Sustainable Development category: 1942 books
Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Policies and Practices for a World with Finite Resources
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
This book provides a richly illustrated study of sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship. Specifically, it examines the ways in which governmental policies and practices modify the social conditions necessary to promote innovation in businesses and by so doing impact economic development....
One World for One Earth
Saving the environment
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
We have only one earth, and how we choose to live in it matters. This highly readable and challenging text sets out some important topical issues that tells us we are not making a very good job of it. From the tropical rainforests to the teeming cities of the developing world and the energy hungry...
Climate Change and Food Security
Africa and the Caribbean
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Global climatic change has resulted in new and unpredictable patterns of precipitation and temperature, the increased frequency of extreme weather events and rising sea levels. These changes impact all four aspects of food security – availability, accessibility, stability of supply and appropriate...
Common Pools of Genetic Resources
Equity and Innovation in International Biodiversity Law
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) strives for the sustainable and equitable utilization of genetic resources, with the ultimate goal of conserving biodiversity. The CBD and the Nagoya Protocol which has since been elaborated suggest a bilateral model for access to genetic resources and...
Regional Studies on Economic Growth, Financial Economics and Management
Proceedings of the 19th Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2017
This volume presents selected papers from the 19th Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference held in Istanbul. Its primary emphasis is on showcasing the latest empirical research on social change, sustainable development and the management of public and private organizations in emerging...
Resource Accounting for Sustainability Assessment
The Nexus between Energy, Food, Water and Land Use
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
The demands placed on land, water, energy and other natural resources are exacerbated as the world population continues to increase together with the expectations of economic growth. This, combined with concerns over environmental change, presents a set of scientific, policy and management issues...
Structural Change, Competitiveness and Industrial Policy
Painful Lessons from the European Periphery
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
The onset of the global crisis has emphasised the persistence of substantial differences in development and social progress within the euro area. The specific case of countries located in the southern periphery region has come to the centre stage, due to the harsh economic conditions that all these...
Urban Sustainability in Theory and Practice
Circles of sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
Cities are home to the most consequential current attempts at human adaptation and they provide one possible focus for the flourishing of life on this planet. However, for this to be realized in more than an ad hoc way, a substantial rethinking of current approaches and practices needs to occur.
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Responding to Climate Change in Asian Cities
Governance for a more resilient urban future
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
The role of cities in addressing climate change is increasingly recognised in international arenas, including the Sustainable Development Goals, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the New Urban Agenda. Asia is home to many of the countries that are most vulnerable to climate change...
Cities and the Knowledge Economy
Promise, Politics and Possibilities
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Cities and the Knowledge Economy is an in-depth, interdisciplinary, international and comparative examination of the relationship between knowledge and urban development in the contemporary era. Through the lenses of promise, politics and possibility, it examines how the knowledge economy has arisen,...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
For decades, governments have tried to foster industrial competitiveness and economic growth. Many instruments are known to work, and many lessons have been learned. However, humanity is increasingly feeling the effects of natural resource depletion. The rate of this depletion is deeply unsustainable,...
Fairness and Justice in Environmental Decision Making
Water Under the Bridge
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
By crossing disciplinary boundaries, this book uniquely connects theories of justice with people's lived experience within social conflicts over resource sharing. It shows why some conflicts, such as local opposition to wind farms and water disputes, have become intractable social problems in many...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
This handbook provides researchers and students with an overview of the field of sustainability indicators (SIs) as applied in the interdisciplinary field of sustainable development. The editors have sought to include views from the center ground of SI development but also divergent views which represent...
The Rise and Rise of Indicators
Their History and Geography
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2019
This book makes indicators more accessible, in terms of what they are, who created them and how they are used. It examines the subjectivity and human frailty behind these quintessentially ‘hard’ and technical measures of the world.
To achieve this goal, The Rise and Rise of Indicators presents...