Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development – serie
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106 produkter
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Global Governance Challenges
Av Simon Dalby, Susan Horton m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
2517 kr
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This book draws on the expertise of faculty and colleagues at the Balsillie School of International Affairs to both locate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a contribution to the development of global government and to examine the political-institutional and financial challenges posed by …
Sustainable Development Policy
A European Perspective
Av Michael von Hauff, Claudia Kuhnke
Häftad, 2019
751 kr
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Sustainable Development Policy: A European Perspective uses a variety of multidisciplinary perspectives to explore the ways in which sustainable infrastructures can play a more prominent and effective role in international development policy. Building on a solid introduction to sustainability and …
Age of Sustainability
Just Transitions in a Complex World
Inbunden, 2019
2517 kr
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With transitions to more sustainable ways of living already underway, this book examines how we understand the underlying dynamics of the transitions that are unfolding. Without this understanding, we enter the future in a state of informed bewilderment.Every day we are bombarded by reports about …
Age of Sustainability
Just Transitions in a Complex World
Häftad, 2019
649 kr
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With transitions to more sustainable ways of living already underway, this book examines how we understand the underlying dynamics of the transitions that are unfolding. Without this understanding, we enter the future in a state of informed bewilderment.Every day we are bombarded by reports about …
Local Government and Sustainable Development in the UK
Engaging the Local to Achieve the Global
Inbunden, 2026
2517 kr
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Drawing on and advancing theoretical frameworks that emphasis risk and reflexive modernity, this book presents data, discussions and recommendations from the UK to explore sustainable development and its associated risks at the local, community and individual levels. It argues that local government …
Measuring Welfare beyond Economics
The genuine progress of Hong Kong and Singapore
Av Claudio O. Delang, Yi Hang Yu
Häftad, 2019
846 kr
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Dissatisfaction with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as an indicator of a country’s development or a population’s wellbeing led to the development of the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI). The GPI is an aggregate index of over 20 economic, social and environmental indicators, and accounts for both …
Sustainable Pathways for our Cities and Regions
Planning within Planetary Boundaries
Häftad, 2019
771 kr
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In an urbanizing world, the majority of people live in urban settlements predominantly on the coastal edge. Focus has historically been on people, place and the challenges and opportunities of living with global change, and academic attention has largely been on sustainability science or …
Politics of the Sustainable Development Goals
Legitimacy, Responsibility, and Accountability
Av Magdalena Bexell, Kristina Jönsson
Inbunden, 2021
2508 kr
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This book draws attention to political aspects of sustainable development goal-setting, exploring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the global-national nexus during their first five years. After broad global deliberation and political negotiations, the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs were …
Metagovernance for Sustainability
A Framework for Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals
Häftad, 2020
719 kr
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The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which were adopted by the United Nations in September 2015 are universally applicable in all 193 UN Member States and connect the big challenges of our time, such as hunger and poverty, climate change, health in an urbanised environment, sustainable …
Poverty and Climate Change
Restoring a Global Biogeochemical Equilibrium
Häftad, 2020
719 kr
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Most, if not all of the global biogeochemical cycles on the earth have been broken or are at dangerous tipping points. These broken cycles have expressed themselves in various forms as soil degradation and depletion, ocean acidification, global warming and climate change. The best proposal for an …
Ecological Limits of Development
Living with the Sustainable Development Goals
Av Kaitlin Kish, Stephen Quilley
Inbunden, 2021
2508 kr
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Embracing the reality of biophysical limits to growth, this volume uses the technical tools from ecological economics to recast the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as Ecological Livelihood Goals – policy agendas and trajectories that seek to reconcile the social and spatial mobility and …
Ecological Limits of Development
Living with the Sustainable Development Goals
Av Kaitlin Kish, Stephen Quilley
Häftad, 2023
690 kr
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Embracing the reality of biophysical limits to growth, this volume uses the technical tools from ecological economics to recast the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as Ecological Livelihood Goals – policy agendas and trajectories that seek to reconcile the social and spatial mobility and …
New World-System
From Chaos to Sustainability
Häftad, 2020
647 kr
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A New World-System: From Chaos to Sustainability examines the present crisis in the social and ecological environment that is producing profound, potentially catastrophic challenges to the planet and humanity and outlines a process for moving forward to address these critical issues. This book is a …
New World-System
From Chaos to Sustainability
Inbunden, 2020
2508 kr
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A New World-System: From Chaos to Sustainability examines the present crisis in the social and ecological environment that is producing profound, potentially catastrophic challenges to the planet and humanity and outlines a process for moving forward to address these critical issues. This book is a …
Buen Vivir as an Alternative to Sustainable Development
Lessons from Ecuador
Häftad, 2023
680 kr
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Until recently, the concept of Buen Vivir has only been loosely articulated by practising communities and in progressive policy in countries like Ecuador. What it actually means has been unclear, and in the case of policy, contradictory. As such there has been a lack of understanding about exactly …
