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Zusatztext 'This book's greatest strength is in its diversity: A range of topics are covered with both research and practice perspectives! and the case studies are helpful in illustrating the concepts presented. This book is also timely in that sustainable development is increasingly becoming a popular topic in both academic and practitioner discourses on lasting social change.' - Kelly S. Gillis! International Journal of Communication 8 (2014) Informationen zum Autor Fabien Cishahayo, University of Montreal, CanadaRoyal Colle, Cornell University, USA Henri-Count Evans, climate change communication researcher, ZimbabweOsée Kamga, University of Sudbury, Canada Kosta Kostadinov, External Operational Communications Department of the World BankPatchanee Malikhao, Thammasat University, Thailand Maitreyee Mishra, Manipal University, India, Kiran Prasad, Sri Padmavati Mahila University, IndiaJan Servaes, City University of Hong Kong, Hong KongBoonlert Supadhiloke, Bangkok University, ThailandJagadish Thaker, National University of Singapore, SingaporeTran Van Dien, Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry, VietnamChin Saik Yoon, publisher, Malaysia Klappentext Offering a comprehensive overview of contemporary theoretical and programmatic issues in the fields of sustainability, culture, communication, development and social change, this book explores the relationship between communication and sustainability from a social change perspective. To come Zusammenfassung Offering a comprehensive overview of contemporary theoretical and programmatic issues in the fields of sustainability! culture! communication! development and social change! this book explores the relationship between communication and sustainability from a social change perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements List of Acronyms Introduction: Imperatives for a Sustainable Future; Jan Servaes PART I: SETTING THE STAGE 1. Sustainable Development and Climate Change: Beyond the Rio+20 Summit; Kosta Kostadinov and Jagadish Thaker 2. Future Imperatives of Practice: The Challenges of Climate Change; Chin Saik Yoon 3. Synergy of 'Gross National Happiness' and 'Sufficiency Economy' as an Imperative Paradigm for Communication and Sustainable Social Change; Boonlert Supadhiloke 4. Environmental Communication from the Fringes to Mainstream: Creating a Paradigm Shift in Sustainable Development; Kiran Prasad PART II: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT 5. Information and Communication Technologies for African Development: Proportional Technologies and an Ethics of Uses; Osée Kamga and Fabien Cishahayo 6. A Role for Universities in ICTs for Development Interventions; Royal D. Colle and Tran Van Dien PART III: COMMUNICATING THE COST OF SOCIAL CHANGE 7. Communicating the True Ecological Cost of Development: Addressing Development and Environment in Orissa, India; Maitreyee Mishra 8. Socio-cultural Perspectives towards a Sustainability of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV and Pregnancy Prevention among Thai Students in Bangkok; Patchanee Malikhao 9. Factors that Stand in the Way of Green Communication in Africa; Henri-Count Evans 10. Future Challenges for Communication for Sustainable Development and Social Change; Jan Servaes Index...
