section 1. Ecological and social resilience -- section 2. Ecosystem services and quality of life -- section 3. Valuation of ecosystem -- section 4. Community and natural resources management -- section 5. Policy reforms and sustainable development

"Encouraging students to engage in the challenges and complexity of sustainability, this text considers not only the theories underlying sustainability, but more importantly how theories are translated into practice and the difficulties of achieving this in the world in which we live. This...

This book highlights matters that relate to technology driven solutions toward the combination of social ecology and sustainable development, addressing the issues of development in advancing and transitioning economies through creating new ideas and solutions. - Provided by publisher

Introduction -- Sustainability and time -- The geography of sustainability -- Ecological resilience and environmental health -- Technological solutions and their problems -- The political and legal challenge -- Sustaining economies -- Culture and change -- Conclusion