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EarthTalk
Expert Answers to Everyday Questions About the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2009
From the authors of the leading environmental handbook Green Living, the best of E's nationally syndicated Q&A column, EarthTalk
Knowledge of environmental issues and sustainability is increasingly important as industrialization and climate change continue to wreak havoc on our ecosystems...
Earth Repair
A Grassroots Guide to Healing Toxic and Damaged Landscapes
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Hundreds of thousands of acres of land have been contaminated by pesticides, improperly handled chemicals, dirty energy projects, toxic waste, and other pollutants in the United States alone. This toxic legacy impacts the environment, our health, our watersheds, and land that could otherwise be used...
Sustainable Development Research in the Asia-Pacific Region
Education, Cities, Infrastructure and Buildings
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
This multidisciplinary book focuses on best practices in sustainability research in the Asia-Pacific Region. Drawing links between research, practice, education for sustainability and the needs of industry, it addresses the sustainable development goals (SDGs).
The book also presents research...
Flood Country
An Environmental History of the Murray-Darling Basin
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Floods in the Murray-Darling Basin are crucial sources of water for people, animals and plants in this often dry region of inland eastern Australia. Even so, floods have often been experienced as natural disasters, which have led to major engineering schemes. Flood Country explores the contested and...
Institutional Arrangements for Conservation, Development and Tourism in Eastern and Southern Africa
A Dynamic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2014
This book presents an overview of different institutional arrangements for tourism, biodiversity conservation and rural poverty reduction in eastern and southern Africa. These approaches range from conservancies in Namibia, community-based organizations in Botswana, conservation enterprises in Kenya,...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2010
Not until the recent attacks on transport systems has transport security become a focus of public concern and academic research. Various aspects of transport security have already been analysed under different agendas. Some research was focused on the potential risk to the environment resulting from...
Measuring Progress Towards Sustainability
A Treatise for Engineers
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
This book is a state of the art treatise on what has been done so far on measuring sustainability for decision making. Contributions will appeal to engineers and scientists engaged in technology development, assessment, and verification. Researchers working on engineering sustainability are likely...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
This books presents the curricula necessary for sustainability in higher education. It shows how the learning process is transforming in order to promote sustainability. It prepares administrators, teachers and students to diffuse the development in the field, showing a curricula based on three interconnected...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2016
This Handbook approaches sustainable development in higher education from an integrated perspective, addressing the dearth of publications on the subject. It offers a unique overview of what universities around the world are doing to implement sustainable development (i.e. via curriculum innovation,...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
This book discusses essential approaches and methods in connection with engineering education for sustainable development. Prepared as a follow-up to the 2015 Engineering Education in Sustainable Development (EESD) Conference held in British Columbia, Canada, it offers the engineering community key...
Governance for the Sustainable Development Goals
Exploring an Integrative Framework of Theories, Tools, and Competencies
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
This book provides a detailed overview of governance for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Adopting a unique integrative approach, it examines the fragmentation of governance that is a critical barrier to achieving the SDGs. The main question addressed is: What are the crucial elements and...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Education for sustainable development (ESD) presents an intriguing challenge in developed countries. The very notion of sustainable development may appear to be at cross-purposes with the social and political aims of large industrial economies. Yet, arguably, the residents of wealthy countries...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
This Handbook approaches sustainable development in higher education from an integrated perspective, addressing the dearth of publications on the subject. It offers a unique overview of what universities around the world are doing to implement sustainable development (i.e. via curriculum innovation,...
Sustainability Performance Evaluation System in Government
A Balanced Scorecard Approach Towards Sustainable Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
Progressing towards sustainable development raises important challenges to conducting performance evaluations in governments because there are neither generally accepted methods nor specific standards to be met at present. Sustainability Performance Evaluation System in Government, makes a conceptual...