Is planet earth green? / edited by Gabriela Madlo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Madlo, Gabriela, editor.

Series:

Critical issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Nature.

Economic development--Environmental aspects.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Inter-Disciplinary Press, [2013]

Summary:

These discourses take the reader around the world, into such cities as Aberdeen, Växjö, Zarnowiec, Curitiba and Limburg, to visit the environmental practices, examined under the magnifying glass. This volume, rich with diversity, brings interesting and positive reading of countless examples on the subject of environmental justice, exhibiting its importance and increasing its awareness. The ten chapters within this volume provide an understanding of key factors for the balance between human race and nature that leans against the human proactive behaviour supported by the environmental justice.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Gabriela Mádlo

Complementary Currencies to Contribute to Sustainable Cities and Communities / Laurent Béduneau-Wang and Sophie Galharret

The Role of Decentralised Energy in Delivering ‘Just Sustainability’ in Northern European Cities: A Review of Theory and Practice / Elaine Morrison , Bill Lynch , David Rodley and John Rowan

Sustainability and the Hegemony of Technique Towards a New Approach to Cultural Sustainability / M. Reza Shirazi

British Climate Change Act 2008 as a Legislative Stimulus towards more Sustainable Economies in EU Member States – Legal Challenges and Opportunities / Petr Bouda and Kristína Šabová

International Organizations, Free Trade and Environmental Citizenship: Mexico and Chile in Comparative Perspective / Sherrie L. Baver

Global Environmental Citizenship: The Polish Approach to Ecology / Rafał Wonicki

Global Environmental Justice and Global Income Policy / Ton Bührs

Multifarious Networks in Climate change Research: Scientists, Policy Makers and the Public / Ana Delicado

Interspecific, Intergenerational Justice in African Thought: Implications for Policy / Kevin Behrens

Negotiating Green Urbanism in Imagined Communities / Thor Kerr.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-84888-118-5

OCLC:

1096218627

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781848881181 DOI