Learning, Natural Capital and Sustainable Development: Options for an Uncertain World

ISBN-13: 9780415360203 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 138 str.

John Foster; John Foster; Stephen Gough

Opis

"Learning, Natural Capital and Sustainable Development "explores the economic metaphor of 'natural capital' in the context of human behaviour towards the environment. It argues that the dominant model of sustainable development, underpinned by a particular understanding of this metaphor, is impeding progress towards genuine sustainability. To move forward it is vital that 'natural capital' is recognised as a metaphor and, crucially, that metaphor is recognised as an essentially open-ended learning tool.
This book breaks new ground as it explores and develops just that. It presents an alternative economic model of natural capital value, based on recent "real options" thinking. This model articulates two decisive shifts in emphasis.
A revision of how we see the relation of learning processes to a sustainable future.
A recasting of our frameworks for sustainability planning and collective action to ensure that our continuing

Spis treści

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Learning, natural capital and sustainable development: exploring the connections, John Foster, Stephen Gough; Chapter 2 Uncertainty, environmental policy and social learning, Robin Grove-White; Chapter 3 Making sense of stewardship: metaphorical thinking and the environment, John Foster; Chapter 4 What does ‘natural capital’ do? The role of metaphor in economic understanding of the environment, Maria Åkerman; Chapter 5 Environmental learning, metaphors and natural capital, Derek R. Bell; Chapter 6 Education for Sustainable Development, natural capital and sustainability: Learning to Last, John Blewitt; Chapter 7 Natural capital: hard economics, soft metaphor?, Adrian Winnett; Chapter 8 Rethinking the natural capital metaphor: implications for education and learning, Stephen Gough; Chapter 9 Options, sustainability policy and the spontaneous order, John Foster;

O autorze

John Foster is a Research Fellow in the Institute for Environment, Philosophy and Public Policy at the University of Lancaster.,
Stephen Gough is a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Research in Education and the Environment at the University of Bath.