1st Edition

Values in Sustainable Development

Edited By Jack Appleton Copyright 2014
    344 Pages
    by Routledge

    342 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    To enhance sustainable development research and practice the values of the researchers, project managers and participants must first be made explicit. Values in Sustainable Development introduces and compares worldviews and values from multiple countries and perspectives, providing a survey of empirical methods available to study environmental values as affected by sustainable development. The first part is methodological, looking at what values are, why they are important, and how to include values in sustainable development. The second part looks at how values differ across social contexts, religions and viewpoints demonstrating how various individuals may value nature from a variety of cultural, social, and religious points of view. The third and final part presents case studies ordered by scale from the individual and community levels through to the national, regional and international levels. These examples show how values can motivate, be incorporated into and be an integral part of the success of a project.

    This thought-provoking book gives researchers, students and practitioners in sustainable development a wealth of approaches to include values in their research.

    Part 1: Methods for Understanding Individuals’ Values  1. Caring for What We Care About Vandana Shiva  2. Including Participants' Values in the Sustainable Development Process Jack Appleton  3. Constructing Values and Beliefs: A Relational Approach to Sustainable Development Sheila McNamee 4. Understanding Values Using Critical Discourse Analysis G. G. Patthey  5. Psychometrics: Measuring Attitudes and Values about the Environment Tammi Vacha-Haase, Anne M. Hansen, and Zinta S. Byrne  6. Determining Environmental Values Using Focus Groups Ding Ding  7. Determining Environmental Values: Storytelling at BP David M. Boje and Jacob A. Massoud  8. Charrettes in the Sustainable Development Process Jack Appleton  9. Science and Sustainability: A Transition Research Perspective Derk Loorbach and Bettina Wittneben  Part 2: Religious and Ethnically Based Environmental Values 10. Indigenous Peoples Environmental Values Peter N. Jones  11. Hindu Traditions and the Environment Dixit, Prakash C.  12. The Jewish Tradition of Stewardship David Patterson  13. Christian Stewardship Fred Van Dyke  14. Islam and Stewardship  Hamim Hamim, Luluk Setyaningsih, and Asep Nurhalim  15. The Social Construction of African-American Environmental Values Cassandra Johnson-Gaither and J.M. Bowker  16. Latin Americans and the Environment: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Values  Victor Corral-Verdugo, Blanca Fraijo-Sing, and Cesar Tapia-Fonllem  17. Post-Disaster Japan’s Environmental Transition W. Puck Brecher  18. Environmental Values in China Paul G. Harris   19. African Environmental Values Expressed through Proverbs Chigbo Joseph Ekwealo  20. Achieving Sustainability in Nigeria Aina Thompson Adeboyejo and David Victor Ogunkan Part 3: Examples of Values Guiding Behavior  21. Sustainable Perspectivalism: Who Sustains Whom? Michael Marder  22. Landscaping with Sustainability Principles Kathy Shearin  23. Bringing Sustainability and Science to the Incarcerated: The Sustainable Prisons Project Nalini M. Nadkarni and Dan J. Pacholke  Case Study: Teaching Wildlife Conservation and Sustainability behind Bars Marc Bekoff  24. Designing Environmental Education Programs: Modeling Pro-environmental Competency Blanca Fraijo-Sing, César Tapia-Fonllem, and Victor Corral-Verdugo  25. Avoiding Wrong Turns on the Road to Ecosystem Services Valuation Keven Halsey  26. Values and Strategies for the Environment and Sustainable Development Mark E. Hillon  27. Building Resilience in East African Cities: The Spirit Of ‘Harambee’: The Nexus Between Sustainability and Climate Change Response  Justus Kithiia and Anna Lyth  28. The Impact of Development on Biodiversity in Singapore Kwek Yan Chong, Marcus Aik Hwee Chua, Mei Lin Neo, Daniel Jia Jun Ng, Siti Maryam Yaakub, Tai Chong Toh, Alison Kim Shan Wee, and Ding Li Yong  29. Environmental Law as a Foundation for Sustainable Development Ambassador Amado S. Tolentino, Jr.

    Biography

    Jack Appleton is a research fellow at the University of Malaysia Sabah, Borneo, and teaches 'Principles of Sustainability' and 'Research and Quantitative Methods' at Merlyhurst University, USA.