Reshaping Environments (eBook, PDF)

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World
Redaktion: Bender, Helena

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Produktbeschreibung

Reshaping Environments: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World draws together a team of specialist authors from disciplines including urban planning, social sciences, engineering and environmental science to examine the diverse influences humans have upon the natural environment. This interdisciplinary approach presents multifaceted responses for complex environmental issues. The book explores current environmental science theories to provide a solid foundation of theoretical knowledge. Drawing on a range of case studies, it develops core analytical skills for application to real-world environmental issues. Reshaping Environments gives environmental science students the tools and insight to comprehend the range of influences society imposes on the natural environment. It is essential reading for those interested in creating a mutually beneficial future for human society and the natural environment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139534826
• Artikelnr.: 38452314

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Ian Lowe; 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.