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Global Governance Challenges
Av Simon Dalby, Susan Horton m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
549 kr
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This book draws on the expertise of faculty and colleagues at the Balsillie School of International Affairs to both locate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a contribution to the development of global government and to examine the political-institutional and financial challenges posed by …
Beyond the Blue Economy
Creative Industries and Sustainable Development in Small Island Developing States
Av Peter Rudge
Häftad, 2023
649 kr
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This book argues for a broader approach to sustainable growth in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).Small island states such as those in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and South Pacific face significant and growing threats from climate change, increasing political and social volatility, and rapidly …
Beyond the Blue Economy
Creative Industries and Sustainable Development in Small Island Developing States
Av Peter Rudge
Inbunden, 2021
2517 kr
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This book argues for a broader approach to sustainable growth in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).Small island states such as those in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and South Pacific face significant and growing threats from climate change, increasing political and social volatility, and rapidly …
Land Rights, Biodiversity Conservation and Justice
Rethinking Parks and People
Av Sharlene Mollett, Thembela Kepe
Häftad, 2019
693 kr
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In the context of sustainable development, recent land debates tend to construct two porous camps. On the one side, norms of land justice and their advocates dictate that people’s rights to tenure security are tantamount and even sometimes key to successful conservation practice. On the other hand, …
Engineering Education for Sustainable Development
A Capabilities Approach
Häftad, 2019
693 kr
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This book demonstrates how the theoretical concepts of the capabilities approach can be applied in the context of engineering education, and how this could be used to add nuance to our understanding of the contribution higher education can make to human flourishing. In demonstrating the usefulness …
Buen Vivir as an Alternative to Sustainable Development
Lessons from Ecuador
Inbunden, 2020
2481 kr
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Until recently, the concept of Buen Vivir has only been loosely articulated by practising communities and in progressive policy in countries like Ecuador. What it actually means has been unclear, and in the case of policy, contradictory. As such there has been a lack of understanding about exactly …
Theories of Sustainable Development
Av Judith Enders, Moritz Remig
Häftad, 2016
856 kr
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While sustainability has become a buzzword in discussions about the environment and development, work on theories of sustainable development has received much less attention. However, theory is vital as understanding the origins and development of the concept is the key to achieving successful …
Sustainable University
Progress and prospects
Av Stephen Sterling, Larch Maxey m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
2525 kr
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The direction of higher education is at a crossroads against a background of mounting sustainability-related issues and uncertainties. This book seeks to inspire positive change in higher education by exploring the rich notion of the sustainable university and illustrating pathways through which …
Institutional and Social Innovation for Sustainable Urban Development
Inbunden, 2012
2525 kr
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Which new institutions do we need in order to trigger local- and global sustainable urban development? Are cities the right starting points for implementing sustainability policies? If so, what are the implications for city management? This book reflects the situation of cities in the context of …
Sustainable Development in Amazonia
Paradise in the Making
Av Kei Otsuki
Inbunden, 2013
768 kr
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This book argues against the assumption that sustainability and environmental conservation are naturally the common goal and norm for everyone in Amazonia. This is the first book focusing on agency, reflexivity and social development to address sustainable development in the region. It discusses …
Transformative Sustainable Development
Participation, reflection and change
Av Kei Otsuki
Inbunden, 2014
2525 kr
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Recent debates about sustainable development have shifted their focus from fixing environmental problems in a technocratic and economic way to more fundamental changes in social-political processes and relations. In this context, participation is a genuinely transformative approach to sustainable …
Values in Sustainable Development
Inbunden, 2013
2525 kr
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To enhance sustainable development research and practice the values of the researchers, project managers and participants must first be made explicit. Values in Sustainable Development introduces and compares worldviews and values from multiple countries and perspectives, providing a survey of …
Sustainable Capitalism and the Pursuit of Well-Being
Inbunden, 2013
2525 kr
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Sustainable development is the central challenge of the 21st Century. How can human civilization continue to develop without destroying the natural systems on which it depends?Environmentalists tell us that capitalism is the problem because it feeds our self-interest. They tell us that we have to …
Emerging Economies and Challenges to Sustainability
Theories, strategies, local realities
Av Arve Hansen, Ulrikke Wethal
Inbunden, 2014
2525 kr
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The rise of emerging economies represents a challenge to traditional global power balances and raises the question of how we can combine sustainability with continued economic growth. Understanding this global shift and its impact on the environment is the paramount contemporary challenge for …
Measuring Welfare beyond Economics
The genuine progress of Hong Kong and Singapore
Av Claudio O. Delang, Yi Hang Yu
Inbunden, 2015
2600 kr
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Dissatisfaction with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as an indicator of a country’s development or a population’s wellbeing led to the development of the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI). The GPI is an aggregate index of over 20 economic, social and environmental indicators, and accounts for both …
