Sustainable Development

SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION DISCOVER THE LATEST EDITION OF THE LEADING TEXTBOOK ON SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION AND GREEN BUILDING In the newly revised Fifth Edition of Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery, the late Dr. Charles J...

In Future-Fit Innovation, Barbara Salopek presents a groundbreaking approach to driving sustainable and lasting innovation in organizations.By focusing on the often-overlooked dimensions of innovation management-individuals, groups, and...

This report investigates the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in helping developing countries participate in global value chains (GVCs). It aims to provide practical guidance for developing countries to develop strategies that use FDI to...

This report explores the role and significance of political risk insurance (PRI) in fostering FDI in developing countries, particularly in LDCs. It examines the main challenges and opportunities faced by PRI providers and highlights five policy...

This publication assesses progress of UNECE countries towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, relying on the data available in the United Nations global SDG indicators database in 2025. Stories on specific topics provide a closer look at how...

Data- and information sharing across political, sectoral, environmental and institutional boundaries is necessary for the sustainable management of transboundary waters. The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and...

The global implications surrounding embodied carbon - the total greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production, transportation, assembly, and deconstruction of building materials - are often overlooked. Embodied Carbon challenges the...

Digital Technologies for Sustainable Manufacturing provides a practical framework for promoting sustainability in manufacturing by combining Life Cycle Engineering with the 5S principles (Social, Sustainable, Sensing, Smart, and Safe). This book...

The Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy is a comprehensive presentation of definitions, philosophies, policies, models, and analyses of global environmental and developmental issues. With a wealth of comparative, multidisciplinary,...

Global Leadership for a Sustainable Future facilitates a global conversation about sustainability leadership theory and praxis in public and non-profit sectors, where leaders are challenged to manage global crisis, make inclusive public policy, act...

Realising Good Growth is a practical and purposeful guidebook for leaders wishing to take a different path on a journey towards collective purpose and a better world, where profit is not the destination, just one of the sturdy pillars that supports the...

Realising Good Growth is a practical and purposeful guidebook for leaders wishing to take a different path on a journey towards collective purpose and a better world, where profit is not the destination, just one of the sturdy pillars that supports the...

Every CEO aims to deliver sustainable growth. But as the impacts of climate risk escalate, this challenge will intensify in the years ahead. To succeed, the board must enhance its sustainability fluency and own the climate agenda. Navigating Sustainable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788170208372Author Outt Demitra SinghFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Cosmo PublicationsPublisher Cosmo Publications

Why stopping emissions isn't enough-and what businesses must do next to truly neutralize their carbon impact.Race to Zero is an essential guide for businesses navigating the complex path to sustainability. While cutting emissions is essential, complete...

This volume explores intergenerational practices and their impact on social sustainability, with an emphasis on developing programmatic efforts to address profound social challenges such as underperforming educational and work-related systems, failing...

Since the 1991-2002 civil conflict ended in Sierra Leone, the country has failed to translate the accomplishments of women's involvement in bringing the war to an end into meaningful political empowerment. This is in marked contrast to other...

In an era of profound environmental and geopolitical uncertainty, Designing through Planetary Breakdown offers fresh perspectives on design's evolving role in the face of planetary change. This unique collection emphasises practices and perspectives at...

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. A new trend in ethical finance, impact investing aims to generate positive social or environmental impacts alongside financial returns. But what does it really mean and how is it practiced...

Our planet is a closed system with limited material resources, yet our current economic model is designed in a one-way direction from resource extraction to disposal, leading to resource depletion. This book proposes a new economic model, offering an...

This book provides a highly accessible and easy-to-navigate overview of the essential concepts and terms related to the current global endeavour to implement the Sustainable Development Goals.With the first decade of the 15-years timespan of the 2030...

With Africa predicted to emerge as a leading market in the coming years, the debate on sustainability, especially on the mitigation of business impact on the continent's environment and society cannot be underestimated. Prior to the worsening impact of...

The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351765633, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.In the 21st century, Norway, Denmark and Sweden...

With Africa predicted to emerge as a leading market in the coming years, the debate on sustainability, especially on the mitigation of business impact on the continent's environment and society cannot be underestimated. Prior to the worsening impact of...

As supply chain operations continue to be recognized as critical to the transition to a circular economy, this practical resource provides an actionable outline for supply chain professionals wanting to implement a circular supply chain. The circular...

As supply chain operations continue to be recognized as critical to the transition to a circular economy, this practical resource provides an actionable outline for supply chain professionals wanting to implement a circular supply chain. The circular...

A paradigm shift is happening at this moment. Firms and consumers are aware of the fact that they cause environmental pollution, depletion of resources and are responsible for the dangers involved. At the same time awareness is growing that they need to...

Focuses on providing answers to the question of how food production and consumption systems can stay within the limits of the carrying capacity of our natural environment. This work also considers the challenges of food security and nutrition in the...

"This book is the fascinating record of DeVoto's crusade to save the West from itself. . . . His arguments, insights, and passion are as relevant and urgent today as they were when he first put them on paper."-Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., from the...

The book, a study of policymaking for conservation in Latin America, employs comparative analysis to explain the policy process in three countries-Argentina, Chile, and Costa Rica. Case studies and examples of important policy decisions made in the three...

Sustainability Teaching for Impact is an essential step-by-step, practical guide for those wanting to inspire and engage higher education students in the areas of sustainability. The book encourages new and experienced university teachers across...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781464808173Author World BankFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint World Bank PublicationsPublisher World Bank Publications

This original book explores how the principles of circularity, considered a law of nature but neglected within the materialistic orientation of the industrial age, are becoming attractive again in business and society. Investigation reveals enterprises...

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is recurrently depicted as an enterprise that unites humanity in a common pursuit of a more just and sustainable world. But how is this enterprise pursued on a planet that is enormously unequal? Drawing on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999768362Author Jennifer Anna Geary KrotovaFormat PaperbackImprint Jennifer GearyPublisher Jennifer Geary

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783838209616Author VISTEM GmbH u. Co. KGPage Count 124Imprint ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian SchonPublisher ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild...

The Smart Sustainability Profile of Tbilisi presents the outcome of the evaluation of the city against the Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities. It proposes actions for the city to make progress toward achieving the SDGs. The City...

This book brings together key debates and empirical cases from an international perspective exploring the ways in which more sustainable communities might develop. There is a growing recognition that more effective sustainable development cannot be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798823200592Author Lael GiebelFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Accomplishing Innovation PressPublisher Accomplishing Innovation PressWeight(grams)...

Bound to the Hearth by the Shortest Tether is a story of original research in China and Brazil as well as the circumstances that made that work possible. Applied anthropology, rural economics, agroforestry, natural and social history, and world travel...