Sustainable development and green communication [electronic resource] : African and Asian perspectives /
Servaes, J.editor.
Offering a comprehensive overview of contemporary theoretical and programmatic issues in the fields of sustainability, culture, communication, development and social change, this book explores the relationship between communication and sustainability from a social change perspective.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction: Imperatives for a Sustainable Future; Jan Servaes -- PART I: SETTING THE STAGE -- 1. Sustainable Development and Climate Change: Beyond the Rio+20 Summit; Kosta Kostadinov and Jagadish Thaker -- 2. Future Imperatives of Practice: The Challenges of Climate Change; Chin Saik Yoon -- 3. Synergy of 'Gross National Happiness' and 'Sufficiency Economy' as an Imperative Paradigm for Communication and Sustainable Social Change; Boonlert Supadhiloke -- 4. Environmental Communication from the Fringes to Mainstream: Creating a Paradigm Shift in Sustainable Development; Kiran Prasad -- PART II: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT -- 5. Information and Communication Technologies for African Development: Proportional Technologies and an Ethics of Uses; Ose;e Kamga and Fabien Cishahayo -- 6. A Role for Universities in ICTs for Development Interventions; Royal D. Colle and Tran Van Dien -- PART III: COMMUNICATING THE COST OF SOCIAL CHANGE -- 7. Communicating the True Ecological Cost of Development: Addressing Development and Environment in Orissa, India; Maitreyee Mishra -- 8. Socio-cultural Perspectives towards a Sustainability of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV and Pregnancy Prevention among Thai Students in Bangkok; Patchanee Malikhao -- 9. Factors that Stand in the Way of Green Communication in Africa; Henri-Count Evans -- 10. Future Challenges for Communication for Sustainable Development and Social Change; Jan Servaes -- Index.
Offering a comprehensive overview of contemporary theoretical and programmatic issues in the fields of sustainability, culture, communication, development and social change, this book explores the relationship between communication and sustainability from a social change perspective.
Ethnology-Asia.
Physical geography.
Communication.
Environmental policy.
Social sciences-Philosophy.
Environmental sociology.
Asian Culture.
World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions).
Media and Communication.
Environmental Politics.
Social Theory.
Environmental Sociology.