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Systemic Vulnerability and Sustainable Economic Growth: Skills and Upgrading in Southeast Asia by Bryan K. Ritchie 9781848448223
£103.61For many developing countries, economic growth is an elusive quest. Both economists and policy-makers have long known that issues such as education, investment and infrastructure are necessary ingredients for development and yet only a very small number... -
Nanotechnology for a Sustainable World: Global Artificial Photosynthesis as Nanotechnology's Moral Culmination by Thomas Alured Faunce 9781848446717
£98.61Does humanity have a moral obligation to emphasise nanotechnology's role in addressing the critical public health and environmental problems of our age? This well crafted book explores this idea by analysing the prospects for a macroscience... -
Beyond Food Production: The Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction by Fabrizio Bresciani 9781847200754
£100.61The importance of agricultural growth to poverty reduction is well known, but the specific channels through which the poor can take advantage of growth require further research. Beyond Food Production takes on this challenge, investigating four important... -
Sustainable Development in Water-Stressed Developing Countries: A Quantitative Policy Analysis by Satoshi Kojima 9781847200624
£99.61This innovative book investigates the practical applications of sustainable development in the spirit of the Brundtland Report, paying special attention to water-stressed developing countries. Satoshi Kojima argues that the main objective of sustainable... -
Wealth, Welfare and Sustainability: Advances in Measuring Sustainable Development by Kirk Hamilton 9781843765769
£99.61This important book presents fresh thinking and new results on the measurement of sustainable development. Economic theory suggests that there should be a link between future wellbeing and current wealth. This book explores this linkage under a variety... -
Managing Macroeconomic Policies for Sustainable Growth by John Asafu-Adjaye 9780857931306
£95.61The authors expertly reveal a model-based analysis of economic development and environmental issues with policy prescriptions for enhancing sustainable development. Within the last four decades, there has been a rapid deterioration in the quality of our... -
Transformative Action for Sustainable Outcomes: Responsible Organising by Maria Sandberg 9781032135342
RRP: £49.99£43.50This book critically examines sustainability challenges that humankind faces and offers responsible organising as a solution in responding to these challenges. The text explores how different actors can responsibly organise for transformative action... -
Resources, Financial Risk and the Dynamics of Growth: Systems and Global Society by Roberto Pasqualino 9780367497637
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book presents a new System Dynamics model (the ERRE model), a novel stock and flow consistent global impact assessment model designed by the authors to address the financial risks emerging from the interaction between economic growth and... -
Sustainable Community Movement Organizations: Solidarity Economies and Rhizomatic Practices by Francesca Forno 9781032237725
RRP: £19.99£17.69This volume shines a light on Sustainable Community Movement Organisations (SCMOs), and will be a valuable tool for academics and students of sustainable consumption, environmental policy, social policy, environmental economics, environmental management... -
Sustainable Development Goals and Migration by P. Sivakumar 9780367365400
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book looks at migration in contemporary society and its interrelations with development. It presents the complexities and dilemmas associated with migration, the changes in theoretical and historical perspectives on migration and development, and... -
Structural Transformation and Sustainable Development in the Global South: An Integrated Approach by Seung Jin Baek 9781032195865
RRP: £49.99£43.50This book investigates the relationship between sustainable development and structural transformation within international development policy. On the one hand, sustainable development is promoted as a multi-dimensional concept for achieving... -
Sustainable Development Goal 3: Health and Well-being of Ageing in Hong Kong by Ben Y.F. Fong 9781032115092
RRP: £49.99£43.50Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to develop a better and sustainable future for the world and the goals are part of an action plan to address poverty, hunger, health, gender equity and various pressing world issues. One of these goals looks at... -
Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria: Barriers, Prospects and Strategies by Eghosa O. Ekhator 9780367679415
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book explores Nigeria's progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, presenting key country-specific lessons, as well as providing innovative solutions and practices which are transferrable to other emerging economies. Despite... -
