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Encyclopedia of sustainability
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Greenwood Press
Publication Date
c2010
Language
English
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Volume 1: Environment and Ecology
Introduction
1: Overview
Webs of life: the interrelatedness of natural systems
Human impacts of webs of life
Sustainable development: growth within the webs of life
2: Definitions and Contexts
Language of sustainability
Atmosphere
Biodiversity
Ecosystems
Human values and goals
Land, soil, and forests
Waste, pollution, and toxic substances
Water
3: Government and United Nations Involvement
Role of government in sustainability
Barriers to governmental roles in sustainability
United Nations
United States
Local and regional governmental activities
4: Controversies
Agriculture
Climate change
Democracy and sustainability
Ecotourism
Energy sources
Environmental reparations
Ex situ conservation: museums, zoos, and conservatories
Green consuming
Growth and development
Information
Market-based solutions
Population and consumption
Private property: can it continue sustainably?
Risk assessment
Science for policy decisions
Sustainable development
Tragedy of the commons
Urban sprawl
War
5: Future Directions and Emerging Trends
Changing our thinking: from inexhaustible to irreplaceable
Collaborative decision-making processes
Education on the environment for sustainability
Environmental basis of sustainability and capitalism
Information
Risk analysis: commonly held risk perception
Science for policy
Appendix A: Portal web sites
Appendix B: Rio declaration on environment and development
Appendix C: Agenda 21
Appendix D: Millennium ecosystem assessment.
Volume 2: Business and Economics
1: Introduction and Overview
Webs of life: the interrelatedness of natural systems
Human impacts on ecosystems
Globalization: development or disaster?
Role and responsibility of business and economics for sustainability
Adaptive economic systems: the restorative economy
Economies and the webs of life
Use of resources and energy
Role of business, consumers, and investors in achieving sustainability
Need for economic development: poverty
2: Definitions and Contexts
Language of sustainable business
Atmosphere
Biodiversity
Fisheries and fishing
Ecosystems
Finance
Globalization
Key business sectors
Land, soil, and forests
Market-based strategies
Clean production technologies
Waste, pollution, and toxic substances
Water systems
3: Government and United Nations Involvement
Role of government in moving the economy toward sustainability
Barriers to governmental roles in sustainability
United Nations
World trade organization (Formerly GATT)
North American free trade agreement (NAFTA)
United States
State and local initiatives
4: Controversies
Agribusiness and sustainability
Audit privilege
Business duties to future generations
Capitalism and sustainability
Climate change
Cost-benefit analysis
Development lending: structural adjustments
Disaster relief and displacement
Ecotourism
Energy
Energy sources
Free trade
Green consumerism
Green washing
Information and knowledge: essential for sustainability
Labor
Localization
Market-based solutions to environmental degradation
Poverty
Private property: can it continue sustainably?
Real estate
Resource subsidies
Risk assessment
Technology transfer, intellectual property rights, and the developing world
Tragedy of the commons
Democracy and sustainability
Immigration
Globalization of markets
Unsustainable industrial sectors
Urban sprawl
War, peace, and peacekeeping
Water
5: Future Directions and Emerging Trends
Changing our thinking: from inexhaustible to irreplaceable
Clean production technologies
Collaborative decision-making processes
Education on the environment for sustainability
Equity
Globalization and localization
Information
Shares: load sharing, catch sharing
Sustainability assessments and audits
Sustainability indices
Technology and information sharing
Un-green economic initiative
Appendix A: Portal web sites
Appendix B: Equator principles
Appendix C: Ceres principles.
Volume 3: Equity and Fairness
Introduction
1: Introduction and Overview
What's fairness got to do with it? how equity fits into sustainability
Equity as the context for sustainability
Equity and poverty
Human health and the environment
Poverty: the international context
Urban context of equity in the United States
What values are sustainable?
2: Definitions and Contexts
Language of sustainable communities
Civil society movement
Environmental justice
Globalization: increasing inequity
Public participation: sustainability as a process of inclusion in environmental decision making
Sustainable development
Urban land: growth of urbanization around the globe
3: Government and United Nations Involvement
Role of government in ensuring equity under sustainability
United Nations
United States
State and local governments
4: Controversies
Aid: disaster relief models and infrastructure models
Capitalism and sustainability
Children's health
Cities and the environment
Ecotourism
Environmental reparations
Labor
Political and ecological boundaries
Population and consumption
Poverty and the environment
Race and waste
Risk perception
Role of women
Uncertainty in facts and values
5: Future Directions and Emerging Trends
Asset building movement
Collaborative approaches
Community health mapping
Globalization and localization
Industrial values
Millennium development goals
Place studies
Science for policy
Appendix A: Portal web sites
Appendix B: Millennium development goals
Appendix C: Earth charter.
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