Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local and global knowledges -- Sustainability: where, when, for whom? past, present, and future of a local rural population in a protected natural area (Guaraquecaba, Brazil) / Claude Raynaut, Magda Zanoni, Angela Ferreira, and Paulo Lana -- Alaska native corporations and subsistence : paradoxical forces in the making of sustainable communities / Thomas F. Thornton -- Communities out of place / Johanna Gibson -- "Talking about kultura and signing contracts" : the bureaucratization of the environment on Palawan island (the Philippines) / Dario Novellino -- Local practices : adaptive strategies and state responses -- Does everyone suffer alike? race, class, and place in Hungarian environmentalism / Krista Harper -- Attachment sustains : the glue of prepared food / Deborah Pellow -- Globalization, local practice, and sustainability in the high plains region of the United States / Janet E. Benson -- Quality of life, sustainability, and urbanization of the Oxnard Plain, California / Barbara Yablon Maida and Carl A. Maida -- Social capital, civic engagement, and globalization -- Linked indicators of sustainability build bridges of trust / Kenneth A. Meter -- The design of the built environment and social capital : case study of a coastal town -- Facing rapid changes / Karla Caser -- Sociomaterial communication, community, and ecosustainability in the global era / Richard Westra -- The prospect of sustainability in the culture of capitalism, global culture, and globalization : a diachronic perspective / Snjezana Colic.