Social Innovation in the Service of Social and Ecological Transformation: The Rise of the Enabling State by Olivier De Schutter 9781032121925
RRP: £49.99£43.50This book explores how the State can play a role as an enabler of citizen-led social innovations, to accelerate the shift to viable sustainable and socially just lifestyles. To meet the twin challenges of environmental degradation and the rise of... -
Personal Sustainability Practices: Faculty Approaches to Walking the Sustainability Talk and Living the UN SDGs by Mark Starik 9781800375123
£110.61Personal Sustainability Practices is a collection of 19 academic and practitioner perspectives on the topic of faculty personal sustainability. The book addresses the issues of whether, how, where, and when faculty who teach, research, consult, and... -
Tomorrow's People and New Technology: Changing How We Live Our Lives by Felix Dodds 9780367492908
RRP: £135.00£117.28As we witness a series of social, political, cultural, and economic changes/disruptions this book examines the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the way emerging technologies are impacting our lives and changing society. The Fourth Industrial Revolution... -
Asia's Social Entrepreneurs: Do Well, Do Good... Do Sustainably by Howard Thomas 9781032067315
RRP: £37.99£33.38Social enterprises of all forms drive inclusive growth by creating social and economic networks, and a stable ecosystem, that enable societies to grow and prosper. This book presents a collection of ten case studies that demonstrate the important role... -
Indigenous Peoples, Heritage and Landscape in the Asia Pacific: Knowledge Co-Production and Empowerment by Stephen Acabado 9780367648725
RRP: £37.99£33.38This book demonstrates how active and meaningful collaboration between researchers and local stakeholders and indigenous communities can lead to the co-production of knowledge and the empowerment of communities. Focusing on the Asia Pacific region, this... -
Integrating Change: The Art, the Science and the Craft of Transforming Organizations by Mel Toomey 9780367675738
RRP: £135.00£117.28Change processes in organizations are time consuming, expensive, and often don't create the intended results. This book creates a new way for leaders to relate to change from a place of deeper understanding. Based on years of research, consulting, and... -
Reimagining Labour for a Sustainable Future by Alison E. Vogelaar 9780367686857
RRP: £125.00£107.86This book provides an original contribution to contemporary research surrounding the environmental, humanitarian and socio-political crises associated with contemporary capitalism. Reimagining Labour for a Sustainable Future is guided by the assertion... -
Narrating Sustainability through Storytelling by Daniel Fischer 9781032352701
RRP: £35.99£31.69Stories and narratives are powerful tools for explaining the world around us. This book explores storytelling as a way of engaging audiences with sustainable development issues and reflects on the opportunities and limitations of storytelling for... -
Sustainable Logistics: How to Address and Overcome the Major Issues and Challenges by Joanna Domagala 9781032302973
RRP: £130.00£112.11Logistics refers to the processes starting with resources and their acquisition, storage, and transportation to their destination. The concept is crucial in business -- particularly for the manufacturing sector to understand, manage, and control how the... -
Sustainable Logistics: How to Address and Overcome the Major Issues and Challenges by Joanna Domagala 9781032302966
RRP: £46.99£40.97Logistics refers to the processes starting with resources and their acquisition, storage, and transportation to their destination. The concept is crucial in business -- particularly for the manufacturing sector to understand, manage, and control how the... -
Narrating Sustainability through Storytelling by Daniel Fischer 9781032352695
RRP: £125.00£107.86Stories and narratives are powerful tools for explaining the world around us. This book explores storytelling as a way of engaging audiences with sustainable development issues and reflects on the opportunities and limitations of storytelling for... -
The African Context of Business and Society by Kingsley Obi Omeihe 9781801178532
RRP: £73.99£60.98The African Context of Business and Society traces the unique and often overlooked and unestimated contours of African business and society, abandoning the flawed assumption that western preconceptions can be directly transplanted- one that has often led... -
Responsible Leadership: Essential to the Achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals by Mike Saks 9780367653729
RRP: £125.00£107.86With a range of well-respected voices from across the business, political, third sector and research spectrum, this important book provides an accessible insight into responsible leadership. It represents the most comprehensive and informed work on... -
Non-State Actors and Sustainable Development in Brazil: The Diffusion of the 2030 Agenda by Eduardo Goncalves Gresse 9780367653033
