ID - 131784468 TI - Sustainability Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa I : Continental Perspectives and Insights from Western and Central Africa AU - Gasparatos, Alexandros AU - Ahmed, Abubakari AU - Naidoo, Merle AU - Karanja, Alice AU - Fukushi, Kensuke AU - Saito, Osamu AU - Takeuchi, Kazuhiko PY - 2020 SN - 9789811544583 PB - Singapore Springer Singapore, Imprint: Springer DB - UniCat KW - Economics KW - Relation between energy and economics KW - Production management KW - economie KW - ontwikkelingssamenwerking KW - duurzame ontwikkeling KW - natuurlijke energiebronnen UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131784468 AB - The aim of this 2-volume book is to highlight how Sustainability Science approaches can help solve some of the pervasive challenges that Africa faces. The volumes collect a number of local case studies throughout Africa that adopt transdisciplinary and problem-oriented research approaches using methodologies from the natural and the social sciences. These are put into perspective with chapters that introduce key sustainability challenges such using a regional focus. Through this multi-scale and inter/transdisciplinary approach the proposed volume will provide an authoritative source that will pack in a single volume a large amount of information on how Sustainability Science approaches sustainability challenges in African contexts. While there have been general books about sustainability science, none has had a strong African focus. As a result the 2-volume set fills a major gap in the Sustainability Science scholarship. This volume sets the stage for the series. Part I introduces key sustainability challenges in Africa. Parts II‐III highlights specific case studies related to these challenges from West and Central Africa. ER -