Sustainability and communities of place / edited by Carl A. Maida.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maida, Carl A.

Series:

Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; v. 5.

Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Community life.

Physical Description:

viii, 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2007.

Contents:

Local and global knowledges

Sustainability: where, when, for whom? past, present, and future of a local rural population in a protected natural area (Guaraquecaba, Brazil) / Claude Raynaut, Magda Zanoni, Angela Ferreira, and Paulo Lana

Alaska native corporations and subsistence : paradoxical forces in the making of sustainable communities / Thomas F. Thornton

Communities out of place / Johanna Gibson

"Talking about kultura and signing contracts" : the bureaucratization of the environment on Palawan island (the Philippines) / Dario Novellino

Local practices : adaptive strategies and state responses

Does everyone suffer alike? race, class, and place in Hungarian environmentalism / Krista Harper

Attachment sustains : the glue of prepared food / Deborah Pellow

Globalization, local practice, and sustainability in the high plains region of the United States / Janet E. Benson

Quality of life, sustainability, and urbanization of the Oxnard Plain, California / Barbara Yablon Maida and Carl A. Maida

Social capital, civic engagement, and globalization

Linked indicators of sustainability build bridges of trust / Kenneth A. Meter

The design of the built environment and social capital : case study of a coastal town

Facing rapid changes / Karla Caser

Sociomaterial communication, community, and ecosustainability in the global era / Richard Westra

The prospect of sustainability in the culture of capitalism, global culture, and globalization : a diachronic perspective / Snjezana Colic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1845450167

9781845450168

OCLC:

70176792