Community voices
Subtitle: creating sustainable spaces
By: edited by Sally Paulin.
Contributors: Paulin, Sally.
Series: Contemporary issues; Contemporary issues (Nedlands, W.A.)
Publisher: University of Western Australia Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Crawley, Western Australia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781920694876
Subjects: Sustainable development -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Case studies; Sustainable development -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Citizen participation; Community development -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Case studies; Rural development -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-246).
Table of contents: title: Introduction: community voices: creating sustainable spaces / Sally Paulin. Pt. 1. Recognising community. Public engagement and practical wisdom / Michael Booth. Pt. 2. Giving community a voice. The participative route to sustainability / Janette Hartz-Karp & Peter Newman; title: The WA collaboration: integrating diverse perspectives on sustainability / Nicole Hodgson & Kathryn Beselich; title: 'They came because of the James Dean effect': ambivalence and youth participation in local government / David Palmer. Pt. 3. Acknowledging indigenous cultures and communities. Sustainability: a Noongar approach / Jess Clements; title: The Parnpajinya project: reflections from the field in Western Australia / Natalie McGrath & Dora Marinova; title: Wardandi: caring for country in the twenty-first century / Sonya Stewart. Pt. 4. Political ecology. The Giblett Forest rescue / Chris Lee & Leith Maddock; title: Human forest flourishing: a community perspective / Patsy Hallen & Mary Frith. Pt. 5. Caring for place. Friends: environmental friends' groups / Margo O'Byrne; title: Saving the Moore River Estuary / Roger C. Severn; title: Stewards of Manjaree: children caring for the coast / Laura Stocker & Kathryn Netherwood. Pt. 6. Sustaining community business. Green skills: fifteen years modelling innovative leadership and green development / Louise Duxbury; title: New environmental movements, community gardens and the not-for-profit business, Sustaining Settlements Inc.: an obituary / Aidan Davison; title: Conclusion: encouraging communities to use the sustainable space / Sally Paulin.