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A Framework for Sustainability Thinking [electronic resource] : A Student's Introduction to Global Sustainability Challenges / by Jeremy Van Antwerp, Matthew Kuperus Heun.

By: Van Antwerp, Jeremy [author.].
Contributor(s): Heun, Matthew Kuperus [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Synthesis Lectures on Sustainable Development: Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022Edition: 1st ed. 2022.Description: XXV, 249 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783031791796.Subject(s): Engineering | Economic development | Earth sciences | Geography | Environmental education | Technology and Engineering | Economic Development, Innovation and Growth | Earth and Environmental Sciences | Environmental and Sustainability EducationAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 620 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
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.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: 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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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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