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Global sustainability : the impact of local cultures : a new perspective for science and engineering, economics and politics
- Title
- Global sustainability : the impact of local cultures : a new perspective for science and engineering, economics and politics / edited by Peter A. Wilderer, Edward D. Schroeder, Horst Kopp.
- Publication
- Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, 2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | HC79.E5 G56 2005g | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxv, 240 pages : portraits; 25 cm
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- Note
- Contains papers from a workshop held the monastery "Kloster Banz", Germany, February 2003.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- History and mandate of sustainability : from local forestry to global policy -- Sustainable development : exploring the cross-cultural dimension -- Sustainable development and cultural diversity -- Technological progress in different cultures and periods : historical evolution projected into the future -- Views of sustainability : elements of a synthesis -- A new way of thinking about sustainability, risk and environmental decision-making -- Humility and establishing the sustainable environment -- Conflicts and conflict-solving as chances to make the concept of sustainable development work -- Sustainability through science-technology-society education -- Sustainability and consumption of raw materials in Germany -- Sustainability, culture and regional scales : some remarks from human geography -- Sustainable development in Asia : traditional ideas and irreversible processes -- Sustainability of development and valuation of non-renewable resources : an analysis in the context of local cultures -- Sustainability in Latin American countries : challenge and opportunities for Argentina -- On the roles engineers may play in the attempt to meet basic demands of man and nature -- Integrating cultural aspects in the implementation of large water projects -- Sustainability from and entrepreneurial point of view seen from the particular standpoint of a company active in the water industry -- Synthesis.
- ISBN
- 3527312366 (cased)
- 9783527312368 (cased)
- OCLC
- ocm57355273
- 57355273
- SCSB-5369046
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries