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Nature Environmental Conservation & Protection

Communities, Development, and Sustainability across Canada

by (author) John T. Pierce & Ann Dale

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2011
Category
Environmental Conservation & Protection
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774842051
    Publish Date
    Nov 2011
    List Price
    $32.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774807227
    Publish Date
    Jun 1999
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774807234
    Publish Date
    May 2000
    List Price
    $34.95

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What is a sustainable community? The pressing need to answer this simple question is what prompted John Pierce and Ann Dale to gather the essays in this volume. Communities, Development, and Sustainability across Canada is a timely synthesis of work on how Canadian communities can achieve sustainable development. It bridges the gap between theory and praxis and brings together academics, policy makers, and community activists, all of whom have argued for increased local participation in sustainable community development. Communities have become the weak link in efforts to refashion relations between the environment and the economy. The goal of this book is not simply to describe problems but also to suggest answers, not simply to offer theory but also to promote action, so that Canadian communities can better achieve sustainable development.

About the authors

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Ann Dale is a professor in the School of Environment and Sustainability and Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Community Development at Royal Roads University.

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