Sustainability /
Pfister, Thomas, (Professor of sociology)
Sustainability / Thomas Pfister, Martin Schweighofer and André Reichel. - London : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2016. - xiii, 109 pages ; 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-1060 and index.
Introduction -- Historical reflection : a brief genealogy of sustainable development -- Sustainability and climate change -- Sustainability and energy systems -- Sustainability and food systems -- Sustainability as transformation and reflexivity.
Sustainability as a reference frame for dealing with the interconnection of environmental, economic and social issues on a global scale is not only characterized by complex problems and long-term strategies but also by differences and disagreements with regard to its meanings and how they should be realised. Therefore, rather than seeking a single most appropriate definition of sustainability, the main focus of this book is on how specific sustainability problems are defined by whom and in which contexts, what solutions are pursued to tackle them, and which effects they have in practice. This account of the social nature of sustainability is intended to assist its readers to better understand the complexities, dynamism, and ambivalence of this concept as well as to find their own position in relation to it
9780415714112 (hardback)
Sustainable development.
Sustainable development
Sustainable development
Sustainable development
Climatic changes.
Clean energy.
Food supply.--Social aspects.--Environmental aspects.--Economic aspects.
338.927 / PFI
Sustainability / Thomas Pfister, Martin Schweighofer and André Reichel. - London : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2016. - xiii, 109 pages ; 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-1060 and index.
Introduction -- Historical reflection : a brief genealogy of sustainable development -- Sustainability and climate change -- Sustainability and energy systems -- Sustainability and food systems -- Sustainability as transformation and reflexivity.
Sustainability as a reference frame for dealing with the interconnection of environmental, economic and social issues on a global scale is not only characterized by complex problems and long-term strategies but also by differences and disagreements with regard to its meanings and how they should be realised. Therefore, rather than seeking a single most appropriate definition of sustainability, the main focus of this book is on how specific sustainability problems are defined by whom and in which contexts, what solutions are pursued to tackle them, and which effects they have in practice. This account of the social nature of sustainability is intended to assist its readers to better understand the complexities, dynamism, and ambivalence of this concept as well as to find their own position in relation to it
9780415714112 (hardback)
Sustainable development.
Sustainable development
Sustainable development
Sustainable development
Climatic changes.
Clean energy.
Food supply.--Social aspects.--Environmental aspects.--Economic aspects.
338.927 / PFI