Sustainable Human–Nature Relations

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvi

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2. Sustainability: Understanding and Insight

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Human-Nature Relations: The Unwanted Filibuster

      • Giuseppe T. Cirella, Samuel W. Mwangi, Andrzej Paczoski, Solomon T. Abebe

      Pages 3-22

   3. Sociocultural-Carrying Capacity: Impact of Population Growth in Rapa Nui

      • Piroska Ángel, Kay Bergamini

      Pages 23-47

   4. Territorial Integration of Foreigners: Social Sustainability of Host Societies

      • Federico Benassi, Alessia Naccarato

      Pages 49-62

   5. Sustainable Land Reforms and Irregular Migration Management

      • Samuel W. Mwangi, Giuseppe T. Cirella

      Pages 63-78

   6. Role of the International Ecological Network, Emerald, in the Western Balkans’ Protected Areas

      • Tea Požar, Giuseppe T. Cirella

      Pages 79-98

3. Economic Evaluation: Perspective Ideas

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99

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   2. How Efficient is Urban Land Speculation?

      • Bedane Sh. Gemeda, Birhanu G. Abebe, Giuseppe T. Cirella

      Pages 101-121

   3. Land Use Change Model Comparison: Mae Sot Special Economic Zone

      • Sutatip Chavanavesskul, Giuseppe T. Cirella

      Pages 123-138

   4. Cohesion Policy for Europe 2020

      • Andrzej Paczoski, Solomon T. Abebe, Giuseppe T. Cirella

      Pages 139-169

   5. Evaluating Green Infrastructure via Unmanned Aerial Systems and Optical Imagery Indices

      • Matjaž N. Perc, Giuseppe T. Cirella

      Pages 171-184

4. Urbanization and Sustainability Strategies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185

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   2. Urban Sustainability: Integrating Ecology in City Design and Planning

      • Alessio Russo, Giuseppe T. Cirella

      Pages 187-204

   3. Urbanization and Population Change: Banjar Municipality

      • Agus Supriyadi, Tao Wang, Shanshan Chu, Tianwu Ma, Raden G. Shaumirahman, Giuseppe T. Cirella

      Pages 205-223

5. Back Matter

   Pages 225-240

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This book addresses sustainability thinking and the bigger picture, by taking into consideration how and from where contemporary schools of thought emerged approximately a quarter-century ago. Evidence from the literature illustrates a number of key concepts and techniques that have been tested and continue to be tested, within various multi-disciplinary fields, on societal functionality. Research into sustainable societies needs to be sound, ethical, and creative. A cross-sectoral, interdisciplinary examination of challenges and strategies is used to interlink sustainability thinking and human-nature relations. With an ever-growing number of people now concentrated within urban areas, providing not only environmental quality and livable space, but also security and resilient urban systems, is becoming increasingly important. This urbanization trend has overlapped with environmental degradation, consumption of natural resources, habitat loss, and overall ecosystem change. Consequently, the goal is for cleaner, safer societies – with higher standards of living – to excel in support of current and future generational communities. The book tackles these challenges by integrating environmental scholarship, economic evaluation, and urban strategies under one umbrella of thought. The relational paradigms presented include examples that correlate developed and developing countries, socioeconomics and community development, and governance of knowledge and education. As such, the book argues, furthering of knowhow should be accessible and shared in order to achieve maximum innovation and benefit. Sustainability thinking, after all, is a metric for intrinsic human-nature relations in terms of past performance, present development, and future goals. This book discusses this metric and offers novel approaches to growing societies and what we can do next.

• Urban sustainability
• Optical imagery indices
• Social sustainability
• Green infrastructure
• Economic evaluation
• Socioeconomics
• Green development
• Urban disaster risk reduction
• Energy efficiency technologies
• Agriculture trading regulation
• Sustainable agriculture
• Climate change management

• Faculty of Economics, University of Gdansk, Sopot, Poland

  Giuseppe T. Cirella

Dr. Cirella completed his Ph.D. at Griffith University, Australia. He is currently a Professor at the University of Gdansk, Poland, and also the Founder of the Polo Centre of Sustainability. His research interests are in the areas of sustainable development, consumption, globalisation and resources, sustainability indices and trends, human geography, and interdisciplinary societal studies. 

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