Sustainable Development category: 1942 books
Protecting Seniors Against Environmental Disasters
From Hazards and Vulnerability to Prevention and Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
The baby boom generation were born between 1946 and 1964 and are the largest population cohort in US history. They should number about 90 million by mid-century, more than doubling their current size. The massive increase in seniors and relative decline of those of working age in the US is mirrored...
Social and Solidarity Economy
The World’s Economy with a Social Face
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
This book aims to provide the reader with an insight into the relevance of a section of the economy, which is often referred to as the ‘social and solidarity economy’ (SSE); and highlight some of the current issues in the field, how they are being addressed and some of their future implications....
Beyond the Name
Preserving Love, Legacy and Leadership in Your Family Business
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
Only 3 percent of family companies last into the fourth generation. Will yours? Your family company is more than a building. It’s made up of people you love, legacy you cherish, and leadership you value. As an owner or leader, you have a unique calling to preserve and grow your...
Chicago
An economic history
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2015
Chicago went from nothing in 1830 to become the second-largest city in the nation in 1900, while the Midwest developed to become one of the world’s foremost urban areas. This book is an economic history of the Chicago metropolitan area from the 1820s to the present. It examines the city in its Midwestern...
Fraud and Carbon Markets
The Carbon Connection
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
The VAT Carousel Fraud has seriously undermined the financial integrity of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). This timely book is the first to give an overview of fraud in the carbon market. Written by a former broker, it presents unique material on the carbon fraud mechanics and...
Natural Hazards, Risk and Vulnerability
Floods and slum life in Indonesia
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Different people handle risk in different ways. The current lack of understanding about this heterogeneity in risk behaviour makes it difficult to intervene effectively in risk-prone communities.
Natural Hazards, Risk and Vulnerability offers a unique insight in the everyday life of a group...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
The EU has been the region of the world where the most climate policies have been implemented, and where practical policy experimentation in the field of the environment and climate change has been taking place at a rapid pace over the last twenty-five years. This has led to considerable success in...
Climate Change Ethics
Navigating the Perfect Moral Storm
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Climate change is now the biggest challenge faced by humanity worldwide and ethics is the crucial missing component in the debate about what to do about this enormous threat. This book examines why thirty-five years of discussion of human-induced warming has failed to acknowledge fundamental ethical...
Extending coverage
Social protection and the informal economy
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2018
This book was drafted during the Regional Workshop held in Kenya last February as a collective effort of academics, public officers, regional experts, and civil society organisations to answer the question: “How can we use social protection mechanisms as a tool for promoting social inclusion of...
by Peter Karl Kresl, Daniele Ietri
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
Much recent research in Urban Studies has concentrated on the notion of the ‘global city’ but discussion has also covered a larger set of mega cities, with populations in excess of 10 million. This analysis has begged the question of the optimal size for a city – is larger always better?
Smaller...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
The threat of climate displacement looms large over a growing number of countries. Based on the more than six years of work by Displacement Solutions in ten climate-affected countries, academic work on displacement and climate adaptation, and the country-level efforts of civil society groups in several...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
In the age of corporate responsibility, green technology and sustainability continue to grip the consciousness of business and academic institutions. However, development of appropriate business-driven green applications requires an awareness of best practices of the green agenda. Green Technology Applications...
Environmentality
Technologies of Government and the Making of Subjects
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2005
In Kumaon in northern India, villagers set hundreds of forest fires in the early 1920s, protesting the colonial British state’s regulations to protect the environment. Yet by the 1990s, they had begun to conserve their forests carefully. In his innovative historical and political study, Arun Agrawal...
Sustainability for Healthcare Management
A Leadership Imperative
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Sustainability is not unique to health, yet sustainability is a unique vehicle for promoting healthy values. This book challenges healthcare leaders to think through the implications of our decisions from fiscal, societal and environmental perspectives. It links health values with sustainability drivers...