Sustainability, Conservation, and Creativity: Ethnographic Learning from Small-scale Practices (Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability)

By: Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew J. Strathern

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Synopsis: By examining how small communities have dealt with forces of change and have sought to maintain themselves over time, this book offers pointers and lessons for conservation practices at all levels of society. "Sustainability" has become an increasingly popular term as a signal of concerns with long-term environmental consequences of human actions. Sustainability as a goal has started to replace "development" as a way of describing policies that go beyond the concept of increasing commercial production or making monetary profits from enterprises. By focusing on topical case histories on agricultural activity, stock-keeping, cash cropping, mining, and renewable energy, the authors highlight how ethnographic studies can and should inform policy decisions at both local and global levels. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of applied anthropology, sociology, and development studies.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 54 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780429851360
Related ISBNs:: 9780429456312, 9781138315433, 9781138315433
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 03/21/20
Copyrighted By:: N/A
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Business and Finance, Earth Sciences
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.