Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development Climate Change and the Environment /

• Main Author: Sanneh, Edward Saja (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Sustainable development.; Environmental economics.; Economic development-Environmental aspects.; Environmental health.; Renewable energy resources.; Water pollution.; Sustainable Development.; Environmental Economics.; Development and Sustainability.; Water and Health.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.
• Physical Description: XXI, 114 p. 21 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319705859
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-70585-9

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.