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Global Sustainability
The Impact of Local Cultures. A New Perspective for Science and Engineering, Economics and Politics

Tedesco, Inglese · Copertina rigida

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This first book to focus on cultural diversity as a key element of sustainable development in the context of science and engineering provides cross-disciplinary information and assistance in understanding our world in transition. As such, it furnishes the global scientific community and decision makers in governmental and non-governmental institutions as well as in industry with much-needed information on how the various factors affecting sustainable development -- including culture -- depend on and interfere with each other.Featuring a contribution by the President of the Club of Rome, HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal, this is vital reading for all (natural) scientists, engineers, economists, ecologists, environmental organizations, and consultants.

Info autore

Professor Peter A. Wilderer is in charge of the Institute an Advanced Studies on Sustainability, funded by the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. He teaches at the German Institute of Science and Technology, Singapore, in Industrial Ecology and Industrial Chemistry. Besides he serves as honorary professor at the Advanced Wastewater Management Center of the University of Queensland, Australia. In 2003, he received the Stockholm Water Prize 2003. He has authored and co-authored over 300 scientific publications.

Prof. Edward D. Schroeder is a member of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of California, Davis. He has authored or co-authored over 120 papers and two textbooks on various aspects of environmental engineering.

Prof. Horst Kopp is working at the Institute for Geography at the Friederich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.

Riassunto

This first book to focus on cultural diversity as a key element of sustainable development in the context of science and engineering provides cross-disciplinary information and assistance in understanding our world in transition. As such, it furnishes the global scientific community and decision makers in governmental and non-governmental institutions as well as in industry with much-needed information on how the various factors affecting sustainable development -- including culture -- depend on and interfere with each other.
Featuring a contribution by the President of the Club of Rome, HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal, this is vital reading for all (natural) scientists, engineers, economists, ecologists, environmental organizations, and consultants.

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"... ein empfehlenswerter, weil reichhaltiger und anregender Lesestoff."Katalyse Institut für angewandte Umweltforschung, www.umweltjournal.de: http://www.umweltjournal.de/fp/archiv/AfA_technik/7687.php"Eine unentbehrliche Lektüre für NaturwissenschaftlerInnen, Ingenieure, Ökonomen, Umweltorganisationen und BeraterInnen."politische ökologie 91-92Physikalische Soiree vom 3. Januar 2005: http://1476.orf.at/radiomacher/soiree/sendungen/phs_2005_01.html"Bücher wie dieses sind unbedingt notwendig. In den meisten Werken zu diesem Thema fehlt nämlich der Aspekt der unterschiedlichen Kulturen unseres Globus, die unser Verhalten ganz wesentlich beeinflussen... Experten in Sachen Nachhaltigkeit finden in diesem Buch durchaus neue und wichtige Einsichten, die sie in der eigenen Arbeit berücksichtigen sollten."Nachrichten aus der Chemie"Die einzelnen Artikel stehen zwar für sich, aber deren Gesamtheit liefert stichfeste Argumente zur Stärkung der berechtigten Forderung, die Dimension >Kultur< stärker als bisher in die Nachhaltigkeitsdebatte zu integrieren."Forum der Geoökologie"Ein wichtiges Buch mit lesenswerten Beiträgen. Anschaffenswert für jene, die sich für Nachhaltigkeit einsetzen und mit Menschen mit unterschiedlichen Denkansätzen, unterschiedlicher Herkunft oder mit unterschiedlichem kulturellen Hintergrund um Kompromisse ringen. Es wird helfen, den eigenen Standpunkt zu relativieren und zu bereichern und gemeinsame Plattformen eines gegenseitigen Verständnisses zu finden, und zwar für das eine gemeinsame Ziel: Nachhaltigkeit."Acta hydrochimica et hydrobiologica"Die interdisziplinäre und kulturelle Vielfalt der Sichtweisen macht das Buch zu einer wertvollen Lektüre für alle, die sich übergreifend mit der globalen Dimension des Themas Nachhaltigkeit befassen wollen. "Chemie Ingenieur Technik

Dettagli sul prodotto

Con la collaborazione di Edwar D Schroeder (Editore), Edward D Schroeder (Editore), Horst Kopp (Editore), Edward D. Schroeder (Editore), Peter A. Wilderer (Editore)
Autori Horst Kopp, Edward D. Schroeder, Peter A. Wilderer
Editore Wiley-VCH
 
Contenuto Libro
Forma del prodotto Copertina rigida
Data pubblicazione 01.01.2004
Categoria Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia
Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Economia politica
 
EAN 9783527312368
ISBN 978-3-527-31236-8
Numero di pagine 240
Illustrazioni 17 SW-Abb., 4 Tabellen
Dimensioni (della confezione) 18.6 x 24.6 x 2.2 cm
Peso (della confezione) 780 g
 
Categorie Anthropologie, Globalisierung, Umweltforschung, Wasserwirtschaft, Anthropology, Environmental Studies, nachhaltige Entwicklung, Umweltveränderungen, Bauingenieur- u. Bauwesen, Civil Engineering & Construction, Environmental Change, Water Resources, Umweltökonomie u. -politik, Environmental Economics & Politics, Allg. Anthropologie
 

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