Sustainable Development, Ecological Complexity, and Environmental Values (Current Research) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935709356 ISBN 13: 9781935709350

Publisher: Center for Basque Studies Press, 2013

Synopsis

Sustainable Development, Ecological Complexity, and Environmental Values contributes to expanding the idea of sustainability by integrating different thematic issues related to sustainable development in its threefold consideration (economic, social, and environmental) with regard to the case of the Basque Country. On the global scale, changes have clearly accelerated; ecological and social sustainability are two facets of the same changing reality. First, social sustainability depend on ecological sustainability. If we continue degrading nature's capacity to produce the ecosystems' services (water filtration, climate stabilization, etc.) and resources (food, materials), both individuals and nations will be affected by growing pressures and increasing conflicts, as well as by threats to public health and personal safety. Second, ecological sustainability depends on social sustainability, a socially unjust and unfair system with an ever-increasing population that is not able to have its needs met will necessarily lead to environmental collapse. In addition, human behavior and the social dynamic often lie at the heart of social and ecological problems. It must be, therefore, assumed that there will not be sustainable development if sustainable societies do not first exist. A sustainable society has the challenge of developing human capital. In this book, these global questions are treated as they relate to specific place and context, the Basque Country and its modern institutions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Center for Basque Studies Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1935709356
• ISBN 13: 9781935709350
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222
• Editor: Ayestarán Ignacio, Onaindia Miren