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Social work and sustainability in Asia : facing the challenges of global environmental changes /

"The rapid trend of globalization has brought a variety of sustainability challenges, including global climate change, biodiversity loss, poverty, and social inequalities, which are problems with unclear boundaries, complicated interrelated components, undefined parameters, contradictory values...

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Group Author: Chong, Alice M. L; Chi, Iris
Published: Routledge,
Publisher Address: Abingdon, Oxon :
Publication Dates: 2019.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ; 20
Subjects:
Social service > Asia
Sustainability > Social aspects > Asia
Sustainable development > Social aspects > Asia
Climatic changes > Social aspects > Asia
Asia > Environmental conditions > Social aspects
Summary: "The rapid trend of globalization has brought a variety of sustainability challenges, including global climate change, biodiversity loss, poverty, and social inequalities, which are problems with unclear boundaries, complicated interrelated components, undefined parameters, contradictory values, and no single solution. Social work has a long-standing tradition of emphasizing the interaction of people and their environment. For this reason, the field of social work is one of the best-placed academic disciplines and professions for studying the impact of environmental changes on social systems
Carrier Form: xxi, 247 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781138200227 (hardcover) :
1138200220 (hardcover)
9781315514970 (electronic book)
1315514974 (electronic book)
Index Number: HV376
CLC: X22-05
D730.8
Call Number: D730.8/S678
Contents: Theory and concepts of social sustainability and social work -- Case studies in Asia and the Pacific Rim countries -- Leadership and future development.

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