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

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2013.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.95
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Africa Environmental conditions; Asia Environmental conditions
• Classificazione: POL044000SCI026000SOC042000
• Persona (resp. second.): ServaesJ
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sustainable development and green communication
• ISBN: 1-349-46056-7; 1-137-32941-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910672492403321
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