208 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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The concept of sustainability is traditionally viewed in exclusively environmental terms. Sustainability: Life Chances and Livelihoods links peoples livelihoods and life chances to the concept of sustainability by examining the way in which social and economic processes complement and compound environmental change. Looking at the main ingredients of sustainable development - health, economic... Read more
1 Introduction PART 1 The environment and public policy 2 Sustainability, knowledge, ethics and the law 3 Environmental policy-making: what have economic analysis and the idea of sustainability got to offer? 4 Land use policy and sustainability 5 Environmental health and sustainability PART 2 Historical perspectives on sustainable livelihoods 6 Population, food and agriculture in mid-nineteenth century England 7 Envisaging the frontier: land settlement and life chances in Upper Canada PART 3 Geographical perspectives—the view from the South 8 Exploring dimensions of sustainability in Nigeria: a question of scale 9 Sustainability: life chances and education in Southern Africa 10 Linking the past with the future: maintaining livelihood strategies for indigenous forest dwellers in Guyana
Biography
Michael Redclift is a Professor of International Environmental Policy at Keele University.
