Communities, development, and sustainability across Canada

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"Communities, Development, and Sustainability across Canada is a timely synthesis of work on how Canadian communities can achieve sustainable development. It bridges the gap between theory and praxis and brings together academics, policy makers, and community activists, all of whom have argued for increased local participation in sustainable community development. The goal of this book is not simply to describe problems but also to suggest answers, not simply to offer theory but also to promote…

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Full title :Communities, development, and sustainability across Canada / edited by John T. Pierce and Ann Dale.

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Publication Date:©1999.

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Publisher(s):UBC Press
Place of Publication:Vancouver
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1999.

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Description:xvi, 302 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

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ISBN:0774807229, 9780774807227, 0774807237, 9780774807234
oclc:ocm43375322
LC Classification:HN110.Z9
Dewey Decimal:307.1/4/0971

1. Sustainable development begins at home: community solutions to global problems / Marcia Nozick -- 2. Social evolution and urban systems: directions for sustainability / Robert Woollard and William Rees -- 3. Systemic crisis in rural Newfoundland: can the outports survive? / Rosemary E. Ommer and Peter R. Sinclair -- 4. Community change in context / Christopher R. Bryant -- 5. Northern communities and sustainable development in Canada's North / Timothy McTiernan -- 6. Sustainable communities and sustainable agriculture on the prairies / Michael E. Gertler.

7. The Canadian Pacific Salmon Fishery: issues in resource and community sustainability / Richard Schwindt -- 8. Incorporating postproductivist values into sustainable community processes / Alison Gill and Maureen Reed -- 9. Natural capital and social capital: implications for sustainable community development / Mark Roseland -- 10. The civic state, civil society, and the promotion of sustainable development / Bryan H. Massam and Jill Dickinson -- 11. Concepts, cosmologies, and commitment: using biodiversity indicators in critical zones models / Thomas C. Meredith.

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