Description
Book SynopsisIn the face of growing anxiety about the environmental sustainability of the world, George Francis, a leading authority in the field of sustainability studies, examines initiatives undertaken in Canada over the past twenty-five years to protect some of our unique environments.
Trade ReviewStriving for Environmental Sustainability in a Complex World … is an important and interesting look at various innovative ideas that have had varying degrees of success pertaining to living sustainably in Canada.
-- Glenn Perrett * Simcoe.com *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1 Adopting Complexity to Guide Inquiries: Framework, Methods, and Rationale
2 The Landscape Regions: Biosphere Reserves and Model Forests
3 Governing Landscape Regions: Learning from Experience and Surprise
4 Technologies and Innovations: Recent Origins and the Canadian Situation
5 Innovations and Sustainability in the Landscape Regions: Looking Ahead, Looking Back
6 Other Approaches toward Desirable Sustainability for Canadian Communities
7 Where Next? Possibilities Being Explored
8 Where Next for Complexity Thinking Itself?
Appendices
Notes
References
Index
