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Author : Uno Svedin,Britt Hägerhäll Aniansson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1123579117
Author : U. Svedin,Britt Hägerhäll Aniansson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401127998
Following the report by the World Commission on Environment and Development, research efforts devoted to sustainable development were promoted by the Swedish Council for Planning and Coordination of Research (FRN). With its fifteen essays by Swedish scholars on different aspects of society -- environment interface, giving various analyses of and prospects for the concept of sustainable development -- this book is a result of those efforts. The authors represent a spectrum of inter- and multidisciplinary approaches in the field of ecology, economy and environment. They are economists, ecologists, engineers, anthropologists, physicists, geographers, political scientists, science theorists and educationalists discussing sustainable development and the future of society and the environment. The question is also raised whether there is a special Swedisch `touch' -- with a `responsibility for the world' ethos -- to the approach to environmental issues, especially as seen through the efforts of the research community.
Author : Marco-Lajara, Bartolomé,Martínez-Falcó, Javier,Millán-Tudela, Luis A.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781668474242
The world is currently witnessing a change in the business paradigm in which economic, social, and environmental variables are taken into account. In this sense, sustainable companies focus on the development of a profitability formula that, through the connection with stakeholders and the natural environment, operates in harmony with social and economic progress. In this sense, the concept of corporate sustainability refers to the attempt by companies to balance social, economic, and environmental objectives. It requires a strong orientation towards the future as well as an awareness of the need to preserve the existence and well-being of the human species. In this way, companies seek to ensure long-term business success while contributing to the economic, social, and environmental development of the territories in which they operate. Corporate Sustainability as a Tool for Improving Economic, Social, and Environmental Performance provides a guide for study, reflection, and critique to understand corporate sustainability while offering the basis for comprehending this phenomenon in different sectors of the economy. The book also sheds light on the new currents and challenges of the discipline. Covering key topics such as big data, ethical business, and strategic management, this premier reference source is ideal for business owners, managers, entrepreneurs, government officials, policymakers, researchers, academicians, practitioners, scholars, instructors, and students.
Author : E. C. H. Keskitalo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000532593
The Social Aspects of Environmental and Climate Change critically examines the prominence of natural science framing in mainstream climate change research and demonstrates why climate change really is a social issue. The book highlights how assumptions regarding social and cultural systems that are common in sustainability science have impeded progress in understanding environmental and climate change. The author explains how social sciences theory and perspectives provide an understanding of institutional dynamics including issues of scale, possibilities for learning, and stakeholder interaction, using specific case studies to illustrate this impact. The book highlights the foundational role research into social, political, cultural, behavioural, and economic processes must play if we are to design successful strategies, instruments, and management actions to act on climate change. With pedagogical features such as suggestions for further reading, text boxes, and study questions in each chapter, this book will be an essential resource for students and scholars in sustainability, environmental studies, climate change, and related fields.
Author : Jan Öhman,Kirsten Simonsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351875530
While contemporary human geography has widely acknowledged that knowledge has both contingent and contextual character, international literature has tended to blot out differences and reproduce hegemonic Anglo-Saxon discourses. Any interest in destabilizing such power-knowledge systems calls upon interventions from other voices . Nordic voices in particular have not been well represented in current human geography. This book redresses the balance by offering a unique assessment of the geographical research being undertaken in the Nordic countries and by demonstrating the way in which these voices contribute to international debate. It brings together a range of Nordic authors, each of whom has made a significant contribution to such debates, and considers the relationship between production and social institutions in local development. It also examines the ambiguous role of the welfare state in the Nordic countries, issues of social practice and identity and their relationship to spatiality, new approaches to landscape and environment, and the significance of difference and relations of power. Theoretical discussion, illustrated by empirical examples, reveals the interweaving in Nordic human geography of international affiliations and Nordic situatedness .
Author : Elizabeth Baigent,André Reyes Novaes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350085510
Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 37 explores the concept of distinction in geography. Through the lives of six geographers working in Brazil, North America, Europe and Réunion, it investigates what distinction consists of, how we identify and celebrate it and how it relates to quotidian practices in the discipline. The volume highlights the continuing importance of biography and the International Geographical Union in recording and assessing distinction. It also considers the relevance of personal networks for the circulation and translation of distinguished geographical knowledge, and how this knowledge can underpin applied projects and critical appraisal of geographical scholarship, both at a national and sub-national level. Gendered notions of distinction are also addressed, particularly through June Sheppard, who found limited recognition for her work as a result of gendered expectations within the discipline and society at large. By reflecting on how we locate distinguished geographers and tell their histories, Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 37 makes an important contribution to fostering less canonical work in historical geography.
