Berkshire Encyclopedia Of Sustainability Natural Resources And Sustainability

Author : Willis Jenkins,Daniel E. Vasey,Sarah E. Fredericks
Publisher : Berkshire Publishing Group LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Environmental protection
ISBN : 1933782129

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Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability: Natural resources and sustainability by Willis Jenkins,Daniel E. Vasey,Sarah E. Fredericks Pdf

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, social scientists, and other expert authors focus on innovative approaches to sustainable resource management while encouraging readers to examine underlying assumptions and motivations of unsustainable use in the past. Contributors also present the historical impact of commercial activities, discuss traditional and contemporary processes that have affected the global distribution and use pattern of a particular resource; and outline concepts and theories that are particularly relevant to resource use; preservation; and restoration.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Environmental protection
ISBN : 1780343183

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Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability by Anonim Pdf

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 commercial activities (in industries as varied as fisheries, agriculture, energy, and mineral extraction), discuss the global distribution and use of renewable and nonrenewable resources, and focus on innovative approaches for the future. Readers will learn why renewal doesn't necessarily put a resource beyond harm - and why the no-free-lunch adage applies to all natural resources.

Author : Robin Kundis Craig,John Copeland Nagle,Bruce Pardy,Oswald J. Schmitz,William K. Smith,Norman L. Christensen Jr,Janet Neuman
Publisher : Berkshire Publishing Group
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781933782096

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Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability 5/10 by Robin Kundis Craig,John Copeland Nagle,Bruce Pardy,Oswald J. Schmitz,William K. Smith,Norman L. Christensen Jr,Janet Neuman Pdf

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-altered environments. Experts explain the complex ecosystem relationships that result from invasive species, roads, fencing, and even our homes by addressing topics such as fire and groundwater management, disturbance, and ecosystem resilience. Because most people in the 21st century live in urban environments, the volume pays special attention to the ecology of cities, with detailed coverage on topics ranging from urban agriculture to landscape architecture. The volume focuses on how ecosystems across the world can be restored, maintained, and used productively and sustainably.

Author : Chris Laszlo,Karen Christensen,Daniel S. Fogel,Gernot Wagner,Peter J. Whitehouse
Publisher : Berkshire Publishing Group
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781933782133

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Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability 2/10 by Chris Laszlo,Karen Christensen,Daniel S. Fogel,Gernot Wagner,Peter J. Whitehouse Pdf

The Business of Sustainability is a core resource for policy makers, members of the development community, entrepreneurs, and corporate executives, as well as business and economics students and their professors. It contains rich analysis of how sustainability is being factored into industries across the globe, with enlightening case studies of businesses serving as agents of change. Contributing authors provide a groundbreaking body of research-based knowledge. They explain that the concept of sustainability is being re-framed to be positive about business instead of being tied to the old notion of a trade-off between business and society (that is, if business wins, society and the environment must lose), and they explore how economic development can contribute to building our common future.

Author : Ray C. Anderson,Sam Geall,Jingjing Liu,Sony Pellissery,E. N. Anderson,Joel R. Campbell,Joanna I. Lewis,Muhammad Aurang Zeb Mughal,Mark Wilson
Publisher : Berkshire Publishing Group
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781933782720

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Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability 7/10 by Ray C. Anderson,Sam Geall,Jingjing Liu,Sony Pellissery,E. N. Anderson,Joel R. Campbell,Joanna I. Lewis,Muhammad Aurang Zeb Mughal,Mark Wilson Pdf

China, India, and East and Southeast Asia: Assessing Sustainability provides unprecedented analyses by regional experts and scholars elsewhere in the world on China, India, and their neighbors. Despite growing demands internally on their natural resources (China and India alone are home to more than one-third of the world's population), the expanding global economic influence of this region makes these countries vital players in a sustainable future for all citizens of the Earth. Regional coverage includes topics such as business and commerce, environmental and corporate law, and lifestyles and values.

Author : Ray C. Anderson,Louis Kotzé,Stephen Morse
Publisher : Berkshire Publishing Group
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-31
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781933782744

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Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability 9/10 by Ray C. Anderson,Louis Kotzé,Stephen Morse Pdf

Afro-Eurasia: Assessing Sustainability focuses on the geographic area where humans originated and first began to make use of the natural world - Earth's largest landmass, stretching from Portugal in the west across the steppes of Russia and south across Africa to the Cape of Good Hope. By examining the history of human expansion, as well as 21st century pressures to address ecosystem damage across the region, international scholars and regional experts weave sustainability into core curricular subjects. The interdisciplinary coverage includes national and regional environmental histories, as well as business and commerce, migration, educational institutions, law and government, and the lifestyles of diverse populations.

Author : Willis Jenkins
Publisher : Berkshire Publishing Group LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Environmental protection
ISBN : 1933782145

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Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability: The law and politics of sustainability by Willis Jenkins Pdf

"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 social sciences. The result is a unified, organized, and peer-reviewed resource on sustainability that connects academic research to real world challenges and provides a balanced, trustworthy perspective on the global environmental challenges in the 21st century."--Publisher's description.

