The give and take of sustainability : archaeological and anthropological perspectives on tradeoffs

Summary: "Sustainability strives to meet the needs of the present without compromising the future, but increasingly recognizes the tradeoffs among these many needs. Who benefits? Who bears the burden? How are these difficult decisions made? Are people aware of these hard choices? This timely volume brings the perspectives of ethnography and archaeology to bear on these questions by examining case studies from around the world. Written especially for this volume, the essays by an international team of scholars offer archaeological and ethnographic examples from the southwestern United States, the Maya region of Mexico, Africa, India, and the North Atlantic, among other regions. Collectively, they explore the benefits and consequences of growth and development, the social costs of ecological sustainability, and tensions between food and military security"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781107435254
ISBN: 9781107078338
ISBN: 1107078334
ISBN: 9781139939720
ISBN: 9781108168113
ISBN: 9781108167888
ISBN: 9781107435254
ISBN: 1139939726
ISBN: 1108168116
ISBN: 1108167888
ISBN: 1107435250
Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Publisher: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

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General Note:	CatMonthString.july.23 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The Importance (and Difficulty) of Recognizing Tradeoffs The Power of Words ; The Temporal Dimension ; Social and Spatial Scales ; Analysis: Making Tradeoffs Less Difficult ; Perspective and Values ; Conclusions: Moving on to the Volume ; References
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 31, 2017).