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Social Science Disease & Health Issues

Fatal Consumption

Rethinking Sustainable Development

edited by Robert F. Woollard & Aleck S. Ostry

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2001
Category
Disease & Health Issues, Environmental Conservation & Protection
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774850698
    Publish Date
    Oct 2007
    List Price
    $125.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774807876
    Publish Date
    Feb 2001
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774807869
    Publish Date
    Jun 2000
    List Price
    $95.00

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Why do we claim to value sustainability while acting in an unsustainable fashion? How can we reduce our consumption drastically and move toward a sustainable social system when our society is specifically based on consumption? These two linked questions are at the heart of this important book, the result of a four-year interdisciplinary study of British Columbia's Lower Fraser Basin.

Taking the slogan "think globally, act locally" to heart, the contributors to Fatal Consumption are theoretical as well as practical. They conceptualize the policy analysis they provide, while also proposing useful tools for those charged with making decisions. Though specific in focus, the analysis in Fatal Consumption can be generalized to most North American urban areas. It offers both an understanding of the present and hope for a sustainable future, counterbalancing a discussion of the opportunities for change with a frank examination of the barriers to such change.

Fatal Consumption will appeal to urban planners, to policy makers, and to scholars and others interested in the relationship between health and a sustainable society.

About the authors

Contributor Notes

Robert F. Woollard, M.D. is Royal Canadian Legion Professor and head of the Department of Family Practice in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC. He is also co-chair of the UBC Task Force on Healthy and Sustainable Communities. Aleck S. Ostry is assistant professor in the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC.

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