Sustainable Landscapes and Lifeways: Scale and Appropriateness

摘要: Profound transformations have occurred in our everyday environments during the twentieth century. This book addresses these through a series of case studies changes landscape and lifeways 1950-1990 period Germany, Ireland, Netherlands Sweden. The book's central concern is sustainability -- challenge orchestrating competing goals economic growth, ecological integrity social vitality.Regional spanning coal-based power plants Saarland, farms bogs Slieveardagh, traditional fields Waterland ultra-modern agribusiness on Flevoland polder, landed estates Skane all illustrate interconnections transformations, tensions place-based sector-based lifeways, highly variable horizons discretionary reach. Beyond regional differences however, European societies today face common challenges: Europe's commitment to being world's largest trading bloc while at same time proclaiming biodiversity distinctiveness; spatially temporally-contained regimes democratic authority vis-a-vis footloose geographies multinational enterprise consequences their operations. "Sustainable Landscapes Lifeways" offers valuable insights for educators levels. It invites cross-disciplinary enquiry into vital issues interest throughout Europe. also provides model analytical which could be implemented by people grassroots level enable self-confident "bottom-up" initiatives more sustainable ways life."