Fundamentals of Sustainable Development

Höfundur: Niko Roorda (Útgáfa: 4)
Fundamentals of Sustainable Development

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This completely revised fourth edition of Fundamentals of Sustainable Development provides an accessible and interdisciplinary introduction to sustainable development for undergraduate and postgraduate students across the natural and social sciences, and beyond. It is designed to easily align with structured modules to enable students to work through topics one by one. Building on the previous edition’s user-friendly and comprehensive overview, this edition offers a macro and micro perspective on the challenges of sustainable, holistic development, looking at the impacts on global society in addition to people, planet and profit.

It discusses in detail the benefits and limitations of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, linking these to new case studies throughout to provide a broad, international lens and highlighting regionally specific environmental issues, ecological approaches, indigenous perspectives and successful development strategies. The increasing risks of zoonoses and pandemics and their impact on sustainable development are discussed, as human activities within nature rise as a result of climate change.

Timely topics on sustainable business are introduced across the book, including carbon footprints, ecolabels, greenwashing, measuring and reporting, degrowth, and personal and professional action points. The book also taps into timely philosophical discussions relating to the Anthropocene, such as climate anxiety, emotional connection to nature and more-than-human debates. For instructors and students, new and revised supplemental resources can be accessed via the book’s website, including PowerPoints, lab-based exercises such as spreadsheet modelling, debate assignments and research tasks.

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Útgefandi
Taylor & Francis
ISBN
9781040257258
Print ISBN
9781032504667
Format
Page Fidelity (PDF)
Útgáfa
4
Höfundar
Niko Roorda
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2025-01-28
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100
Prent takmörkun
2
Afritunar takmörkun
2

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  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • About the Author
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Sustainable Development, the Voyage of Discovery of the Twenty-First Century
  • Chapter 1: The Adventure: New Paradigms
  • 1.1: Part 1: Learning to Think Differently
  • 1.2: Part 2: Zooming out to the Big Picture
  • 1.3: Part 3: Zooming in on the Three Ps
  • 1.4: Part 4: Zooming out to the Anthropocene
  • Chapter 2: The Complexity: People, Planet and Profit
  • 2.1: Everything is Interconnected
  • 2.2: Two Dimensions: Place and time
  • 2.3: Complexity
  • 2.4: The Tragedy of the Commons
  • Chapter 3: The Urgency: Climate Change has Started
  • 3.1: The Problem
  • 3.2: Current and Foreseeable Consequences
  • 3.3: Tipping Points: Incalculable Consequences
  • 3.4: SDG 13: Climate Action
  • Part 2: Zooming Out to Global Society
  • Chapter 4: Now, Soon and Later: Thinking from Visions of the Future
  • 4.1: Growth Models
  • 4.2: Scenarios
  • 4.3: Dreams and Ideals
  • 4.4: Responsibility
  • Chapter 5: Here, There and Far Away: Global Entanglement
  • 5.1: The Origins of Today’s World
  • 5.2: Everything Gets Bigger
  • 5.3: The Shrinking Human
  • 5.4: Responsibility
  • Chapter 6: Agenda 2030: Global Goals
  • 6.1: The Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals
  • 6.2: The SDGs: Reliability and Validity
  • 6.3: SDG 17: Sincere Commitment
  • 6.4: The Value of the SDGs
  • Chapter 7: Agenda 2100: Global Transition
  • 7.1: Improvements, Innovations, Transitions
  • 7.2: Mitigation: The Energy Transition in Europe
  • 7.3: Adaptation: Floating Cities
  • 7.4: Transition Management
  • Part 3: Zooming in on Planet, Profit, People
  • Chapter 8: Planet: Living with Nature
  • 8.1: The Sixth Extinction
  • 8.2: SDG 15: The Nature Restoration Agenda
  • 8.3: SDG 2: Sustainable Agriculture and Food
  • 8.4: SDG 14: Water, Fisheries and Aquaculture
  • Chapter 9: Profit: Sustainable Business
  • 9.1: SDG 9: Circular Economy, True Prices
  • 9.2: SDG 12: Value, Profit
  • 9.3: SDG 8: Economic Growth, Dematerialisation
  • 9.4: SDG 12: ESG, Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Chapter 10: People: A Dignified Life
  • 10.1: SDG 5 and 11: Emancipation, Empowerment, Resilience
  • 10.2: SDG 1–7: Multidimensional Poverty
  • 10.3: SDG 10: Inequality
  • 10.4: SDG 17: The Social Contract
  • Part 4: Professional and Personal Action Perspectives
  • Chapter 11: Thinking Differently: Who Owns the Earth?
  • 11.1: The Anthropocene
  • 11.2: Four Spheres: Words, Narratives, Policies, Effects
  • 11.3: Science, Ethics and Identity
  • 11.4: SDG 16: Peace
  • Chapter 12: You, Human
  • 12.1: The Dream: Intrinsic Sustainability Goals (ISGS)
  • 12.2: SDG 4: The Learning Society
  • 12.3: RESFIA+D: The Sustainably Competent Professional
  • 12.4: SDG 5: Self-Actualisation. The Pledge
  • Appendix: RESFIA+D
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index