Common ground
Subtitle: the sharing of land and landscapes for sustainability
By: Mark Everard
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781848139626; 9781848139633
Subjects: Sustainability; Land use; Environmental aspects
Description: "Common Ground explores the shifting relationship between human society and the landscapes that bear it. Examining the changing understandings of the natural world and its management and exploitation, environmental activist Mark Everard presents solutions in the nature of ecosystem services. Notwithstanding our total dependence on the Earth's natural resources, the relationship between humanity and the land has shifted significantly and frequently throughout our tenure, brief as it is relative to the evolution of planetary life. Appropriating increasing proportions of nature's resources to meet our shifting and growing demands, we have been degrading the quality and extent of ecosystems, nearly destroying their capacities to meet the needs of a burgeoning population. The book offers a fresh and vital whole-system approach to the key under-pinning the issue of sustainability. Everard looks ahead to what is required to live sustainably, respecting the central role of landscapes in supporting human wellbeing into the long-term future"--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-205) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The privatization of the land; title: Reclaiming the common ground; title: The ends of the Earth; title: Shifting conceptual landscapes; title: A landscape at our service; title: The great food challenge; title: Valuing land and landscapes; title: Living landscapes; title: Lessons for tomorrow's world; title: The people's land.