RRP: £125.00£107.86This book investigates how non-state actors have become key drivers of the diffusion of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Brazil. The UN ranks Brazil as the most biodiverse country in the world, but the country's environment has never... -
Responsible Investment in Fixed Income Markets by Joshua Kendall 9780367518325
RRP: £125.00£107.86This book provides the world's first comprehensive account of responsible investment for fixed income investors. It enables readers to understand the key characteristics of fixed income investments and the relevance of sustainability-related issues. The... -
Accountability, Philosophy and the Natural Environment by Glen Lehman 9780367675523
RRP: £49.99£43.50.Book InformationISBN 9780367675523Author Glen LehmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 156g -
Environmental Policy and Air Pollution in China: Governance and Strategy by Yuan Xu 9780367677343
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book systematically analyzes how and why China has expectedly lost and then surprisingly gained ground in the quest to solve the complicated environmental problem of air pollution over the past two decades. Yuan Xu shines a light on how China's... -
Toward a Political Economy of the Commons - Simple Rules for Sustainability by Meina Cai 9781800374317
£79.61Since Garrett Hardin published 'The Tragedy of the Commons' in 1968, critics have argued that population growth and capitalism contribute to overuse of natural resources and degradation of the global environment. They propose coercive, state-centric... -
Sustainable Business: People, Profit, and Planet at The Tiger Center by CJ Meadows 9783110782943
RRP: £23.50£18.04What would you get if you combined an entrepreneur, a technologist, a financier, and a strategist/ecologist with an international chef, corporate lawyer, architect, and more? One such international leadership team created a new model of eco-development... -
Transformative Pathways to Sustainability: Learning Across Disciplines, Cultures and Contexts by Adrian Ely 9780367355234
RRP: £32.99£29.16Transformations to sustainability increasingly are the focus of research and policy discussions around the Sustainable Development Goals. However, the different roles played by transdisciplinary research in contributing to social transformations across... -
Transformative Pathways to Sustainability: Learning Across Disciplines, Cultures and Contexts by Adrian Ely 9780367355227
RRP: £135.00£117.28Transformations to sustainability increasingly are the focus of research and policy discussions around the Sustainable Development Goals. However, the different roles played by transdisciplinary research in contributing to social transformations across... -
Financing Prosperity by Dealing with Debt by Christopher Harker 9781800081888
RRP: £20.00£16.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800081888Author Christopher HarkerFormat PaperbackImprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 156g -
Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility - International Student Edition: Sustainable Value Creation by David Chandler 9781071895351
RRP: £85.00£79.22Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: Sustainable Value Creation (Sixth Edition) redefines corporate social responsibility (CSR) as being central to the value-creating purpose of the firm. Based on a theory of empowered stakeholders, this... -
Renewable Energy: A Primer for the Twenty-First Century by Professor Bruce Usher 9780231187848
RRP: £55.00£42.91From wood to coal to oil and gas, the sources of energy on which civilization depends have always changed as technology advances. Now renewables are overtaking fossil fuels, with wind and solar energy becoming cheaper and more competitive every year... -
SDG12 - Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns: A Revolutionary Challenge for the 21st Century by Jennifer Moore Bernstein 9781789731026
RRP: £41.99£35.19This book takes a wide-ranging and non-dogmatic view of SDG12, tackling various approaches as to how production and consumption can provide for human well-being while minimizing destructive effects on the biophysical environment. With chapters focusing... -
Averting Climate Catastrophe Together: Framework for Sustainable Development with a Cooperative and Systemic Approach by Martin Zapf 9783110777369
RRP: £31.00£23.39Despite the warnings of the scientific community, humanity has so far failed to respect some essential compatibility limits to ensure sustainable development. Is it possible to change the course? This book tries to give an answer, focusing on climate... -
Modelling Sustainable Development: Transitions to a Sustainable Future by Valentina Bosetti 9781847209054
£110.61This insightful book explores the issue of sustainable development in its more operative and applied sense. Although a great deal of research has addressed potential interpretations and definitions of sustainable development, much of this work is too...