Understanding the Social Dimension of Sustainability - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415964652 ISBN 13 : 9780415964654

Editeur : Routledge, 2008

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

The imperative of the twenty-first century is sustainability: to raise the living standards of the world's poor and to achieve and maintain high levels of social health among the affluent nations while simultaneously reducing and reversing the environmental damage wrought by human activity. Scholars and practitioners are making progress toward environmental and economic sustainability, but we have very little understanding of the social dimension of sustainability.

This volume is an ambitious, multi-disciplinary effort to identify the key elements of social sustainability through an examination of what motivates its pursuit and the conditions that promote or detract from its achievement. Included are theoretical and empirical pieces; examination of international and local efforts; discussions highlighting experiences in both the developing and industrialized nations; and a substantial focus on business practices. Contributors are grounded in sociology, economics, business administration, public administration, public health, geography, education and natural resource management.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Jesse Dillard currently holds the Retzlaff Chair in Accounting, is Director of the Center for Professional Integrity and Accountability in the School of Business at Portland State University and holds an honorary appointment in the University of Sheffield’s Management School.

Veronica Dujon is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Sociology at Portland State University, where she co-teaches a seminar on Social Sustainability.

Mary C. King is Professor of Economics at Portland State University, where she co-teaches a graduate course on Social Sustainability with Veronica Dujon and Barbara Dudley.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0415964652
• ISBN 13: 9780415964654
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 300
• Éditeur: Dillard Jesse, Dujon Veronica, King Mary C.