Dynamic sustainabilities [Elektronisk resurs] technology, environment, social justice / Melissa Leach, Ian Scoones and Andy Stirling.

• Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Glossary; Chapter 1 Sustainability Challenges in a Dynamic World; Chapter 2 Dynamic Systems: Environment and Development Challenges; Chapter 3 Pathways to Sustainability: Responding to Dynamic Contexts; Chapter 4 Governance in a Dynamic World; Chapter 5 Opening Up, Broadening Out: Empowering Designs for Sustainability; Chapter 6 An Alternative Politics for Sustainability; Chapter 7 Towards Pathways to Sustainability; Notes; References; Index. 

• Linking environmental sustainability with poverty reduction and social justice, and making science and technology work for the poor, have become central practical, political and moral challenges of our times. These must be met in a world of rapid, interconnected change in environments, societies and economies, and globalised, fragmented governance arrangements. Yet despite growing international attention and investment, policy attempts often fail. Why is this, and what can be done about it? How might we understand and address emergent threats from epidemic disease, or the challenges of water s 

Ämnesord

Fattigdom  (sao)

Hållbar utveckling  (sao)

Social rättvisa  (sao)

Miljörättvisa  (sao)

Sustainability  (LCSH)

Environmental justice  (LCSH)

social conditions  (agrovoc)

Ekonomisk utveckling  -- miljöaspekter (sao)

Economic development -- Environmental aspects 

Social justice 

Sustainable development 

Poverty  -- International cooperation

Environmental justice  (LCSH)

Sustainable development  (LCSH)

Social justice  (LCSH)

Poverty  (LCSH)

Genre

Electronic books  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

HC79.E5 L393 2010 (LCC)

338.927 (DDC)

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