Sustainable Development category: 1942 books
Responsible Citizens and Sustainable Consumer Behavior
New Interpretive Frameworks
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
There is broad consensus on the need to shift to a new paradigm of lifestyles and economic development, given the un-sustainability of current patterns. Given this, research on consumer behavior is to play a crucial role in shedding light on the motives underpinning the adoption of responsible behaviors.
Stemming...
by Johan Nordensvärd
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
This book explores the social implications and challenges of low-carbon development. The argument of the book is that a broad understanding of low-carbon development is essential for mitigating climate change and enabling development in a carbon-constrained world, but there are risks that low-carbon...
Sustainable Tourism
Breakthroughs in Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Many countries rely on cultural sites and destinations to support their economies. However, they are faced with the ongoing challenge of sustaining tourist attractions and maintaining the equilibrium between the local community and tourist populations. Sustainable Tourism: Breakthroughs in Research...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
This book outlines the findings and suggestions of the Law and Society Association’s International Research Collaborations, which focused on the African Union’s Agenda 2063. This outlined the ideal Africa aspired to by the year 2063: ‘the Africa we want’. The authors examine socio-economic...
The Coming of Age of the Green Community
My neighbourhood, my planet
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
People organising to protect their environment is not a new phenomenon, but the groups that have been pushing for environmental change since the 1970s have not convinced sufficient numbers make sustainable decisions or to lead sustainable lives. Governments have serially failed to do the job at the...
Religion and Development in the Asia-Pacific
Sacred places as development spaces
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
Community development is most effective and efficient when it is situated and led at the local level and considers the social behaviours, needs and worldviews of local communities. With more than eight out of ten people globally self-reporting religious belief, Religion and Development in the Asia-Pacific:...
Evaluating Communication for Development
A Framework for Social Change
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
Evaluating Communication for Development presents a comprehensive framework for evaluating communication for development (C4D). This framework combines the latest thinking from a number of fields in new ways. It critiques dominant instrumental, accountability-based approaches to development and evaluation...
Culturally Responsive Education
Reflections from the Global South and North
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Culturally Responsive Education: Reflections from the Global South and North examines culturally responsive education’s contribution to sustainable development and explores ways in which educational practitioners respond to cultures in and around educational contexts.
This book argues that...
Securing Our Natural Wealth
A Policy Agenda for Sustainable Development in India and for Its Neighboring Countries
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2018
This book explores various aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regimes with regard to plant-variety protection and farmers’ rights; traditional knowledge; geographical indications, genetically modified crops; and access to genetic resources within the broad ambit of Trade-Related Aspects...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2015
Central Asian countries play a geostrategic role in world economy and politics. As a result, efforts are being made to establish an effective channel of communication between academic and research institutions, policymakers, government agencies, and individuals concerned with the complexities of Asian...
Urban Waste and Sanitation Services for Sustainable Development
Harnessing Social and Technical Diversity in East Africa
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Urban sanitation and solid waste sectors are under significant pressure in East Africa due to the lack of competent institutional capacity and the growth of the region’s urban population. This book presents and applies an original analytical approach to assess the existing socio-technical mixtures...
Sustainability in the Gulf
Challenges and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Sustainability is a topic of great interest today, particularly for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, which have witnessed very rapid economic and demographic growth over the past decade. The observed growth has led to unsustainable consumption patterns of vital resources such as water,...
Design for Environmental Sustainability
Life Cycle Design of Products
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
This volume is a technical and operative contribution to the United Nations "Decade on Education for Sustainable Development" (2005-2014), aiding the development of a new generation of designers, responsible and able in the task of designing environmentally sustainable products. The book...
Sustainability and Innovation
The Next Global Industrial Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2016
One of the most urgent problems facing the world today is environmental sustainability. Current practices of pollution control, waste treatment, and environmental protection are not only hugely expensive and a burden on development but also unsustainable in the long run for their steady depletion...