Exploring Sustainable Development : Geographical Perspectives

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783532803321
• Autore: Purvis Martin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Routledge, Aug. 2004; Florence, : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor]
• ISBN: 1-136-56602-3; 1-280-47498-X; 1-136-56603-1; 1-84977-129-4; 9786610474981; 600-00-0045-6; 1-4175-8304-5
• Edizione: [1st edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (416 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.9/001
• Soggetti: Sustainable development; Economic geography
• 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: EXPLORING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTGeographical Perspectives; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Preface; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Introduction; Conflicting Political Ideals; Sustainable Development as an Ambiguous Compromise; From Economic Growth to Sustainable Development; Capital: A Unifying Thread in Development Theories; Economic Theories of Sustainable Development; Reconciling the Political and Theoretical Discourses; Questions about Sustainable Development; Geographical Perspectives on Sustainable Development; Conclusion; 2 Geography and Sustainable DevelopmentIntroduction; A Case for Geography; Engaging with Sustainable Development; Geography and the Pursuit of More Sustainable Development; Looking Deeper; Conclusion; 3 The Role of Spatial Scale and Spatial Interactions in Sustainable Development; Introduction; Structuring Global Space; Achieving Sustainable Development at Different Levels; Sustainable ; Development in Open Economies; Interaction between Different Spatial Levels; Conclusion; 4 Linking the Local to the Global: Can Sustainable Development Work in Practice?; Introduction; Approaches to Development; Can Local Action Substitute for Ineffective State Institutions?The Political Limits of Local Action; National Constraints on Participation in Sri Lanka; Institutional Change and Community Forestry in Nepal; Conclusion; 5 Forecasting Urban Futures: A Systems Analytical Perspective on the Development of Sustainable Urban Regions; Introduction; Impacts of Urban Development; The Complexity of Urban Sustainability; A Systems Perspective: Urban Modelling and Sustainability Assessment; Models of Sustainable and Urban Development; The Quantifiable City Programme: Sustainable Urban Development Modelling in PracticeProblems and Prospects for Urban Sustainability Modelling; Conclusion; 6 Making Cities More Sustainable: People, Plans and Participation; Introduction; Continuity and Change in Urban Problems; Outlining Sustainable Urban Development; Planning for Urban Sustainability; People as Planners: Participation in the Search for Sustainable Urban Development; Urban Challenges in the Developing World; Communicating Good Practice; Making the Local Universal: A Concluding Reflection; 7 Business, Capital and Sustainable Economic DevelopmentIntroduction; Business and the Environment; Sustainable Economic Development as Eco-efficiency; Too Good To Be True: Are Win-Win Arguments Sustainable?; A Space for Sustainable Development?; Conclusion; 8 Sustainable Agricuture for the 21st Century; Introduction; Modern Agriculture: Reviewing the Account; Sustainable Farming: Different Places, Different Solutions; Greater Resource Efficiency; Redistributing Resources; Conclusion: Sustainable Futures; 9 Sustaining the Flow: Japanese Waterways and New Paradigms of Development; Introduction; 21st-Century Japan: Poised for Sustainable Development?
• Sommario/riassunto: Annotation