Challenging consumption : pathways to a more sustainable future / edited by Anna R. Davies, Frances Fahy and Henrike Rau.
Contributor(s): Davies, Anna [editor]
| Fahy, Frances [editor] | Rau, Henrike [editor].
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BookSeries: Routledge studies in sustainability: Publisher: London : Routledge, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: x, 211 pages : illustrations, tables ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138646469 (paperback).Subject(s): Consumption (Economics) | Sustainability -- Economic aspects | Sustainable development -- Economic aspectsAdditional physical formats: Electronic version: Challenging consumption : pathways to a more sustainable futureDDC classification: 338.47 Also available in electronic form.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 338.47 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | MTU Cork Module - EDUC7025 Core reading. | 00218804 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Sustainable consumption is a central research topic in academic discourses of sustainable development and global environmental change. Informed by a number of disciplinary perspectives, this book is structured around four key themes in sustainable consumption research: Living, Moving, Dwelling and Futures. The collection successfully balances theoretical insights with grounded case studies, on mobility, heating, washing and eating practices, and concludes by exploring future sustainable consumption research pathways and policy recommendations. Theoretical frameworks are advanced throughout the volume, especially in relation to social practice theory, theories of behavioural change and innovative visioning and backcasting methodologies.
Thisnbsp;groundbreaking book draws on some conceptual approaches which move beyond the responsibility of the individual consumer to take into account wider social, economic and political structures and processes in order to highlight both possibilities for and challenges to sustainable consumption. This approach enables students and policy-makers alike to easily recognise the applicability of social science theories.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Living -- Introduction: challenging consumption -- Situating sustainable consumption in a policy context -- Unpacking the challenges of researching sustainable consumption and lifestyles -- Part II: Moving -- Changing everyday commuting practices -- Consuming distance or (all) consuming work? The case of telework -- Part III: Dwelling -- Heating -- Washing -- Eating -- Part IV: Futures -- Conclusion: moving on - promising pathways to more sustainable futures.
Also available in electronic form.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Anna R. Davies is a Professor of Geography in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Frances Fahy is a lecturer in Environmental Geography at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
Henrike Rau is a lecturer in Political Science and Sociology at the National University of Ireland, Galway.