Research Catalog

Title

Preserving the legacy : concepts in support of sustainability / edited by Allen G. Noble and Frank J. Costa.

Publication

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©1999.

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Additional Authors

• Noble, Allen G., 1930-2021
• Costa, Frank J.
• Ohio Academy of Science. Meeting (1996)

Description

xii, 231 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

Though only a relatively recent topic of worldwide discussion and interest, the concept of sustainable development traces its origins to the late eighteenth century, when concern for resource conservation and environmental integrity first arose. From this beginning, the concern for sustainable development progressively expanded from a purely local through regional and national, and finally to a global setting. Preserving the Legacy examines this expansion, while discussing several general approaches to the understanding and application of the concept of sustainability. Also discussed are such weighty issues as the balancing of development aspirations with environmental management in developing countries, and the means by which residents in an urbanizing region in a developed country can be induced to consider sustainable development as both a goal and a limiting factor in the conversion of agricultural land. Offering both real world examples of sustainability issues and a forecast for the future of sustainability theory and practice, this fascinating volume will prove invaluable to scholars of the environment, geography, and urban planning.

Alternative Title

Concepts in support of sustainability

Subjects

• Actes de congrès
• Conference papers and proceedings
• proceedings (reports)
• Columbus, Ohio
• Sanfter Tourismus
• Humanökologie
• Kongress
• Nachhaltigkeit
• Ecotourism > Congresses
• Human ecology > Congresses
• Sustainable development > Congresses

Genre/Form

• proceedings (reports)
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Note

• Based on papers presented at the 1996 Ohio Academy of Science annual meeting and subsequently revised, along with studies by other scholars contributed for this volume.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Conservation and the Emergence of the Sustainability Concept / Frank J. Costa and Allen G. Noble -- Context and Strategies. 2. Environmental Management in Development Planning: Some Paradigms and Global Comparisons / P.P. Karan. 3. Urban Planning and Social Ecology: Philosophy, Literature and Convergence / Rich Harrill. 4. Ecology in the Humanities Classroom / John Kandl. 5. Raising the Consciousness of a Region for Sustainable Development / Gail Gordon Sommers and Joseph Daubenmire. 6. Human Settlement and Sustainable Stewardship / Timothy J. Peterson -- Urban Development and Sustainability. 7. Sustainability in an Urban Environment / Timothy J. Peterson, Frank J. Costa and Allen G. Noble.

ISBN

• 0739100157
• 9780739100158

LCCN

98045368

OCLC

• ocm39961990
• 39961990
• SCSB-14468518

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library