Balancing nature and civilization-- alternative sustainability perspectives from philosophy to practice

Balancing nature and civilization-- alternative sustainability perspectives from philosophy to practice / Yoshitsugu Hayashi, Masafumi Morisugi, Sho-ichi Iwamatsu, editors.

This book is an outcome of an international symposium: Sustainability -Can We Design the Future of Human Life and the Environment? which was held as a satellite event of the "Love the Earth"--Expo 2005 (Aichi, Japan). Each chapter is based on the lecture given by the following eminent rese...

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Other Authors: Hayashi, Yoshitsugu, 1951 January 2-, Morisugi, Masafumi, Iwamatsu, Sho-ichi
Format: eBook
Language:English
Japanese
Published: Cham : Springer, 2020.
Series:SpringerBriefs in environment, security, development and peace ; v. 32.
Subjects:
Sustainable development.
sustainable development.
Sustainable development
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Can We Design the Future of Human Life and the Environment?
  • Part I A Sustainable Relationship between Nature and Humans
  • 2. The Fate of Twentieth-Century Civilization
  • A Discussion of "Post-oil Strategies"
  • 3. Sustainable Use of Energy
  • 4. Sustainability from the Perspective of Environmental Archaeology
  • 5. Re-evaluating the Traditional Japanese Perspective on Nature and Ethics
  • Part II: International Conflict Concerning Environmental Damage and Its Causes
  • 6. Kosa (Asian Dust Particles) and Air Pollution in Asia
  • 7. Environmental Charges Levied on Heavy Goods Vehicles in the EU
  • Part III: Ecological Balance and Conflicts in the 21st Century
  • 8. Panel Discussion.

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