Sustainability
Subtitle: a Bedford spotlight reader
By: Christian R. Weisser, Penn State Berks
Series: Bedford Spotlight Reader Series; Bedford spotlight series
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Boston; Massachusetts
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9781457683763; 9781457634314
Subjects: Sustainability
Description: Sustainability explores questions around the central concept of sustainability: What are its foundations and politics? How do crises challenge sustainability? How is sustainability connected to local and transnational environments? How is sustainability connected to tourism and recreation? Readings by a range of ecologists, urban planners, philosophers, geographers, reporters, artists, and ordinary citizens take up these questions and more. -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: What are the foundations of sustainability?; title: How is sustainability a political issue?; title: How do crises and disasters create challenges for sustainability?; title: How is sustainability connected to local and urban environments?; title: How is sustainability a transnational issue?; title: How are tourism and recreation connected to sustainability?