Sustainable Development category: 1942 books
by Andrew Newman, Gerry Nagtzaam
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
The International Atomic Energy Agency estimates that nuclear power generation facilities produce about 200,000 cubic meters of low and intermediate-level waste each year. Vital medical procedures, industrial processes and basic science research also produce significant quantities of waste. All of...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Sustaining a competitive edge in today’s business world requires innovative approaches to product, service, and management systems design and performance. Advances in computing technologies have presented managers with additional challenges as well as further opportunities to enhance their business...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
Although change management and therefore effective adaptation to environmental complexity is considered a uniquely human cultural activity, the extensive change management literature is largely based on the experiences of organizations in the advanced economies of the West. As the economies of African...
by Jim Howe, Edward T. McMahon, Luther Propst
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Increasing numbers of Americans are fleeing cities and suburbs for the small towns and open spaces that surround national and state parks, wildlife refuges, historic sites, and other public lands. With their scenic beauty and high quality of life, these "gateway communities" have become a magnet for...
by Hector Maletta
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2016
Hunger affects 800 million people, 11% of humankind. However, it is diminishing in absolute numbers and as a percentage of population as a result of slower population growth, economic development, and increasing farm productivity. Current food output is more than enough to feed all humankind and is growing...
Cultural Sustainability and the Nature-Culture Interface
Livelihoods, Policies, and Methodologies
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
As contemporary socio-ecological challenges such as climate change and biodiversity preservation have become more important, the three pillars concept has increasingly been used in planning and policy circles as a framework for analysis and action. However, the issue of how culture influences sustainability...
by Dominic Welburn
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
The liberal political theorist John Rawls, despite remaining largely silent on ‘green concerns’, was writing during a time of increasing awareness that the ecological stability of the earth is being compromised by human activity. Rawls’s reluctance to engage with such concerns, however, has...
The Politics of Slums in the Global South
Urban Informality in Brazil, India, South Africa and Peru
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Seeing urban politics from the perspective of those who reside in slums offers an important dimension to the study of urbanism in the global South. Many people living in sub-standard conditions do not have their rights as urban citizens recognised and realise that they cannot rely on formal democratic...
From Day One
Why Supporting Girls Aged 0 to 10 Is Critical to Change Africa's Path
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
The case for narrowing the gender gap is well established, and programs seeking to empower women in sub-Saharan Africa have multiplied. Yet a critical piece is missing: a focus on rural girls from zero to ten years old. Discrimination and social norms that penalize girls and women do not start at...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
China has been subject to floods, droughts and heat waves for millennia; these hazards are not new. What is new is how rapidly climate risks are changing for different groups of people and sectors. This is due to the unprecedented rates of socio-economic development, migration, land-use change, pollution...
The Business of Humanity
Strategic Management in the Era of Globalization, Innovation, and Shared Value
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Companies across the world, for a variety of reasons, are committing to incorporating social responsibility into their business models and finding that their profits are growing and their long-term sustainability is enhanced—building "humanity" into their business models as the driver...
Environmental Impacts of International Shipping
The Role of Ports
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011
While efficient ports are vital to the economic development of their surrounding areas, the related ship traffic, the handling of the goods in the ports and the hinterland distribution can cause a number of negative environmental impacts.
This book examines the environmental impacts of international...
The EU, US and China Tackling Climate Change
Policies and Alliances for the Anthropocene
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
The feeling of optimism that followed the COP 21 Paris Conference on Climate Change requires concrete action and steadfast commitment to a process that raises a number of crucial challenges: technological, political, social, and economic. As climate change worsens, new robust leadership is imperative.
The...
Pacing for Growth
Why Intelligent Restraint Drives Long-term Success
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
**Go the Distance!
Whether you're running a race or running a company, pacing is everything. Go too fast and you'll burn yourself out—too slow and you're left in the dust. So how can leaders find the right speed? Growth expert Alison Eyring, who is also a long-distance runner and triathlete,...