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Environmental sustainability has become one of the most salient issues on the policy agenda of nation-states. This book argues that planning is seldom credited by advocates of environmental politics. The authors, leading scholars in the field, explore the relationship between environmental sustainability - one of the most important innovations in recent political discourse and planning, an idea which has slipped from public attention recently.
Sustainable development --- Planning --- Congresses. --- Economic development --- 504.062 --- Environmental aspects. --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Eco-development --- Ecodevelopment --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable economic development --- Environmental aspects --- E-books --- Congresses
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Sustainability is about the effective management of nonrenewable and nonreplenishable natural resources. These resources are limited and critical to maintaining ecological balance. A collective effort is required to balance our socio-economic needs with environmental needs. This could be achieved by re-evaluating policies and actions as to how they affect the environment. Sustainability requires changes in traditional practices of doing things and refocusing ourselves to the needs of the earth. This handbook explores the role of sustainability in achieving social development, environmental pro
Sustainable development --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Environmental aspects --- E-books --- Management --- 504.062 --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development
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This book examines the linkages between land tenure, development and governance in the context of China's development transformation. Drawing on empirical studies, it advocates the exploration of innovative land tenure systems that address the wider determinants: institutions, power, politics and social development. The book takes a paradigm shift away from those focusing on the narrow meaning of land rights and tenure security strengthening, as these approaches can paradoxically contribute to weaker land and resource governance. The lessons learnt from China also shed light on its global engagement....
Land reform --- Rural poor --- Sustainable development --- E-books --- Rural poverty --- Poor --- Economic conditions --- 504.062 --- 911.3:63 --- 915.1 --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Agricultural geography --- Geography of China
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Materials sciences --- Materials --- Environmental aspects. --- Engineering --- Engineering materials --- Industrial materials --- Engineering design --- Manufacturing processes --- 62-039 --- 504.062 --- materiaalkeuze --- duurzaamheid --- produktontwikkeling --- biopolymeren --- windpark --- elektrische auto --- verlichting --- zonnepaneel --- bamboetoepassingen --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- 62-039 Engineering materials in general --- Engineering materials in general --- (zie ook: windturbinepark)
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"Sustainable consumption and production (SCP) was adopted as a priority area during the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002 and has since become one of the main vehicles for targeting international sustainability policy. Sustainable consumption focuses on formulating equitable strategies that foster the highest quality of life, the efficient use of natural resources, and the effective satisfaction of human needs while simultaneously promoting equitable social development, economic competitiveness, and technological innovation. But this is a complex topic and, as the challenges of sustainability grow larger, there is a need to re-imagine how SCP policies can be formulated, governed and implemented. The EU-funded project "Sustainable Consumption Research Exchanges" (SCORE!) consists of around 200 experts in the field of sustainable innovation and sustainable consumption. The SCORE! philosophy is that innovation in SCP policy can be achieved only if experts that understand business development, (sustainable) solution design, consumer behaviour and system innovation policy work together in shaping it. Sustainable technology design can be effective only if business can profitably make the products and consumers are attracted to them. To understand how this might effectively happen, the expertise of systems thinkers must be added to the mix. System Innovation for Sustainability 1 is the first result of a unique positive confrontation between experts from all four communities. It examines what SCP is and what it could be, provides a state-of-the-art review on the governance of change in SCP policy and looks at the strengths and weaknesses of current approaches. The SCORE! experts are working with actors in industry, consumer groups and eco-labelling organisations in the key consumption areas of mobility, food and agriculture, and energy use and housing - responsible for 70% of the life-cycle environmental impacts of Western societies - with the aim of stimulating, fostering or forcing change to SCP theory in practice. The System Innovation for Sustainability series will continue with three further volumes of comprehensive case studies in each of these three critical consumption areas. Each chapter of this book examines problems and suggests solutions from a business, design, consumer and system innovation perspective. It primarily examines the differing solutions necessary in the consumer economies of the West, but also comments on the differing needs in rapidly emerging economies such as China, as well as base-of-the-pyramid economies. The System Innovation for Sustainability series is the fruit of the only major international research network on SCP and will set the standard in this field for some years to come. It will be required reading for all involved in the policy debate on sustainable production and consumption from government, business, academia and NGOs for designers, scientists, businesses and system innovators."--Provided by publisher.
