Contribution to Book
The intersection of disparity reduction and social sustainability: Towards an integrated platform for practice and research
Social Sustainability: A Multilevel Approach to Social Inclusion
(2013)
Abstract
How can we raise the standard of living of the world’s poor and maintain high levels of social health and well-being in the developed world, while simultaneously reducing the environmental damage wrought by human activity? The social dimension of sustainability is becoming recognized as a necessary if not sufficient condition for attaining economic and environmental sustainability. The requisite dialogue requires inclusion at multi-levels. This collection of works is an ambitious and multi-disciplinary effort to indemnify and articulate the design, implementation and implications of inclusion. Included are theoretical and empirical pieces that examine the related issues at the local, national and international levels. Contributors are grounded in Sociology, Economics, Business Administration, Public Administration, Public Health, Psychology, Anthropology, Social Work, Education, and Natural Resource Management.
Keywords
- Social indicators,
- Sustainability -- Social aspects,
- Environmental policy -- Social aspects,
- Social work
Disciplines
Publication Date
2013
Editor
Veronica Dujon, Jesse Dillard, Eileen M. Brennan
Publisher
Routledge Publishing.
ISBN
9780415623926
Publisher Statement
© 2013 – Routledge
Citation Information
McBeath, B., Nissen, L., Goodluck, C., & Brennan, E. (2013). The intersection of disparity reduction and social sustainability: Towards an integrated platform for practice and research. In J.Dillar, V.Dujon, & E. Brennan (Eds.) Social sustainability: A
multilevel approach to social inclusion, pp. 126-157. New York: Routledge Publishing.