Enterprising communities [[electronic resource] ] : grassroots sustainability innovations / / edited by Anna Davies

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, U.K., : Emerald, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.7
• Soggetto topico: Sustainable development; Green technology
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: DaviesAnna
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: FRONT COVER; ENTERPRISING COMMUNITIES: GRASSROOTS SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATIONS; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; LIST OF REVIEWERS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: SUSTAINABILITY, INNOVATION, ENTERPRISE AND THE GRASSROOTS; INTRODUCTION; INNOVATION, ENTERPRISE, SUSTAINABILITY AND THE GRASSROOTS: A TERRAIN OF CONTESTED CONCEPTS; ARENAS OF GRASSROOTS SUSTAINABILITY ENTERPRISE; ENTERPRISING COMMUNITIES; NOTE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2 SUSTAINABILITY IMPACTS AND GRASSROOTS ENTERPRISES; INTRODUCTION; IDENTIFYING SUSTAINABILITY IMPACTS: TERMS AND CONDITIONS ; SUSTAINABILITY IMPACTS ANALYSIS: TOOLS AND TOOLKITSSUSTAINABILITY REPORTING IN SUSTAINABILTY ENTERPRISES; MEASURING SUSTAINABILITY: DEVELOPING A TOOLKIT FOR GRASSROOTS SUSTAINABILITY ENTERPRISES; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 WASTE AND COMMUNITY ENTERPRISES IN IRELAND: CO-OPERATION, COLLABORATION AND THE FORMATION OF THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE NETWORK; INTRODUCTION; WASTE AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANISATIONS IN IRELAND; EXAMINING GRASSROOTS WASTE ENTERPRISES IN IRELAND: FORM, FUNCTION AND GOVERNANCE; BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES ; RESPONDING TO GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES: THE COMMUNITY RE-USE NETWORK (CRN)CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4 LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT: RADICAL HOUSING SOLUTIONS FROM THE GRASSROOTS; INTRODUCTION; THE EMERGENCE OF LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNING LID DEVELOPMENTS; LID CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 SUSTAINABLE HOUSING: A CASE STUDY OF THE CLOUGHJORDAN ECO-VILLAGE, IRELAND; INTRODUCTION; THE ECO-VILLAGE AND CLOUGHJORDNA: FORM, FUNCTION AND GOVERNANCE; DRIVERS OF THE PROJECT; BARRIERS; IMPACT; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSNOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6 MAKING POWER DIFFERENTLY: EXPLORING THE MOTIVES AND MEANINGS OF COMMUNITY RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN CASES FROM THE UK AND SOUTH KOREA; INTRODUCTION; CASE STUDY 1: NORTON ENERGY COMMUNITY WIND TURBINES, ENGLAND; CASE STUDY 2: BUAN COUNTY CITIZEN POWER GENERATION, SOUTH KOREA; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7 GRASSROOTS GARDENING INITIATIVES: COMMUNITY GARDENS IN BERLIN; INTRODUCTION; GOVERNING CONTEXT: URBAN GREEN SPACE GOVERNANCE IN BERLIN; COMMUNITY GARDENING CASE STUDIES IN BERLIN ; DIFFERENT MODELS OF COMMUNITY GARDEN CREATIONENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8 COMMUNITY-BASED CONSERVATION AS GRASSROOTS SUSTAINABILITY ENTERPRISE? SEA TURTLE EGG HARVESTING IN OSTIONAL, COSTA RICA; INTRODUCTION; THE OSTINAL EGG HARVESTING PROJECT: FORM, FUNCTION AND GOVERNANCE; SUSTAINABILITY IMPACTS OF THE EHP; CHALLENGES TO THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THE EHP; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9 THE TOTNES POUND: A GRASSROOTS TECHNOLOGICAL NICHE; INTRODUCTION; COMPLEMENTARY CURRENCIES AS TECHNOLOGIES ; DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOTNES POUND COMPLEMENTARY CURRENCY
• Sommario/riassunto: This book, the first in its field, provides an internationally grounded and critical review of grassroots sustainability enterprises, specifically focusing on the processes that lead to their formation, the governing context that shapes their evolution, the benefits they create and the challenges that they face in different contexts.
• Titolo autorizzato: Enterprising communities
• ISBN: 1-280-12052-5; 9786613524386; 1-78052-485-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457397003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Advances in ecopolitics ; ; v. 9.