A Dynamic Balance: Social Capital And Sustainable Community Development.HN49 0-7748-1143-9 A dynamic balance; social capital and sustainable community Sustainable communities are communities planned, built, or modified to promote sustainable living. They tend to focus on environmental sustainability (including development and agriculture) and economic sustainability. development. Title main entry. Ed. by Ann Dale and Jenny Onyx onyx (ŏn`ĭks), variety of cryptocrystalline quartz, differing from agate only in that the bands of which it is composed are parallel and regular. . (Sustainability and the environment series) U. of British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography Press, [c]2005 275 p. $85.00 Case studies from Australia and Canada explore the social strand of sustainable development's three imperatives (ecological ecological emanating from or pertaining to ecology. ecological biome see biome. ecological climax the state of balance in an ecosystem when its inhabitants have established their permanent relationships with each , economic, social). The contributors, 20 social science and technology experts from the two nations, draw on lessons learned to reconnect large urban centers and smaller communities that are based on single-resource economies. They argue for a linking of the goals of social capital and community development in order to help small communities survive and prosper. Distributed in the US by the U. of Washington Press. |
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