First Published in 2000. The timing of this book is auspicious in that we can look backwards at the twentieth century as the period of maximum environmental impact by humans in their history, while looking forward to a new era of potential improvement by drawing on and learning from this experience. This book's purpose, therefore, is to consider how to address education for children to become informed and concerned adults who will be able to understand critically the implications of these choices and act wisely in the wider interests of society and the planet as a whole.
Autorentext
Michael Littledyke, Keith Ross, Liz Lakin
Zusammenfassung
The book explores how implementation strategies engage sub-national, regional and local actors in the promotion of sustainable development. Following the obligations incurred at the Rio Earth Summit and the related UNCED process, European states began to produce sustainable development strategies in the 1990s. Implementation efforts are increasingly using 'new' governance arrangements, including:use of public/private partnershipsnew policy toolspolicy transfer and benchmarkingpolicy networks and involvement of stakeholder groups and institutional capacity enhancement. The editors, whom are leading experts on the subject, explore the nature, extent and characteristics of the new governance arrangements that have been put in place to implement sustainable development strategies and initiatives at the sub-national levels. They also examine the approaches that sub-national governments adopted towards the mobilization of 'stakeholders' in these initiatives and what type of non-governmental actors have become involved. In Pursuit of Sustainable Development will be of interest to students and researchers of politics, development, geography, planning and social policy.
Inhalt
Chapter 1 Constructing a scientific understanding of our environment, Keith Ross; Chapter 2 Science and the environment, Michael Littledyke; Chapter 3 Environmentalism and environmental education, Michael Littledyke; Chapter 4 Faraday, bubbles and science processes, Liz Lakin; Chapter 5 Matter and life - the cycling of materials, Keith Ross; Chapter 6 Energy and fuels, Keith Ross; Chapter 7 Stardust, takeover bids and biodiversity, Liz Lakin; Chapter 8 Farming, food and feeding the world, Liz Lakin; Chapter 9 Health and our bodies, Michael Littledyke;