Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Understanding the Role of Lived Experience in Community Leaders' Vision and Governance of Economic Development and Sustainability in Rurally Situated Small Cities: An Exploratory Case Study of Peterborough, Ontario

Year: 2016, 2016

Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

Name(s): Creator (cre): Teleki, Elizabeth L., Thesis advisor (ths): Skinner, Mark, Degree committee member (dgc): Phillips, Thomas, Degree committee member (dgc): Holdsworth, David, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University

Abstract: <p>Sustainable development is normative - making decisions in the present that construct the experience of place for the future. It is primarily driven by global measures developed to meet the needs of the present while ensuring future generations can meet their own needs. These measures attempt to balance economic prosperity, social justice, and environmental stewardship in many nations.… more

A Test for Pluralism: Coherence, Realism and Relevance, and Systems Thinking in Ecological Economics

Year: 2016, 2016

Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

Name(s): Creator (cre): Badeen, Dennis, Thesis advisor (ths): Phillips, Thomas, Degree committee member (dgc): Paehlke, Robert, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University

Abstract: <p>This study intervenes into the debate regarding the definition of pluralism in ecological economics and how that definition affects various characterizations of ecological economics. The methodological pluralist camp argue for the inclusion of neoclassical economics into the ecological economics fold, while the critical pluralist camp argue against the inclusion of neoclassical economics… more