Fatal consumption : rethinking sustainable development

Author(s)

• Woollard, Robert F.
• Ostry, Aleck S.

Bibliographic Information

Fatal consumption : rethinking sustainable development

edited by Robert F. Woollard and Aleck S. Ostry

（Sustainability and the environment, 5）

UBC Press, c2000

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Taking the slogan "think globally, act locally" to heart, thecontributors to Fatal Consumption are theoretical as well aspractical. They conceptualize the policy analysis they provide, whilealso proposing useful tools for those charged with making decisions.Though specific in focus, the analysis in Fatal Consumptioncan be generalized to most North American urban areas. It offers bothan understanding of the present and hope for a sustainable future,counterbalancing a discussion of the opportunities for change with afrank examination of the barriers to such change.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction: Fatal Consumption (When Too Much Is Not Enough) /Robert F. Woollard Part 1: The Global Reality of Sustainability 1. Ecological Footprints and the Pathology of Consumption /William E. Rees 2. Global Consumption from the Perspective of Population Health /Clyde Hertzman and Shona Kelly 3. Social Capital, Civil Society, and Social Transformation /Michael Carr Part 2: The Box We Are In and Some Ways Out 4. What Is Stopping Sustainability? Examining the Barriers toImplementation of Clouds of Change / Jennie L. Moore 5. Integrating Economy, Society, and Environment Through PolicyAssessment / Peter Boothroyd 6. Local versus Central Influences in Planning for Community Health/ Lawrence W. Green and Jean A. Shoveller Part 3: Case Examples and the Reason for Hope 7. The City of Richmond: Reflections on Sustainability in Action /Janette McIntosh and Robert F. Woollard 8. The BC Sawmill Industry: A Case Study of Community and EcologicalSustainability / Aleck Ostry Conclusion: Working Together and the Prospect for Hope / RobertF. Woollard Contributors Index

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Details

• NCID: BA50219036
• ISBN:
  • 0774807865
  • 0774807873
• Country Code: cn
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Vancouver, B.C.
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 270 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA33207314