Community and Sustainable Development
Participation in the future
Book
Hardback
266 pages
978-1-85383-531-5 (ISBN)
Description
Books like this which bubble over with the fruits of many people experience and insight add new layers of meaning to (the concept if sustainable development) deepening our understanding of what for me is the most important political challenge of our age-by a very Long way... this timely and important book will be a real inspiration. '
from the foreword by JONATHON PORRITT
Community and Sustainable Development is about the future - a future in which people have the resources to meet their needs. This basic message of sustainable development recognises the need to conserve environmental resources, but also to support and build the human resources through which the future will be realised, by ensuring that local people are able to participate in the decisions and activities which affect their living environment.
Featuring contributions from many leading figures in the fields of community participation and sustainable development, this book shows how participation can extend democracy, citizenship and accountability. It also considers the role of science and expert knowledge in setting and achieving appropriate goals for development, and describes how participatory initiatives can inspire sustainable action on poverty and social inclusion.
Originally pubished in 1998
from the foreword by JONATHON PORRITT
Community and Sustainable Development is about the future - a future in which people have the resources to meet their needs. This basic message of sustainable development recognises the need to conserve environmental resources, but also to support and build the human resources through which the future will be realised, by ensuring that local people are able to participate in the decisions and activities which affect their living environment.
Featuring contributions from many leading figures in the fields of community participation and sustainable development, this book shows how participation can extend democracy, citizenship and accountability. It also considers the role of science and expert knowledge in setting and achieving appropriate goals for development, and describes how participatory initiatives can inspire sustainable action on poverty and social inclusion.
Originally pubished in 1998
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85383-531-5 (9781853835315)
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1st Edition
Routledge
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Content
Contributors
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Figures, Tables and Boxes
Foreword by Jonathon Porritt
Preface
1. A Passionate Dialogue: Community and Sustainable Development
Diane Warburton
2. A Communitarian Perspective on Sustainable Communities
Professor Amitai Etzioni George Washington University
3. Accountability in Community Contributions to Sustainable Development
Professor Murray Stewart with Philippa Collett
Built Environment Faculty, University of the West of England
4. Getting the Future that You Want: The Role of Sustainability Indicators
J Gary Lawrence
Director of the Center for Sustainable Communities, University of Washington
5. Turning the Sustainability Corner: How to Indicate Right
Alex MacGillivray New Economics Foundation
6. Civic Science and the Sustainability Transition
Professor Tim O'Riordan
Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE), University of East Anglia
7. Us and Them: Finding a New Paradigm for Professionals in Sustainable Development
Professor Robert Chambers
Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
8. Bottle Banks in Arcadia? Environmental Campaigning and Social Justice
Ken Worpole
9. Achieving Community Participation: The Experience of Resident Involvement in Urban Regeneration in the UK
Marilyn Taylor Reader in Social Policy, University of Brighton
10. Developing Community Local Agenda 21s
Ken G Webster Community Education at WWF UK
11. Education and Engagement for Sustainability: The CADISPA Approach
Geoff Fagan University of Strathclyde
12. Ethnic Community Environmental Participation
Judy Ling Wong
Black Environment Network
13. Halcyon Days
Sue Clifford
Common Ground
Index
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Figures, Tables and Boxes
Foreword by Jonathon Porritt
Preface
1. A Passionate Dialogue: Community and Sustainable Development
Diane Warburton
2. A Communitarian Perspective on Sustainable Communities
Professor Amitai Etzioni George Washington University
3. Accountability in Community Contributions to Sustainable Development
Professor Murray Stewart with Philippa Collett
Built Environment Faculty, University of the West of England
4. Getting the Future that You Want: The Role of Sustainability Indicators
J Gary Lawrence
Director of the Center for Sustainable Communities, University of Washington
5. Turning the Sustainability Corner: How to Indicate Right
Alex MacGillivray New Economics Foundation
6. Civic Science and the Sustainability Transition
Professor Tim O'Riordan
Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE), University of East Anglia
7. Us and Them: Finding a New Paradigm for Professionals in Sustainable Development
Professor Robert Chambers
Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
8. Bottle Banks in Arcadia? Environmental Campaigning and Social Justice
Ken Worpole
9. Achieving Community Participation: The Experience of Resident Involvement in Urban Regeneration in the UK
Marilyn Taylor Reader in Social Policy, University of Brighton
10. Developing Community Local Agenda 21s
Ken G Webster Community Education at WWF UK
11. Education and Engagement for Sustainability: The CADISPA Approach
Geoff Fagan University of Strathclyde
12. Ethnic Community Environmental Participation
Judy Ling Wong
Black Environment Network
13. Halcyon Days
Sue Clifford
Common Ground
Index