Sustainable Development category: 1942 books
From Summits to Solutions
Innovations in Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2018
A positive agenda for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
All 193 member nations of the United Nations agreed in September 2015 to adopt a set of seventeen "Sustainable Development Goals," to be achieved by 2030. Each of the goals—in such areas as education and health...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2019
This edited book discusses lean production as a suitable platform for global development by developing systems and products in a quicker, costless and sustainable way and educate people for a lean consumption. Lean thinking principles are totally and synergistically aligned with a lot of disciplines...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
Businesses working under green finance models consider the potential environmental impact in investment and financing decisions and merge the potential return, risk, and cost correlated with environmental conditions into day-to-day financial business. Under this model, the ecological environment and...
Edging Forward
Achieving Sustainable Community Development
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
As Canadians, we are faced with a choice: do we continue to allow communities to merely survive or can we help them to thrive?
Dr. Ann Dale has dedicated her life to studying Canadian communities and how they can transition towards more sustainable development paths. Since publishing...
Stakeholder Politics
Social Capital, Sustainable Development, and the Corporation
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
The war is over. The largest corporations in the world are now committed to sustainability. But, behind the public relations gloss, corporate executives and managers are perplexed. The majority of them have a genuine desire to work in an ethical and sustainable manner. Yet, when they engage with their...
Transforming Cities with Transit
Transit and Land-Use Integration for Sustainable Urban Development
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
'Transforming Cities with Transit' explores the complex process of transit and land-use integration in rapidly growing cities in developing countries. As one of the most promising strategies for advancing environmental sustainability, economic competitiveness, and socially inclusive development in fast-growing...
by Helen Corbett, Susanne Swibold
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2002
The Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy is a comprehensive presentation of definitions, philosophies, policies, models, and analyses of global environmental and developmental issues. With a wealth of comparative, multidisciplinary, and geographically varied perspectives on environmental...
Sustainable Innovation
The Organisational, Human and Knowledge Dimension
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
HOW SUSTAINABLE IS INNOVATION? Problematically, most contemporary patterns of innovation in human social systems and organisations are not sustainable. This prevents people from learning effectively, from recognising and solving their problems, and from operating in sustainable ways. It is arguably...
Accelerating Sustainable Energy Transition(s) in Developing Countries
The challenges of climate change and sustainable development
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Accelerating sustainable energy transitions away from carbon-based fuel sources needs to be high on the agendas of developing countries. It is key in achieving their climate mitigation promises and sustainable energy development objectives. To bring about rapid transitions, simultaneous turns are...
Africapitalism
Sustainable Business and Development in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Using theory, empirical research, and case studies, this book explores the changing nature of business in Africa and how businesses can actively contribute to the development of Africa. It uses (and critically analyses) the concept of Africapitalism – a management philosophy and movement which seeks...
The Future of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Business Perspectives for Global Development in 2030
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2019
This book provides a business-oriented analysis of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). In order to assess their impact on businesses and corporations, the book addresses all 17 goals and a broad range of industries. Gathering contributions from Africa, Europe and Asia, it...
Religion and Urbanism
Reconceptualising sustainable cities for South Asia
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Conceptions of 'sustainable cities' in the pluralistic and multireligious urban settlements of developing nations need to develop out of local cultural, religious and historical contexts to be inclusive and accurately respond to the needs of the poor, ethnic and religious minorities, and women.
Religion...
by Peter P. Rogers, Kazi F. Jalal, John A. Boyd
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
This volume is the most comprehensive textbook on sustainable development. It has been developed with students and professionals from around the world specifically for those who need a thorough grounding in the subject. Coverage includes: background to sustainable development and global environmental...
Implementing Sustainability in Higher Education
Learning in an age of transformation
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
In a time of unprecedented transformation as society seeks to build a more sustainable future, education plays an increasingly central role in training key agents of change. This book asks how we can equip students and scholars with the capabilities to promote sustainability and how the higher education...