Matthew Tueth

SUSTAINABILITY FACTORS IN PRE-COLUMBIAN SOCIETIES OF THE AMERICAS

WITH PRESENT DAY IMPLICATIONS

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides insights into the characteristics and conditions responsible for the stability and durability of three pre-Columbian agrarian societies of the Americas. The work focuses on three ancient cultures - the Maya, the Mogollon, and the Moche - that exhibited extended periods of sustainability in markedly different environments. The text also discusses contemporary implications of these ancient sustainability insights. A decision key is used to rank ancient factors of sustainability for the three selected cultures as essential, major, or minor. A formula instrument provides an overall numerical sustainability score for each society during particular time periods. A number of intriguing conclusions and recommendations are made by the author concerning ancient sustainability and the modern applications of some of the uncovered factors. The author suggests that a common ideology, a general adaptability to major change, and a socioeconomic system that rewards value production from all its citizens be recognized as three important factors of contemporary sustainability.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 56
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 203g
• ISBN-13: 9783639160178
• ISBN-10: 3639160177
• Artikelnr.: 26443106

Autorenporträt

Matthew Tueth, Ph.D., is the chairperson of the Sustainable Business Department at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan and the Steelcase Foundation Professor of Sustainable Business. In 2003, he designed the Sustainable Business Program at Aquinas and has given numerous sustainable business presentations in the U.S. and Japan.