Exploring Sustainable Development: Geographical Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781853834721 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 4001 str.

Martin Purvis; Alan Grainger

Opis

Sustainable development is the new mantra, but what does it mean on the ground, in how people relate to their physical environment and across landscapes? This book aims to offer fresh insights into sustainable development by looking at it from a range of geographical perspectives. Building on existing theory, it demonstrates geography's unique contribution to the study of human-environment relationships and examines sustainability at the full range of spatial scales - from the global to the local. Both theory and practice are discussed as the book explores sustainable development in urban and rural areas, in both developing and devloped countries. The contributors suggest that the future path of sustainability is ours to forge - if we make the choice and take action.

Spis treści

Introduction * Geography and Sustainable Development * The Role of Spatial Scale and Spatial Interactions in Sustainable Development * Linking the Local to the Global: Can Sustainable Development Work in Practice? * Forecasting Urban Futures: A Systems Analytical Perspective on the Development of Sustainable Urban Regions * Making Cities More Sustainable: People, Plans and Participation * Business, Capital and Sustainable Economic Development * Sustainable Agriculture for the 21st Century * Sustaining the Flow: Japanese Waterways and New Paradigms of Development * Sustainable Futures for the Arctic North * Climate Change, Energy and Sustainable Development * Sustainable Development and International Relations * Future Perspectives: Developing Sustainable Development * References * Index

O autorze

Martin Purvis and Alan Grainger are Senior Lecturers in Geography at the University of Leeds.