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£31.99
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Environment, Development, and Sustainability
Perspectives and cases from around the world
Edited by Gordon Wilson, Pamela Furniss, and Richard Kimbowa
320 pages
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55 line drawings
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246x189mm
978-0-19-956064-6
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Paperback
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10 September 2009
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- A holistic, integrated resource, providing an introduction to sustainable development that is ideal for any student, regardless of background.
- Global case studies highlight sustainable development as a key issue in both developed and developing countries.
- Section reviews and topping and tailing chapters provide an overall framework to the Reader, giving coherence and drawing together common themes.
- An Online Resource Centre provides additional materials for both lecturers and students, adding extra educational value to the resource.
As the human population continues to place increasing demands on the planet we inhabit we face the biggest challenge of our time: how can we exploit the natural resources that we need - whether it be for water, food, or energy - in a way that preserves the environment, is equitable and doesn't compromise the long-term future of the planet and its biodiversity?
Environment, Development, and Sustainability represents an examination of three integrated issues that form the main ongoing challenge of this century.
Featuring a range of perspectives and case studies from North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia, the book reflects the multiple ways in which environment, development and sustainability
are intertwined everywhere - in rich and poor countries, and those in between.
Contributions from both practitioners and academics, bringing experiences as technologists, engineers, natural scientists and social scientists, expand further the many perspectives on the challenge. The book celebrates this diversity, using it positively as a resource for a more holistic learning approach to environment, development and sustainability.
Environment, Development, and Sustainability is written as a student textbook where individual chapters can be stand-alone, or where, helped by a linking narrative, the book can be read as a whole. Its accessible style, however, makes it suitable for a broader audience, including practitioners, activists and
citizens who simply wish to know more.
Online Resource Centre
For registered adopters:
Figures from the book available to download
For students:
Library of web links cited in the book
Flashcard glossaryReadership: Undergraduates at all levels who are looking for a balanced, global introduction to sustainable development.
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Edited by Gordon Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Technology & Development, The Open University, Pamela Furniss, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Systems, The Open University, and Richard Kimbowa, Civil Society Practitioner, Uganda Contributors:
Dina Abbott, University Reader in Development Geography at the University of Derby.
Barbara Banda, senior development practitioner, Southern Africa.
Isaac Banadda Nswa, Chemist and Waste Management Specialist, Uganda Environmental Protection Forum (UEPF).
Chris Blackmore, Senior Lecturer in
Environment and Development, Open University.
Roger Blackmore ,Senior Lecturer and Staff Tutor, Open University.
Godfrey Boyle, Energy and Environment Research Unit, Open University and visiting professor, Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) University in Delhi.
Stephen Burnley, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Engineering, Open University.
Joanna Chataway, Professor of Biotechnology and Development, Open University.
David Cooke, Senior Lecturer and Staff Tutor, Open University.
Ben Crow, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California Santa Cruz.
Kerstin Danert, water and sanitation specialist for
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Pamela Furniss, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Systems, Open University.
Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director of the Energy Technology Innovation Policy (ETIP), Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Centre for Science and International Affairs.
Michael Gillman, Senior Lecturer in Biology, Open University.
Charlene Hewat, Chief Executive Officer, Environment Africa, Zimbabwe.
David Humphreys, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Policy, Open University.
Nicky Ison, Australian Student Environment Network (ASEN).
Petr Jehlicka, Lecturer in Environmental Geography, Open University.
Raphael Kaplinsky, Professor of International Development in the Development Policy and Practice Group, Open University.
Richard Kimbowa, Programme Manager, Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development (UCSD).
Margaret Najjingo Mangheni, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Extension/Education, Makerere University, Uganda.
Adeline Muheebwa, Senior development practioner, Uganda.
Fred Onyai , National Environment Management Authority (NEMA).
Martin Reynolds, Lecturer in Systems, Open University
Peter Robbins,Senior Lecturer in Development Studies and Genomics, Open University.
Robin Roy, Professor of
Design and Environment, Open University.
Sandrine Simon, Lecturer in Environmental System, Open University.
James Smith, Co-Director of the Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh.
Mulondo Ssenkaali, Senior development and humanitarian practitioner, Sub-Saharan Africa.
Alan Thomas, Visiting Professor, Centre for Development Studies, University of Wales (Swansea) and the Open University.
James Warren, Lecturer and Staff Tutor, Open University.
Roger Wheater, Chairman The National Trust for Scotland;Deputy Chairman Scottish National Heritage.
Gordon Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Technology and Development,
Open University.
Kevin Winter, Lecturer in the Environmental and Geographical Science Department, University of Cape Town.
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"This will be a valuable textbook in the area of Environment, Development and Sustainability. The book has a clearly thought through overall structure. The introduction nicely sets the scene [and] the second section introduces some excellent global scale case studies which will be extremely useful in teaching." - Dr Andrea Jackson, University of Leeds
"Through its use of a wide range of case studies from around the world, and its emphasis on practical action, this excellent book brings the big issues signified in its title down to earth. This is surely the best introduction yet to the relationships between the physical environment, development and the urgent need for more sustainable living.
" - Professor Noel Castree, University of Manchester
"Very well thought out, with a logical structure and comprehensive coverage of the subject area, and particularly good use of case studies... A real strength is the consideration of the subject in the context of 'developed', 'developing' and 'less-developed' countries, each of which has different challenges and potential solutions." - Dr John S.Rieuwerts, University of Plymouth
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Section A Introduction
1: Making the connections between environment, development, and sustainability
Section B Learning from the local
2: The challenge for environment, development and sustainability in China.
3: Rural development and environment in Uganda
4: Traditional and modern (or improved) rural water supplies: stories from Ethiopia and Niger
5: The souvenirs of communism: missed opportunities for sustainable development innovations in the enlarged European Union?
6: Sustainable transport systems: learning from Cuba
7: At the coal face in Australia: the youth climate movement
8: Social dynamics of the US environmental challenge
9: Looking beyond the visible: contesting environmental agendas for Mumbai's slums
Section C Major themes in environment, development and sustainability
10: Climate Change: causes and consequences
11: Can ecosystems be managed sustainably? Biodiversity and tropical forests
12: Conservation and development in Scotland and Uganda
13: Managing water for sustainable development across international boundaries: the Rhine river basin
14: Municipal waste management and the environmental health challenge: a tale of two cities
15: Environment, inequality, and the internal contradictions of globalization
16: Environmental ethics and development
Section D Action for environment, development and sustainability
17: Local governance and sustainable development in Wales: making a difference?
18: Cities and climate change: leading to a low carbon London
19: Exploring participation in science, technology and innovation: tissue-culture bananas in Kenya
20: Designing for sustainability
21: Corporate responsibility in practice: building an eco-city from scratch
22: Innovative partnerships for sustainable development in Harare, Zimbabwe
23: Community-led sustainable development: the champion approach
24: Why involve the public? Case studies of public involvement in environmental initiatives in South Africa
25: Tools and techniques for environmental decision making
Section E Conclusion
26: Scientific, social science and technological approaches to understanding environmental change
27: Conclusion
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The specification in this catalogue, including without limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations, and month of publication, was as accurate as possible at the time the catalogue was compiled. Occasionally, due to the nature of some contractual restrictions, we are unable to ship a specific product to a particular territory. Jacket images are provisional and liable to change before publication.
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