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La sostenibilidad del desarrollo: el caso valenciano
Este libro presenta un estudio pionero sobre la sostenibilidad del desarrollo en un contexto económico, social y humano específico. La riqueza del material aportado y el carácter innovador de la metodología utilizada lo convierten en un punto de referencia inexcusable en el panorama de los trabajos dedicados a analizar una de las cuestiones claves del siglo XXI: la relación entre economía y ecología, entre la actividad humana de producción y consumo y los sistemas naturales en los que se apoya. De esta forma se ofrece un tratamiento pormenorizado no sólo de la cuestión general de la sostenibilidad del desarrollo, sino de la problemática concreta con que se enfrenta la sociedad valenciana a este respecto. Se analizan los rasgos básicos de la formación social valenciana (población, actividad económica, producción, consumo, valores, actitudes) en relación a la sostenibilidad –flujos energéticos, consumo de recursos, sobrecarga de ecosistemas-, ofreciéndose informaciones y diagnósticos solvente, basados en estudios e investigaciones realizados por un amplio equipo de especialistas.
The Politics of Sustainable Development
The Politics of Sustainable Developmentanalyzes how the theory of sustainable development has been related to the practice and how it has been applied within Europe at all levels of government from the EU down to the sub-national local level. The essays included here begin with an analysis of the ambiguities inherent in sustainable development and the contestable nature of the concept. The contributors explore how far it is possible to reconcile economic growth with environmental needs, asking whether sustainable development can promote equity and development. The book breaks fresh ground in assessing the impact of deep ecological thought on sustainable development as part of a new typology ...
Liquid Power
An examination of the central role of water politics and engineering in Spain's modernization, illustrating water's part in forging, maintaining, and transforming social power. In this book, Erik Swyngedouw explores how water becomes part of the tumultuous processes of modernization and development. Using the experience of Spain as a lens to view the interplay of modernity and environmental transformation, Swyngedouw shows that every political project is also an environmental project. In 1898, Spain lost its last overseas colony, triggering a period of post-imperialist turmoil still referred to as El Disastre. Turning inward, the nation embarked on “regeneration” and modernization. Water...
National Union Catalog
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