Author : Ray C. Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1614728712

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Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability Vol. 1-5 by Ray C. Anderson Pdf

Vols 1-5 of 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 print and online publication draws from the natural, physical, and social sciences - geophysics, engineering, and resource management, to name a few - and from philosophy and religion. The result is a unified, organized, and peer-reviewed resource on sustainability that connects academic research to real-world challenges and provides a balanced, trustworthy perspective on global environmental issues in the 21st century.

Author : Ray C. Anderson
Publisher : Berkshire Publishing Group LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1933782633

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Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability: The future of sustainability [Overviews, future views, and review essays by Ray C. Anderson Pdf

"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 social sciences. The result is a unified, organized, and peer-reviewed resource on sustainability that connects academic research to real world challenges and provides a balanced, trustworthy perspective on the global environmental challenges in the 21st century"--Publisher's description.

Author : Ray C. Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1614728739

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Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability Vol. 6-10 by Ray C. Anderson Pdf

Vols 6-10 of 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 print and online publication draws from the natural, physical, and social sciences - geophysics, engineering, and resource management, to name a few - and from philosophy and religion. The result is a unified, organized, and peer-reviewed resource on sustainability that connects academic research to real-world challenges and provides a balanced, trustworthy perspective on global environmental issues in the 21st century.

Author : Berkshire Publishing Group
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-30
Category : Reference
ISBN : 193378217X

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Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability by Berkshire Publishing Group Pdf

Author : Robin Morris Collin,Robert W. Collin
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Environmental sciences
ISBN : PSU:000066904724

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Encyclopedia of Sustainability: Business and economics by Robin Morris Collin,Robert W. Collin Pdf

From the Publisher: This expansive encyclopedia breaks new ground, giving definition and focus to an urgent and much-talked-about topic that is extraordinarily wide ranging and all too often misunderstood. As the first major reference work in its field, the three comprehensive volumes span the entire scope of sustainability from ecological concepts to financial concerns to public policy and community action, giving readers a solid foundation from which to think critically about efforts to make a more sustainable world. The Encyclopedia of Sustainability comprises three volumes, each dedicated to one of three equally important contexts in which the term is used: environment and ecology, business and economics, and equity and fairness. Each volume provides authoritative but accessible coverage of basic concepts and terms, as well as policy initiatives, controversies, and future trends. Volumes also include biographical sketches of important contributors to sustainability efforts from the scientific, economic, public policy, and activist realms, plus extensive listings of print and online resources for further exploration.

Author : Daniel E. Vasey,Sarah E. Fredericks,Lei Shen,Shirley Thompson
Publisher : Berkshire Publishing Group
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781933782546

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Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability 4/10 by Daniel E. Vasey,Sarah E. Fredericks,Lei Shen,Shirley Thompson Pdf

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 commercial activities (in industries as varied as fisheries, agriculture, energy, and mineral extraction), discuss the global distribution and use of renewable and nonrenewable resources, and focus on innovative approaches for the future. Readers will learn why renewal doesn't necessarily put a resource beyond harm and why the no-free-lunch adage applies to all natural resources.

Author : The Worldwatch Institute
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 161091449X

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State of the World 2013 by The Worldwatch Institute Pdf

Every day, we are presented with a range of “sustainable” products and activities—from “green” cleaning supplies to carbon offsets—but with so much labeled as “sustainable,” the term has become essentially sustainababble, at best indicating a practice or product slightly less damaging than the conventional alternative. Is it time to abandon the concept altogether, or can we find an accurate way to measure sustainability? If so, how can we achieve it? And if not, how can we best prepare for the coming ecological decline? In the latest edition of Worldwatch Institute’s State of the World series, scientists, policy experts, and thought leaders tackle these questions, attempting to restore meaning to sustainability as more than just a marketing tool. In State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?, experts define clear sustainability metrics and examine various policies and perspectives, including geoengineering, corporate transformation, and changes in agricultural policy, that could put us on the path to prosperity without diminishing the well-being of future generations. If these approaches fall short, the final chapters explore ways to prepare for drastic environmental change and resource depletion, such as strengthening democracy and societal resilience, protecting cultural heritage, and dealing with increased conflict and migration flows. State of the World 2013 cuts through the rhetoric surrounding sustainability, offering a broad and realistic look at how close we are to fulfilling it today and which practices and policies will steer us in the right direction. This book will be especially useful for policymakers, environmental nonprofits, and students of environmental studies, sustainability, or economics.

Author : Ray C. Anderson
Publisher : Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sust
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Environmental protection
ISBN : 1933782196

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Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability: Afro-Eurasia : assessing sustainability by Ray C. Anderson Pdf

"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 social sciences. The result is a unified, organized, and peer-reviewed resource on sustainability that connects academic research to real world challenges and provides a balanced, trustworthy perspective on the global environmental challenges in the 21st century"--Publisher's description.