Striving for environmental sustainability in a complex world : Canadian experiences
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Striving for environmental sustainability in a complex world : Canadian experiences
(Sustainability and the environment)
UBC Press, c2016
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
In the face of growing anxiety about global environmental sustainability, George Francis, a leading authority in the field of sustainability studies, examines initiatives undertaken in Canada over the past twenty-five years to protect some of our unique environments. Focusing mainly on collaborative studies of thirty-one landscape regions - designated as "Biosphere Reserves" by UNESCO or as "Model Forests" by the Canadian Forest Service - Francis also summarizes smaller sustainability projects across the country. The author concludes on a hopeful note, looking at solutions considered, proposed, and in some cases already implemented by groups striving for sustainability in an increasingly complex world.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 Adopting Complexity to Guide Inquiries: Framework, Methods, and Rationale
2 The Landscape Regions: Biosphere Reserves and Model Forests
3 Governing Landscape Regions: Learning from Experience and Surprise
4 Technologies and Innovations: Recent Origins and the Canadian Situation
5 Innovations and Sustainability in the Landscape Regions: Looking Ahead, Looking Back
6 Other Approaches toward Desirable Sustainability for Canadian Communities
7 Where Next? Possibilities Being Explored
8 Where Next for Complexity Thinking Itself?
Appendices
Notes
References
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"