2 Social Evolution and Urban Systems: Directions for Sustainability

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface: The Importance of Community ix
4. Introduction xiii
5. Vision
6. Sustainable Development Begins at Home: Community Solutions to Global Problems 3
7. Connections
8. Social Evolution and Urban Systems: Directions for Sustainability 27
9. Action
10. Systemic Crisis in Rural Newfoundland: Can the Outports Survive? 49
11. Community Change in Context 69
12. Northern Communities and Sustainable Development in Canada’s North 90
13. Sustainable Communities and Sustainable Agriculture on the Prairies 121
14. The Canadian Pacific Salmon Fishery: Issues in Resource and Community Sustainability 140
15. Incorporating Postproductivist Values into Sustainable Community Processes 166
16. Natural Capital and Social Capital: Implications for Sustainable Community Development¹ 190
17. The Civic State, Civil Society, and the Promotion of Sustainable Development 208
18. Assessing Progress
19. Concepts, Cosmologies, and Commitment: Using Biodiversity Indicators in Critical Zones Models 243
20. Conclusion
21. Making Communities the Strong Link in Sustainable Development 277
22. Contributors 291
23. Index 294