Environmental policy. --- Sustainable development. --- System theory. --- Business & Economics --- Economic History --- Agricultural innovations. --- Agriculture --- Innovations, Agricultural --- Technological change in agriculture --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Innovations --- Technological innovations --- Environmental aspects --- Economic development --- Technology transfer --- 504.062 --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development
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Flourishing: A Frank Conversation about Sustainability invites you into a conversation between a teacher, John R. Ehrenfeld, and his former student now professor, Andrew J. Hoffman, as they discuss how to create a sustainable world. Unlike virtually all other books about sustainability, this one goes beyond the typical stories that we tell ourselves about repairing the environmental damages of human progress. Through their dialogue and essays that open each section, the authors uncover two core facets of our culture that drive the unsustainable, unsatisfying, and unfair social and economic machines that dominate our lives. First, our collective model of the way the world works cannot cope with the inherent complexity of today's highly connected, high-speed reality. Second, our understanding of human behavior is rooted in this outdated model. Driven by the old guard, sustainability has become little more than a fashionable idea. As a result, both business and government are following the wrong path—at best applying temporary, less unsustainable solutions that will fail to leave future generations in better shape. To shift the pendulum, this book tells a new story, driven by being and caring, as opposed to having and needing, rooted in the beauty of complexity and arguing for the transformative cultural shift that we can make based on our collective wisdom and lived experiences. Then, the authors sketch out the road to a flourishing future, a change in our consumption and a new approach to understanding and acting. There is no middle ground; without a sea change at the most basic level, we will continue to head down a faulty path. Indeed, this book is a clarion call to action. Candid and insightful, it leaves readers with cautious hope.
Ehrenfeld, John -- Interviews. --- Sustainability. --- Sustainable development. --- Sustainability --- Sustainable development --- Business & Economics --- Economic History --- Ehrenfeld, John --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable economic development --- Sustainability science --- Environmental aspects --- E-books --- Economic development --- Human ecology --- Social ecology --- 504.062 --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development
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Environmental Policy in an International Context
Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Environmental policy --- Environmental policy. --- Geografie --- International cooperation. --- Social aspects. --- Landschapskunde --- Milieu en ecologie. --- 502.34 --- 504.062 --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- 502.34 Social, administrative, legislative measures on nature conservation --- Social, administrative, legislative measures on nature conservation --- Environment and state --- Environmental control --- Environmental management --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- International cooperation --- Social aspects --- Government policy
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"In the time it takes to read this sentence, about fifteen people will be added to the world's population. Read the sentence again, and there will be thirty. Tomorrow, each of these people will be demanding greater prosperity. Production and consumption are increasing fast but will have to grow even faster in the future to keep up with population growth and a world increasingly divided by inequality. How should we react to these trends? Certainly, many use growth figures to forecast disaster. But there is an alternative vision: one of a sustainable future, in which growth is seen not as a threat, but as the driving force behind innovation. This is the scenario worked out in the Netherlands by Sustainable Technology Development (STD), a five-year programme of research and "learning-by-doing" based on setting up new innovation networks and working with new methods to search for sustainable technological solutions. In order to make sustainability tangible, STD made a leap in time. What human needs will have to be satisfied fifty years from now? Taking a sustainable future vision as a starting point, STD demonstrated what steps we should take today for new technologies and systems to be in place in time. These results are now available for the first time in a comprehensive, specifically written English-language book, together with a description of the unique working method of STD and the results and key lessons from a set of the programme's illustrative case studies. This book serves as a manual for industry, governments and social leaders wanting to prepare themselves for a sustainable future. Sustainable Technology Development sets out the programme's underpinning philosophy and describes its approach, methods and findings. Delivering sustainability means finding ways to meet human needs using a fraction of the natural resources we use today. The world's richer nation's would be wise to target at least ten-fold improvements by 2050 in the productivity with which conventional natural resources and environmental services are used. And they need to bring new, sustainable resources on-stream to augment the resource base and replace the use of unsustainable alternatives. Sustainable Technology Development marks a significant contribution to our understanding of innovation processes and how these might be influenced in favour of sustainable technology development. In principle, technology could play a pivotal role in sustainable development. Whether it does or not depends on whether innovators can be encouraged to make this an explicit goal, adopt long-term time-horizons and search for renewable technologies. Given the long lead-times involved, there is no time to waste in beginning the search. The STD programme has begun to make inroads into one of the most urgent of all needs concerning sustainable development: that for innovation in the innovation process itself."--Provided by publisher.
