Title:	The life region: The social and cultural ecology of sustainable development
Authors:	Per Råberg
Keywords:	Regional Development
Issue Date:	2003
Publisher:	The life region: The social and cultural ecology of sustainable development
Description:	The globalization of human activities is a pervasive theme in the changes which are currently impacting on society. It is a process whose effects have influenced development for several centuries but which today has assumed a particularly distinct character. Day by day the economic and technological power net is being spun more tightly around the planet and the life world of its inhabitants. A global communication structure is taking shape based on the new advances in information technology. Political representatives of the nation states, who had long since felt left behind, are carving out international careers and establishing supranational organizations: NATO, OECD, NAFTA and the EU, are typical examples deriving from different parts of the contemporary world. Globalization appears as an evolutionary force which carries everyone and everything along with it. The development of such an epic power does not come about without convulsions, since in most cases it involves a painful departure from century-old traditions. It is characterized by a certain ruthlessness and many are the innocent victims of its destructive behaviour. By virtue of its brutal force, the process may even pose a threat to existential and environmental values which are of paramount importance to the survival of mankind. This is, in actual fact, what is now happening everywhere and at an increasing tempo. The ecological crisis of the environment has, up till now, been the most debated example. This has inspired a discussion of strategies for a sustainable global future. Several world conferences have been held on the subject over the last decades.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/27275
ISBN:	0-203-97469-7
Appears in Collections:	Regional and Local Development Studies

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