Overview

Community participation and sustainable development are regarded as essential elements of contemporary social thinking; vital for the future and closely intertwined. This study explores what participation means for democracy, citizenship and accountability; for individuals and national policies. The place of science and expert knowledge is argued to be in setting and achieving community goals and stimulating participatory initiatives.

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Author:   Diane Warburton
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Earthscan Ltd
Volume:   v. 6
Weight:   0.589kg
ISBN:  

9781844079377

ISBN 10:   1844079376
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   01 January 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

A Passionate Dialogue: Community and Sustainable Development * A Communitarian Perspective on Sustainable Communities * Accountability in Community Contributions to Sustainable Development * Getting the Future that You Want: the Role of Sustainability Indicators * Turning the Sustainability Corner: How to Indicate Right * Civic Science and the Sustainability Transition * Us and Them: Finding a New Paradigm for Professionals in Sustainable Development * Bottle Banks in Arcadia? Environmental Campaigning and Social Justice * Achieving Community Participation: The Experience of Residual Involvement in Urban regeneration in the UK * Developing Community Local Agenda 21s * Education and Engagement for Sustainability: The CADISPA Approach * Ethnic Community Environmental Participation * Halcyon Days * Index

Reviews

.. the book succeeds well in raising awkward questions, highlighting good practice and principles, challenging cosy stereotypes, and in provoking thought and action for a better tomorrow. This book does help enormously in explaining the fields of community participation and sustainable development, by discussing many different facets by means of thirteen essays'. Hopefully, it will not only make decision makers sit up and take notice, but inspire them to investigate the alternative and more productive methods of using the planet's resources. --Habitat Journal

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