Banse, Gerhard

Nelson, Gordon

Parodi, Oliver

Sustainable Development – The Cultural Perspective.

Concepts – Aspects – Examples.

Berlin

2011

9783894049454

3894049456

49263

Preface
Gerhard Banse, Gordon L. Nelson, Oliver Parodï

Introduction: "Culture" as a Challenge to Sustainability Research
Verena Holz, Barbara Muraca

Address of Welcome
Ulla Burchardt, MdB

Culture and Culturality
Approaching a Multi-faceted Concept
Robert Hauser, Gerhard Banse

1. MEANINGS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
What is Green?
Gordon L. Nelson

Culture, Ethics and Sustainable Development
Medardo Tapia Uribe

Key Issues of Integrative Technology Assessment
Andreas Metzner-Szigeth

Sustainability Ideas in Indian Culture
Little Traditions and Post-modern Adaptations
Appukuttan N. Damodaran

Cultural Sustainability
Anthropological Perspectives
Gabriele Tautscher

Considerations Regarding Cultural Differences when Operationalising Sustainability on a Regional Level
Ildiko Tulbure

The Integrative Sustainability Concept of the Helmholtz Association
The "Risk Habitat Megacity" Project as a Case of Application
Jürgen Kopfmüller

2. CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABILITY. IMPLICIT NORMS AND VALUES
Ethics and Sustainability
Larissa Krainer

Implicit Normative Settings in Concepts of Sustainability and Cultural Diversity
Solving the Antagonism
Robert Häuser

The Role of the Cultural Heritage at the Local Sustainable Development Programs
János Szlávik, Miklós Füle

Water Issues and Sustainability
A Cultural Aspect
Virender K. Sharma

Strong Sustainability across Culture(s)
Barbara Muraca, Lieske Voget-Kleschin

3. SUSTAINABILITY - POLITICAL AND EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS
Sustainable Culture
A Contrast to an Efficiency Society?!
Renate Hübner

"Personal Sustainability" - Including Body and Soul
The Karlsruhe School of Sustainability
Oliver Parodi

Integrating Art and Education for Sustainable Development
A Transdisciplinary Working Process in the Context of Culture and Sustainability
Verena Holz

Standing on Mount Lu
How Economics Has Come to Dominate Our View of Culture and Sustainability - and Why It Shouldn't
Silja Graupe
Sustainable Development
An Issue of the Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag
Armin Grunwald

4. CASE-STUDIES: SUSTAINABILITY - IS IT WORTH IT?
Scientific Utilization of Energy and Sustainable Economy Development in China
Ge Yang

Risks of Unsustainable Technologies
Jónos Szlávik, Miklós Füle

Tsunami in India's Shorelands
Policy Implications of Learning Sustainability from the Victims
Appukuttan N. Damodaran

Sustainability of Marine Fisheries
Marine Reserves, Habitat Restoration, Aquaculture and Stock Enhancement in Florida
Jonathan M. Shenker

Climate Change in Several Central and South American Ecosystems
Challenges and Needs for Effective Management
Eduard Müller, Kenyon C. Lindeman

Cultural Sustainability and Sustainable Communities Initiative in Developing Countries
Evidence from Vietnam and Indonesia
Kien To

Perspectives of Cultural Interplays in Sustainability Research
Caroline Y. Robertson-von Trotha, Oliver Parodi, Robert Häuser

- The Authors
- The Editors