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This book examines the linkages between land tenure, development and governance in the context of China's development transformation. Drawing on empirical studies, it advocates the exploration of innovative land tenure systems that address the wider determinants: institutions, power, politics and social development. The book takes a paradigm shift away from those focusing on the narrow meaning of land rights and tenure security strengthening, as these approaches can paradoxically contribute to weaker land and resource governance. The lessons learnt from China also shed light on its global engagement....
Land reform --- Rural poor --- Sustainable development --- E-books --- Rural poverty --- Poor --- Economic conditions --- 504.062 --- 911.3:63 --- 915.1 --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Agricultural geography --- Geography of China
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"The Politics of the Earth: Environmental Discourses, Third Edition, provides an accessible introduction to environmental politics by examining the ways in which people use language to discuss environmental issues. Leading scholar John S. Dryzek analyzes the various approaches that have dominated the field over the last three decades--approaches that are also likely to be influential in the future--including survivalism, environmental problem-solving, sustainability, and green radicalism. Dryzek examines and assesses the history, interplay, and impact of these perspectives, concluding with a plea for ecological democracy. An engaging writing style and helpful boxed material make this complex subject more understandable to students"--Publisher's website.
Environmental policy. --- Environmentalism. --- Green movement. --- Environnement --- Environnementalisme --- Ecologisme --- Politique gouvernementale --- Environmental policy --- Environmentalism --- Green movement --- 504.062 --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Environment and state --- Environmental control --- Environmental management --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Ecologism --- Environmental action groups --- Environmental groups --- Political ecology --- Sustainable living --- Government policy
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Flourishing: A Frank Conversation about Sustainability invites you into a conversation between a teacher, John R. Ehrenfeld, and his former student now professor, Andrew J. Hoffman, as they discuss how to create a sustainable world. Unlike virtually all other books about sustainability, this one goes beyond the typical stories that we tell ourselves about repairing the environmental damages of human progress. Through their dialogue and essays that open each section, the authors uncover two core facets of our culture that drive the unsustainable, unsatisfying, and unfair social and economic machines that dominate our lives. First, our collective model of the way the world works cannot cope with the inherent complexity of today's highly connected, high-speed reality. Second, our understanding of human behavior is rooted in this outdated model. Driven by the old guard, sustainability has become little more than a fashionable idea. As a result, both business and government are following the wrong path—at best applying temporary, less unsustainable solutions that will fail to leave future generations in better shape. To shift the pendulum, this book tells a new story, driven by being and caring, as opposed to having and needing, rooted in the beauty of complexity and arguing for the transformative cultural shift that we can make based on our collective wisdom and lived experiences. Then, the authors sketch out the road to a flourishing future, a change in our consumption and a new approach to understanding and acting. There is no middle ground; without a sea change at the most basic level, we will continue to head down a faulty path. Indeed, this book is a clarion call to action. Candid and insightful, it leaves readers with cautious hope.
Ehrenfeld, John -- Interviews. --- Sustainability. --- Sustainable development. --- Sustainability --- Sustainable development --- Business & Economics --- Economic History --- Ehrenfeld, John --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable economic development --- Sustainability science --- Environmental aspects --- E-books --- Economic development --- Human ecology --- Social ecology --- 504.062 --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development
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Duurzaamheid is een thema van algemeen belang. Vanuit een maatschappelijke onderstroom via een politiek niveau beïnvloedt de duurzaamheidsproblematiek in toenemende mate onze dagelijkse activiteiten. De invulling van het begrip 'duurzaamheid' is evenwel zeker niet eenduidig: verschillende wetenschappelijke disciplines benadrukken andere dimensies. Aandacht voor duurzaamheid is in een universitaire omgeving dan ook niet gebundeld in één enkele onderzoeksgroep, maar kan worden gesitueerd in een uitgebreide lijst van departementen en onderzoekscentra, verdeeld over de verschillende faculteiten van een generische universiteit.In dit boek worden de sociale, economische en ecologische dimensies van duurzaamheid belicht vanuit verschillende wetenschappelijke disciplines. Naast een situering van het begrip duurzaamheid en een sociologische en juridische visie op het onderwerp, wordt daarbij aandacht besteed aan de impact en opportuniteiten verbonden aan belangrijke activiteiten in onze dagelijkse realiteit zoals bouwen en wonen, voedselproductie, transport, productontwikkeling, energieproductie en industriële processen. Gezien de wereldwijde aandacht voor de mogelijke gevolgen van een klimaatswijziging en de voortdurende polemiek rond een wetenschappelijke bewijsvoering, wordt aan dit thema een afzonderlijke verhandeling gewijd.Vanuit het LEUVENS ONDERZOEKSNETWERK DUURZAME ONTWIKKELING (LONDO) willen de auteurs een holistisch, genuanceerd beeld schetsen van de duurzaamheidproblematiek. Ze willen een inzicht bieden in manier waarop de verschillende wetenschappelijke disciplines kunnen bijdragen tot een duurzame samenleving
