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.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Renewable and Sustainable Energy
• Chapter 3: Access to safe drinking water
• Chapter 4: Access to basic health care in rural communities
• Chapter 5: Climate change adaptation
• Chapter 6: Sustainable development
• Chapter 7: Introduction of a recycling system for sustainable municipal solid waste management
• Chapter 8: Shipment of used ICT products to developing countries
• Chapter: 9 Underground storage tank system (USTs) environmental management and petroleum pollution control
• Conclusion and suggestions.