Environment and sustainability in a globalizing world / edited by Andrea J. Nightingale.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and overview / Andrea J. Nightingale, Tom Böhler, and Ben Campbell -- Background and history of sustainability / Andrea J. Nightingale, Tom Böhler, Ben Campbell, and Linus Karlsson -- Narratives of sustainability : key concepts and issues / Andrea J. Nightingale, Linus Karlsson, Tom Böhler, and Ben Campbell -- Enacting sustainability / Andrea J. Nightingale, Tom Böhler, and Ben Campbell -- Issues of scale in producing sustainability / Andrea J. Nightingale and Linus Karlsson -- The range of environmental concerns / Andrea J. Nightingale and Linus Karlsson, Laura Saxer, and Ben Campbell -- Introduction to the case studies / Andrea J. Nightingale and Tom Böhler -- Alternative food movements and transition towns in the United Kingdom / Ben Campbell -- Community forestry and sustainability in Nepal / Dinesh Paudel -- Sustainable mining and the North / Nancy Langston -- Governing genetically modified crops and agricultural sustainability / Phil Macnaghten -- Rethinking sustainable community through permaculture initiatives in Zimbabwe / Pamela Richardson Ngwenya -- The entanglements of oil extraction and sustainability in the Ecuadorian Amazon / Angus Lyall and Gabriela Valdivia -- Sustainability and gender equality : exploring the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development / Sarah Bradshaw -- Sustaining what and by what means? : the importance of local social relations in the Sahel / Matthew D. Turner.

From the Foundations in Global Studies series, this student-friendly text follows a three-pronged approach to help students understand the globalizing processes relating to the environment and sustainability that are examined in a range of disciplines, including environmental studies, geography, global studies, political science, international affairs, comparative politics, and other disciplines. First, it presents foundational material that gives students the conceptual underpinnings required for rigorous analysis. This section opens with a brief historical overview of the concerns revolving around environmental sustainability in the modern era. Following this, the text will then present key concepts and theoretical constructs that define the global context for sustainable environmental practices, such as the key thinkers and theories on sustainable environmental practice, and the key international agencies and treaties involved in global discussions. The second part of the book examines the space where theory meets reality. It will touch on the various models and ways to measure sustainability, the range of environmental domains at play in the sustainability dialogue, and the controversies surrounding them. The third section employs case studies to examine theory and practice at work in particular situations. The case studies have been selected with an eye toward comprehensiveness of coverage across disciplines and across regions.