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Control # 1 hbl99067053
Control # Id 3 GCG
Date 5 20201116114103.0
Fixed Data 8 130813s2014 nyua b 001 0 eng
LC Card 10    $a 2013030918
ISBN 20    $a9780415840170 (hardback)
ISBN 20    $a9780415840187 (paperback)
ISBN 20    $z9780203768747 (e-book)
Obsolete 39    $a295823$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC$dGCG
Authen. Ctr. 42    $apcc
LC Call 50 00 $aHC79.E5$bR6243 2014
Dewey Class 82 00 $a338.9/27$223
Other Call # 84    $aBUS068000$aBUS072000$aBUS099000$2bisacsh
ME:Pers Name 100 $aRobertson, Margaret.
Title 245 10 $aSustainability principles and practice /$cMargaret Robertson.
Imprint 260    $aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c[2014]
Phys Descrpt 300    $axx, 370 pages :$billustrations ;$c26 cm
Tag 336 336    $atext$2rdacontent
Tag 337 337    $aunmediated$2rdamedia
Tag 338 338    $avolume$2rdacarrier
Note:Content 505 $aPart I Context: What is sustainability? -- A brief history of sustainability -- The biosphere -- The human sphere -- Putting sustainability into practice -- Part II: Issues and solutions: Climate -- Water -- Ecosystems and habitat -- Pollution -- Energy -- Green buildings and sites -- Livable cities -- Food -- Products -- Waste and recycling -- Part III: Becoming an agent for change: Working in an organization -- Education: preparing a new generation to live well in a changing world -- Working as agents for change.
Abstract 520    $a"Sustainability: Principles and Practice gives an accessible and comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of sustainability. The focus is on furnishing solutions and equipping the student with both conceptual understanding and technical skills for the workplace. Each chapter explores one aspect of the field, first introducing relevant theory and presenting issues, then supplying tools for working toward solutions. Elements of sustainability are examined piece by piece, and wide coverage ranges over ecosystems, social equity, environmental justice, food, energy, product life cycles, cities, and more. Techniques for management and measurement as well as case studies from around the world are provided. Chapters include further reading, discussion questions, and problems to foster quantitative thinking. The book is supported by a companion website with key website links, detailed reading lists, glossary, and additional case studies, together with numerous projects, research problems, and group activities, all of which focus on real-world problem solving of sustainability issues.The textbook is designed to be used by undergraduate college and university students in sustainability degree programs and other programs in which sustainability is taught. "--$cProvided by publisher.
Abstract 520    $a"Sustainability: Principles and Practice gives an accessible and comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of sustainability, equipping the student with both conceptual understanding and technical skills for the workplace. Each chapter presents jointly issues and solutions, which range from ecosystems, social equity and environmental justice to food, growth, consumption and cities, along with a discussion of techniques for management and measurement. The textbook introduces relevant theory at the beginning of each chapter as well as providing a wealth of international case studies, including policies on waste, energy, water, buildings, and greenhouse gas emissions in the US and the European Union and examples from the China, Sweden, Singapore, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Africa"--$cProvided by publisher.
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 328-354) and index.
Local Note 590    $aRecommended in Resources for College Libraries
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aSustainability$vTextbooks.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aSustainable development$vTextbooks.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aEnvironmental economics$vTextbooks.