Living within a Fair Share Ecological Footprint (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Vale, Robert; Vale, Brenda

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The way in which humanity is using the planet's resources is unsustainable. Based on quantified research, this book calculates a fair share ecological footprint and demonstrates how to live within it at minimal cost It is shown that a workable, practical change in behaviour now will avoid very challenging problems in the future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136456060
• Artikelnr.: 47895761

Autorenporträt

Robert and Brenda Vale are Professorial Research Fellows in the School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. They share common research interests in ecological footprinting and sustainable building design, and are both currently working on the new Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (FRST) project to deliver ecological footprinting and systems approaches to sustainable development of communities.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Introduction 1. Footprints and Fair Earth Share Part 2: What does
Living within a Fair Earth Share Mean? 2.1: Personal Footprint 2. Food 3.
Domestic Travel 4. Consumer Goods 5. The Dwelling 6. Tourism 2.2:
Collective Footprint 7. Infrastructure 8. Government 9. Services Part 3:
Footprints in the Past 10. A Study of Wellington in the 1950s Part 4:
Footprints in the Present 11. A Study of China 12. A Study of Suberban
Thailand 13. Kampung Naga, Indonesia 14. A Study of Hanoi, Vietnam 15. A
Study of Suburban New Zealand 16. The Hockerton Housing Project, England
17. Education for Lower Footprints 18. Footprints and Income 19.
Sustainable Urban Form Part 5: Conclusions 20. "I wouldn't Start from
Here..."