Global sustainability : the impact of local cultures : a new perspective for science and engineering, economics and politics /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Weinheim :
Wiley-VCH,
2005.
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Table of Contents:
- History and mandate of sustainability : from local forestry to global policy
- Sustainable development : exploring the cross-cultural dimension
- Sustainable development and cultural diversity
- Technological progress in different cultures and periods : historical evolution projected into the future
- Views of sustainability : elements of a synthesis
- A new way of thinking about sustainability, risk and environmental decision-making
- Humility and establishing the sustainable environment
- Conflicts and conflict-solving as chances to make the concept of sustainable development work
- Sustainability through science-technology-society education
- Sustainability and consumption of raw materials in Germany
- Sustainability, culture and regional scales : some remarks from human geography
- Sustainable development in Asia : traditional ideas and irreversible processes
- Sustainability of development and valuation of non-renewable resources : an analysis in the context of local cultures
- Sustainability in Latin American countries : challenge and opportunities for Argentina
- On the roles engineers may play in the attempt to meet basic demands of man and nature
- Integrating cultural aspects in the implementation of large water projects
- Sustainability from and entrepreneurial point of view seen from the particular standpoint of a company active in the water industry
- Synthesis.