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The Palgrave handbook of practical sustainability

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	The Palgrave handbook of practical sustainability/ edited by Robert Brinkmann, Chit Wityi Oo.
其他作者:	Brinkmann, Robert.
出版者:	Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland : : 2025.,
面頁冊數:	xxxix, 674 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm.
內容註:	Part 1. Introduction -- Why Geography Matters in Sustainability -- Part 2. Sustainability Solutions in Sub Saharan Africa -- Energy Sustainability under the Impact of the Climate Change Challenge in the sub-Saharan Africa Region -- Environmental, Social, Economic, and Political Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Sustainability Solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of South Africa -- Sustainability Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa: Navigating hope via sampling some cutting-edge cases -- Part 3. Sustainability Solutions in North Africa and the Middle East -- Sustainability from Abraham Accords Countries Perspective -- Sustainable Development of Heritage Sites in the Middle East: Wadi Hanifah and Dana Biosphere Reserve -- Social Cultural Autonomy and Norms for Sustainable Women's Empowerment -- Part 4. Sustainability Solutions in South Asia -- Threats to lake water quality from sewage contamination -- Energy for Sustaining Development in Emerging Nations -- The Context of Organizational Carbon Footprinting in Sri Lanka: A Case Study for Stationery Industry -- Part 5. Sustainability Solutions in Central Asia -- The Central Asia - China - Russia Nexus: The New Normal Challenges to Ensuring Sustainable Development in the Region -- Power of Sustainable Cooperation: Revisiting Water Management in CentralAsia -- Part 6. Sustainability Solutions in East Asia -- Sustainability Acts in Japan's Automotive Industry -- Globalization as a Path to Environmental Sustainability -- Part 7. Sustainability Solutions in Southeast Asia -- Assessing Groundwater Quality Challenges in Yangon Region, Myanmar -- Media in Tobacco Control -- Bio-Circular-Green Economic Model in Thailand: A Case of Upcycle Circular Economy Certification for Products -- Part 8. Sustainability Solutions in Australia and Oceania -- Is Bank Australia a model for sustainable banking? -- Geothermal Energy - a Sustainable Energy Supply for Aotearoa New Zealand and Indonesia -- Collaborating for sustainability: A case study of sustainable fashion in New Zealand -- Part 9. Sustainability Solutions in North America -- Practical Steps to Achieving Socially Sustainable Business Practices -- Walkable communities are sustainable communities: An Assessment of walkability in New Castle County, Delaware -- Part 10. Sustainability Solutions in Central America and Mexico -- Policymaker-to-researcher engagement for energy security challenges in Central America: With case studies of Panama -- Part 11. Sustainability Solutions in South America -- How forest and public policies shape sustainability in the Guiana Shield/Amazon -- The challenges of sustainability in Brazil -- Higher education in Peru in COVID-19 times: Resilience based on sustainable development goals -- Part 12. Sustainability Solutions in Europe -- The solidarity emporiums and their role in achieving economic and socio-cultural sustainability -- Slowing down the great acceleration: Campaigns for sustainable consumption in the Netherlands, 1950s-1990s -- The European Union sustainable leadership agency: Bridging the gap between the environment, industry and society. Home and abroad -- Turning global sustainability goals into local actions: The role of the Agenda 2030 and the SDGs in fostering integrative public leadership in Espoo, Finland -- Part 13. Sustainability Solutions in the Oceans and Antarctica -- Sustainability in the High Seas and Area Beyond National Jurisdiction: a global perspective with a regional case study from the Northeast Atlantic -- Pioneering Sustainable Research Practices in Fragile Polar Ecosystems: Lessons from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
標題:	Sustainability. -
電子資源:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82857-7
ISBN:	9783031828577

The Palgrave handbook of practical sustainability
The Palgrave handbook of practical sustainability[electronic resource] /edited by Robert Brinkmann, Chit Wityi Oo. - Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2025. - xxxix, 674 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm.

