Sustainable Development category: 1942 books
Environmental Politics in Latin America
Elite dynamics, the left tide and sustainable development
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Since colonial times the position of the social, political and economic elites in Latin America has been intimately connected to their control over natural resources. Consequently, struggles to protect the environment from over-exploitation and contamination have been related to marginalized groups’...
Water Governance for Sustainable Development
Approaches and Lessons from Developing and Transitional Countries
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
The book examines how water policies, institutions and governance have shifted in recent years from supply-driven, quantitative, centrally controlled management to more demand-sensitive, decentralized participatory approaches. Such a move often also implies cost recovery principles, resource allocation...
Managing for Social Impact
Innovations in Responsible Enterprise
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
This book presents innovative strategies for sustainable, socially responsible enterprise management from leading thinkers in the fields of corporate citizenship, nonprofit management, social entrepreneurship, impact investing, community-based economic development and urban design. The book’s integration...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
This publication provides a standard compilation of supply and use tables (SUTs) for 19 economies in Asia and the Pacific to help them comply with the United Nations 2008 System of National Accounts (SNA) recommendations. SUTs are an integrated statistical estimation and economic analysis model that...
Economics of Feeding the Hungry
Sustainable Intensification and Sustainable Food Security
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
As productivity expands to cater for population increase and shifting diets, many individuals remain hungry, whilst others suffer obesity, and significant amounts of food are wasted. Yet, this triple dilemma oversimplifies the underlying complexity. This book explores this complexity from an economics...
Intellectual Capital Management as a Driver of Sustainability
Perspectives for Organizations and Society
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2018
The objective of this book is to explore the relationship between intellectual capital management and the sustainable development of organizations and society. To do so, it introduces readers to the topic of intellectual capital in the context of several connected entities such as organizations, cities...
Sustainable Energy for All
Innovation, technology and pro-poor green transformations
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Despite decades of effort and billions of dollars spent, two thirds of people in sub-Saharan Africa still lack access to electricity, a vital pre-cursor to economic development and poverty reduction. Ambitious international policy commitments seek to address this, but scholarship has failed to keep...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
In the increasingly turbulent political climate, there has been growing interest in economic and international relations with Asia. Understanding the business practices in countries of this region, particularly uncertainties, risks, and opportunities associated with doing business in Asia, will be...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2018
Business development in the contemporary world takes place in an economically, politically, and socially complex environment. Today, it is necessary to recognize the tremendous cultural diversity of the world and it is essential to consider the specific cultural values in managerial strategy and business...
Sustainable Construction Processes
A Resource Text
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2016
This book explores the concepts and practicalities that lead to sustainable construction. It breaks new ground by providing the reader with the underlying principles of how to build sustainably and then assesses many of the tools required for the task. From energy to materials and from procurement...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2019
With growing awareness of environmental deterioration, atmospheric pollution and resource depletion, the last several decades have brought increased attention and scrutiny to global consumption levels. However, there are significant and well documented limitations associated with current efforts to...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
This book provides an inventory of organic materials and products, the major components of all civil engineering projects, in terms of their scientific and technical background, including the regulations that cover their use and their predicted useful life. Such materials include: bitumen on the roads;...
Five Superpowers for Co-Creators
How change makers and business can achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
This groundbreaking and timely book provides change makers, organizations and facilitators with practical tools to initiate and conduct multi-stakeholder co-creation processes. Such processes are of critical importance in times of rapid change, where mega trends and grand challenges influence the...
Water and Development
Good Governance after Neoliberalism
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Water has always been a crucial catalyst for human development. In Africa, competition among different sectors for this scarce resource remains a critical challenge to water managers and decision-makers.
Water and Development examines a range of issues, from governance to solar distillation,...