duurzaamheid --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- #KVHB:Duurzaamheid --- developpement durable --- sociaal beleid --- economisch beleid --- 614.7 --- 504.062 --- 658.1:17 --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- politique sociale --- politique economique --- Hygiene of air, water, soil. Pollution and its control --- duurzaam ondernemen --- Sustainable development --- Belgium --- Economic aspects --- Political aspects --- PXL-Central Office 2015 --- milieubeleid --- sociologische aspecten --- economische aspecten --- Duurzame ontwikkeling --- Transitie --- Milieurecht --- Energie --- Wonen --- Bouwen --- Landbouw --- Veeteelt --- Transport --- Duurzaamheid --- Belasting (fiscaal) --- Tuinbouw --- Milieu --- Developing countries: economic development problems --- Didactics of social education
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Ecology --- Biotic communities --- 504.75 --- 504.062 --- 504.5 --- Human ecology and human environment --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Lithospheric environment --- Ecology. --- Biotic communities. --- 504.5 Lithospheric environment --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- 504.75 Human ecology and human environment --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities
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Recycling (Waste, etc) --- Environmental protection --- Recycling (Waste, etc.) --- 504.062 --- 500 Milieu --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Production management --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Popular works. --- Conversion of waste products --- Recovery of natural resources --- Recovery of waste materials --- Resource recovery --- Waste recycling --- Waste reuse --- Conservation of natural resources --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Energy conservation --- Salvage (Waste, etc.) --- Waste products --- Environmental quality management --- Protection of environment --- Environmental sciences --- Applied ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental policy --- Environmental quality --- Recycling (Waste, etc.) - Popular works --- Environmental protection - Popular works
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"Buildings are the nation's greatest energy consumers. Forty percent of all our energy is used for heating, cooling, lighting, and powering machines and devices in buildings. And despite decades of investment in green construction technologies, residential and commercial buildings remain stubbornly energy inefficient. This book looks beyond the technological and material aspects of green construction to examine the cultural, social, and organizational shifts that sustainable building requires, examining the fundamental challenge to centuries-long traditions in design and construction that green building represents. The contributors consider the changes associated with green building through a sociological and organizational lens. They discuss shifts in professional expertise created by new social concerns about green building, including evolving boundaries of professional jurisdictions; changing industry strategies and structures, including the roles of ownership, supply firms, and market niches; new operational, organizational, and cultural arrangements, including the mainstreaming of environmental concerns; narratives and frames that influence the perception of green building; and future directions for the theory and practice of sustainable construction. The essays offer uniquely multidisciplinary insights into the transformative potential of green building and the obstacles that must be overcome to make it the norm."--Provided by publisher.
Sustainable development --- Social responsibility of business --- Business & Economics --- Economic History --- Business --- Corporate accountability --- Corporate responsibility --- Corporate social responsibility --- Corporations --- CSR (Corporate social responsibility) --- Industries --- Social responsibility, Corporate --- Social responsibility of industry --- Business ethics --- Issues management --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Social responsibility --- Social aspects --- Environmental aspects --- 504.062 --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Sustainable development. --- Social responsibility of business. --- ENVIRONMENT/General --- ARCHITECTURE/General --- BUSINESS/Management
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Cet ouvrage en deux volumes rassemble les meilleurs exemples de projets verts tirés de la collection Architecture Now!, ainsi que de nombreux projets inédits. Vous y trouverez les réalisations d'architectes de renom, comme Frank Gehry et Norman Foster, ainsi que celles de valeurs montantes venues d Amérique Latine, des États-Unis, d'Europe et d'Asie. Certaines solutions, généralement considérées comme «passives», sont aussi vieilles que l'histoire de l'architecture, alors que d'autres sont nées de technologies de pointe. Les deux approches, et bien d'autres encore, sont illustrées dans ce recueil des 100 bâtiments récents les plus intéressants parmi les créations respectueuses de l'environnement.
Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- Architecture --- hedendaagse architectuur --- sustainable development --- Sustainable architecture --- Sustainable buildings --- Ecological houses --- Architecture durable --- Constructions durables --- Maisons écologiques --- Designs and plans --- Designs and plans. --- Dessins et plans --- Maison écologique --- Développement durable --- Intégration au site naturel --- Construction écologique --- Architectes --- Aspect environnemental --- 72.039 --- 504.062 --- Eco-architecture --- Environmentally conscious architecture --- Environmentally friendly architecture --- Green architecture --- Green building design --- Green design (Buildings) --- Sustainable design (Buildings) --- Sustainable design --- Hedendaagse architectuur. Bouwkunst sinds 1960 --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- 72.039 Hedendaagse architectuur. Bouwkunst sinds 1960 --- Maisons écologiques --- 72.504 --- Duurzame architectuur --- Ecologisch bouwen --- 72.504 Architecture and the environment. Sustainable architecture --- Architecture and the environment. Sustainable architecture --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 2000 - 2050 --- Modern [style or period] --- architecture [object genre]
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This accessible and engaging text is the first to offer a comprehensive critical history and analysis of the greening of architecture through accumulative reduction of negative environmental effects caused by buildings, urban designs and settlements. Describing the progressive development of green architecture from 1960 to 2010, it illustrates how it is ever evolving and ameliorated through alterations in form, technology, materials and use and it examines different places worldwide that represent a diversity of cultural and climatic contexts.
Sustainable architecture. --- Architecture --- Environmental aspects. --- sustainable development --- Sustainable architecture --- 504.062 --- 620.9 --- 72.039 --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- 620.9 Economics of energy in general --- Economics of energy in general --- 72.039 Hedendaagse architectuur. Bouwkunst sinds 1960 --- Hedendaagse architectuur. Bouwkunst sinds 1960 --- Eco-architecture --- Environmentally conscious architecture --- Environmentally friendly architecture --- Green architecture --- Green building design --- Green design (Buildings) --- Sustainable design (Buildings) --- Sustainable design --- Environmental aspects --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- hedendaagse architectuur --- Modern [style or period] --- architecture [object genre] --- Architecture -- Environmental aspects. --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Design and construction
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Academic dissertations --- Architecture and energy conservation --- Architecture et économie d'énergie --- Architecture et économies d'énergie --- Architecture passive --- Architectuur en energiebesparing --- BEPAS --- BEPOS --- Bâtiments à énergie passive --- Bâtiments à énergie positive --- Constructions basse consommation --- Constructions passives --- Constructions économes en énergie --- Dissertations [Academic ] --- Dissertations académiques --- Doctorat [Thèses de ] --- Energy conservation and architecture --- Energy efficient buildings --- Maisons passives --- Master [Mémoires de ] --- Maîtrise [Mémoires de ] --- Mémoires de master --- Mémoires de maîtrise --- Mémoires professionnels --- Passiefhuizen --- Passive houses --- Proefschriften [Academische ] --- Programs [Academic ] --- Projets de fin d'études --- Rédaction de travaux de recherche --- Thesis writing --- Thèses académiques --- Thèses d'université --- Thèses de 3e cycle --- Thèses de doctorat --- Travaux d'étudiants --- Travaux de fin d'études --- Travaux de recherche --- Travaux universitaires --- Universities and colleges -- Dissertations --- Économies d'énergie et architecture --- Écrits académiques --- 69.504 --- 728.1 --- 504.062 --- 620.9 --- Building and the environment. Sustainable building --- Woonhuizen. Woningbouw (algemeen) --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Renewable energy --- Theses --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- 728.1 Woonhuizen. Woningbouw (algemeen) --- 69.504 Building and the environment. Sustainable building --- Thèses et écrits académiques --- Dwellings --- Energy conservation
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