Exploring Sustainable Development: Geographical PerspectivesMartin Purvis, Alan Grainger Taylor & Francis, 2013 M06 17 - 416 pages Sustainable development is capturing the attention of planners, politicians and business leaders. Within the academic sphere its study is increasingly breaching disciplinary boundaries to become a focus of attention for natural and social scientists alike. But in studying such a key concept, it is vital that there is a clear definition of what it means, how it is applied on the ground, and the influence it exerts upon people's perceptions of change in the physical environment, economic activity and society. Exploring Sustainable Development is a major new text which provides a multifaceted introduction to key areas of study in this field, examining sustainability at the full range of spatial scales from the local to the global. Building on existing theory it demonstrates the unique contributions that thinking geographically about space, place and human-environment relationships can bring to the analysis of sustainable development. This book explores different interpretations of sustainable development in both theory and practice, in developed and developing countries, and in rural and urban areas. It pays particular attention to the local, national and international politics of implementation, the future of climate and energy, the role of business, and different conceptions of agricultural sustainability. This wide-ranging text is ideal for undergraduates and postgraduates in geography, environmental science, development studies, and related social and political sciences. |
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... First published by Earthscan in the UK and USA in. Earthscan Publications Limited London ( Sterling, VA 4 Linking the Local to the Global: Can Sustainable Development. EXPLORING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Geographical Perspectives.
Geographical Perspectives Martin Purvis, Alan Grainger. First published by Earthscan in the UK and USA in 2004 Copyright Martin Purvis and Alan Grainger, 2004 All rights reserved ISBN: 1-85383-472-6 (paperback) 1-84407-107-3 (hardback) ...
... first step towards portraying geographical perspectives on sustainable development. It attempts to grapple with the diversity both of political views on the subject and theoretical approaches, and to show how thinking geographically can ...
... first specifically identified in 1980 in an attempt to overcome two fundamental conflicts that became increasingly apparent during the last half of the 20th century. The first of these is the seeming incompatibility between maintaining ...
... first, by attempting to meet the basic needs of specific local populations for water and sanitation, shelter, food, fuel, income and employment. However, the benefits of this new approach were not immediately visible to the rich elite ...
Contents
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2 Geography and Sustainable Development | 33 |
3 The Role of Spatial Scale and Spatial Interactions in Sustainable Development | 50 |
Can Sustainable Development Work in Practice? | 85 |
A Systems Analytical Perspective on the Development of Sustainable Urban Regions | 99 |
People Plans and Participation | 128 |
7 Business Capital and Sustainable Economic Development | 156 |
8 Sustainable Agricuture for the 21st Century | 179 |
Japanese Waterways and New Paradigms of Development | 207 |
10 Sustainable Futures for the Arctic North | 230 |
11 Climate Change Energy and Sustainable Development | 250 |
12 Sustainable Development and International Relations | 279 |
Developing Sustainable Development | 313 |
References | 340 |
Index | 388 |
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