Author : Masafumi Nagao,Jennifer L. Broadhurst,Sampson Edusah,Kwabena G. Awere
Publisher : Spears Media Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781942876458
Consisting of nine original chapters, this volume on theory and methods on sustainable development in Africa are crafted from a series of Sustainable Development Workshops organized by eight partner universities in Africa. The book responds to the call for concepts and methods suited to explaining and understanding sustainable development challenges on the African continent. Contributors are African faculty and graduates of the three master’s programmes in Sustainable Urban Development, Sustainable Integrated Rural Development and Mining and Mineral Resources, coordinated by the eight partner African universities who make up the Education for Sustainable Development in Africa (ESDA) initiative.
Author : J.M. Miocic,N. Heinemann,K. Edlmann,J. Alcalde,R.A. Schultz
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781786205766
The secure storage of energy and carbon dioxide in subsurface geological formations plays a crucial role in transitioning to a low-carbon energy system. The suitability and security of subsurface storage sites rely on the geological and hydraulic properties of the reservoir and confining units. Additionally, their ability to withstand varying thermal, mechanical, hydraulic, biological and chemical conditions during storage operations is essential. Each subsurface storage technology has distinct geological requirements and faces specific economic, logistical, public and scientific challenges. As a result, certain sites can be better suited than others for specific low-carbon energy applications. This Special Publication provides a summary of the state of the art in subsurface energy and carbon dioxide storage. It includes 20 case studies that offer insights into site selection, characterization of reservoir processes, the role of caprocks and fault seals, as well as monitoring and risk assessment needs for subsurface storage operations.
Author : Timo Myllyntaus,Mikko Saikku
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : 9780821413579
Annotation. Six essays by Finnish scholars (which accounts for some of the notes being in Finnish) discuss the "new" science of environmental history, issues and case studies of change over time in forested Northern Hemisphere zones due to natural and human forces, and Western conceptions of wilderness. The editors are with the U. of Helsinki, whose press first published the book in 1999. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR.
Author : Charles W. J. Withers,Hayden Lorimer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781474227049
This twenty-sixth volume of Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies brings together essays on leading figures in time geography and regional theory, on GIS, on regional, cultural and political geography, on scriptural geography, historical geography and methodology, and on African exploration. Each essay engages with the individual's contribution to geography, their works and their lives and the intellectual and social contexts in which they worked and which helped shape them. In addition - and to mark the new co-editorial pairing leading the series - the volume has an essay on the history of GBS, on the importance of biographical work in the history of geography and on issues to be addressed by the scholarly communities engaged in promoting this vital area of geographical research.
Author : Lars Rydén,Pawel Migula,Magnus Andersson
Publisher : Baltic University Press
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Baltic Sea Region
ISBN : 9789197001700
Author : Mohan Munasinghe,Rob Swart
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005-03-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521008883
Condensed, accessible review of latest state-of-the-art assessments of IPCC, within context of sustainable development.
Author : Mohan Munasinghe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 689 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108404150
Provides a rigorous analysis of sustainable development that includes practical, policy-relevant, global case studies, explained concisely and clearly.
Author : Robert U. Ayres,Leslie Ayres
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1843765470
'The editors of this handbook have brought together 58 of the world's greatest environmental systems experts. These professionals have, in 46 specific topic headings, divided into six major sections, provided very insightful information and guidance as to what industrial ecology entails, how it can be implemented, and its benefits . . . a very valuable tool . . . This book provides essential information to mid- and top-level management that can enable industry to make more prudent business decisions regarding the manufacturing of its products.' - Robert John Klancko, Environmental Practice Industrial ecology is coming of age and this superb book brings together leading scholars to present a state-of-the-art overviews of the subject.
Author : Per Lagerås
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781785700576
In the mid-fourteenth century the Black Death ravaged Europe, leading to dramatic population drop and social upheavals. Recurring plague outbreaks together with social factors pushed Europe into a deep crisis that lasted for more than a century. The plague and the crisis, and in particular their short-term and long-term consequences for society, have been the matter of continuous debate. Most of the research so far has been based on the study of written sources, and the dominating perspective has been the one of economic history. A different approach is presented here by using evidence and techniques from archaeology and the natural sciences. Special focus is on environmental and social changes in the wake of the Black Death. Pollen and tree-ring data are used to gain new insights into farm abandonment and agricultural change, and to point to the important environmental and ecological consequences of the crisis. The archaeological record shows that the crisis was not only characterized by abandonment and decline, but also how families and households survived by swiftly developing new strategies during these uncertain times. Finally, stature and isotope studies are applied to human skeletons from medieval churchyards to reveal changes in health and living conditions during the crisis. The conclusions are put in wider perspective that highlights the close relationship between society and the environment and the historical importance of past epidemics.