Architecture, Ecology and Economy: Synergy or Contradiction?

Sustainable Development and Mining: Contradiction or Confirmation?

This paper explores the relationship between mining and sustainable development (SD) in South Africa. It examines the progress of mining and its interactions with labour, communities and the environment, the role of South African mining in the world context, and its economic contribution. It reviews the role of the South African Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act in achieving SD. A...

Introduction: Political Ecology and Canadian Political Economy

The papers in this special iSSU. e of Studies in Political Economy are, with one exception, drawn from presentations made at the SPE annual conference in February 2002. The conference objective was to provide a forum for public and scholarly engagement with the questions of political ecology and political economy.The papers provided a number of critical perspectives on the themes of sustainable...

Interweaving Architecture and Ecology – A Theoretical Perspective Or: What can architecture learn from ecological systems?

This paper is part of an on-going research which attempts to reveal whether an analogy between ecology and architecture can benefit architectural design and if so, then in what ways. The analogy is done through an interpretation of three ecological principles which define the organization of living systems and then attempts to reveal how these three ecological principles may be implemented in a...

Integrating parasitology and marine ecology: Seven challenges towards greater synergy

Is Educational Leisure A Contradiction in Terms? Exploring the Synergy of Education and Entertainment

Theoretical analysis highlights the complexity of the relationship between education and entertainment in educational leisure settings and indicates the need for research in this area. This paper contributes to developing an understanding of the connections between, and compatibility of, education and entertainment, from the perspective of visitors to educational leisure settings. Questionnaire...