Sustainable Development

The global economy has witnessed important changes in recent years. In the United States, enterprising communities have transitioned from tobacco farming to growing organic produce, from extractive fishing to vertical farming, from nonrenewable energy...

The Go Facts Environmental Issues strand looks at some of the most problematic issues facing the world today. The books have been carefully created to make information accessible to young readers. Large, exciting photographs draw readers into the text...

The current international investment law system is insufficiently compatible with sustainable development. To better address sustainable development concerns associated with transnational investment activities, international investment agreements should...

Fair Trade promises to raise living standards in developing countries through: - worldwide minimum prices for commodities - support for democratically governed cooperatives - requirement of minimum wages and safety standards for workers - training to...

The author explains why government and bureaucratic attempts at environmental protection have failed and argues that to safeguard the countryside we need to restore private property rights.Book InformationISBN 9780255363792Author Mark PenningtonFormat...

As we move further into the 21st century, the global challenges and consequences posed by climate change are becoming increasingly apparent. Although organizations are considered significant contributors to climate change, they also have the potential to...

At the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, political leaders from more than a hundred countries made a formal commitment to intensify efforts to resolve global environment and development problems and to strive for sustainable development. This volume examines how...

Since the 1960s the steadily increasing availability of food, arising from the application of new agricultural science, has exceeded the demands created by the growth in size of the human population of the world. However, the 1990 world population of 5...

When Thailand's Sustainable Development Sourcbook was released, it quickly became a bestseller in Thailand's bookstores, and gained international recognition for honestly showcasing one country's involvement in what many believe is the most important...

This book addresses these questions in a comprehensive way. It delves into the inter-relations between the major factors of developmental performance and looks at their effects on sustained societal development. A vast amount of statistical data on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782742007936Author Gabriel DupuyFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint John Libbey EurotextPublisher John Libbey EurotextWeight(grams) 168g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782742006397Author Tapan BoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint John Libbey EurotextPublisher John Libbey EurotextWeight(grams) 604g

Some 600 million children worldwide do not legally exist. Without verifiable identification, they and unregistered adults could face serious difficulties in proving their identity, whether to open a bank account, purchase a SIM card, or cast a vote. Lack...

In Africa, conflicts between protected areas for fauna and flora and their surrounding human populations continue despite years spent trying to find an accommodation between the needs of both parties. Creating Africas investigates the roots of the...

When citizens take collaborative action to meet the needs of theircommunity, they are participating in the social economy. Co-operatives,community-based social services, local non-profit organizations, andcharitable foundations are all examples of social...

In this book author Pamela Ryan explores the likely realities facing our planet and humanity for the next few decades. We are, as she tells us, at a pivotal moment in history where there are organizations and investors doing immense good, but there are...

In April 2007 the US Interagency Research Policy Committee (IARPC) called for the development of an Arctic Observing Network (AON) to understand the causes and consequences of Arctic change. Under the joint leadership of NOAA and NSF, Committee staff...

DOE has missed all 34 congressional deadlines for setting energy efficiency standards for the 20 product categories with statutory deadlines that have passed. DOE's delays ranged from less than a year to 15 years. Rulemakings have been completed for only...

High petroleum and gasoline prices, concerns over global climate change, and the desire to promote domestic rural economies have greatly increased interest in biofuels as an alternative to petroleum in the U.S. transportation sector. While recent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604271713Author Suzanne FarverFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint J Ross PublishingPublisher J Ross Publishing

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a concept whereby organisations consider the interests of society by taking responsibility for the impact of their activities on customers, employees, shareholders, communities and the environment in all aspects...

Natural resources are often valued externally and policies are framed for sustainable resource use with the objective of maximising social benefits. Users of natural resources in rural areas value resources differently due to complex socio-economic,...

The Dilemma of Sustainability in the Age of Globalization: A Quest for a Paradigm of Development offers an exhaustive overview of the different political, social, economic, and cultural circumstances that paved the way for the inception of sustainable...

Sustainability from an economic and environmental perspective is linked to the way we extract and consume the earth’s finite resources and is implicit in the definition of a circular economy (CE) as a model of production and consumption designed to...

This further volume on the effects of multinational enterprises (MNEs) provides a contribution for the analysis of the impact of MNEs activities on host development and growth, the creation of linkages and knowledge flows in local contexts, and the...

One of the most exciting new trends in water quality management today is the movement by many cities, counties, states, and private-sector developers toward the increased use of Low Impact Development (LID) to help protect and restore water quality. LID...

This book seeks to provide policy-makers and other stakeholders with actionable information towards a road map for reducing energy consumption cost-effectively. A focus on individual end use equipment types (hereafter referred to as appliance groups)...

This book addresses the topic of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for its importance for the business success, on the one hand, and for the further diffusion of CSR practices, on the other. In particular, the book highlights how CSR practices can be...

This book examines China's greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation policies. Debate on potential climate change legislation in the United States has been influenced by China's surging GHG emissions, and uncertainty over whether, how, and when China might...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture provides technical and financial assistance to attract interest and encourage participation in conservation programs. Participation in all USDA conservation programs is voluntary. These programs protect soil, water,...

The past two decades alone have witnessed four major shocks to the global financial system: the collapse of the European exchange rate mechanism in 1992-1993, the peso crisis in 1994-1995 and the Asian turmoil in 1997-1998. The last, and most current, is...

This book treats the topics of preventive innovations and their financing possibilities as an interrelated whole. It provides an in-depth description of cleaner technologies, highlights environmental management accounting and material flow costing as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788179930434Author Deb KaushikFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint The Energy and Resources Institute, TERIPublisher The Energy and Resources Institute,...

Sustainability of Business in the Context of Environmental Management studies the newly emerged concept of ‘sustainable business’ in view of the growing Indian economy. It explores the current corporate social responsibility practices adopted with...

Wilderness, Water, and Rust: A Journey toward Great Lakes Resilience asks us to consider what we value about life in the Great Lakes watershed and how the remarkable ecosystems that define the region may help us imagine new, whole futures. Weaving...

The role of the private sector in driving sustainable development is indisputable. Indeed, the impact and influence of the business world is far-reaching, and it is the private sector that stands to lose if it fails to respond to the sustainability...

People often believe that we can overcome the profound environmental and climate crises we face by smart systems, green innovations and more recycling. However, the quest for complex technological solutions, which rely on increasingly exotic and scarce...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804671719Author Gavin IrelandFormat PaperbackPage Count 71Imprint Bookvault PublishingPublisher Bookvault PublishingWeight(grams) 109g

To reduce emissions and address climate change, we need to invest in renewables and rapidly decarbonise our energy networks. However, decarbonisation is often seen as a technical project, detached from questions of politics and social justice. What if...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789394657021Author Sanjeev S AhluwaliaFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint The Energy and Resources Institute, TERIPublisher The Energy and Resources...