Environment Across Cultures

PDisparate perceptions and conceptual frameworks of environment and therelationship between humans and nature often lead to confusion constraints oncooperation ... » 

PDisparate perceptions and conceptual frameworks of environment and therelationship between humans and nature often lead to confusion constraints oncooperation and collaboration and even conflict when society tries to dealwith todays urgent and complex environment research and policy challenges.Such disparities in perception and quotworld viewquot are driven by manyfactors. They include differences in culture religion ethical frameworksscientific methodologies and approaches disciplines political social andphilosophical traditions life styles and consumption patterns as well asalternative economic paradigms. Distribution of poverty or wealth between northand south may thus be seen as consequence of the above mentioned disparitieswhich is a challenge for its universal reasoned evaluation. This volumediscusses a wide range of factors influencing quotEnvironment acrossCulturesquot with a view to identifying ways and means to better understandreflect and manage such disparities within future global environmental researchand policy agendas for bridging the gap between ecology and economy as well asbetween societies. The book is based upon the results of a scientific symposiumon this topic and covers the following sections Cross Cultural Perception ofEnvironment Ethics and Nature Environment Sustainability and Society.Corresponding contributions were made by wellknown scientific authorsrepresenting different cultural spheres in accordanceampnbspwith the intercultural approach of this effort.P TOCPIntroduction. The Concept of Nature.CrossCultural Perception of Environment. Religion Ethics and Environment.Sustainability among Society and Environment.P «