Balancing Nature and Civilization - Alternative Sustainability Perspectives from Philosophy to Practice
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 researchers: Yo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2020, 2020
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2020 |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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