Sustainability : a biological perspective / Stephen Morse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morse, Stephen, 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainability.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 261 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Encouraging students to engage in the challenges and complexity of sustainability, this text considers not only the theories underlying sustainability, but more importantly how theories are translated into practice and the difficulties of achieving this in the world in which we live. This pragmatic focus gives students a greater understanding of the practice of sustainability and highlights the challenges involved. Models and theories are illustrated throughout with real world examples to help students move away from the abstract and connect with genuine issues. The text begins by focusing on sustainable production and consumption and how they are related. The role of tools such as modelling and sustainability indicators are explored, and extended into the fields of stakeholder participation, livelihoods and evidence-based policy. The final chapter explores the interconnections between apparently disparate subjects and the importance of taking an interdisciplinary perspective.

Contents:

Sustainability : a word of our time

Sustainable agriculture : more and more production

Sustainable management of fisheries

Applying sustainability to industry

Social and economic dimensions to sustainability

The 'doing' of sustainability

Sustainability science?

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-245) and index.

ISBN:

0-511-85029-8

1-107-20970-6

1-282-65798-4

9786612657986

0-511-78028-1

0-511-77584-9

0-511-77660-8

0-511-77402-8

0-511-77295-5

0-511-77508-3

OCLC:

650279240