Berkshire encyclopedia of sustainability
by Bosselmann, Klaus, Fogel, Daniel S., Ruhl, J. B.
by Bosselmann, Klaus, Fogel, Daniel S., Ruhl, J. B.
Explores efforts made to address pressing environmental concerns through legislation, conventions, directives, treaties, and protocols.
Natural Resources and Sustainability explores how human needs and desires, from sustenance and shelter to recreation and travel, have spurred the consumption of Earth's material resources. Scientists, ecologists, and other expert authors present the historical impact of commerci…
Analyzes myriad human-initiated processes and tools developed to foster sustainable natural resource use, preservation, and restoration. It also examines how humans interact with plant, marine, and animal life in both natural and human-altered environments.
Ecosystem Management and Sustainability analyzes myriad human-initiated processes and tools developed to foster sustainable natural resource use, preservation, and restoration. It also examines how humans interact with plant, marine, and animal life in both natural and human-alt…
Analyzes myriad human-initiated processes and tools developed to foster sustainable natural resource use, preservation, and restoration. It also examines how humans interact with plant, marine, and animal life in both natural and human-altered environments.
Presents an overview of the ways in which sustainability is charted worldwide including basic concepts, such as quantitative versus qualitative data, citizen science, or the weak versus strong sustainability debate. Examines how indicators in specific areas (air pollution, fishe…
"In the 10-volume Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability experts around the world provide authoritative coverage of the growing body of knowledge about ways to restore the planet. Focused on solutions, this interdisciplinary publication draws from the natural, physical, and so…
Presents an overview of the ways in which sustainability is charted worldwide including basic concepts, such as quantitative versus qualitative data, citizen science, or the weak versus strong sustainability debate. Examines how indicators in specific areas (air pollution, fishe…
by Bosselmann, Klaus, Fogel, Daniel S., Ruhl, J. B.
Measurements, Indicators, and Research Methods for Sustainability presents a thorough and accessible overview of the ways in which sustainability is charted worldwide. Some articles introduce basic concepts, such as quantitative versus qualitative data or the weak versus strong …
Provides an overview of the environmental challenges facing the most populous parts of Asia. Regional coverage includes topics such as business and commerce, environmental and corporate law, and values and technology. This volume places special focus on demographics, geography, …
China, India, and East and Southeast Asia: Assessing Sustainability provides a groundbreaking overview of the environmental challenges facing the most populous parts of Asia. China and India are home to more than one third of the world's population and the expanding global econo…
Provides an overview of the environmental challenges facing the most populous parts of Asia. Regional coverage includes topics such as business and commerce, environmental and corporate law, and values and technology. This volume places special focus on demographics, geography, …
China, India, and East and Southeast Asia: Assessing Sustainability provides a groundbreaking overview of the environmental challenges facing the most populous parts of Asia. China and India are home to more than one third of the world's population and the expanding global econo…
"In the 10-volume Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability experts around the world provide authoritative coverage of the growing body of knowledge about ways to restore the planet. Focused on solutions, this interdisciplinary publication draws from the natural, physical, and so…
The Americas and Oceania: Assessing Sustainability provides extensive coverage of sustainability practices in two regions linked culturally and historically by their relative isolation before the Columbian exchange, by their colonization after it, and by the challenges of pollut…
Provides extensive coverage of sustainability practices from experts from around the globe. Topics include efforts to balance resource demands and growth, from New Zealand and the islands of the South Pacific (under threat by rising sea levels) to Brazil, Central America, the Un…