John Foster / Stephen Gough (eds.)

Learning, Natural Capital and Sustainable Development

Options for an Uncertain World
Herausgeber: Foster, John; Gough, Stephen

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This special issue of the journal Environmental Education Research looks at how the dominant model of steady development, underpinned by a particular understanding of the natural capital metaphor, impedes progress towards genuine sustainability.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 444g
• ISBN-13: 9780415360203
• ISBN-10: 041536020X
• Artikelnr.: 21809380

Autorenporträt

John Foster is a Research Fellow in the Institute for Environment, Philosophy and Public Policy at the University of Lancaster., Stephen Gough is a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Research in Education and the Environment at the University of Bath.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Learning
natural capital and sustainable development: exploring the connections
John Foster
Stephen Gough; Chapter 2 Uncertainty
environmental policy and social learning
Robin Grove-White; Chapter 3 Making sense of stewardship: metaphorical thinking and the environment
John Foster; Chapter 4 What does 'natural capital' do? The role of metaphor in economic understanding of the environment
Maria Åkerman; Chapter 5 Environmental learning
metaphors and natural capital
Derek R. Bell; Chapter 6 Education for Sustainable Development
natural capital and sustainability: Learning to Last
John Blewitt; Chapter 7 Natural capital: hard economics
soft metaphor?
Adrian Winnett; Chapter 8 Rethinking the natural capital metaphor: implications for education and learning
Stephen Gough; Chapter 9 Options
sustainability policy and the spontaneous order
John Foster;