Sustainable Community Development: Principles and Concepts - Brossura

Maser, Chris

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ISBN 10: 1574440705 ISBN 13: 9781574440706

Casa editrice: CRC Press, 1996

Riassunto

Chris Maser, author of such books as From the Forest to the Sea and Sustainable Forestry, brings us his newest and possibly most important work. Sustainable Community Development, the sequel to his recently published book, Resolving Environmental Conflict, discusses the next step - understanding what sustainable community development actually means. Maser presents a clear picture of sustainable community development for what it truly is-a community-directed process of development that is based on human values, active learning, shared communication and cooperation, within a fluid system, void of quick fixes, integrated learning and work, that becomes a shared societal vision both culturally and environmentally. Sustainability, in the sense of community development, is the act of one generation saving options by passing them on to the next generation, and so on. This is the main thrust of Maser's book. Readers will see the importance of and the need for shifting personal consciousness from being self-centered to becoming other-centered. This book is perfect for environmentalists, conservationists and those concerned with restoration, concerned business leaders and developers, community and government leaders and policy makers, economists, and academicians.

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Contenuti

Preface
Chapter 1: Why Be Concerned With Sustainability?
Chapter 2: Sustainability
The Elements
The Human Relationships
The Questions
Development
Chapter 3: Sustainable Community Development
Local Community Development
Local Community and Economy
The Role of Local Government
Increasing Local Adaptability
Information Feedback Loops
Chapter 4: Some Missing Pieces of Sustainable Community Development
Sustainable Community
Development as a Big Idea
Changes as a Local Creative Process
Think Globally, Act Locally
Cultural Capacity, Carrying Capacity and Sustainability
Community Within the Context of Landscape
Water
Open Space
The Economics of Sustainability
Educating for Sustainability
Rekindling the Spirit of Community
Index

Product Description

Book by Maser Chris

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: CRC Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1574440705
• ISBN 13: 9781574440706
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 280
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile