{"product_id":"sustainable-landscapes-and-lifeways-anne-buttimer-9781859183007","title":"Sustainable Landscapes and Lifeways: Scale and Appropriateness","description":"Profound transformations have occurred in our everyday environments during the twentieth century. This book addresses these transformations through a series of case studies of changes in landscape and lifeways during the 1950-1990 period in Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and Sweden. The book's central concern is sustainability -- the challenge of orchestrating the competing goals of economic growth, ecological integrity and social vitality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRegional case studies spanning coal-based power plants in Saarland, farms and bogs in Slieveardagh, traditional fields of Waterland and ultra-modern agribusiness on Flevoland polder, landed estates and farms in Skane -- all illustrate the interconnections of landscape transformations, tensions of place-based and sector-based lifeways, and highly variable horizons of discretionary reach. Beyond regional differences however, all European societies today face common challenges: Europe's commitment to being the world's largest trading bloc while at the same time proclaiming biodiversity and regional distinctiveness; Europe's spatially and temporally-contained regimes of democratic authority vis-a-vis the footloose geographies of multinational enterprise and the ecological consequences of their operations. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sustainable Landscapes and Lifeways\" offers valuable insights for educators at all levels. It invites cross-disciplinary enquiry into vital issues of interest throughout Europe. It also provides a model of analytical enquiry which could be implemented by people at grassroots level to enable self-confident \"bottom-up\" initiatives for more sustainable ways of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Buttimer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 185918300X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781859183007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cork University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.58h x 7.58w x 1.15d","brand":"Anne Buttimer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47001802342655,"sku":"9781859183007","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e5d6bb39-d3ad-4e7c-b9ef-facc309563ed.jpg?v=1751602186","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sustainable-landscapes-and-lifeways-anne-buttimer-9781859183007","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}