Sustainability, growth, and globalization : a social science perspective
Over the past decade the notion of sustainability has emerged as a precept that has been applied to government, commerce, the environment and technology. This volume will discuss how sustainability is reflected in economics, political science and geography through the lens of socio-economic change a...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Bingley, U.K :
Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc.,
[2013]
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| Series | International social studies forum, the series.
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781806613809 |
| DOI | 10.1108/978-1-62396-249-4 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (v, 122 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Sustainability, growth, and globalization : |b a social science perspective / |c edited by James E. Davis (Executive Director, Social Science Education Consortium) and Richard Diem (The University of Texas at San Antonio). |
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| 490 | 1 | |a International social studies forum: the series | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Chapter 1. Sustainability, growth and globalization -- Perspectives, speculation, and reality / Richard Diem -- Chapter 2. Economics and sustainability: A primer / James E. Davis -- Chapter 3. Sustainability in the arenas of power: An exploration of public policy / Charles S. White -- Chapter 4. Geography, sustainability and the future / Joseph Stoltman -- Chapter 5. Exploring pathways toward global sustainability through information and communications technologies for young learners in developing nations / Marvels and Misapplications / Ilene R. Berson and Michael J. Berson -- Chapter 6. Sustainability -- A national case example: Costa rica / Fran Lindau -- Chapter 7. Sustainability -- A local example: Monteverde / Costa Rica, Guillermo Vargas -- Chapter 8. Sustainability, monteverde and the social sciences -- Synthesis, reflections and suggestions / Murry Nelson. Author/Editor Bios. | |
| 506 | |a Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty | ||
| 520 | |a Over the past decade the notion of sustainability has emerged as a precept that has been applied to government, commerce, the environment and technology. This volume will discuss how sustainability is reflected in economics, political science and geography through the lens of socio-economic change and globalization through theoretical and real world perspectives.Using the Costa Rican Cloud Forest community of Monteverde readers will be able to understand how the notion of sustainability has been applied in a community context whose experiences have global implications. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Sustainable development. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Economic development |x Social aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Economic development |z Costa Rica. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Globalization |x Social aspects. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Business & Economics |x Development |x Sustainable Development. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Development economics and emerging economies. |2 thema | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Sustainability. |2 thema | |
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| 700 | 1 | |a Davis, James E. |q (James Edwin), |d 1940- |e editor. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Diem, Richard A., |e editor. | |
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| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i PDF version: |z 9781623962494 |
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