Sustainability Multi Disciplinary Perspectives
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Sustainability Multi Disciplinary Perspectives
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Author : Heriberto Cabezas
language : en
Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers
Release Date : 2012-11-14
Sustainability Multi Disciplinary Perspectives written by Heriberto Cabezas and has been published by Bentham Science Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-14 with Nature categories.
The concept of sustainability is inherently multi-disciplinary because it concerns a complex system having economic, technological, ecological, political, and other perspectives. Consequently, any effort in the area of sustainability involves concepts, principles, and methods from engineering, the social sciences including economics and social psychology, the biological sciences including ecology, and the physical sciences. Sustainability: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives discusses multidisciplinary aspects of the salient concepts, principles, and methods relevant to sustainability in a coherent and comprehensive manner. Topics covered range from green engineering and sustainability metrics to infrastructure and environmental policy.
Sustainable Consumption
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Author : Alistair Ulph
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2014-08-14
Sustainable Consumption written by Alistair Ulph and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-14 with Business & Economics categories.
If global society is to address the many environmental and other sustainability challenges that confront us in the twenty-first century, such as climate change and water resources, it will be necessary to make significant changes in our patterns of consumption, production, and distribution. There is a growing realization that while changes in production and distribution are formidable, the proposed solutions may not succeed unless it is possible to persuade individuals and households to change their patterns of consumption to make them more sustainable. However there are significant differences in how key disciplines such as psychology, neuroscience, economics, politics, sociology, anthropology, and history conceptualise consumption, empirically test their theoretical predictions, and use these to inform policy-makers across the private, public and third sectors on how to make consumption more sustainable. This book contains chapters from world-leading experts in these different disciplines that seek to explain the perspectives on sustainable consumption of their disciplines, suggest how these might be further enriched by taking on board some of the findings from other disciplines, and consider what this implies for new policies to address the key sustainability challenges outlined above. The book is dedicated to Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, one of the world's leading economists who has worked across a range of topics, including environmental and resource economics and development economics, and throughout his career has sought to incorporate into his economic thinking ideas from a range of other disciplines.
Environmental Sustainability In Transatlantic Perspective
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Author : Manuela Achilles
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-09-12
Environmental Sustainability In Transatlantic Perspective written by Manuela Achilles and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-12 with Political Science categories.
Experts from business, academia, governmental agencies and non-profit think tanks to form a transnational and multi-disciplinary perspectives on the combined challenges of environmental sustainability and energy security in the United States and Germany.
Social Responsibility And Sustainability
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Author : Tracy McDonald
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Social Responsibility And Sustainability written by Tracy McDonald and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Civics categories.
This concluding volume in the series presents the work of faculty who have been moved to make sustainability the focus of their work, and to use service learning as one method of teaching sustainability to their students. The chapters in the opening section of this book - Environmental Awareness - offer models for opening students to the awareness of the ecological aspects of sustainability, and of the interdependence of the ecosystem with human and with institutional decisions and behavior; and illustrate how they, in turn, can share that awareness with the community.The second section - Increasing Civic Engagement - explores means for fostering commitment to community service and experiencing the capacity to effect change.The concluding section - Sustainability Concepts in Business and Economics - addresses sustainability within the business context, with emphasis on the "triple bottom line"--the achievement of profitability through responsible environmental practice and respect for all stakeholders in the enterprise.
Value Addition And Economic Sustainability
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Author : Vongai Zvidenga Nyawo-Viriri-Shava
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Value Addition And Economic Sustainability written by Vongai Zvidenga Nyawo-Viriri-Shava and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Sustainable development categories.
Food And Sustainability In The Twenty First Century
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Author : Paul Collinson
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2019-06-06
Food And Sustainability In The Twenty First Century written by Paul Collinson and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-06 with Social Science categories.
Sustainability is one of the great problems facing food production today. Using cross-disciplinary perspectives from international scholars working in social, cultural and biological anthropology, ecology and environmental biology, this volume brings many new perspectives to the problems we face. Its cross-disciplinary framework of chapters with local, regional and continental perspectives provides a global outlook on sustainability issues. These case studies will appeal to those working in public sector agencies, NGOs, consultancies and other bodies focused on food security, human nutrition and environmental sustainability.
