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Sustainability and Communities of Place
About this book
The concept of sustainability holds that the social, economic, and environmental factors within human communities must be viewed interactively and systematically. Sustainable development cannot be understood apart from a community, its ethos, and ways of life. Although broadly conceived, the pursuit of sustainable development is a local practice because every community has different needs and quality of life concerns. Within this framework, contributors representing the disciplines of anthropology, sociology, geography, economics, law, public policy, architecture, and urban studies explore sustainability in communities in the Pacific, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, and North America.
Contributors: Janet E. Benson, Karla Caser, Snjezana Colic, Angela Ferreira, Johanna Gibson, Krista Harper, Paulo Lana, Barbara Yablon Maida, Carl A. Maida, Kenneth A. Meter, Dario Novellino, Deborah Pellow, Claude Raynaut, Thomas F. Thornton, Richard Westra, Magda Zanoni
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Table of contents
- Sustainability and Communities of Place
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- PART 1. LOCAL AND GLOBAL KNOWLEDGES
- Sustainability
- Alaska Native Corporations and Subsistence
- Communities Out of Place
- âTalking About Kultura and Signing Contractsâ
- PART II: LOCAL PRACTICES: ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES AND STATE RESPONSES
- Does Everyone Suffer Alike?
- Attachment Sustains
- Globalization, Local Practice, and Sustainability in the High Plains Region of the United States
- Quality of Life, Sustainability,and Urbanization of the Oxnard Plain, California
- PART III: SOCIAL CAPITAL, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND GLOBALIZATION
- Linked Indicators of Sustainability Build Bridges of Trust
- Sociomaterial Communication, Community, and Ecosustainability in the Global Era
- The Prospect of Sustainability in the Culture of Capitalism, Global Culture, and Globalization
- Appendix 1: Glossary
- Notes on Contributors
- Index