Sustainability - A Biological Perspective

Informationen zum Autor Steve Morse has been involved in sustainable development projects and research for 30 years. His research interests focus on the practical achievement of sustainability in development and natural resource management and he has been involved with such projects across the world, including a recent six-year study on agriculture in Nigeria. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Higher Education Academy and the Institute of Biology and a member of the Development Studies Association. Klappentext Focuses on how the theories underlying sustainability can be translated into practice and the challenges involved in achieving this. Zusammenfassung Encouraging students to engage in the challenges of sustainability! this text focuses not only on theories but more importantly on how they are translated into practice. Models and theories are illustrated with real world examples to help students connect with genuine issues and appreciate the importance of an interdisciplinary perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Sustainability: a word of our time; 2. Sustainable agriculture: more and more production; 3. Sustainable management of fisheries; 4. Applying sustainability to industry; 5. Social and economic dimensions to sustainability; 6. The 'doing' of sustainability; 7. Sustainability science?; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Morse, Stephen (University of Reading) Morse, Morse Stephen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.07.2010
• EAN: 9780521835336
• ISBN: 978-0-521-83533-6
• No. of pages: 274
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Sustainability, NATURE / Ecology, Applied ecology, environmental science, engineering & technology, Environmental Management, Conservation of the environment