Cultural Sustainability and the Nature-Culture Interface

Name: Cultural Sustainability and the Nature-Culture Interface
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Cultural Sustainability and the Nature-Culture InterfaceLivelihoods, Policies, and Methodologies\nAuthor(s): Inger Birkeland, Rob Burton, Constanza Parra, Katriina Siivonen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138650497, 978-1138650497\nSynopsis\nAs contemporary socio-ecological challenges such as climate change and biodiversity preservation have become more important, the three pillars concept has increasingly been used in planning and policy circles as a framework for analysis and action. However, the issue of how culture influences sustainability is still an underexplored theme. Understanding how culture can act as a resource to promote sustainability, rather than a barrier, is the key to the development of cultural sustainability.\n\nThis book explores the interfaces between nature and culture through the perspective of cultural sustainability. A cultural perspective on environmental sustainability enables a rene.