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Autore: |
Purvis Martin
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Titolo: |
Exploring Sustainable Development : Geographical Perspectives
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : Routledge, Aug. 2004 |
Florence, : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor] | |
Edizione: | 1st edition |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
Disciplina: | 338.9/001 |
Soggetto topico: | Sustainable development |
Economic geography | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Persona (resp. second.): | GraingerAlan |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Exploring Sustainable Development ![]() |
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 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910450369603321 |
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