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Book SynopsisOffering 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
Trade Review'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
Table of ContentsContents: List of contributors viii Introduction: the scale of sustainability—the limiting universe where everything and nothing is sustainable 1 Larry M. Frolich, Esmeralda Guevara and Fausto O. Sarmiento PART I FOUNDATIONAL BINARIES OF GEOGRAPHY AND SUSTAINABILITY 1 Packing transdisciplinary critical geography amidst sustainability of mountainscapes 15 Fausto O. Sarmiento 2 A binary South to North world: the geography of sustainability for a high-energy, urbanizing, digitalized human species 31 Esmeralda Guevara and Larry M. Frolich 3 Sustainable development and the concept of scale 49 Bernard Debarbieux and J.rg Balsiger 4 Multidisciplinary approaches for conservation issues 67 Rachid Cheddadi, Fausto O. Sarmiento, Alain Hambuckers, Ali Rhoujjati, Pierre Taberlet, Francesco Ficetola, Alexandra-Jane Henrot, Louis Fran.ois, Fr.d.ric Boyer and Majda Nourelbait 5 The dance of sustainability: a call to engage geographers in local- and global-scale research 79 Carol P. Harden 6 Sustainability and globalization 93 Helena Norberg-Hodge 7 The climate framework in sustainability research: a geographic critique from the Global South 110 Kenneth R. Young PART II INTEGRATION OF DISCIPLINARY DEVELOPMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY 8 Why sustainability matters in geography 117 Friedrich M. Zimmermann and Susanne Zimmermann-Janschitz 9 Urban montology: mountain cities as transdisciplinary research focus 140 Axel Borsdorf and Andreas Haller 10 The Satoyama Initiative for landscape/seascape sustainability 155 William Dunbar and Kaoru Ichikawa 11 A biocultural ethic for sustainable geographies 172 Ricardo Rozzi 12 Values in place: protected areas as a geography of commitment 190 David Harmon PART III RESOURCE EXPLOITATION AND CYCLING OF ACCOMMODATION 13 Regenerative development as natural solution for sustainability 201 Eduard Müller 14 Sustainable relationships and ecological authenticity 219 Nigel Dudley 15 Feeding futures framed: rediscovering biocultural diversity in sustainable foodscapes 235 Genevieve 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. Schelhas 16 Sustainable urbanism or amenity migration fad: critical analysis of urban planning of Cuenca cityscapes, Ecuador 252 Mario E. Donoso-Correa and Fausto O. Sarmiento PART IV COUNTRY EXAMPLES: NON-TRADITIONAL ACTORS/TEK 17 Land cover and land use change in an emerging national park gateway region: implications for mountain sustainability 270 Lynn M. Resler, Yang Shao, James B. Campbell and Amanda Michaels 18 Listening to the campesinos : sustaining rural livelihoods in the tropical Andes 293 Christoph Stadel 19 Decolonizing ecological knowledge: transdisciplinary ecology, place making and cognitive justice in the Andes 307 S.bastien Boillat 20 Cultural sustainability and notions of cultural heritage: a review with some reference to an Asian perspective 320 Ken Taylor 21 Threats to sustainability in the Galapagos Islands: a social–ecological perspective 342 Carlos F. Mena, Diego Quiroga and Stephen J. Walsh 22 Celestial bird’s eye view: tracking forest cover change in the Bellbird Biological Corridor of Costa Rica 359 Steve Padgett-Vasquez 23 Andean indigenous foodscapes: food security and food sovereignty in mountains’ sustainability scenarios 378 Juan A. Gonz.lez and Fausto O. Sarmiento PART V POSTCRIPT 24 Montology: an integrative understanding of mountain foodscapes for strengthening food sovereignty in the Andes 391 Jos. 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. Sarmiento 25 Sustainability: Cooperation Industry Earth 2300 – “Think local planet, act regionally” 406 Thomas J. Christoffel PART VI EPILOGUE 26 Sustainability thinking: the road ahead 415 Fausto O. Sarmiento and Larry M. Frolich Index 419
