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041			_aeng
082			_a333.95 _bMAS-E
100			_aMaser, Chris
245			_aEcological Diversity in Sustainable Development: the Vital and Forgotten Dimension / _cby Chris Maser
260			_bLewis, _c1999. _aLondon:
300			_axxviii,402 p.
505			_apt. I. Diversity as a Part of Nature. -- 1. Survival, Economics, and Diversity.-- 2. The Universe Is Born.-- 3. Diversity Is the Quality of Being Different. -- 4. Creation and Extinction -- pt. II. Culture and Diversity.-- 5. Culture, Diversity, and Evolution.-- 6. The March of Cultures.-- 7. The Sacred and the Profane -- pt. III. Diversity as the Foundation of Sustainable Community.-- 8. Local Technology and Global Consequences. -- 9. Dealing with Scales of Diversity. -- 10. Diversity Is the Wealth of Sustainable Community.
520			_a "Planners tend to ignore ecological diversity because they don't understand it. Ecological Diversity in Sustainable Development: The Vital and Forgotten Dimension makes that clear." "Features: explains that communities must maintain the natural cycles of the surrounding landscape in ways that provide enough energy to survive; discusses how our thoughts dictate our actions and any consequences are a result of our thinking; argues that we cannot find a solution through science and technology without first raising our level of consciousness because the thinking that caused the problem cannot fix it; and suggests that we can design our futures so that culture creates its own harmony and is in balance with Nature."--Jacket
650			_aEcological Diversity _962801
650			_aSustainable Development
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