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Living within a fair share ecological footprint / edited by Robert Vale and Brenda Vale.
- Title
- Living within a fair share ecological footprint / edited by Robert Vale and Brenda Vale.
- Publication
- Abingdon, Oxon. ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
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- Description
- xiv, 326 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Demonstrates that change in behaviour now will avoid some very challenging problems in the future. The emphasis is on workable, practical and sustainable solutions based on quantified research, rather than on generalities about overall problems facing humanity. Robert and Brenda Vale, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- I. Introduction. Ecological footprints, fair earth-shares and urbanization / William E. Rees and Jennie Moore -- II. What does living within a fair earth share mean? Personal footprint. The ecological footprint of food / James M. Richardson -- Domestic travel / Robert and Brenda Vale -- Consumer goods / Maggie Lawton -- The dwelling / Nalanie Mithraratne -- Tourism / Abbas Mahravan -- Collective footprint. Infrastructure / Ning Huang -- Government / Jeremy Gabe and Rebecca Gentry -- Services / Soo Ryu -- III. Footprints in the past. A study of Wellingon in the 1950s / Carmeny Field, with Brenda Vale -- IV. Footprints in the present. A study of China / Yuefeng Guo -- A study of suburban Thailand / Sirimas Hengrasmee -- Kampung Naga, Indonesia / Grace Pamungkas, with Fabricio Chicca and Brenda Vale -- A study of Hanoi, Vietnam / Han Thuc Tran -- A study of suburban New Zealand / Sumita Ghosh -- The Hockerton Housing Project, Engliand / Brenda and Robert Vale -- Education for lower footprints / Sant Chansomsak -- Footprints and income / Ella Lawton -- Sustainable urban form / Fabricio Chicca -- V. Conclusion. 'I wouldn't start from here' / Brenda and Robert Vale.
- ISBN
- 9780415507226 (hbk)
- 0415507227 (hbk)
- 9780415507233 (pbk)
- 0415507235 (pbk)
- 9780203126448 (ebk)
- 0203126440 (ebk)
- LCCN
- ^^2012033978
- OCLC
- 781675110
- SCSB-12543762
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library