Part 1. Introduction -- Why Geography Matters in Sustainability -- Part 2. Sustainability Solutions in Sub Saharan Africa -- Energy Sustainability under the Impact of the Climate Change Challenge in the sub-Saharan Africa Region -- Environmental, Social, Economic, and Political Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Sustainability Solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of South Africa -- Sustainability Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa: Navigating hope via sampling some cutting-edge cases -- Part 3. Sustainability Solutions in North Africa and the Middle East -- Sustainability from Abraham Accords Countries Perspective -- Sustainable Development of Heritage Sites in the Middle East: Wadi Hanifah and Dana Biosphere Reserve -- Social Cultural Autonomy and Norms for Sustainable Women's Empowerment -- Part 4. Sustainability Solutions in South Asia -- Threats to lake water quality from sewage contamination -- Energy for Sustaining Development in Emerging Nations -- The Context of Organizational Carbon Footprinting in Sri Lanka: A Case Study for Stationery Industry -- Part 5. Sustainability Solutions in Central Asia -- The Central Asia - China - Russia Nexus: The New Normal Challenges to Ensuring Sustainable Development in the Region -- Power of Sustainable Cooperation: Revisiting Water Management in CentralAsia -- Part 6. Sustainability Solutions in East Asia -- Sustainability Acts in Japan's Automotive Industry -- Globalization as a Path to Environmental Sustainability -- Part 7. Sustainability Solutions in Southeast Asia -- Assessing Groundwater Quality Challenges in Yangon Region, Myanmar -- Media in Tobacco Control -- Bio-Circular-Green Economic Model in Thailand: A Case of Upcycle Circular Economy Certification for Products -- Part 8. Sustainability Solutions in Australia and Oceania -- Is Bank Australia a model for sustainable banking? -- Geothermal Energy - a Sustainable Energy Supply for Aotearoa New Zealand and Indonesia -- Collaborating for sustainability: A case study of sustainable fashion in New Zealand -- Part 9. Sustainability Solutions in North America -- Practical Steps to Achieving Socially Sustainable Business Practices -- Walkable communities are sustainable communities: An Assessment of walkability in New Castle County, Delaware -- Part 10. Sustainability Solutions in Central America and Mexico -- Policymaker-to-researcher engagement for energy security challenges in Central America: With case studies of Panama -- Part 11. Sustainability Solutions in South America -- How forest and public policies shape sustainability in the Guiana Shield/Amazon -- The challenges of sustainability in Brazil -- Higher education in Peru in COVID-19 times: Resilience based on sustainable development goals -- Part 12. Sustainability Solutions in Europe -- The solidarity emporiums and their role in achieving economic and socio-cultural sustainability -- Slowing down the great acceleration: Campaigns for sustainable consumption in the Netherlands, 1950s-1990s -- The European Union sustainable leadership agency: Bridging the gap between the environment, industry and society. Home and abroad -- Turning global sustainability goals into local actions: The role of the Agenda 2030 and the SDGs in fostering integrative public leadership in Espoo, Finland -- Part 13. Sustainability Solutions in the Oceans and Antarctica -- Sustainability in the High Seas and Area Beyond National Jurisdiction: a global perspective with a regional case study from the Northeast Atlantic -- Pioneering Sustainable Research Practices in Fragile Polar Ecosystems: Lessons from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.

This book provides a comprehensive look at practical sustainability around the world. The book takes a distinctly regional, case study perspective and highlights different approaches to managing sustainability challenges. Chapters by authors from all corners of the world look at a range of sustainability issues including environmental sustainability, environmental equity and justice, and government and business approaches to sustainability. The authorship of the book is distinctly global which provides an important perspective to this volume. Each chapter focuses on a different sustainability problem and how it was addressed in the region. Readers will take away a tremendous amount of information as to how sustainability challenges are addressed by leaders throughout the globe. Robert Brinkmann is the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Northern Illinois University, USA and is the author of numerous books, including Environmental Sustainability in a Time of Change. His blog, On the Brink, is one of most popular sustainability blogs on the Internet. Chit Wityi Oo is the postdoctoral research fellow/research associate of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Northern Illinois University. She was a former Fulbright US-ASEAN Visiting Scholar at NIU.

ISBN: 9783031828577

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-82857-7doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

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Sustainability.

LC Class. No.: HC79.E5 / P35 2025

Dewey Class. No.: 304.2

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