Strongly Sustainable Societies : Organising Human Activities on a Hot and Full Earth

• Autore: Bonnedahl Karl Johan
• Pubblicazione: Milton : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2018; ©2018
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.2
• Soggetto topico: Sustainable development; Sustainable development - Social aspects; Environmental protection; Conservation of natural resources; Nature - Effect of human beings on; Biodiversity
• Altri autori: HeikkurinenPasi
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 The case for strong sustainability -- PART I Roots of unsustainability -- 2 The long history of unsustainability: inter-species relations since the 1850s -- 3 Rethinking economic ontologies: from scarcity and market subjects to strong sustainability -- PART II Ethical foundations -- 4 Rights of nature as a prerequisite for sustainability -- 5 The energy ethic and strong sustainability: outlining key principles for a moral compass -- PART III Public policy and urbanisation -- 6 Ecosystem infrastructure for sustainability: revaluating nature through community-based water and land policies in Brazil -- 7 Urban ecosystem services and stakeholders: towards a sustainable capability approach -- 8 Meat consumption and the environmental unsustainability of economic growth: the case of China -- PART IV Business management and investment -- 9 Business models based on strongly sustainable entrepreneurship: insights from a systematic literature review -- 10 Biodiversity as integral to strongly sustainable supply chains: review and exemplars in the natural resources sector -- 11 Sustainable investment and degrowth -- PART V Identity, needs, and wellbeing -- 12 Strongly sustainable consumption and a case of mistaken identity: a qualitative study on environmentally concerned individuals -- 13 Being matters: a holistic conception of wellbeing in the shift towards strongly sustainable societies -- PART VI Reconnect to the Earth -- 14 Relearning with permaculture: exploring knowledges of innovation for strong sustainability -- 15 Redesigning community as an ecovillage: lessons from Earthaven -- PART VII Conclusion -- 16 Dead ends and liveable futures: a framework for sustainable change -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The response of the international community to the pressing socio-ecological problems has been framed around the concept of 'sustainable development'. The ecological pressure, however, has continued to rise and mainstream sustainability discourse has proven to be problematic. It contains an instrumental view of the world, a strong focus on technological solutions, and the premise that natural and human-made 'capitals' are substitutable. This trajectory, which is referred to as 'weak sustainability', reproduces inequalities, denies intrinsic values in nature, and jeopardises the wellbeing of humans as well as other beings. Based on the assumptions of strong sustainability, this edited book presents practical and theoretical alternatives to today's unsustainable societies. It investigates and advances pathways for humanity that are ecologically realistic, ethically inclusive, and receptive to the task's magnitude and urgency. The book challenges the traditional anthropocentric ethos and ontology, economic growth-dogma, and programmes of ecological modernisation. It discusses options with examples on different levels of analysis, from the individual to the global, addressing the economic system, key sectors of society, alternative lifestyles, and experiences of local communities. Examining key topics including human-nature relations and wealth and justice, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental and development studies, ecological economics, environmental governance and policy, sustainable business, and sustainability science.
• Altri titoli varianti: Chapter 7 Urban ecosystem services and stakeholders; Strongly sustainable societies
• Titolo autorizzato: Strongly Sustainable Societies
• ISBN: 9781351173643; 1351173642; 9781351173629; 1351173626; 9781351173636; 1351173634
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910765737603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in sustainability.