Ebook: Society and the Environment: A Swedish Research Perspective

Following the report by the World Commission on Environment and Development, research efforts devoted to sustainable development were promoted by the Swedish Council for Planning and Coordination of Research (FRN).
With its fifteen essays by Swedish scholars on different aspects of society -- environment interface, giving various analyses of and prospects for the concept of sustainable development -- this book is a result of those efforts. The authors represent a spectrum of inter- and multidisciplinary approaches in the field of ecology, economy and environment. They are economists, ecologists, engineers, anthropologists, physicists, geographers, political scientists, science theorists and educationalists discussing sustainable development and the future of society and the environment.
The question is also raised whether there is a special Swedisch `touch' -- with a `responsibility for the world' ethos -- to the approach to environmental issues, especially as seen through the efforts of the research community.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Our Common Future and Beyond: Interpretations of Sustainable Development....Pages 3-12
The Global and the Local....Pages 13-21
Designing Resource Systems for Sustainability: Safe-Fail versus Fail-Safe Strategies....Pages 23-45
Local Models, Global Change: Community Impacts and Sustainability Visions....Pages 47-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
The Emergence of an Ecological Economics Paradigm: Examples from Fisheries and Aquaculture....Pages 69-87
On Designing Socio-Ecological Indicators....Pages 89-106
Towards an Ecologically Sustainable Economy: The Perspective of an Economist....Pages 107-120
Economic and Environmental Policies for Sustainability....Pages 121-150
GIS for the Territorial Concern: Supporting Local Sustainable Development with Modern Information Technology....Pages 151-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Woodland Polyphony....Pages 177-198
Towards Drastic Societal Changes: Historical Experiences about the Pace in which Societies Can Turn....Pages 199-211
The Role of Organizations in the Establishment of Ecological Consensus in Industrialized Countries....Pages 213-228
Conceptions of Future Threats and Developments: Psychological Starting Points and Educational Possibilities....Pages 229-254
The Interplay of Research and Politics: The Case of Antarctica....Pages 257-283
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
The Challenge of the Societal Dimension to Environmental Issues: A Swedish Research Response....Pages 287-311
Back Matter....Pages 313-323

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Our Common Future and Beyond: Interpretations of Sustainable Development....Pages 3-12
The Global and the Local....Pages 13-21
Designing Resource Systems for Sustainability: Safe-Fail versus Fail-Safe Strategies....Pages 23-45
Local Models, Global Change: Community Impacts and Sustainability Visions....Pages 47-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
The Emergence of an Ecological Economics Paradigm: Examples from Fisheries and Aquaculture....Pages 69-87
On Designing Socio-Ecological Indicators....Pages 89-106
Towards an Ecologically Sustainable Economy: The Perspective of an Economist....Pages 107-120
Economic and Environmental Policies for Sustainability....Pages 121-150
GIS for the Territorial Concern: Supporting Local Sustainable Development with Modern Information Technology....Pages 151-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Woodland Polyphony....Pages 177-198
Towards Drastic Societal Changes: Historical Experiences about the Pace in which Societies Can Turn....Pages 199-211
The Role of Organizations in the Establishment of Ecological Consensus in Industrialized Countries....Pages 213-228
Conceptions of Future Threats and Developments: Psychological Starting Points and Educational Possibilities....Pages 229-254
The Interplay of Research and Politics: The Case of Antarctica....Pages 257-283
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
The Challenge of the Societal Dimension to Environmental Issues: A Swedish Research Response....Pages 287-311
Back Matter....Pages 313-323
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