Common ground : the sharing of land and landscapes for sustainability / Mark Everard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Everard, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land use--Environmental aspects.

Land use.

Sustainability.

Physical Description:

x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Zed Books, 2011.

Summary:

The relationship between humanity and the land has shifted significantly and frequently throughout our tenure. Appropriating increasing proportions of nature's resources to meet our shifting and growing demands, we have been degrading the quality and extent of ecosystems, perilously undermining their capacities to meet the needs of a burgeoning population.

Common Ground explores this shifting relationship, examining the changing understandings of the natural world and its management and exploitation. Environmental activist Mark Everard presents solutions from the perspective of ecosystem services and looks ahead to what is required to live sustainably, respecting the central role of landscapes in supporting human well-being into the long-term future. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

The privatization of the land

Reclaiming the common ground

The ends of the Earth

Shifting conceptual landscapes

A landscape at our service

The great food challenge

Valuing land and landscapes

Living landscapes

Lessons for tomorrow's world

The people's land.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1848139624

9781848139626

OCLC:

701811101

Publisher Number:

99944932927