Communities, Development, and Sustainability across Canada

This book bridges the gap between theory and practice, bringing together concerned parties who have argued for increased local participation in sustainable community development.

List of contents

Figures, Tables, and Maps

Preface: The Importance of Community / Hon. Clifford Lincoln,MP

Introduction / Ann Dale



Vision

1. Sustainable Development Begins at Home: Community Solutions toGlobal Problems / Marcia Nozick



Connections

2. Social Evolution and Urban Systems: Directions for Sustainability/ Robert Woollard and William Rees



Action

3. Systemic Crisis in Rural Newfoundland: Can the Outports Survive?/ Rosemary E. Ommer and Peter R. Sinclair

4. Community Change in Context / Christopher R. Bryant

5. Northern Communities and Sustainable Development in Canada'sNorth / Timothy McTiernan

6. Sustainable Communities and Sustainable Agriculture on thePrairies / Michael E. Gertler

7. The Canadian Pacific Salmon Fishery: Issues in Resource andCommunity Sustainability / Richard Schwindt

8. Incorporating Postproductivist Values into Sustainable CommunityProcesses / Alison Gill and Maureen Reed

9. Natural Capital and Social Capital: Implications for SustainableCommunity Development / Mark Roseland

10. The Civic State, Civil Society, and the Promotion of SustainableDevelopment / Bryan H. Massam and Jill Dickinson



Assessing Progress

11. Concepts, Cosmologies, and Commitment: Using BiodiversityIndicators in Critical Zones Models / Thomas C. Meredith



Conclusion

12. Making Communities the Strong Link in Sustainable Development /John T. Pierce



Contributors

Index

About the author

John T. Pierce teaches in the Department of Geographyand is Dean of Arts at Simon Fraser University. AnnDale is Senior Associate at the Sustainable DevelopmentResearch Institute of the University of British Columbia andVice-President, Research, of the Canadian Biodiversity Institute inOttawa.

Summary

This book bridges the gap between theory and practice, bringing together concerned parties who have argued for increased local participation in sustainable community development.

Product details

• Authors: Ann Dale, John T. Pierce
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.1999
• EAN: 9780774807227
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-0722-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Weight: 600 g
• Illustrations: 8 colour illustrations, 3 maps
• Series: Sustainability and the Environment; Studies in the History of Miss; Sustainability and the Environment; Sustainability and the Environ
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Nachhaltigkeit, Kanada, Soziale und ethische Themen, Entwicklungsökonomie und Schwellenländer