Antarctic Cities. Volume 2, Urban Sustainability Profiles ...
The sustainability profiles of the participating cities were developed by the Antarctic Cities project based on the premise that the cities needed to map and understand their own sustainability in order to understand their capabilities for custodianship. They needed to understand their own strengths...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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Western Sydney University
2021
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.26183/4cr5-n316 https://researchdirect.westernsydney.edu.au/islandora/object/uws:70211 |
| Summary: | The sustainability profiles of the participating cities were developed by the Antarctic Cities project based on the premise that the cities needed to map and understand their own sustainability in order to understand their capabilities for custodianship. They needed to understand their own strengths and weaknesses — ecologically, economically, politically and culturally — in order to reach out to Antarctica without a false sense of what was possible and without romanticizing what custodianship entails. Put in more general terms, care beyond one’s borders is strengthened by a culture, politics and economy of local care. The profiles are one means of providing an evidence-based understanding of where that care is best directed. ... |
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