A New Agenda for Sustainability

Contents: Preface; Introduction: a new agenda for sustainability, Maria Figueroa, Bo Elling, Erling JelsA?e and Kurt Aagaard Nielsen; Part I Challenging the Concept of Sustainable Design: Sustainable rhythms: when society meets nature, Helge Hvid; A record on modernity, rationality and sustainability, Bo Elling; Sustainability as a tug of war between ecological optimalisation and social conflict solution, Jesper Brandt; Sustainability, biodiversity and the ethical aspects of the deliberate release of GMOs, Peder Agger and Erling JelsA?e. Part II Sustainability in Relation to Political and Institutional Actions and Activities: Sustainable transition of socio-technical systems in a governance perspective, Ole Erik Hansen, Bent SA?ndergAYrd and Jens StA|rdahl; On a sustainable chemicals policy: the significance of risk assessment and REACH, Jette Rank, Kristian Syberg and Lars Carlsen; Sustainability in agriculture and food production, Erling JelsA?e and Bente KjA|rgAYrd; Sustainable development, capabilities and the missing case of mental health, Andrew Crabtree; Economic analysis of sustainable development, Anders Chr. Hansen. Part III Sustainability in an Everyday Life Perspective: Local experimentation and deliberation for sustainable development: Local Agenda 21 governance, Jesper Holm; Democracy and sustainability: a lesson learned from modern nature conservation, Laura Tolnov Clausen, Hans Peter Hansen and Esben Tind; Health, food and sustainability, Kirsten Bransholm Pedersen and Birgit Land; Linking mobility, democracy and sustainability in an inclusive approach to transport development in the global South, Maria Figueroa; Conclusions and perspectives for research and political practice, Bo Elling, Maria Figueroa, Erling JelsA?e and Kurt Aagaard Nielsen; Index.