ISBN:
9781849772297
Language:
English
Pages:
385 p.
Parallel Title:
Print version Reconciling Human Existence with Ecological Integrity : Science, Ethics, Economics and Law
DDC:
304.2
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
'The ecological challenge demands a paradigm shift in our thinking about the human-environment relation. Reconciling Human Existence with Ecological Integrity provides a ?state of the art? account of work on ecological integrity - and offers a compelling vision for the future.?Derek Bell, Senior Lecturer at the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, University of Newcastle?A book of vast scope and richness ... If policymakers around the world took notice of this insightful set of messages, we would all live with greater happiness, health, and wellbeing, with a brighter future for our chi
Abstract:
'The ecological challenge demands a paradigm shift in our thinking about the human-environment relation. Reconciling Human Existence with Ecological Integrity provides a ?state of the art? account of work on ecological integrity - and offers a compelling vision for the future.?Derek Bell, Senior Lecturer at the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, University of Newcastle?A book of vast scope and richness ... If policymakers around the world took notice of this insightful set of messages, we would all live with greater happiness, health, and wellbeing, with a brighter future for our chi
Description / Table of Contents:
Reconciling Human Existence with Ecological IntegrityScience, Ethics, Economics and Law; Copyright; Contents; List of Boxes, Figures and Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; PART I - OVERVIEW: FOUNDATIONS OF ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; Introduction; 1Ecological Integrity: Its History, Its Future and the Development of the Global Ecological Integrity Group; 2Attaining a Sustainable Society; 3A Modest Proposal about How to Proceed in Order to Solve the Problem of Inherent Moral Value in Nature; 4The Earth Charter, Ethics and Global Governance
Description / Table of Contents:
5Ecological Integrity as an Emergent Global Public GoodPART II - ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY AND BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY: THE INTERFACE; Introduction; 6Ecological Integrity and Human Rights; 7Eco-epidemiology: On the Need to Measure Health Effects from Global Change; 8Finding 'Paradise' in a Complex Web: The Inter-relation of Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Human Health; PART III - ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; Introduction; 9Aligned: Global Justice and Ecology; 10Indigenous Rights as a Mechanism to Promote Environmental Sustainability
Description / Table of Contents:
11A Human Right to Water: An Ethical Position or a Realizable Goal?12The Case for Understanding Inadequate National Responses to Climate Change as Human Rights Violations; PART IV - ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY; Introduction; 13How the World Bank could Lead the World in Alleviating Climate Change; 14The Ecological and Energy Integrity of Corn Ethanol Production; 15Global Integrity and Utility Regulation: Constructing a Sustainable Economy; PART V - FUTURE POLICY PATHS FOR ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; Introduction; 16What Covenant Sustains Us?
Description / Table of Contents:
17Confounding Integrity: Humanity as Dissipative Structure18Socio-material Communication in Eco-sustainable Societies of the Future; 19The Way Forward: Governance for Ecological Integrity; List of Contributors; Index
Description / Table of Contents:
An Ethical Position or a Realizable Goal?12The Case for Understanding Inadequate National Responses to Climate Change as Human Rights Violations; PART IV - ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY; Introduction; 13How the World Bank could Lead the World in Alleviating Climate Change; 14The Ecological and Energy Integrity of Corn Ethanol Production; 15Global Integrity and Utility Regulation: Constructing a Sustainable Economy; PART V - FUTURE POLICY PATHS FOR ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; Introduction; 16What Covenant Sustains Us?
Description / Table of Contents:
Humanity as Dissipative Structure18Socio-material Communication in Eco-sustainable Societies of the Future; 19The Way Forward: Governance for Ecological Integrity; List of Contributors; Index
Description / Table of Contents:
THE INTERFACE; Introduction; 6Ecological Integrity and Human Rights; 7Eco-epidemiology: On the Need to Measure Health Effects from Global Change; 8Finding 'Paradise' in a Complex Web: The Inter-relation of Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Human Health; PART III - ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; Introduction; 9Aligned: Global Justice and Ecology; 10Indigenous Rights as a Mechanism to Promote Environmental Sustainability
Description / Table of Contents:
FOUNDATIONS OF ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; Introduction; 1Ecological Integrity: Its History, Its Future and the Development of the Global Ecological Integrity Group; 2Attaining a Sustainable Society; 3A Modest Proposal about How to Proceed in Order to Solve the Problem of Inherent Moral Value in Nature; 4The Earth Charter, Ethics and Global Governance
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Description based upon print version of record
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