Sustainable development and green communication [[electronic resource] ] : African and Asian perspectives / / edited by J. Servaes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013

ISBN

1-349-46056-7

1-137-32941-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Classificazione

POL044000SCI026000SOC042000

Disciplina

338.95

Soggetti

Ethnology—Asia

Physical geography

Communication

Environmental policy

Social sciences—Philosophy

Environmental sociology

Asian Culture

World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions)

Media and Communication

Environmental Politics

Social Theory

Environmental Sociology

Africa Environmental conditions

Asia Environmental conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction: Imperatives for a Sustainable Future; Jan Servaes -- PART I: SETTING THE STAGE -- 1. Sustainable Development and Climate Change: Beyond the Rio+20 Summit; Kosta Kostadinov and Jagadish Thaker -- 2. Future Imperatives of Practice: The Challenges of Climate Change; Chin Saik



Yoon -- 3. Synergy of 'Gross National Happiness' and 'Sufficiency Economy' as an Imperative Paradigm for Communication and Sustainable Social Change; Boonlert Supadhiloke -- 4. Environmental Communication from the Fringes to Mainstream: Creating a Paradigm Shift in Sustainable Development; Kiran Prasad -- PART II: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT -- 5. Information and Communication Technologies for African Development: Proportional Technologies and an Ethics of Uses; Ose;e Kamga and Fabien Cishahayo -- 6. A Role for Universities in ICTs for Development Interventions; Royal D. Colle and Tran Van Dien -- PART III: COMMUNICATING THE COST OF SOCIAL CHANGE -- 7. Communicating the True Ecological Cost of Development: Addressing Development and Environment in Orissa, India; Maitreyee Mishra -- 8. Socio-cultural Perspectives towards a Sustainability of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV and Pregnancy Prevention among Thai Students in Bangkok; Patchanee Malikhao -- 9. Factors that Stand in the Way of Green Communication in Africa; Henri-Count Evans -- 10. Future Challenges for Communication for Sustainable Development and Social Change; Jan Servaes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Offering a comprehensive overview of contemporary theoretical and programmatic issues in the fields of sustainability, culture, communication, development and social change, this book explores the relationship between communication and sustainability from a social change perspective.