(par 10.1) Sustainable Environment – Environmental Perspectives
Sustainable environment: Environmental Perspectives https://www.sustainable-environment.org.uk/Earth/Environmental_Perspectives.php Written by LinusWealth The way we treat our environment is determined by how we view it. Peoples perspectives on the environment, and mankind’s relationship with nature, have traditionally been divided into four general categories: stewardship, imperialism, romanticism and utilitarianism. These perspectives still account for the majority of opinions and attitudes […]
(par 10.1) Sociological perspectives on Population and the Environment
Sociological Perspectives on Population and the Environment https://open.lib.umn.edu/socialproblems/chapter/15-1-sociological-perspectives-on-population-and-the-environment/ Learning Objective Understand the perspectives that functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism offer on population and the environment. As usual, the major sociological perspectives offer insights that help us understand issues relating to population growth and to the environment. Table 15.1 “Theory Snapshot” summarizes their assumptions. Table 15.1 Theory […]
(par 10.1) Ethical perspectives on the environmental impact of property development
Ethical perspectives on the environmental impact of property development http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0259-94222016000300025 Sentle Mokori; Chris E. Cloete Department of Construction Economics, University of Pretoria, South Africa ABSTRACT Three perspectives that can be found in ethical decision-making are explored to suggest guidelines for ethical property development: the instrumental, the intrinsic and the pluralist perspective. Given the limitations […]