Sustainable Development and Green Communication: African and Asian Perspectives

by J. Servaes (Editor)

Overview

Offering a comprehensive overview of contemporary theoretical and programmatic issues in the fields of sustainability, culture, communication, development and social change, this book explores the relationship between communication and sustainability from a social change perspective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137329400
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/27/2013
Edition description:	2013
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Fabien Cishahayo, University of Montreal, Canada Royal Colle, Cornell University, USA Henri-Count Evans, climate change communication researcher, Zimbabwe Osée Kamga, University of Sudbury, Canada Kosta Kostadinov, External Operational Communications Department of the World Bank Patchanee Malikhao, Thammasat University, Thailand Maitreyee Mishra, Manipal University, India, Kiran Prasad, Sri Padmavati Mahila University, India Jan Servaes, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Boonlert Supadhiloke, Bangkok University, Thailand Jagadish Thaker, National University of Singapore, Singapore Tran Van Dien, Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry, Vietnam Chin Saik Yoon, publisher, Malaysia

Table of Contents

Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements List of Acronyms Introduction: Imperatives for a Sustainable Future; Jan Servaes PART I: SETTING THE STAGE 1. Sustainable Development and Climate Change: Beyond the Rio+20 Summit; Kosta Kostadinov and Jagadish Thaker 2. Future Imperatives of Practice: The Challenges of Climate Change; Chin Saik Yoon 3. Synergy of 'Gross National Happiness' and 'Sufficiency Economy' as an Imperative Paradigm for Communication and Sustainable Social Change; Boonlert Supadhiloke 4. Environmental Communication from the Fringes to Mainstream: Creating a Paradigm Shift in Sustainable Development; Kiran Prasad PART II: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT 5. Information and Communication Technologies for African Development: Proportional Technologies and an Ethics of Uses; Osée Kamga and Fabien Cishahayo 6. A Role for Universities in ICTs for Development Interventions; Royal D. Colle and Tran Van Dien PART III: COMMUNICATING THE COST OF SOCIAL CHANGE 7. Communicating the True Ecological Cost of Development: Addressing Development and Environment in Orissa, India; Maitreyee Mishra 8. Socio-cultural Perspectives towards a Sustainability of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV and Pregnancy Prevention among Thai Students in Bangkok; Patchanee Malikhao 9. Factors that Stand in the Way of Green Communication in Africa; Henri-Count Evans 10. Future Challenges for Communication for Sustainable Development and Social Change; Jan Servaes Index

Editorial Reviews

'This book's greatest strength is in its diversity: A range of topics are covered with both research and practice perspectives, and the case studies are helpful in illustrating the concepts presented. This book is also timely in that sustainable development is increasingly becoming a popular topic in both academic and practitioner discourses on lasting social change.' - Kelly S. Gillis, International Journal of Communication 8 (2014)

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