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Author |
: Antony Hooper |
Publisher |
: ANU E Press |
Total Pages |
: 243 |
Release |
: 2005-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781920942229 |
ISBN-13 |
: 192094222X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis Culture and Sustainable Development in the Pacific by : Antony Hooper
Throughout the South Pacific, notions of ‘culture’ and ‘development’ are very much alive—in political debate, the media, sermons, and endless discussions amongst villagers and the urban élites, even in policy reports. Often the terms are counterposed, and development along with ‘economic rationality’, ‘good governance’ and ‘progress’ is set against culture or ‘custom’, ‘tradition’ and ‘identity’. The decay of custom and impoverishment of culture are often seen as wrought by development, while failures of development are haunted by the notion that they are due, somehow, to the darker, irrational influences of culture. The problem is to resolve the contradictions between them so as to achieve the greater good—access to material goods, welfare and amenities, ‘modern life’—without the sacrifice of the ‘traditional’ values and institutions that provide material security and sustain diverse social identities. Resolution is sought in this book by a number of leading writers from the South Pacific including Langi Kavaliku, Epeli Hau’ofa, Marshall Sahlins, Malama Meleisea, Joeli Veitayaki, and Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka. The volume is brought together for UNESCO by Antony Hooper, Professor Emeritus at the University of Auckland. UNESCO experts include Richard Engelhardt, Langi Kavaliku, Russell Marshall, Malama Meleisea, Edna Tait and Mali Voi.
Author |
: Antony Hooper |
Publisher |
: Anu Press |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1920942238 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781920942236 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Culture and Sustainable Development in the Pacific by : Antony Hooper
Throughout the South Pacific, notions of 'culture' and 'development' are very much alive--in political debate, the media, sermons, and endless discussions amongst villagers and the urban élites, even in policy reports. Often the terms are counterposed, and development along with 'economic rationality', 'good governance' and 'progress' is set against culture or 'custom', 'tradition' and 'identity'. The decay of custom and impoverishment of culture are often seen as wrought by development, while failures of development are haunted by the notion that they are due, somehow, to the darker, irrational influences of culture. The problem is to resolve the contradictions between them so as to achieve the greater good--access to material goods, welfare and amenities, 'modern life'--without the sacrifice of the 'traditional' values and institutions that provide material security and sustain diverse social identities. Resolution is sought in this book by a number of leading writers from the South Pacific including Langi Kavaliku, Epeli Hau'ofa, Marshall Sahlins, Malama Meleisea, Joeli Veitayaki, and Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka. The volume is brought together for UNESCO by Antony Hooper, Professor Emeritus at the University of Auckland. UNESCO experts include Richard Engelhardt, Langi Kavaliku, Russell Marshall, Malama Meleisea, Edna Tait and Mali Voi.
Author |
: Edoardo Monaco |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2024-10-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9819736285 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789819736287 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sustainable Development Across Pacific Islands by : Edoardo Monaco
This timely and ambitious volume - a product of close research collaboration with the United Nations Multi-Country Office for Micronesia - is conceived as a holistic “journey” across various domains of progress in a region that, despite fundamental common traits, remains vast and diverse. Pacific island countries and territories (PICTs) have (too) often been identified with elements of vulnerability, whether these be social, economic, or environmental in nature. While these factors cannot be overlooked, this volume aims to showcase not only the long-standing and emerging challenges but, perhaps more importantly, the opportunities, the resilience, the resourcefulness, and the ambition that local socioeconomic development patterns in the Pacific already encompass. Beyond PICTs themselves, we hope that the analyses collected in this book will contribute to highlighting the global significance of the human–nature nexus in the current Anthropocene. Often captured in the concept of “small islands, big oceans”, the importance of the region and its islands and peoples transcends the geographical remoteness and small size of many PICTs.
Author |
: Kamanamaikalani Beamer |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 243 |
Release |
: 2022-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300253009 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0300253001 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis Islands and Cultures by : Kamanamaikalani Beamer
A uniquely collaborative analysis of human adaptation to the Polynesian islands, told through oral histories, biophysical evidence, and historical records Humans began to settle the area we know as Polynesia between approximately 3,000 and 800 years ago. Bringing with them both material culture, including plants and animals, and ideas about societal organization, settlers had to adapt to the specific biophysical features of the islands they discovered. The authors of this book analyze the formation of their human-environment systems by using oral histories, biophysical evidence, and historical records, arguing that the Polynesian islands can serve as useful models for how human societies in general interact with their environments. The islands' clearly defined (and relatively isolated) environments, comparatively recent discovery by humans, and innovative and dynamic societies allow for unique insights not available when studying other cultures. Kamana Beamer, Te Maire Tau, and Peter Vitousek have collaborated with a dozen other scholars, many of them Polynesian, to show how these cultures adapted to novel environments in the past and how we can draw insights from these cultures and their adaptations for global sustainability today.
Author |
: World Bank. East Asia and Pacific Regional Office. Urban Development Sector Unit |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 96 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:49919343 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis Culture and Sustainable Development by : World Bank. East Asia and Pacific Regional Office. Urban Development Sector Unit
Author |
: J. Overton |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 328 |
Release |
: 1999-08-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSC:32106012589187 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Strategies for Sustainable Development by : J. Overton
This book shows how the environments and cultures of Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia need to be taken careful account of in fashioning sustainable development projects and strategies. Case studies point up good and bad development practices.
Author |
: Ben Burt |
Publisher |
: Asia Pacific Press |
Total Pages |
: 320 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSD:31822024138554 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Environment and Development in the Pacific Islands by : Ben Burt
Author |
: Xiumei Guo |
Publisher |
: World Scientific |
Total Pages |
: 443 |
Release |
: 2018-06-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789813236011 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9813236019 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sustainability And Development In Asia And The Pacific: Emerging Policy Issues by : Xiumei Guo
The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide a common global agenda for development. However, the emerging policy issues vary greatly across the world.With 32 contributors, this volume provides a timely, research-based overview for the need for policy interventions to improve the sustainability and development models of the ten selected countries in Asia and the Pacific. The volume is firmly positioned at the cusp between research, policy and practice.
Author |
: UNESCO |
Publisher |
: UNESCO Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 105 |
Release |
: 2019-11-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789231003523 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9231003526 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Culture and public policy for sustainable development by : UNESCO
Author |
: John Connell |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 255 |
Release |
: 2002-09-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134540723 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134540728 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Urbanisation in the Island Pacific by : John Connell
Managing rapid urban growth presents a significant challenge in the small independent countries of the Pacific Islands. Although they originated in colonial times, the towns and cities are now distinctively post-colonial, with economies, environments and social structures that reflect unique island characteristics. This transformation has stimulated new concerns, such as the causes and effects of pollution, the need for employment for landless migrants, the need for adequate and affordable housing and the financing of expanding urban services. This book explores the diversity of the urban experience in the ten independent island states, focusing on strategies to secure long term sustainable development.