Bibliograph

Sustainability, key issues, edited by Helen Kopnina and Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet

Type

Label

Sustainability, key issues, edited by Helen Kopnina and Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sustainability

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

767569298

Responsibility statement

edited by Helen Kopnina and Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet

Sub title

key issues

Summary

'Sustainability: Key Issues' is a comprehensive introductory textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students doing courses in sustainability. Highly original, it covers the very broad spectrum of ideas covered under sustainability, from participation, resilience, growth, ecological modernism through to culture, sustainable communities and sustainable consumption. Each chapter covers one key idea, and has been written by an expert in that field.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Defining sustainability / Helen Kopnina and Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet -- Sustainability, the metaphysics of mastery, and transcendent nature / Michael Bonnett -- Reconstructing the sustainability narrative : separating myth from reality / Peter N. Nemetz -- Ethics in sustainability indexes / Sarah E. Fredericks -- Navigating towards sustainability: essential aspects of assessment and indicators / Waas T. Hugé, J. Verbruggen, A. Block, T -- Concepts, methodologies, data and tools to assess water use / Markus Pahlow -- Sustainable consumption and its discontents / Cindy Isenhour -- The future we want : post Rio+20 sustainable development goals and the role of education for sustainable development / Kamarulazizi Ibrahim, Kanayathu C Koshy and Walter Leal Filho -- Sustainability 2.0 : new strategies for achieving behavior change in a more connected world / Anna C. Evely, Mark S. Reed, David Adams, and Emily Lambert -- Csr, voluntary standards & sustainability / Thomas B. Long, Anne Tallontire, and William Young -- Business and production solutions : closing loops & the circular economy / Mike Tennant, Geraldine Brennan and Fenna Blomsma -- Economic growth and sustainability / Christian Kerschner, Daniel W. O'Neill -- Population matters / Blake Alcott -- Urban sustainability / John Blewitt -- Sustainable rural development and livelihoods / Andreas Neef -- Environmental politics, animal rights and ecological justice / Robert Garner -- Environmental ethics for tomorrow : sustaining the biosphere / Holmes Rolston III -- Is 'sustainability' the same as 'sustainable development'? / Haydn Washington

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