The participation of citizens and other stakeholders is increasingly important for policy making in sustainability and environmental development. The contributors to this book examine methods for facilitating public participation on local and international levels. Policy makers must consider a complex network of social and natural interactions. The study suggests consultation procedures integrating technical scientific modelling with democratic decision-making processes.
The participation of citizens and other stakeholders is increasingly important for policy making in sustainability and environmental development. The ...
Risk, as we now know it, is a wholly new phenomenon, the by-product of our ever-more complex and powerful technologies. In business, policy making, and in everyday life, it demands a new way of looking at technological and environmental uncertainty. In this volume, four of the world's leading risk researchers present a fundamental critique of the prevailing approach to understanding and managing risk - the rational actor paradigm. They show how risk studies must incorporate the competing interests, values, and rationalities of those involved and find a balance of trust and acceptable risk.
Risk, as we now know it, is a wholly new phenomenon, the by-product of our ever-more complex and powerful technologies. In business, policy making, an...
This book provides the reader with a state-of-the-art view of research on sustainable development. Its emphasis lies on the transformative dimension of this research: sustainable development can only be realized through a far-reaching transformation of the situation humankind finds itself in at the beginning of the third millennium. The contributions are written by leading world experts in the conceptualisation and actual practice of sustainable development. The book provides a timely overview of ideas and methods as well as a variety of original learning examples on the most innovative...
This book provides the reader with a state-of-the-art view of research on sustainable development. Its emphasis lies on the transformative dimensio...
Wer im Marchen dem Drachen begegnet, hat eine klare Aufgabe: ihn zu toten. Die Realitat der heutigen Weltwirtschaft ist nieht weniger eindrucks voll als die Drachen der Marchen. Und in mancher Hinsicht ist sie ebenso furchterregend. Ganze Nationen konnen zugrunde gehen, wenn sie sieh einbilden, der Obermacht der globalen Markte trotzen zu konnen. Kriege von unerhorter Grausamkeit werden mitbestimmt von wirtschaftlichen Interessen. Lokale und globale Okosysteme sind durch den aktuellen Lauf der Weltwirtschaft in ihrem Bestand bedroht, und ihre Schiidigung fallt auf uns Menschen zurtick. Da mag...
Wer im Marchen dem Drachen begegnet, hat eine klare Aufgabe: ihn zu toten. Die Realitat der heutigen Weltwirtschaft ist nieht weniger eindrucks voll a...
