Eco-Responsible Cities and the Global Ocean Geostrategic Shifts and the Sustainability Trilemma /

• Main Author: Mega, Voula P. (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, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Economic development-Environmental aspects.; Environment.; Environmental geography.; Development and Sustainability.; Environment, general.; Environmental Geography.

This book examines the nexus of cities and oceans and the interrelations between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 11 and 14, just after the first two critical years following the milestone year of hope in 2015. It advocates for actions both for sustainable cities, the largest interconnected...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Planet Ocean, a World of Cities: A Journey around the Shores of the Anthropocene
• 2.Threatened Urban and Ocean Biodiversity: The Imperative of Resilience
• 3.The Future of Climate Will Be Decided in Cities and Oceans
• 4.The Paths to Decarbonisation Through Cities and Seas
• 5.Towards Purposeful, Circular and Sustainable Economies
• 6.An Inclusive, Just Society as the Ultimate Frontier on Land and the Sea
• 7.Cities and Oceans at the Crossroads of Knowledge, Ingenuity and Co-creation
• 8.Open Cities and the Ocean: Local and Global Engagement
• 9. Messages for Leaders Towards a World of Difference
• Annex: A Concert of Inspiring Initiatives and Paradigm Shifts.