Common ground : the sharing of land and landscapes for sustainability / Mark Everard.

Author
Everard, Mark [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Zed Books, ©2011.
Description
x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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    "Common Ground explores the shifting relationship between human society and the landscapes that bear it. Examining the changing understandings of the natural world and its management and exploitation, environmental activist Mark Everard presents solutions in the nature of ecosystem services. Notwithstanding our total dependence on the Earth's natural resources, the relationship between humanity and the land has shifted significantly and frequently throughout our tenure, brief as it is relative to the evolution of planetary life. Appropriating increasing proportions of nature's resources to meet our shifting and growing demands, we have been degrading the quality and extent of ecosystems, nearly destroying their capacities to meet the needs of a burgeoning population. The book offers a fresh and vital whole-system approach to the key under-pinning the issue of sustainability. Everard looks ahead to what is required to live sustainably, respecting the central role of landscapes in supporting human wellbeing into the long-term future"--Publisher description.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-205) and index.
    Contents
    • The privatization of the land
    • Reclaiming the common good
    • The ends of the Earth
    • Shifting conceptual landscapes
    • A landscape at our service
    • The great food challenge
    • Valuing land and landscapes
    • Living landscapes
    • Lessons for tomorrow's world
    • The people's land.
    ISBN
    • 9781848139626 ((pbk.))
    • 1848139624
    • 9781848139633 ((hbk.))
    • 1848139632 ((hbk.))
    LCCN
    2011275141
    OCLC
    701811101
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