Science And Our Global Heritage
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Author : Thiel College (Greenville, Pennsylvania). Global Heritage Team
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Science And Our Global Heritage written by Thiel College (Greenville, Pennsylvania). Global Heritage Team and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Environmental policy categories.
Life Cycle Assessment New Developments And Multi Disciplinary Applications
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Author : Hsien Hui Khoo
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2022-01-19
Life Cycle Assessment New Developments And Multi Disciplinary Applications written by Hsien Hui Khoo and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-19 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is internationally accepted as a core topic in the field of environmental management in various industries for obtaining a complete picture of the environmental impacts of products or processes. In contrast to other types of environmental management tools or sustainability assessment methods, LCA methodologies take a holistic approach to include all relevant processes starting from the extraction of natural resources to various manufacturing stages that lead to the final product.Following an evidence-approach, LCA is underpinned by quantitative methodologies to study real-world problems and uncover 'hidden' impacts beyond the conventional boundary of a single-stage manufacturing system, to develop sustainable strategies that consider regional or global production chains.This book offers multi-disciplinary perspectives of new LCA developments and applications, spanning from data variability to ecosystem services, plus the evaluation of the net greenhouse gas from Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) methods and waste management. Perspectives of green chemistry principles via LCA, combined with life cycle atom economy approaches are explored. Industrial symbiosis concepts, LCA as an Entrepreneurial Tool for Business Management and Green Innovations, and blockchain-enabled LCA are also presented.
Uncertainty And Risk
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Author : Gabriele Bammer
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2012-05-04
Uncertainty And Risk written by Gabriele Bammer and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-04 with Business & Economics categories.
This is a major, and deeply thoughtful, contribution to understanding uncertainty and risk. Our world and its unprecedented challenges need such ways of thinking! Much more than a set of contributions from different disciplines, this book leads you to explore your own way of perceiving your own area of work. An outstanding contribution that will stay on my shelves for many years. Dr Neil T. M. Hamilton, Director, WWF International Arctic Programme This collection of essays provides a unique and fascinating overview of perspectives on uncertainty and risk across a wide variety of disciplines. It is a valuable and accessible sourcebook for specialists and laypeople alike. Professor Renate Schubert, Head of the Institute for Environmental Decisions and Chair of Economics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology This comprehensive collection of disciplinary perspectives on uncertainty is a definitive guide to contemporary insights into this Achilles heel of modernity and the endemic hubris of institutional science in its role as public authority. It gives firm foundations to the fundamental historic shift now underway in the world, towards normalizing acceptance of the immanent condition of ignorance and of its practical corollaries: contingency, uncontrol, and respect for difference. Brian Wynne, Professor of Science Studies, Lancaster University Bammer and Smithson have assembled a fascinating, important collection of papers on uncertainty and its management. The integrative nature of Uncertainty and Risk makes it a landmark in the intellectual history of this vital cross-disciplinary concept. George Cvetkovich, Director, Center for Cross-Cultural Research, Western Washington University Uncertainty governs our lives. From the unknowns of living with the risks of terrorism to developing policies on genetically modified foods, or disaster planning for catastrophic climate change, how we conceptualize, evaluate and cope with uncertainty drives our actions and deployment of resources, decisions and priorities. In this thorough and wide-ranging volume, theoretical perspectives are drawn from art history, complexity science, economics, futures, history, law, philosophy, physics, psychology, statistics and theology. On a practical level, uncertainty is examined in emergency management, intelligence, law enforcement, music, policy and politics. Key problems that are a subject of focus are environmental management, communicable diseases and illicit drugs. Opening and closing sections of the book provide major conceptual strands in uncertainty thinking and develop an integrated view of the nature of uncertainty, uncertainty as a motivating or de-motivating force, and strategies for coping and managing under uncertainty.
Lessons From The Great Recession
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Author : Constantin Gurdgiev
language : en
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Release Date : 2016-03-07
Lessons From The Great Recession written by Constantin Gurdgiev and has been published by Emerald Group Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-07 with Business & Economics categories.
This volume examines global cases of environmental sustainability and economics in the context of nations from multi-disciplinary perspectives. This book analyses the problems faced globally as economies try to build a sustainable future in the aftermath of the 'Great Recession', and the recent economic and financial crises.