Environment and Sustainable Development: Perspectives and Issues
In: Towards Sustainable Futures Ser.
Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- List of figures Page -- List of tables Page -- List of contributors Page -- Preface Page -- Introduction -- Part I Perspectives on environment and sustainable development -- 1 Environmental education for sustainability: environment literacy and action-oriented teaching -- 2 The trilemma of energy justice -- 3 Heteronormative exclusions in environmental concerns: queer ecology as critique -- 4 Leisure, happiness and sustainable development: a global perspective -- 5 Indigenous people reclaiming their mountains: a cross-cultural perspective -- Part II Environmental issues -- 6 Environmental injustice and incarceration: notes from the United States -- 7 Energy and sustainable development: sustainability and the energy strategies and activities of Italy and Croatia with a focus on the Adriatic region -- 8 Development alternatives: a plea for mining tourism -- 9 Sustainability and public policies in Brazil -- 10 Environmental attitudes in a neighbourhood context: multilevel analysis in the city of Split, Croatia -- 11 'Not in my backyard?': challenges in the social impact assessment of the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link Project in South Africa -- 12 Pollution control mechanisms: approaches, extent and issues at the global level -- 13 Technology innovations for mitigating environmental and social impacts of oil and gas production in Kenya -- Part III Sustainable development and the people -- 14 Global environmental concerns of contract farming: need for sustainable development in agricultural practices in India -- 15 Mainstreaming gender in climate change: discourse and actions -- 16 Working environment and childbirth: an exploration of sexual inactivity in contemporary Japan -- 17 Droughts and adaptation strategies: challenges for small and marginal farmers.