Introduction to Sustainability

✍ Scribed by Brinkmann, Robert

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated;Wiley Blackwell
Year: 2019;2016
Tongue: English
Edition: Enhanced Credo edition
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Introduction to Sustainability is the first major textbook to review major themes in the cutting-edge field of sustainability. The text includes material on the development of the field of sustainability; environmental sustainability issues like water, food, and energy; social sustainability themes like environmental justice and transportation; and economic sustainability topics like green businesses and economic development.;Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- About the author -- Chapter 1. Roots of the modern sustainability movement -- Chapter 2. Understanding natural systems -- Chapter 3. Measuring sustainability -- Chapter 4. Energy -- Chapter 5. Greenhouse gas management -- Chapter 6. Water -- Chapter 7. Food and agriculture -- Chapter 8. Green building -- Chapter 9. Transportation -- Chapter 10. Pollution and waste -- Chapter 11. Environmental justice -- Chapter 12. Sustainable planning and governance -- Chapter 13. Sustainability, economics, and the global commons -- Chapter 14. Corporate and organizational sustainability management -- Chapter 15. Sustainability at universities, colleges, and schools -- Index.

✦ Table of Contents

Dedication --
Acknowledgments --
About the author --
Chapter 1. Roots of the modern sustainability movement --
Chapter 2. Understanding natural systems --
Chapter 3. Measuring sustainability --
Chapter 4. Energy --
Chapter 5. Greenhouse gas management --
Chapter 6. Water --
Chapter 7. Food and agriculture --
Chapter 8. Green building --
Chapter 9. Transportation --
Chapter 10. Pollution and waste --
Chapter 11. Environmental justice --
Chapter 12. Sustainable planning and governance --
Chapter 13. Sustainability, economics, and the global commons --
Chapter 14. Corporate and organizational sustainability management --
Chapter 15. Sustainability at universities, colleges, and schools --
Index.

✦ Subjects

Economic development--Environmental aspects;Sustainable development;Electronic books;Economic development -- Environmental aspects

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