Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development: Climate Change and the Environment

✍ Scribed by Edward Saja Sanneh (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 123
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents a systems thinking approach in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals for sustainable national development in vulnerable countries. Systems thinking is a process for understanding the interrelationships among the key components of a system; this book illustrates sustainable development as a system. Key environmental issues are discussed showing their relationship to socioeconomic aspects of development, in the light of increased climate threats and environmental disasters.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi
Introduction (Edward Saja Sanneh)....Pages 1-11
Renewable and Sustainable Energy (Edward Saja Sanneh)....Pages 13-23
Access to Safe Drinking Water (Edward Saja Sanneh)....Pages 25-31
Access to Basic Health Care in Communities (Edward Saja Sanneh)....Pages 33-39
Climate Change Adaption (Edward Saja Sanneh)....Pages 41-53
Sustainable Development (Edward Saja Sanneh)....Pages 55-63
Introduction of a Recycling System for Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management (Edward Saja Sanneh)....Pages 65-74
Shipment of Used ICT Products to Developing Countries (Edward Saja Sanneh)....Pages 75-88
Underground Storage Tank System (USTs) Environmental Management and Petroleum Pollution Control (Edward Saja Sanneh)....Pages 89-96
Conclusion and Suggestions (Edward Saja Sanneh)....Pages 97-99
Back Matter ....Pages 101-114

✦ Subjects

Sustainable Development