Sustainable Futures: Teaching and Learning: a Case Study Approach

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Margaret Robertson
Aust Council for Ed Research, 2007 - 238 pages
With collaboration between ten scientists from around the world, Sustainable Futures offers an approach to sustainable development issues in developing countries. It focuses on educating the next generation of young people about environmental. issues, with water and forest management as major themes. Detailed case studies from Thailand, China, India, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Georgia and Portugal. reveal the endeavours of local. communities seeking to bring about a better way of life. Sustainable Futures covers cross-cultural understanding, environmental issues and sustainable lifestyles, and is a resource for teachers and students seeking to expand their knowledge of these areas. [Back cover, ed].

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Contents

Challenges Twentyfirst century challenges associated
1
How to build sustainable futures
22
Sustainable development What it means in
49
Case Studies Eight chapters representing the diversity
61
Watersaving in a city A case study of Beijing City
79
Latin America
126
Geography for urban sustainable development
146
Community and sustainable development
179
Europe
191
Geographical perspective on training of students
209
Our capacity for sustainable nationbuilding
227
Subject index
233
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