43 research outputs found
Gilhaus, Ulrike: "Schmerzenskinder der Industrie". Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltpolitik und sozialer Protest im Industriezeitalter in Westfalen 1845-1914
Steinberg, Theodore: Nature Incorporated. Industrialization and the Waters of New England
Lackner, H.; Luxbacher, G.; Hannesschläger, C.: Technikgeschichte in Österreich. Eine bibliographische und museale Bestandsaufnahme
Henneking, Ralf: Chemische Industrie und Umwelt. Konflikte um Umweltbelastungen durch die chemische Industrie am Beispiel der schwerchemischen, Farben- und Düngemittelindustrie der Rheinprovinz (ca. 1800-1914)
Democracies, change, sustainability, and transformation: historical perspectives
This article discusses the potential of a historical approach to sustainability transformations. Using environmental issues and governance structures as case studies, it first describes how historical “sustainability transformations” can be conceptualized. It then suggests that 19th-century constitutional reforms can be read as attempts at reaching fiscal sustainability, whereas some social reforms can be interpreted as attempts to render the capitalist economy sustainable. In conclusion, the article highlights that the primary value of historical approaches to sustainability transformations will not lie in models, but in encouraging more creative questions