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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... increasingly apparent during the last half of the 20th century. The first of these is the seeming incompatibility ... increasing efforts on the part of conservationists to protect as many of the planet's remaining pristine natural ...
... increasing environmental protection that had been gaining momentum there for 40 years was simply given a new name. Ultimately, UNCED was a failure because the conflicting goals of these two groups of countries could not be hidden once ...
... increasing access to food, clean water and housing, and improving standards of health and education. Economic development therefore leads to greater intra-generational equity, though no particular degree of equity is specified as a ...
... increasingly globalized (Dicken, 2003). Human. Capital. and. economic. development. A further step in elaborating the ... increased, not least as a result of the new endogenous growth theory advanced in the 1990s, in which technological ...
... increasing flows of goods, capital and information that constitute globalization harm not only national sovereignty but also the environment and sustainable development in general? If so, are tougher international regulations needed to ...
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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