Science policy --- 502.36 --- 504.062 --- Scientific and technical conservation measures. Environmental engineering --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Technology and civilization. --- Social Sciences and Humanities. Development Studies --- International Development Cooperation --- International Development Cooperation. --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- 502.36 Scientific and technical conservation measures. Environmental engineering --- Sustainable development. --- Technological innovations --- Economic aspects. --- Civilization and machinery --- Civilization and technology --- Machinery and civilization --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Environmental aspects --- Civilization --- Social history --- Technology --- Economic development --- Philosophy
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"Toughening environmental legislation, national and supra-national environmental product policies and growing customer demands are focusing the attention of companies on the environmental and broader social issues linked to the creation and delivery of their products and services. There is now an urgent need for appropriate management structures, practical tools and increased awareness among all stakeholders in the product development process and throughout the entire product life-cycle. These are huge issues - with major implications for corporate management, design and production strategies. Sustainable Solutions provides state-of-the-art analysis and case studies on why and how cutting-edge companies are developing new products and services to fit "triple-bottom-line" expectations. The book is split into three sections: first, the broad issues of business sustainability are examined with focus on sustainable production and consumption and consideration of North-South issues. Second, the book tackles the major methodologies and approaches toward organising and developing more sustainable products and services. Third, an outstanding collection of global case studies highlights the progress made by a wide range of companies toward dematerialisation, eco-innovation and design for durability. Finally, the book collects together a comprehensive list of web addresses of useful organisations. Practical and comprehensive, Sustainable Solutions will be essential reading for corporate managers, product designers, R & D staff, academics and all individuals interested in a definitive source on how new product and service development can and is contributing toward tacking the challenge of sustainable development."--Provided by publisher.
Architecture --- Duurzame ontwikkeling --- Economie --- 62.001.13 --- 504.062 --- 658.511 --- New products --- -Production management --- -Sustainable development --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Manufacturing management --- Industrial management --- New product development --- NPD (Marketing) --- Product development --- Products, New --- Commercial products --- Industrial design --- Développement durable --- Ingenieurswetenschappen. Technologie in het algemeen--?.001.13 --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Production analyses --- Environmental aspects --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Industrial & Management Engineering --- 658.511 Production analyses --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Production management --- Sustainable development. --- Environmental aspects.
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Duurzaamheid is een thema van algemeen belang. Vanuit een maatschappelijke onderstroom via een politiek niveau beïnvloedt de duurzaamheidsproblematiek in toenemende mate onze dagelijkse activiteiten. De invulling van het begrip 'duurzaamheid' is evenwel zeker niet eenduidig: verschillende wetenschappelijke disciplines benadrukken andere dimensies. Aandacht voor duurzaamheid is in een universitaire omgeving dan ook niet gebundeld in één enkele onderzoeksgroep, maar kan worden gesitueerd in een uitgebreide lijst van departementen en onderzoekscentra, verdeeld over de verschillende faculteiten van een generische universiteit.In dit boek worden de sociale, economische en ecologische dimensies van duurzaamheid belicht vanuit verschillende wetenschappelijke disciplines. Naast een situering van het begrip duurzaamheid en een sociologische en juridische visie op het onderwerp, wordt daarbij aandacht besteed aan de impact en opportuniteiten verbonden aan belangrijke activiteiten in onze dagelijkse realiteit zoals bouwen en wonen, voedselproductie, transport, productontwikkeling, energieproductie en industriële processen. Gezien de wereldwijde aandacht voor de mogelijke gevolgen van een klimaatswijziging en de voortdurende polemiek rond een wetenschappelijke bewijsvoering, wordt aan dit thema een afzonderlijke verhandeling gewijd.Vanuit het LEUVENS ONDERZOEKSNETWERK DUURZAME ONTWIKKELING (LONDO) willen de auteurs een holistisch, genuanceerd beeld schetsen van de duurzaamheidproblematiek. Ze willen een inzicht bieden in manier waarop de verschillende wetenschappelijke disciplines kunnen bijdragen tot een duurzame samenleving
duurzaamheid --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- #KVHB:Duurzaamheid --- developpement durable --- sociaal beleid --- economisch beleid --- 614.7 --- 504.062 --- 658.1:17 --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- politique sociale --- politique economique --- Hygiene of air, water, soil. Pollution and its control --- duurzaam ondernemen --- Sustainable development --- Belgium --- Economic aspects --- Political aspects --- PXL-Central Office 2015 --- milieubeleid --- sociologische aspecten --- economische aspecten --- Duurzame ontwikkeling --- Transitie --- Milieurecht --- Energie --- Wonen --- Bouwen --- Landbouw --- Veeteelt --- Transport --- Duurzaamheid --- Belasting (fiscaal) --- Tuinbouw --- Milieu --- Developing countries: economic development problems --- Didactics of social education
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