Sustainable Development category: 1942 books
Searching for Resilience in Sustainable Development
Learning Journeys in Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Resilience is a term that is gaining currency in conservation and sustainable development, though its meaning and value in this context is yet to be defined. Searching for Resilience in Sustainable Development examines ways in which resilience may be created within the web of ecological, socio-economic...
by John Blewitt
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
A truly comprehensive introduction to the topic, Understanding Sustainable Development is designed to give students on a wide range of courses an appreciation of the key concepts and theories of sustainable development.
Fully updated, the third edition includes detailed coverage of the Sustainable...
by United Nations
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
In December 2009 the General Assembly adopted resolution 64/236 and agreed to convene the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil in June 2012. This Conference, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro 20 years after the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, or...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Despite increasing reports across the globe on renewable development and maintenance, little is known regarding what strategies are required for improved economic growth and prosperity in Africa. Improving an understanding of the methods for promoting growth through reusable resource development and...
Knowledge Brokerage for Sustainable Development
Innovative Tools for Increasing Research Impact and Evidence-Based Policy-Making
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
The menace of a post-truth era challenges conventional policy-making and science. Instead of fighting an uphill battle against populist solutions, those involved in both policy-making and science have to find innovative ways to collaborate, and make use of the vast amounts of knowledge that are already...
Sustainable Hospitality and Tourism as Motors for Development
Case Studies from Developing Regions of the World
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
It is now widely agreed that the climate is changing, global resources are diminishing and biodiversity is suffering. Developing countries – many of them considered by the World Tourism Organization to be 'Top Emerging Tourism Destinations' (UNWTO, 2009) – are already suffering the full frontal...
Strengthening the Environmental Dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific
Stocktake of National Responses to Sustainable Development Goals 12, 14, and 15
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
This report presents the results of a stocktake of national responses to Sustainable Development Goals 12, 14, and 15, and selected environment-related targets that have a direct relationship with responsible consumption and production, and sustainable marine and terrestrial ecosystems management,...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
For pathways to be truly sustainable and advance gender equality and the rights and capabilities of women and girls, those whose lives and well-being are at stake must be involved in leading the way.
Gender Equality and Sustainable Development calls for policies, investments and initiatives...
Sustainable Development
An Appraisal from the Gulf Region
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
With growing evidence of unsustainable use of the world’s resources, such as hydrocarbon reserves, and related environmental pollution, as in alarming climate change predictions, sustainable development is arguably the prominent issue of the 21st century. This volume gives a wide ranging introduction...
Personal Sustainability
Exploring the Far Side of Sustainable Development
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
Transition to sustainability is stuck and academic research has not resulted in significant change so far. A large void in sustainability research and the understanding of sustainable development is an important reason for this. Personal Sustainability seeks to address this void, opening up a whole...
Religion, Heritage and the Sustainable City
Hinduism and urbanisation in Jaipur
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
The speed and scale of urbanisation in India is unprecedented almost anywhere in the world and has tremendous global implications. The religious influence on the urban experience has resonances for all aspects of urban sustainability in India and yet it remains a blind spot while articulating sustainable...
by Patrizia Lombardi, Peter S. Brandon
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
The first edition was extremely well received, providing an introduction and insight to this important topic in a comprehensive yet easy to read form. It was chosen to be issued to the representatives of the organizations from the G8 and G20 countries attending the University Summit held in Turin...
by Jeffrey D. Sachs
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Jeffrey D. Sachs is one of the world's most perceptive and original analysts of global development. In this major new work he presents a compelling and practical framework for how global citizens can use a holistic way forward to address the seemingly intractable worldwide problems of persistent extreme...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
Which new institutions do we need in order to trigger local- and global sustainable urban development? Are cities the right starting points for implementing sustainability policies? If so, what are the implications for city management? This book reflects the situation of cities in the context of global...