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Book SynopsisThis book offers a collection of methods and approaches aimed at resolving some of humanity's most pressing problems on a local and global level. Many of the techniques are practical, with straightforward application and demonstrated positive outcomes, while others are more visionary. Important for transitioning to a more sustainable world, these methods allow for the constructive challenging of existing Western development and governance.
The four specific areas covered are: increasing the sustainability of cities, improving governance for sustainability, transitioning to more sustainable economies and encouraging sustainable living. Designing methodologies for change requires competence and knowledge, combined with courage to experiment and willingness to address a challenge. This book provides much-needed methodological solutions, which will have direct implications for the way policies are developed and decisions are made. It challenges many established notions and practices, such as democracy, innovation, urban planning, community participation and marketing.
Innovative and creative, the approaches described in this book will be of particular interest to those at the frontier of knowledge development. With 30 contributors from 12 countries, the book will appeal to a global readership, including academics, professionals, practitioners, policy-makers, activists, civil society and anyone interested in sustainability.
Contributors include: G. Allegretti, T. Atlee, A. Blinov, D. Bogueva, T. Bouricius, G. Burke, J. Byrne, P. Devereux, C. Eon, D. Galloway, L. Gorissen, X. Guo, J. Hartz-Karp, C. Hendrigan, K. Holmes, J. Hong, J. Kenworthy, D. Marinova, M. Marinova, A. Matan, P. Newman, L. Peral, S. Petrova, J. Pope, T. Raphaely, E. Safonov, L. Stocker, V. Todorov, R. Weymouth, S. White
Trade Review'This sustainability methods book is both practical and visionary, eclectic in some areas such as governance, and in-depth in others - such as sustainable cities. It includes innovative methods - tried and proven successful in different fields - but new to the field of sustainability; e.g., sortition, deliberative democracy and participatory budgeting. It covers areas rarely considered by sustainability aficionados, such as sustainable land grazing, food security, international security, ethical economics and entrepreneurship at micro and macro levels. The ''sustainability cosmos'' presented in the introduction succinctly frames the breadth and depth of the methods that follow. This is a book that needs to be read far more broadly than by an academic audience. It will also be of practical and provocative interest to the broad range of sustainability practitioners, activists, governments and others in civil society.' --Lyn Carson, newDemocracy Foundation, Australia
Table of ContentsContents: PART I: MORE SUSTAINABLE CITIES 1. Transport priorities shaping the urban fabric: new methods and tools Peter Newman 2. Methods to enable walkability Annie Matan 3. The good, the bad and the ugly in urban transport: comparing global cities for dependence on the automobile Jeff R. Kenworthy 4. Methods to enable residential building sustainability: integrating and evaluating energy, water, materials and liveability Christine Eon and Josh Byrne 5. Three models at three scales on the pillars of sustainability Cole Hendrigen PART II: BETTER GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY 6. A new methodological framework for improving sustainability and climate change governance Laura Stocker and Gary Burke 7. Deliberative democracy–democratic renewal capable of addressing sustainability Janette Hartz-Karp and and Rob Weymouth 8. Sortition: Envisaging a new form of democracy that enables decision-making for long term sustainability Terrill Bouricius 9. Sustainability assessment: A governance mechanism for sustainability Jenny Pope and Svetla Petrova 10. Achieving more sustainable global governance: the case of the Responsibility to Protect Luis Peral PART III: TRANSITIONING TO MORE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIES 11. The role of transition initiatives in urban sustainability Janette Hartz-Karp and Leen Gorissen 12. Principles of ethical economics: A basis for transition to sustainability Dora Marinova, Vladislav Todorov, Andrey Blinov and Evgenii Safonov 13. Participatory budgeting: a methodological approach to address sustainability challenges Giovanni Allegretti and Janette Hartz-Karp 14. Understanding innovation for sustainability Dora Marinova, Jin Hong, Vladislav Todorov and Xiumei Guo 15. A systemic framework for entrepreneurship and sustainability Simon White PART IV. MORE SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS AND LIVING 16. Volunteerism: a crosscutting and relational method to achieve the sustainable development goals Peter Devereux, Laura Stocker and Kirsten Holmes 17. Restoring the rangelands David Galloway 18. Sustainability social marketing Diana Bogueva, Talia Raphaely, Dora Marinova and Mira Marinova 19. Public wisdom – the key to sustainability Tom Atlee CONCLUSION Janette Hartz-Karp and Dora Marinova Index
