Reshaping Environments: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World - Brossura

Bender, Helena

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1107688663 ISBN 13: 9781107688667

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Riassunto

An interdisciplinary textbook that incorporates case material and theoretical tools for the Earth changers of today and tomorrow.

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Descrizione del libro

Reshaping Environments brings together a range of experts from different disciplines to examine the diverse influences humans have upon the natural environment. The book draws on current theories and case studies to help students and general readers develop core analytical skills for application to real-world environmental issues.

Contenuti

Introduction: reshaping environments: an opportunity for envisioning the future Helena Bender; Part I. Cases: 1. Costa Rica's dry north-west: a region in transition Blythe McLennan; 2. Reshaping land transport in Singapore: a policy perspective Sun Sheng Han; 3. Evaluating different ways of managing forested landscapes Kathryn Williams, Rebecca Ford, Ian Bishop and Eric Smith; 4. Changing the landscape management paradigm with farmers: a story of community-based resource management in the 'Heartbreak Hills', Victoria, Australia Ruth Beilin; 5. Meeting development goals without blowing your carbon budget Graham Moore; 6. The EGLE has landed: architecture reshaping schools for sustainable and effective learning Dominique Hes; 7. Reshaping the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia: progress in river basin management Michael Stewardson and Edward Maltby; 8. Burning questions: researching the meaning of fire in the Australian landscape Blythe McLennan and Ruth Beilin; Part II. Skills: 9. Critique, analysis and reflection: the study of reshaping environments Anna Bailey; 10. Working with complex issues in group situations Roger Hadgraft and Helena Bender; 11. Research methodology Kate Judith; Part III. Theory: 12. An interdisciplinary approach Clinton Golding; 13. Reshaping the environment: how complexity, post-normal science, uncertainty and risk help to conceptualise change Ruth Beilin; 14. Sustainability: a model for the future Helena Bender, Kate Judith and Ruth Beilin; 15. Human needs, wants and norms: some concepts for exploring sustainable human-environment relationships Kathryn Williams; 16. Conceptualising and thinking about environmental systems Graham Moore; 17. Why scale matters Blythe McLennan and Graham Moore.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1107688663
• ISBN 13: 9781107688667
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 426
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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