Sustainable Development and Green Communication

African and Asian Perspectives
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-46056-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3067 g

Offering a comprehensive overview of contemporary theoretical and programmatic issues in the fields of sustainability, culture, communication, development and social change, this book explores the relationship between communication and sustainability from a social change perspective.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Servaes, J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regionalgeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements List of Acronyms Introduction: Imperatives for a Sustainable Future; Jan Servaes PART I: SETTING THE STAGE 1. Sustainable Development and Climate Change: Beyond the Rio+20 Summit; Kosta Kostadinov and Jagadish Thaker 2. Future Imperatives of Practice: The Challenges of Climate Change; Chin Saik Yoon 3. Synergy of 'Gross National Happiness' and 'Sufficiency Economy' as an Imperative Paradigm for Communication and Sustainable Social Change; Boonlert Supadhiloke 4. Environmental Communication from the Fringes to Mainstream: Creating a Paradigm Shift in Sustainable Development; Kiran Prasad PART II: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT 5. Information and Communication Technologies for African Development: Proportional Technologies and an Ethics of Uses; Osée Kamga and Fabien Cishahayo 6. A Role for Universities in ICTs for Development Interventions; Royal D. Colle and Tran Van Dien PART III: COMMUNICATING THE COST OF SOCIAL CHANGE 7. Communicating the True Ecological Cost of Development: Addressing Development and Environment in Orissa, India; Maitreyee Mishra 8. Socio-cultural Perspectives towards a Sustainability of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV and Pregnancy Prevention among Thai Students in Bangkok; Patchanee Malikhao 9. Factors that Stand in the Way of Green Communication in Africa; Henri-Count Evans 10. Future Challenges for Communication for Sustainable Development and Social Change; Jan Servaes Index

Über Autor(innen)

Fabien Cishahayo, University of Montreal, Canada
Royal Colle, Cornell University, USA
Henri-Count Evans, climate change communication researcher, Zimbabwe
Osée Kamga, University of Sudbury, Canada
Kosta Kostadinov, External Operational Communications Department of the World Bank
Patchanee Malikhao, Thammasat University, Thailand
Maitreyee Mishra, Manipal University, India,
Kiran Prasad, Sri Padmavati Mahila University, India
Jan Servaes, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Boonlert Supadhiloke, Bangkok University, Thailand
Jagadish Thaker, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Tran Van Dien, Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry, Vietnam
Chin Saik Yoon, publisher, Malaysia