Elgar Companion to Geography, Transdisciplinarity and Sustainability

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Offering a cutting-edge, transdisciplinary approach to bio-physical and bio-cultural scales of sustainability, this Companion explores diverse understandings of the what, how, why and where questions of sustainability. It examines the key notion of how to optimize human quality of life whilst minimizing environmental suffering.Integrating a range of disciplines through the social sciences, natural sciences and arts and humanities, this Companion focuses on the human component of sustainability, using a place-based and life-scape approach to environmental questions. Chapters analyze critical topics including: urbanization and city life, environmental conservation and rural landscapes, long-term interactions with natural life, climate change and the importance of mountain regions. Looking beyond an economic analysis of sustainability and well-being, this Companion incorporates cross-cutting social, cultural, judicial and spiritual dimensions of sustainability and regenerative development.With a combination of international case studies and an interdisciplinary framework for understanding the topic, this will be an interesting read for those studying sustainability from a range of disciplinary bases including ecological economists, human ecologists and geographers. It will also be beneficial to urban planners and ecologists interested in how the profoundly impactful evolutionary trend towards the urban environment is impacting human geographies around the world. Contributors include: B. Antaki, J. Balsiger, A. Barreau, S. Boillat, B. Boley, A. Borsdorf, F. Boyer, M. Bush, J.B. Campbell, M. Carré, R. Cheddadi, T.J. Christoffel, B. Debarbieux , M.E. Donoso-Correa, N. Dudley, W. Dunbar, F. Ficetola, L. François, L.M. Frolich, E. Guevara, J.A. González, A. Haller, C.P. Harden, D. Harmon, A.-J. Henrot, S.L. Hitchner, G.A. Holdridge, K. Huang, J.T. Ibarra, K. Ichikawa, E.A. Macdonald, C. Mena, C. Merchant, A. Michaels, C. Monterrubio-Solís, E. Müller, M. Navarro, H. Norberg-Hodge, M. Oliva, S. Padgett-Vasquez, S.E. Pilaar Birch, D. Quiroga, J.K. Reap, L.M. Resler, A. Rhoujjati, R. Rozzi, F.O. Sarmiento, J.W. Schelhas, Y. Shao, C. Stadel, P. Taberlet, K. Taylor, S.J. Walsh, K.R. Young, Z. Zheng, F.M. Zimmermann, S. Zimmermann-Janschitz

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-05-07
Mått:169 x 244 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781786430090

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Edited by Fausto O. Sarmiento, Department of Geography, University of Georgia and Larry M. Frolich, Department of Natural Sciences, Miami Dade College, Florida, US

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'This Elgar Companion offers a long-awaited combination of geography and sustainability, where the notions of time and scale are brought together with the concept of intra- and inter-generational equity, and the need to underlay this with a transdisciplinary scientific approach that goes way beyond scientific disciplines.'--Hans Hurni, University of Bern, Switzerland'Crossing and connecting a variety of disciplines and scales, from the smallest to the largest, from the most peripheral to the most urban settings, this book is a must for everyone interested in modern geography.'--Andrea Fischer, Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria

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Contents:List of contributors viiiIntroduction: the scale of sustainability—the limiting universe where everythingand nothing is sustainable 1Larry M. Frolich, Esmeralda Guevara and Fausto O. SarmientoPART I FOUNDATIONAL BINARIES OF GEOGRAPHY ANDSUSTAINABILITY1 Packing transdisciplinary critical geography amidst sustainability ofmountainscapes 15Fausto O. Sarmiento2 A binary South to North world: the geography of sustainability for ahigh-energy, urbanizing, digitalized human species 31Esmeralda Guevara and Larry M. Frolich3 Sustainable development and the concept of scale 49Bernard Debarbieux and J.rg Balsiger4 Multidisciplinary approaches for conservation issues 67Rachid Cheddadi, Fausto O. Sarmiento, Alain Hambuckers, Ali Rhoujjati,Pierre Taberlet, Francesco Ficetola, Alexandra-Jane Henrot, Louis Fran.ois,Fr.d.ric Boyer and Majda Nourelbait5 The dance of sustainability: a call to engage geographers in local- andglobal-scale research 79Carol P. Harden6 Sustainability and globalization 93Helena Norberg-Hodge7 The climate framework in sustainability research: a geographic critique fromthe Global South 110Kenneth R. YoungPART II INTEGRATION OF DISCIPLINARY DEVELOPMENT FORSUSTAINABILITY8 Why sustainability matters in geography 117Friedrich M. Zimmermann and Susanne Zimmermann-Janschitz9 Urban montology: mountain cities as transdisciplinary research focus 140Axel Borsdorf and Andreas Haller10 The Satoyama Initiative for landscape/seascape sustainability 155William Dunbar and Kaoru Ichikawa11 A biocultural ethic for sustainable geographies 172Ricardo Rozzi12 Values in place: protected areas as a geography of commitment 190David HarmonPART III RESOURCE EXPLOITATION AND CYCLING OFACCOMMODATION13 Regenerative development as natural solution for sustainability 201Eduard Müller14 Sustainable relationships and ecological authenticity 219Nigel Dudley15 Feeding futures framed: rediscovering biocultural diversity in sustainablefoodscapes 235Genevieve A. Holdridge, Fausto O. Sarmiento, Suzanne E. Pilaar Birch,Bynum Boley, James K. Reap, Eric A. Macdonald, Mar.a Navarro,Sarah L. Hitchner and John W. Schelhas16 Sustainable urbanism or amenity migration fad: critical analysis of urbanplanning of Cuenca cityscapes, Ecuador 252Mario E. Donoso-Correa and Fausto O. SarmientoPART IV COUNTRY EXAMPLES: NON-TRADITIONAL ACTORS/TEK17 Land cover and land use change in an emerging national park gateway region:implications for mountain sustainability 270Lynn M. Resler, Yang Shao, James B. Campbell and Amanda Michaels18 Listening to the campesinos : sustaining rural livelihoods in the tropical Andes 293Christoph Stadel19 Decolonizing ecological knowledge: transdisciplinary ecology, place makingand cognitive justice in the Andes 307S.bastien Boillat20 Cultural sustainability and notions of cultural heritage: a review with somereference to an Asian perspective 320Ken Taylor21 Threats to sustainability in the Galapagos Islands: a social–ecologicalperspective 342Carlos F. Mena, Diego Quiroga and Stephen J. Walsh22 Celestial bird’s eye view: tracking forest cover change in the BellbirdBiological Corridor of Costa Rica 359Steve Padgett-Vasquez23 Andean indigenous foodscapes: food security and food sovereignty inmountains’ sustainability scenarios 378Juan A. Gonz.lez and Fausto O. SarmientoPART V POSTCRIPT24 Montology: an integrative understanding of mountain foodscapes forstrengthening food sovereignty in the Andes 391Jos. Tom.s Ibarra, Antonia Barreau, Carla Marchant, Juan A. Gonz.lez,Manuel Oliva, Mario E. Donoso-Correa, Berea Antaki,Constanza Monterrubio-Sol.s and Fausto O. Sarmiento25 Sustainability: Cooperation Industry Earth 2300 – “Think local planet,act regionally” 406Thomas J. ChristoffelPART VI EPILOGUE26 Sustainability thinking: the road ahead 415Fausto O. Sarmiento and Larry M. FrolichIndex 419