Sustainable Development category: 1942 books
Sustainable Development in the Process Industries
Cases and Impact
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
The complete, hands-on guide to sustainable development
Today's process industries must develop natural resources within an eco-friendly framework that balances current demand with future need. Realizing this goal necessitates global vigilance of three key areas—people, planet, and prosperity—known...
Transitions to Sustainable Development
New Directions in the Study of Long Term Transformative Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2010
Over the past few decades, there has been a growing concern about the social and environmental risks which have come along with the progress achieved through a variety of mutually intertwined modernization processes. In recent years these concerns are transformed into a widely-shared sense of urgency,...
Engineering Education for Sustainable Development
A Capabilities Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
This book demonstrates how the theoretical concepts of the capabilities approach can be applied in the context of engineering education, and how this could be used to add nuance to our understanding of the contribution higher education can make to human flourishing. In demonstrating the usefulness...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Few studies of globalization have analyzed its impact on African societies from the viewpoint of sustainable development. This volume answers that need. The essays here contribute to the store of knowledge about globalization in sub-Saharan Africa by documenting the affect of this global force on...
Strategic Sustainable Procurement
Law and Best Practice for the Public and Private Sectors
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Procurement is playing an increasingly strategic role as a lever for sustainable development and social and environmental responsibility. Greater regulation on sustainable procurement in the public sector, including significant changes to the EU Directive in April 2014, are driving this change.This...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Organizations and businesses are applying sustainable development concepts in their management strategies in order to improve and rethink products, processes, services, and policies which will have significant potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, excess consumption, and improve the quality of...
Transdisciplinary Solutions for Sustainable Development
From planetary management to stewardship
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Global environmental issues such as climate change and species loss are intensifying despite our best efforts to combat them. The key reason for this is that the drivers of these problems are closely linked to the industrialism and consumerism that are promoted by governments and other organizations...
New Business for Old Europe
Product-Service Development, Competitiveness and Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Selling products used to be the standard way of doing business. Traditionally, it is left to the user to transform the purchase of a product into something that fulfils effectively a final-user need. Today, two streams of research – business management and sustainability – normally with very distinct...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
Implementation of technology into social and economic developments have provided key strengths in improving competitiveness and meeting the demands of modern society for life and the economy; including adapting to green development as a means to confront the economic crisis. E-Innovation for Sustainable...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
Sustainability is becoming an increasingly urgent factor in all areas of life, and its effect on contemporary economies can be vast. Sustainable development can truly propel modern economies forward, and it is important to study the impacts of such progress. Measuring Sustainable Development and Green...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
In the context of Strategy 2020 and in the follow-up to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), ADB prepared the report Environment Operational Directions, 2013–2020. The report aims to provide a coherent overview of its environment operations and to articulate how it will...
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Global Governance Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2019
This book draws on the expertise of faculty and colleagues at the Balsillie School of International Affairs to both locate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a contribution to the development of global government and to examine the political-institutional and financial challenges posed by...
Leadership for the Future Sustainable Development of Business and Education
2017 Prague Institute for Qualification Enhancement (PRIZK) and International Research Centre (IRC) “Scientific Cooperation” International Conference
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
This proceedings volume examines leadership from the perspectives of business, economics, social sciences, cross-cultural management, and education as a means to establish a future of sustainable development. Featuring contributions from the 2017 Prague Institute for Qualification Enhancement (PRIZK)...
Sustainable Leadership for Entrepreneurs and Academics
2018 Prague Institute for Qualification Enhancement (PRIZK) International Conference “Entrepreneurial and Sustainable Academic Leadership” (ESAL2018)
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2019
This proceedings volume focuses on the business models and higher education schemes in various countries that drive sustainable development. Specifically, it combines different approaches to issues such as social practices, educational practices, academic policies, energy, sustainable growth, R&D...