Demanding sustainability : pillars to (re-)build a shared prosperity / John Morrissey, C. Patrick Heidkamp.
Morrissey, John, 1975- author.; Heidkamp, C. Patrick, author.
2022
HC79.E5
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Title Demanding sustainability : pillars to (re-)build a shared prosperity / John Morrissey, C. Patrick Heidkamp.
Author Morrissey, John, 1975- author.
ISBN 9783031189586 (electronic bk.)
3031189582 (electronic bk.)
9783031189579
3031189574
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18958-6
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright ©2022
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 124 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-18958-6 doi
Call Number HC79.E5
Dewey Decimal Classification 338.9/27
Summary Longer term thinking and new approaches to development and prosperity have never been more urgently required. Since 2020, the precarity of the global economy, links between ecological destruction and public health and disparities in levels of exposure and vulnerability to systemic disruption have all been thrown into stark relief. In this book the authors put forward a series of principles on which economic and development policy for the post-Covid era should be developed. These are outlined as five 'pillars' through which to (re-)build a shared prosperity in the aftermath of the Covid-19 global shock. The five pillars are an ecological prosperity (pillar one), a decarbonized economy (pillar two), a shared (cost) burden (pillar three), a transformative social sustainability (pillar four) and a just resilience (pillar five). The book provides a framework through which policymakers, decision-makers, politicians, community groups and the corporate sphere might begin to consider, map out, and plan for just transitions in their domains. John Morrissey is a Lecturer in Geography at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland. Johns research is focused on sustainable development, particularly sustainability transitions, low-carbon development and challenges of the low carbon economy for urban and coastal communities. His work is focused on the differentiation of transition processes across space, place and communities. He has taught and researched on sustainability issues in Ireland, The UK, Australia and New Zealand. C. Patrick Heidkamp is a Professor of Geography in the Department of the Environment, Geography and Marine Sciences at Southern Connecticut State University, USA and an affiliate faculty member at the University Centre of the Westfjords, Iceland. During much of the writing for this volume he was a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) supported Guest Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Cologne. He is an economic geographer with current research interests in sustainability transitions in the coastal zone and transdisciplinary engagement with the Blue Economy.
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Intro
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Boxes
1 Introduction
From Crisis to Opportunity
Demanding Sustainability
Structure of the Volume
Defining Pillars for Shared Sustainable Prosperity: Theoretical Framing
Overview of Theoretical Framing
Strong Sustainability
Critical Pragmatism
Socio-Technical Transitions
Just Sustainabilities and Just Transitions
Transdisciplinarity
References
2 An Ecological Prosperity (Pillar One)
Resource Over/Under-Consumption

Defining the Limits
Sustainable Development Goals
Delivering Pillar One
References
3 A Decarbonized Economy (Pillar Two)
A Frightening Emissions Gap
Economy as a Driver of Ecological Degradation
Systemic Change
Green New Deal
Transformative Levels of Investment
Delivering Pillar Two
References
4 A Shared (Cost) Burden (Pillar Three)
Carbon Injustice
Unsustainable Cost Burdens
Paying up for Climate Action
Delivering Pillar Three
References
5 A Transformative Social Sustainability (Pillar Four)
Recognizing the Social Domain

Justice Principles
Social Innovation
Delivering Pillar Four
References
6 A Just Resilience (Pillar Five)
Existential Risks
'Bounce Forward' Sustainability
Targeting 'Just Disruptions'
Delivering Pillar Five
References
7 Implementing the Pillars: Towards Shared Sustainable Prosperity
Linking the Pillars
Integrated Responses to the Climate Crisis
Justice as an Instrument of Transition, Sustainability and Resilience
Capacity Building for Resilience
The Importance of Geography
The Challenge(s) Ahead
References
8 Conclusions
Seizing the Moment

Bouncing Forward
Getting the Job Done
References
Index

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