Van Antwerp, Jeremy.

A Framework for Sustainability Thinking A Student's Introduction to Global Sustainability Challenges / [electronic resource] : by Jeremy Van Antwerp, Matthew Kuperus Heun. - 1st ed. 2022. - XXV, 249 p. online resource. - Synthesis Lectures on Sustainable Development, 2637-7691 . - Synthesis Lectures on Sustainable Development, .

List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Planetary Boundaries -- Population -- Affluence -- Resource Intensity of Economic Activity -- Impact of Resources -- Households -- Transportation -- Agriculture -- Land Use -- Collective Action -- Individual Action -- Afterword -- Authors' Biographies -- Index.

This book is an introduction to the many challenges of sustainability. The first half of the book develops a framework for sustainability thinking. The second half considers application areas and personal and corporate responses to sustainability challenges. Basic facts, figures, and information related to sustainability are presented in a way that should convey to readers a sense of scale for the many sustainability challenges we face. Throughout, the end-of-chapter projects and discussion questions focus on tradeoffs among competing goods and the ethical and social implications of decisions related to sustainability. This book was written for a university seminar course on sustainability but could be used in other small-group discussion settings. It is intended to be easy to read but hard to digest.

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Engineering.
Economic development.
Earth sciences.
Geography.
Environmental education.
Technology and Engineering.
Economic Development, Innovation and Growth.
Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Environmental and Sustainability Education.

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