TY  - BOOK
AU  - Purvis, Martin Ed.
AU  - Grainger, Alan Ed.
TI  - Exploring sustainable development : geographical perspectives
SN  - 1853834726
U1  - 333.717 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London
PB  - Earthscan Pub. Ltd.
N1  - Contents List of Figures and Tables  ix List of Contributors  x Preface  xi List of Acronyms and Abbreviations  xii 1  Introduction Alan Grainger 1 Introduction  1 Conflicting Political Ideals  3 Sustainable Development as an Ambiguous Compromise  6 From Economic Growth to Sustainable Development 9 Capital: A Unifying Thread in Development Theories  13 Economic Theories of Sustainable Development 16 Reconciling the Political and Theoretical Discourses  20 Questions about Sustainable Development 22 Geographical Perspectives on Sustainable Development 24 Conclusion  30 2  Geography and Sustainable Development Martin Purvis 33 Introduction 33 A Case for Geography 33 Engaging with Sustainable Development  37 Geography and the Pursuit of More Sustainable Development  40 Looking Deeper 43 Conclusion  48 3  The Role of Spatial Scale and Spatial Interactions in Sustamable Development Alan Grainger 50 Introduction50 Structuring Global Space  51 Achieving Sustainable Development at Different Levels  57 Sustainable Development in Open Economies 60 Interaction between Different Spatial Levels 72 Conclusion  83 4  Linking the Local to the Global: Can Sustainable Development Work in Practice? John Soussan 85 Introduction 85 Approaches to Development 86 Can Local Action Substitute for Ineffective State Institutions? 88 The Political Limits of Local Action 89 National Constraints on Participation in Sri Lanka 90 Institutional Change and Community Forestry in Nepal 92  , Conclusion 96 5 Forecasting Urban Futures: A Systems Analytical Perspective on the Development of Sustainable Urban Regions Gordon Mitchcll 99 Introduction 99 Impacts of Urban Development 100 The Complexity of Urban Sustainability 105 A Systems Perspective: Urban Modelling and Sustainability Assessment 110 Models of SustainabJe and Urban Development 116 The Quantifiable City Programme: Sustainable Urban Development Modelling in Practice 119 Problems and Prospects for Urban Sustainability Modelling 123 Conclusion 126 6Making Cities More Sustainable: People, Plans and Participation Rachaet Unsworth 128 Introduction 128 Continuity and Change in Urban Problems 129 Outlining Sustainable Urban Development 132 Planning for Urban Sustainability 136 People as Planners: Participation in the Search for Sustainable Urban Development 143 Urban Challenges in the Developing World 146 Communicating Good Practice 151 Making the Local Universal: A Concluding Reflection 152 7  Business, Capital and Sustainable Economic Development Martin Purvis 156 Introduction 156 Business and the Environment 157 Sustainable Economic Development as Eco-efficiency 159 Too Good To Be True: Are Win-Win Arguments Sustainable? 166 A Space for Sustainable Development? 171 Conclusion 177 8  Sustainable Agriculture for the 21st Century Martin Purvis and Richard Smith 179 Introduction 179 Modern Agriculture: Reviewing the Account 179 Sustainable Farming: Different Places, Different Solutions 186 Greater Resource Efficiency 187 Redistributing Resources  . 199 Conclusion: Sustainable Futures 204 9  Sustaining the Flow: Japanese Waterways and New Paradigms of Development Paul Waley and Martin Purvis 207 Introduction 207 21st-century japan: Poised for Sustainable Development? 207 Past Imperfect 208 River Management: The Context 211 Technocentric River Planning and the Ministry of Construction 215 Reassessing the Role of Rivers 217 From Words to Deeds 220 Problems Behind the Projects: Environmental Quality and Participation 224 Conclusion: Points of Ideological Cleavage 227 10  Sustainable Futures for the Arctic North Ken Atkinson 230 Introduction 230 Varieties of Development 231 Unsustainable Development: Past Practice and Conflict over Renewable and Non-renewable Resources 232 Sustainable Development in Principle 236 Moves Towards More Sustainable Development: The North American Experience 239 Lessons for the Russian Arctic 244 International Initiatives to Promote More Sustainable Development 246 Conclusion . 248 11  Climate Change, Energy and Sustainable Development Mart in Purvis 250 Introduction 250 Climate Change: A Threat to Sustainable Development? 251 Adaptation to Current and Future Climate Regimes 255 Mitigating Climate Change 257 The Wider Context of Sustainable Development 261 Scales of Change: Theory and Practice 267 Conclusion 276 12 Sustainable Development and International Relations Alan Grainger 279 Introduction 279 The World as Viewed by International Relations Theories 281 Climate Change: The Predominance of an Isolated Globalist Discourse 284 Discourses in Conflict at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development 293 Modifying Existing International Institutions 301 Conclusion 310 viiiEXPLORING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 13  Future Perspectives: Developing Sustainable Development Martin Purvis and Alan Grainger Introduction  313 Reflecting upon Existing Strategies  313 A Necessary Critique  317 Consensus and Contest321 The Challenge of Sustainable Development322 Sustainable Development and Societal Change327 A More Pragmatic Response  331 The Limitations of Current Theories  336 References340 Index  388
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