Editors:
- Addresses the need for greatly increased interdisciplinary and international collaboration regarding survival and sustainability issue
- The conference represents an initial step in this direction.
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Environmental Earth Sciences (EESCI)
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Table of contents (141 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Conservation and Management of Biodiversity
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Front Matter
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Conservatıon And Management Of Bıodıversıty
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Cultural Heritage and Environmental Factors
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Front Matter
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Cultural Herıtage And Envıronmental Factors
About this book
The International Conference on Environment: Survival and Sustainability, held at the Near East University, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus 19-24 February 2007, dealt with environmental threats and proposed solutions at all scales. The 21 themes addressed by the conference fell into four broad categories; Threats to Survival and Sustainability; Technological Advances towards Survival and Sustainability; Activities and Tools for Social Change; Defining Goals for Sustainable Societies.
Activities and tools that move the society towards greater sustainability were emphasized at the conference. These included environmental law and ethics, environmental knowledge, technology and information systems, media, environmental awareness, education and lifelong learning, the use of literature for environmental awareness, the green factor in politics, international relations and environmental organizations. The breadth of the issues addressed at the conference made clear the need for greatly increased interdisciplinary and international collaboration the survival and sustainability concept. The exchanges at the conference represent a step in this direction.
Editors and Affiliations
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Dept. Civil Engineering, Near East University, Nicosia, Mersin 10, Turkey
Hüseyin Gökçekus, Umut Türker
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P.E.LaMoreaux and Associates, Tuscaloosa, USA
James W. LaMoreaux
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Survival and Sustainability
Book Subtitle: Environmental concerns in the 21st Century
Editors: Hüseyin Gökçekus, Umut Türker, James W. LaMoreaux
Series Title: Environmental Earth Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-95991-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-95990-8Published: 26 April 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-95991-5Published: 23 March 2011
Series ISSN: 2199-9155
Series E-ISSN: 2199-9163
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XLI, 1514
Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations, 60 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Development, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning