Sustainable communities : skills and learning for place making

Robert Rogerson ... [et al.]

Drawing upon interdisciplinary research conducted across various universities within the United Kingdom, this book offers insights into how local initiatives can enhance sustainable development and engage people in creating better places in which to live. Demonstrating how to embed sustainability in all levels of education, this account contains imaginative, practical, and accessible ways in which communities and built-environment professionals are working towards a more sustainable future. Themes such as sustainable development, community coherence, conflict resolution, planning, and environm

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Rogerson, Robert J.
Publisher:	Hatfield, Hertfordshire : University of Hertfordshire Press
Subject:	Lernende Organisation \| Learning organization \| Nachhaltige Entwicklung \| Sustainable development \| Lernen \| Learning \| Qualifikation \| Occupational qualification \| Lernprozess \| Learning process

Extent:	Online-Ressource (xiv, 206 p) ill
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Notes on the editors; Notes on the contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword by Peter Roberts; 1 Learning about sustainable communities by Robert Rogerson, Sue Sadler, Anne Green and Cecilia Wong; 2 Educating built environment professionals for stakeholder engagement by Sarah Sayce and Judith Farren-Bradley; 3 Generic skills and workplace learning: supporting professional development through online learning communities by Ann Hockey, Carlos Jimenez-Bescos, Janice Maclean and Martin Spaul 4 Developing the learning potential of strategic environmental assessment in spatial planning by Sue Kidd, Thomas Fischer and Urmila Jha-Thakur5 Situated learning and the delivery of built environments for sustainable communities by Ian Smith; 6 Understanding and experimenting with skills for community planning by Brendan Murtagh and Geraint Ellis; 7 Raising catchment consciousness: how imaginative engagement can help sustainable use of rivers by Paul Selman, Claudia Carter, Clare Morgan and Anna Lawrence 8 Confronting sustainable community issues in a contested city by Ken Sterrett and Frank Gaffikin9 'Chain gang conservation': young people and environmental volunteering by Michael Leyshon and Robert Fish; 10 Action research to promote leadership and agency in developing sustainable schools and communities by Barry Percy-Smith; 11 The future of sustainable communities by Robert Rogerson and Sue Sadler; Bibliography; Index; Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	978-1-907396-13-7 ; 978-1-907396-13-7
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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