Sustainable Community Development

Studies in Economic, Environmental, and Cultural Revitalization
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-1-57444-129-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 562 g

The 1990s have been marked by a wide-spread awareness of the convergence of environmental, economic and social problems and issues. Many local workers have begun to recognize that severe setbacks or even collapse of their local economy is strongly related to environmental problems: either to the depletion of local resources (such as timber, fish, or minerals) or to severe pollution and degradation of the local ecosystem.This in-depth collection of case studies of urban and rural communities committed to a process of sustainable development provides a more detailed description of this dynamic process than was previously available. This provocative book demonstrates the commonalities in approach across a wide variety of environmental and cultural settings, examining an emerging consciousness from cultural, economic, social and environmental viewpoints.

Zielgruppe

Community plannersEnvironmentalistsEconomistsStudents of economic and environmental restorationEcologistsNational Resource ManagersSustainability ProfessionalsEcological EconomistsUrban Studies Specialists

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hoff, Marie D.

Hoff, Marie

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Purpose and Theme of the Collection, Marie D. HoffSustainable Development: Origins and Essential Elements of a New Approach, M.D. HoffSustainable Rural Community Development CasesMolokaì: A Study of Hawaiian Subsistence and Community Sustainability, J.K. Matsuoka, D. Pomaika ì McGregor, and L. MinerbiCommunity Rebuilding in the Philippines: A Poverty Alleviation Program in Negros Occidental, D.R. CoxThe Yawanawa--Aveda Bixa Project: A Business Partnership Seeking Sustainability in an Indigenous Amazonian Community, S. DeCarlo and J.A. DrummondEco-Village Development: A Report from Southern Appalachia, J.M. ScherchSustainable Urban Community Development CasesToxic Risk, Community Resilience, and Social Justice in Chattanooga, M.E. RoggeThe Contribution of Universities to Building Sustainable Communities: The Community University Partnership, M. Livermore and J. MidgleyMaking a Region Sustainable: Governments and Communities in Action in Greater Hamilton, Ontario, J. Eyles and M. BekkeringSustainable Regional Development CasesThe Henry's Fork Watershed Council: Community-Based Participation in Regional Environmental Management, K. JohnsonThe Willapa Alliance: The Role of a Voluntary Organization in Fostering Regional Action for Sustainability, M.D. HoffChanging the Culture and Practice of Development: The Southern Oregon Economic Development Coalition, J. Legg and F. FromherzToward Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture in Kazakstan, S.I. Ospanov and M.W. LuskConclusion: Common Themes and Replicable Strategies, M.D. HoffIndexRelated Titles

Über Autor(innen)

Hoff\, Marie