Fatal consumption : rethinking sustainable development / edited by Robert F. Woollard and Aleck S. Ostry.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ostry, Aleck S.

Woollard, Robert F.

Series:

Sustainability and the environment 1196-8575

Sustainability and the environment, 1196-8575

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development--British Columbia--Lower Mainland--Case studies.

Sustainable development.

Sustainable development--Case studies.

British Columbia--Lower Mainland.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

viii, 270 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, 2000.

Contents:

Introduction: Fatal Consumption (When Too Much Is Not Enough) / Robert F. Woollard 3

Part 1 The Global Reality of Sustainability

1 Ecological Footprints and the Pathology of Consumption / William E. Rees 21

2 Global Consumption from the Perspective of Population Health / Clyde Hertzman, Shona Kelly 52

3 Social Capital, Civil Society, and Social Transformation / Michael Carr 69

Part 2 The Box We Are In and Some Ways Out

4 What Is Stopping Sustainability? Examining the Barriers to Implementation of Clouds of Change / Jennie L. Moore 101

5 Integrating Economy, Society, and Environment through Policy Assessment / Peter Boothroyd 130

6 Local versus Central Influences in Planning for Community Health / Lawrence W. Green, Jean A. Shoveller 166

Part 3 Case Examples and the Reason for Hope

7 The City of Richmond: Reflections on Sustainability in Action / Janette McIntosh, Robert F. Woollard 200

8 The BC Sawmill Industry: A Case Study of Community and Ecological Sustainability / Aleck S. Ostry 228

Conclusion: Working Together and the Prospect for Hope / Robert F. Woolard 248.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0774807865

OCLC:

48054188