Sustainable Development category: 1942 books
Tourism Enterprises and Sustainable Development
International Perspectives on Responses to the Sustainability Agenda
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2010
The tourism industry has increasingly recognized and responded to growing environmental concerns. In recent years, there has been an emergence of a variety of categories of tourism considered more environmentally friendly: green, eco-tourism, and sustainable tourism. Much of the literature that has...
Green Inside Activism for Sustainable Development
Political Agency and Institutional Change
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
This book considers how public sector institutions can be transformed to better support sustainable development by exploring the concept of green inside activism and its importance for institutional change. The phenomenon of inside activism has been shown to be crucial for green policy change and...
The Zambezi River Basin
Water and sustainable development
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
The Zambezi river is the fourth longest in Africa, crossing or bordering Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The river basin is widely recognised as one of the most important basins in southern Africa and is the focus of contested development, including water for hydropower...
System Innovation for Sustainability 2
Case Studies in Sustainable Consumption and Production - Mobility
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
The EU-funded project "Sustainable Consumption Research Exchanges" (SCORE!) consists of around 200 experts in the field of sustainable innovation and sustainable consumption. The SCORE! philosophy is that innovation in SCP (sustainable consumption and production) policy can be achieved only...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
With a current world population that exceeds seven billion, resource consumption awareness is more important than ever. Investing in sustainable technologies and renewable resources is a necessary step to ensure the future quality of life of all human beings. The Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development...
New Horizons in Research on Sustainable Organisations
Emerging Ideas, Approaches and Tools for Practitioners and Researchers
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Environmental sustainability practice and research have advanced over the past decade from novelty to near-mainstream status today. During this environmentally critical time period, sustainability practitioner techniques, such as environmental, energy and social auditing, other sustainability information...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2018
The application of sustainability practices at the system level begins with the supply chain. In the business realm, incorporating such practices allows organizations to redesign their operations more effectively. Emerging Applications in Supply Chains for Sustainable Business Development is a pivotal...
Governing Sustainable Urban Renewal
Partnerships in Action
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Environmental and sustainability issues are currently stretched by economic concerns and policy areas such as housing and education are therefore needed more than ever to help regenerate the social and urban environment. Governing Sustainable Urban Renewal: Partnerships in Action uses detailed case...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
This publication documents Japan's experience in pursuing sustainable sanitation solutions in the context of economic development. Five case studies illustrate how sound sanitation policies are essential in achieving a nation's growth. Selected projects in Kitakyushu City, Kobe City, Saitama City,...
Poverty and Sustainable Development in Asia
Impacts and Responses to the Global Economic Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
This joint publication from the Asian Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank Institute features selected papers from the September 2009 conference on the social and environmental impact of the global economic crisis on Asia and the Pacific, especially on the poor and vulnerable. The publication...
System Innovation for Sustainability 3
Case Studies in Sustainable Consumption and Production — Food and Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
The EU-funded project "Sustainable Consumption Research Exchanges" (SCORE!) consists of around 200 experts in the field of sustainable innovation and sustainable consumption. The SCORE! philosophy is that innovation in SCP policy can be achieved only if experts that understand business development,...
The Sustainable University
Progress and prospects
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
The direction of higher education is at a crossroads against a background of mounting sustainability-related issues and uncertainties. This book seeks to inspire positive change in higher education by exploring the rich notion of the sustainable university and illustrating pathways through which its...
Challenging Consumption
Pathways to a more Sustainable Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Sustainable consumption is a central research topic in academic discourses of sustainable development and global environmental change. Informed by a number of disciplinary perspectives, this book is structured around four key themes in sustainable consumption research: Living, Moving, Dwelling and...
A Complexity Approach to Sustainability
Theory and Application
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Business sustainability and sustainable development are of great importance in modern-day socio-economic study. Despite this, the impact of recent contributions from systems and complexity sciences in addressing these issues has not yet filtered down into effective practice. This book argues that...