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UNINA9910144252003321 |
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Global sustainability [[electronic resource] ] : the impact of local cultures : a new perspective for science and engineering, economics and politics / / edited by Peter A. Wilderer, Edward D. Schroeder, Horst Kopp |
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Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, 2005 |
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1-280-51976-2 |
9786610519767 |
3-527-60425-1 |
3-527-60446-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (268 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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WildererP. A |
SchroederEdward D |
KoppHorst |
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Sustainable development - Social aspects |
Economics |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Contains papers from workshops held at the Wildbad-Kreuth resort in 2000 and at the monastery "Kloster Banz", Germany, February 2003. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Global Sustainability; Table of Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Key Note Address; 1 History and Mandate of Sustainability: From Local Forestry to Global Policy; 1.1 Sustainability: Key Word in the Today's Policy Discussion; 1.2 History and Definitions of "Sustainability"; 1.2.1 Development of the Technical Terminus in Forestry; 1.2.2 Application in Environmental Politics; 1.2.3 The Definition of "Sustainability" - A Social Negotiation Process on Local and Global Levels?; 1.3 Experiences from Forestry and Transfer into other Economic Fields - Possibilities and Limits |
1.3.1 Peculiarities of Forest Ecosystems and Forest Management1.3.2 Concept of Industrial Ecology; 1.3.3 Limits in Transferring the Forestry Model to other Economic Sectors; 1.3.4 Approximation to the Ideal "Sustainability"; 1.4 Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; 2 |
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Sustainable Development: Exploring the Cross-Cultural Dimension; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Perspectives on Sustainable Development; 2.3 Prerequisites for Sustainable Development; 2.4 Sustainability: Essentials for a Realistic Cross-Cultural Concept; 2.5 Qualitative Growth as a Prerequisite for Sustainable Development; 2.6 Outlook |
References3 Sustainable Development and Cultural Diversity; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Vertical vs. Horizontal Dimension of Sustainability; 3.3 The Relevance of Cultural Diversity; 3.4 Globalization and Cultural Diversity; 3.5 Agricultural Sector; 3.6 Media Industry; 3.7 Tourism; 3.8 Conclusion; References; 4 Technological Progress in Different Cultures and Periods: Historical Evolution Projected into the Future; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Historical Perspective; 4.2.1 Why and Where Technological Progress?; 4.2.2 Religious and Secular Approaches |
4.2.3 Perception of Nature as an Obstacle to Technical Progress4.2.4 Enlightenment: A Step towards Modern Times; 4.3 Modernity and the Sustainability Concept; 4.3.1 The Twentieth Century; 4.3.2 The Twenty-first Century; 4.4 In Search of a Coherent Evolution of Technology: Past and Future; 4.5 Conclusions; References; 5 Views of Sustainability: Elements of a Synthesis; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Definitions; 5.2.1 The Weak Version; 5.2.2 The Strong Version; 5.2.3 Alternative Views and Discussion; 5.3 Accounting for SD; 5.4 The Hartwick-Solow Rule |
5.5 Substitutability and the Role of Technical Progress5.6 Catastrophe Points; 5.7 Summary Classification of Economic Models; 5.8 Discount Rate; 5.9 Discussion; References; 6 A New Way of Thinking about Sustainability, Risk and Environmental Decision-Making; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Complicated Technology vs. Complex Technology; 6.3 Errors in Thinking and Attitudes; 6.4 The Current View of Sustainability and Risk Analysis; 6.5 A New View of Sustainability; 6.6 An Expanded View of Risk; 6.7 An Expanded Process of Environmental Decision Making; 6.8 Conclusions; References |
7 Humility and Establishing the Sustainable Environment |
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This first book to focus on cultural diversity as a key element of sustainable development in the context of science and engineering provides cross-disciplinary information and assistance in understanding our world in transition. As such, it furnishes the global scientific community and decision makers in governmental and non-governmental institutions as well as in industry with much-needed information on how the various factors affecting sustainable development -- including culture -- depend on and interfere with each other.Featuring a contribution by the President of the Club of Rome, HR |
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UNISA996199134503316 |
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Agricultural policy for the 21st century [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Luther Tweeten and Stanley R. Thompson ; foreword by D. Gale Johnson |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Ames, : Iowa State Press, 2002 |
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1-281-45052-9 |
9786611450526 |
0-470-39037-9 |
0-470-39034-4 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (326 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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TweetenLuther G |
ThompsonStanley R |
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Agriculture and state - United States |
Agriculture - Economic aspects - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Agricultural Policy for the 21st Century; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. Farm Commodity Programs: Essential Safety Net or Corporate Welfare?; 2. Agricultural Policy: Pre- and Post-FAIR Act Comparisons; 3. The Content of Farm Policy in the Twenty-first Century; 4. An Empirical Analysis of the Farm Problem: Comparability in Rates of Return; 5. Income Variability of U.S. Crop Farms and Public Policy; 6. Crop Insurance: Inherent Problems and Innovative Solutions; 7. Impact of Agribusiness Market Power on Farmers; 8. Do Farmers Receive Huge Rents for Small Lobbying Efforts? |
9. Coalitions and Competitiveness: Why Has the Sugar Program Been Resilient?10. Farmland is Not Just for Farming Any More: The Policy Trends; 11. Kuznets Curves For Environmental Degradation and Resource Depletion; 12. Food Security, Trade, and Agricultural Commodity Policy; 13. Competing Paradigms in the OECD and Their Impact on the WTO Agricultural Talks; 14. The Changing Economics of Agriculture and the Environment; 15. Rational Policy Processes for a |
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Agricultural policy reform has become a very hot topic. Over the next couple of years we will see the funding for these programs being hotly debated. The thesis of this book is that a better-informed public is essential to bring rationality to farm policy. This book provides telling evidence that markets work, that competent commercial farmers will earn returns on their resources as high as those earned elsewhere in the absence of income transfer to farmers. |
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