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Fatal Consumption : Rethinking Sustainable Development.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (280 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780774850698
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fatal ConsumptionDDC classification:
  • 333.7
LOC classification:
  • HC117.B8 -- F38 2000eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Fatal Consumption -- Introduction: Fatal Consumption (When Too Much Is Not Enough) -- Part 1: The Global Reality of Sustainability -- 1 Ecological Footprints and the Pathology of Consumption -- 2 Global Consumption from the Perspective of Population Health -- 3 Social Capital, Civil Society, and Social Transformation -- Part 2: The Box We Are In and Some Ways Out -- 4 What Is Stopping Sustainability? Examining the Barriers to Implementation of Clouds of Change -- 5 Integrating Economy, Society, and Environment through Policy Assessment -- 6 Local versus Central Influences in Planning for Community Health -- Part 3: Case Examples and the Reason for Hope -- 7 The City of Richmond: Reflections on Sustainability in Action -- 8 The BC Sawmill Industry: A Case Study of Community and Ecological Sustainability -- Conclusion: Working Together and the Prospect for Hope -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: Taking the slogan "think globally, act locally" to heart, the contributors to this book offer both an understanding of the present and hope for a sustainable future.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Fatal Consumption -- Introduction: Fatal Consumption (When Too Much Is Not Enough) -- Part 1: The Global Reality of Sustainability -- 1 Ecological Footprints and the Pathology of Consumption -- 2 Global Consumption from the Perspective of Population Health -- 3 Social Capital, Civil Society, and Social Transformation -- Part 2: The Box We Are In and Some Ways Out -- 4 What Is Stopping Sustainability? Examining the Barriers to Implementation of Clouds of Change -- 5 Integrating Economy, Society, and Environment through Policy Assessment -- 6 Local versus Central Influences in Planning for Community Health -- Part 3: Case Examples and the Reason for Hope -- 7 The City of Richmond: Reflections on Sustainability in Action -- 8 The BC Sawmill Industry: A Case Study of Community and Ecological Sustainability -- Conclusion: Working Together and the Prospect for Hope -- Contributors -- Index.

Taking the slogan "think globally, act locally" to heart, the contributors to this book offer both an understanding of the present and hope for a sustainable future.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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