The Palgrave Handbook of Sustainability Case Studies and Practical Solutions /
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the practice of sustainability through a diverse range of case studies spanning across varied fields and areas of expertise. It provides a clear indication as to the contemporary state of sustainability in a time faced by issues such as global climate c...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Έκδοση: | 1st ed. 2018. |
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 1. Sustainability Definitions, Historical Context and Frameworks; Sandra Garren and Robert Brinkmann
- Section 1: Environment
- 2. Sustainability and Natural Landscape Stewardship: A United States Conservation Case Study; Johanna Kavorik
- 3. Policy Design for Sustainability at Multiple Scales: The Case of Transboundary Haze Pollution in Southeast Asia; Ishani Mukherjee 4. Sustainable Water Resources Management: Groundwater Depletion; Brian F. Thomas and Aimee C. Gibbons
- 5. America's Path to Drinking Water Infrastructure Inequality and Environmental Injustice: The Case of Flint, Michigan; Adrienne L. Katner et al.
- 6. Sustainable Renewable Energy: The Case of Burlington, Vermont; Sandra Garren
- 7. Greenhouse Gas Management: A Case Study of a Typical American City; Rachel M. Krause and J.C. Martel
- 8. Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in China: An Unsustainable Situation in Search of a Solution; Haakon Vennemo and Kristin Aunan
- 9. Waste Management Outlook for the Middle East; Salman Zafar
- 10. The Sustainability of Vicuña Conservation in Bolivia; Melissa Grigione et al.
- 11. The Efficacy of Small Closures: A Tale of Two Marine Protected Areas in Canada; Ryan Stanley et al.
- Section 2: Equity
- 12. Urban Social Sustainability: The Case Study of Nottingham, United Kingdom; Jenni Cauvain
- 13. Methods for Integrated Sustainability Assessment: The Case of Small Holder Farming in Karnataka, South India; Sheetal Patil and Seema Purushothaman
- 14. Japanese Women and Antinuclear Activism After the Fukushima Accident; Heidi Hutner
- 15. Emerging Social Movements for Sustainability: Understanding and Scaling Up Upcycling in the United Kingdom; Kyungeun Sung, Tim Cooper, and Sarah Kettley
- 16. Urban Vulnerability of Waste Workers in Nigerian Cities: The Case of Aba, Nigeria; Thaddeus Chidi Nzeadibe and Friday Uchenna Ochege
- 17. Designing Personal Sustainability into Organizational Culture: The Case of Burning Man; Morgan C. Benton and Nicole Radziwill
- 18. Political Leadership and Sustainability in Africa: Margaret Kenyatta; Jo-Ansie van Wyk
- 19. Environmental Law; Yumiko Nakanishi
- 20. Brownfields Redevelopment: Recycling the Urban Environment; Elizabeth Strom
- 21. Methodology for Selection of Sustainability Criteria: A Case Study of Social Housing in Peru; Daniel R. Rondinel Oviedo and Christopher Scheier Barreto
- 22. Small-Scale, Sustainable Agriculture in Broward, Florida; Thelma I. Velez
- Section 3: Economy
- 23. Economic Development and Sustainability: A Case Study from Long Island, New York; Robert Brinkmann
- 24. Sustainable Business; Deborah Gallagher
- 25. Contributing to Competitiveness in Retailing by Engaging in Sustainability: The Case of Migros; Thomas Rudolph et al.
- 26. Environmental Purchasing in the City of Phoenix; Nicole Darnall et al.
- 27. The Dual Promise of Green Jobs: Sustainability and Economic Equity; Ellen Scully-Russ
- 28. Is Ecotourism Sustainable? A Case Study from Sri Lanka; Rathnayake Mudiyanselage Wasantha Rathnayake
- 29. Green Building and Sustainability: Diffusing Green Building Approaches in the United Kingdom and Germany; Kirstie O'Neill and David Gibbs
- 30. Green Universities: The Example of Western Kentucky University; Leslie North and Christian N. Ryan
- 31. Events, Festivals and Sustainability: The Woodford Folk Festival, Australia; Kirsten Holmes and Judith Mair
- 32. We'd Like Our Clothes Back Please! Partnering with Consumers to Achieve Sustainability Goals; Diane M. Phillips and Jason Keith Phillips
- 33. Green IT: Hofstra University's Information Technology Upgrades Created Unplanned Sustainable Green Benefits by Increasing Efficiency and Reducing Costs; Margaret Linehan and Catherine Fisher
- Section 4: Regional and Local Examples
- 34. Sustainability in North America: The Canadian Experience; Mark Roseland and Maria Spiliotopoulou
- 35. African Sustainability and Global Governance; Timothy M. Shaw
- 36. Urban Sustainability in India; Shrimoyee Bhattacharya
- 37. Sustainability in Africa: The Service Delivery Issues of Zimbabwe; Innocent Chirisa, Liaison Mukarwi, and Abraham Matamanda
- 38. Sustainable Transportation in Mexico; Nora Munguia and Luis Velazquez
- 39. Sustainability in Small States: Luxembourg as a Post-Suburban Space Under Growth Pressure in Need of a Cross-National Sustainability; Constance Carr
- 40. Florida's Growth Management Experience: From Top-down Direction to Laissez Faire Land-use; Aaron Deslatte
- 41. Planning for City Sustainability: Greenworks Orlando Case Study; Christopher V. Hawkins
- 42. ZukunftGestalten@MUAS: Designing the Future at Munich University of Applied Science (MUAS); Sascha Zinn and Ralf Isenmann
- 43. Sustainable Transportation Planning in the BosWash Corridor; Michelle R. Oswald Beiler.
