Although the world is saturated with extraordinary methods, innovation, and technology, the Caribbean seems to have been left behind in the sustainable growth of global development. While the majority of the world defines the Caribbean as "paradise," the reality of life for Afro-Caribbean culture is defined by an unrelenting hardship. This book comprehensively analyzes this phenomenon from a unique and intimate perspective in order to offer a viable pathway to sustainable growth.
By examining the historic progression of the Caribbean region and the African culture within,...
Although the world is saturated with extraordinary methods, innovation, and technology, the Caribbean seems to have been left behind in the sustain...
Which new institutions do we need in order to trigger local- and global sustainable urban development? Are cities the right starting points for implementing sustainability policies? If so, what are the implications for city management? This book reflects the situation of cities in the context of global change and increasing demands for sustainable development. The book introduces core findings, new methods, and international experience related to sustainability innovations and the social transformation of cities, synthesizing insights from megacity research, sustainability science, and urban...
Which new institutions do we need in order to trigger local- and global sustainable urban development? Are cities the right starting points for implem...
Sustainable development is the central challenge of the 21st Century. How can human civilization continue to develop without destroying the natural systems on which it depends?Environmentalists tell us that capitalism is the problem because it feeds our self-interest. They tell us that we have to restrain ourselves and only consume what the Earth can sustain. Or governments must tell us what we can and cannot buy. This book uses the science of complex systems to explain why governments cannot deliver sustainability or happiness and how self-interest can be used to make society sustainable....
Sustainable development is the central challenge of the 21st Century. How can human civilization continue to develop without destroying the natural...
Recent debates about sustainable development have shifted their focus from fixing environmental problems in a technocratic and economic way to more fundamental changes in social-political processes and relations. In this context, participation is a genuinely transformative approach to sustainable development, yet the process by which participation leads to transformation is not sufficiently understood.
This book considers how the act of participating in sustainable development projects can bring about social transformation that is considered to be fair and just by the participants...
Recent debates about sustainable development have shifted their focus from fixing environmental problems in a technocratic and economic way to more...
To enhance sustainable development research and practice the values of the researchers, project managers and participants must first be made explicit. Values in Sustainable Development introduces and compares worldviews and values from multiple countries and perspectives, providing a survey of empirical methods available to study environmental values as affected by sustainable development. The first part is methodological, looking at what values are, why they are important, and how to include values in sustainable development. The second part looks at how values differ across social...
To enhance sustainable development research and practice the values of the researchers, project managers and participants must first be made explic...
This book argues against the assumption that sustainability and environmental conservation are naturally the common goal and norm for everyone in Amazonia. This is the first book focusing on agency, reflexivity and social development to address sustainable development in the region. It discusses the importance of looking into societal dynamics in order to deal with deforestation and sustainable development policies through the ethnography of an Amazonian settlement named New Paradise. This book demystifies utopian and overtly conservationist views that depict the Amazon rainforest as a...
This book argues against the assumption that sustainability and environmental conservation are naturally the common goal and norm for everyone in Amaz...
Dissatisfaction with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as an indicator of a country's development or a population's wellbeing led to the development of the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI). The GPI is an aggregate index of over 20 economic, social and environmental indicators, and accounts for both the welfare benefits of economic growth, and the social and environmental costs which accompany that economic growth. The result is better information about the level of welfare or well-being of a country's population.
This book measures the GPI of Hong Kong and Singapore from...
Dissatisfaction with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as an indicator of a country's development or a population's wellbeing led to the development...
Though development researchers have proven that the participation of women is necessary for effective sustainable development, development practitioners still largely lack culturally appropriate, gender-sensitive tools for including women, especially women living in poverty. Current tools used in the development approach often favour the skill set of the development practitioner and are a mismatch with the traditional, gendered knowledge and skills many women who are living in poverty do have. This study explores three case studies from India, Ethiopia, and the Guatemala that have...
Though development researchers have proven that the participation of women is necessary for effective sustainable development, development practiti...
The indexes used by local, national, and international governments to monitor progress toward sustainability do not adequately align with their ethical priorities and have a limited ability to monitor and promote sustainability. This book gives a theoretical and practical demonstration of how ethics and technical considerations can aid the development of sustainability indexes to overcome this division in the literature and aid sustainability initiatives. Measuring and Evaluating Sustainability develops and illustrates methods of linking technical and normative concerns during the development...
The indexes used by local, national, and international governments to monitor progress toward sustainability do not adequately align with their ethica...
The concept of resilience currently infuses policy debates and public discourse and is promoted as a normative concept in climate policy making by governments, non-governmental organizations, and think-tanks. The book unpicks ideas about Climate Resilient Development as promoted by powerful development policy stakeholders such as the World Bank. It argues that the prescriptions are overwhelmingly technocratic and managerial, and consequently hamper dynamic processes and change.
This book critically discusses climate resilient development in the context of current deficiencies of...
The concept of resilience currently infuses policy debates and public discourse and is promoted as a normative concept in climate policy making by ...
