Exploring Sustainable Development: Geographical PerspectivesSustainable 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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What began as a critique of relatively localized pollution had, by the end of the decade, developed into a conviction among environmentalists that the entire planet was under severe threat from resource depletion and pollution driven by ...
What began as a critique of relatively localized pollution had, by the end of the decade, developed into a conviction among environmentalists that the entire planet was under severe threat from resource depletion and pollution driven by ...
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Maximizing consumption requires using up the planet's resources and the processes by which these are extracted and transformed into commercial products generate pollution and other forms of environmental degradation (Mishan, 1967).
Maximizing consumption requires using up the planet's resources and the processes by which these are extracted and transformed into commercial products generate pollution and other forms of environmental degradation (Mishan, 1967).
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... such as the depletion of natural resource stocks and environmental pollution that result from human activities, to be directly compared with the changes in human society made possible by the income generated by these activities.
... such as the depletion of natural resource stocks and environmental pollution that result from human activities, to be directly compared with the changes in human society made possible by the income generated by these activities.
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They have inspired many national and local initiatives, from increased recycling and renewable energy use to conserve natural resource stocks, to improvements in public transport to cut fossil fuel consumption and air pollution.
They have inspired many national and local initiatives, from increased recycling and renewable energy use to conserve natural resource stocks, to improvements in public transport to cut fossil fuel consumption and air pollution.
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The developed countries would not have accumulated a large deficit of environmental costs by their historic pollution. Nor would they have exploited the resources of developing countries to favour their own development and leave ...
The developed countries would not have accumulated a large deficit of environmental costs by their historic pollution. Nor would they have exploited the resources of developing countries to favour their own development and leave ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
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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Bibliographic information
| Title | Exploring Sustainable Development: Geographical Perspectives |
| Authors | Martin Purvis, Alan Grainger |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, 2013 |
| ISBN | 1136566023, 9781136566028 |
| Length | 416 pages |
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