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Henry, Claude, author.
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338.927 23
Publication Date
2018
Summary
We are squandering our planet's natural capital - its biodiversity, water and soil, and energy sources - at a blistering pace. Major changes must be made to steer our planet and people away from our current, doomed course. Though technology has been one of the drivers of the current trend of unsustainable development, it is also one of the essential tools for remedying it. Earth at Risk maps out the necessary transition to sustainability, detailing the innovations in technology, along with law, science, institutional design, and economics, that can and must be put to use to avert environmental catastrophe. Claude Henry and Laurence Tubiana begin with a measure of the costs of ecological damage-the erosion of biodiversity; air, water, and soil pollution; and the wide-reaching effects of climate change-and then consider the solutions that are either now available or close on the horizon that may lead to a more sustainable global trajectory. What market-based tools can be used to promote clean growth? How can renewable energy help us decrease our use of fossil fuels? Is international agreement on climate goals possible? Henry and Tubiana tackle a range of urgent questions, emphasizing possibilities for-and obstacles to-implementation and action. Building on the experience of the most significant climate negotiation of the decade, they show what a world organized along the principles of sustainability could look like.
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Chambers, Ian, 1939-
Call Number
658.4083 23
Publication Date
2011
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Batabyal, Amitrajeet A., 1965-
Call Number
333.7 22
Publication Date
2008
Summary
This book is a collection of Amitrajeet A Batabyal's most important papers on the environment and economic development. It begins with a comprehensive and previously unpublished introductory chapter, followed by 12 chapters on different problems such as land use for agricultural purposes, environmental policy design, flood control, and renewable resource management. This book's uniqueness stems from the fact that it uses novel modeling tools that are largely unfamiliar to economists to shed valuable light on contemporary problems at the interface of the environment and economic development.
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Sisay Asefa, 1950-
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338.927 22
Publication Date
2005
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Fennell, David A., 1963- author.
Call Number
910.684 23
Publication Date
2020
Summary
"This new textbook provides a comprehensive overview of sustainable tourism framed around the UN's sustainable development goals. It examines the origins and dimensions of sustainable tourism and offers a detailed account of sustainable initiatives and management across destinations, the tourism industry, public sector and leading agencies"--
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Leitão, Andre Botequilha.
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333.9516 22
Publication Date
2006
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Gleick, Peter H.
Call Number
333.91 22
Publication Date
2009
Summary
Peak water / Meena Palaniappan and Peter H. Gleick -- Business reporting on water / Mari Morikawa, Jason Morrison, and Peter H. Gleick -- Water management in a changing climate / Heather Cooley -- Millennium development goals: charting progress and the way forward / Meena Palaniappan -- China and water / Peter H. Gleick -- Urban water-use efficiencies: lessons from United States cities / Heather Cooley and Peter H. Gleick -- Water briefs. 1. Tampa Bay desalination plant: an update / Heather Cooley ; Past and future of the Salton Sea / Michael J. Cohen ; Three Gorges Dam project, Yangtze River, China / Peter H. Gleick ; Water conflict chronology / Peter H. Gleick.
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Maser, Chris.
Call Number
338.927 22
Publication Date
2009
Summary
Earth in Our Care is a compelling study of three interactive spheres of the ecosystem: atmosphere (air), litho-hydrosphere (rock that comprises the restless continents and the water that surrounds them), and biosphere (all life sandwiched in between). Writing in rich detail and using insightful analogies, Chris Maser addresses key issues including land-use policies, ecological restoration, forest management, local living, and sustainability thinking. Exploring our interconnectedness with the Earth, Maser examines today's problems and, more importantly, provides solutions for the future.
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Dunphy, Dexter C. (Dexter Colboyd), 1934-
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658.406 DUN
Publication Date
2007
Summary
"Bringing together global issues of ecological sustainability, strategic human resource management, organizational change, corporate social responsibility, leadership and community renewal, this book develops a unified approach to corporate sustainability and sets out a fully integrated plan of action about corporate change. Drawing on the most recent field research, and including detailed examples of incremental and transformational changes, it represents invaluable, practical introduction for leaders, managers and policy makers, for all students of management, sustainability, environmental studies or organizational studies."--BOOK JACKET.
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Wasieleski, David M., editor.
Call Number
658.406 23
Publication Date
2020
Summary
Volume Four focuses on research drawn from work grounded in ""Sustainability."" Scholars known in this discipline contribute to a 360-degree evaluation of the theory, including cross-discipline research, empirical explorations, cross-cultural studies, literature critiques, and meta-analysis projects
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Stern, N. H. (Nicholas Herbert)
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338.927 STE
Publication Date
2009
Summary
"urther substantial climate change is unavoidable and the risks to the natural world, the economy and our everyday lives are immense. The way we live in the next thirty years - how we invest, use energy, organise transport and treat forests - will determine whether these risks become realities. Although poor countries - the least responsible for climate change - will be hit earliest and hardest, all countries must adapt to the effects: hurricanes and storms strike New Orleans and Mumbai; flooding causes devastation in England and Mozambique; droughts occur in Australia and Darfur; and sea level rise will affect Florida and Bangladesh." "Lord Stern, author of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change and former Chief Economist at the World Bank, is the world's leading authority on what we can do in the face of such unprecedented threat. Action on climate change will require the greatest possible international collaboration, but if successful will ensure not just our future, but our future prosperity. Focusing on the economic management of investment and growth from the perspective of both adaptation and mitigation, Stern confronts the most urgent questions facing us now: what is the problem; what are the dangers; what can be done to reduce emissions, at what cost; how can the world adapt; and, what does all this mean for corporations, governments and individuals. A Blueprint for a Safer Planet provides authoritative, inspirational, and hopeful, answers." -- BOOK JACKET.
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by
Ooi, Giok Ling.
Call Number
307.76 22
Publication Date
2005
Summary
"This book addresses issues of development and its environmental sustainability for the fastest growing areas in Asia - its cities. Recognizing sustainability with respect to the environment and its exploitation has yet to make its impact on development plans in Asia. The problem is due to the lack of cross-country studies, which provide a fair understanding of the different levels of development, as well as the wide variety of development strategies adopted by different countries. The relatively ineffective implementation of environmental assessment has not done much to reduce the damage to, or depletion of, the natural resource base." "Sustainability and Cities: Concept and Assessment aims to bridge this gap by taking a sober look at the translation of concepts of environmental sustainability into terms that are meaningful and applicable for cities, particularly those in fast-developing countries like China."--Jacket.
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