Understanding Sustainable Development, 2nd Edition

View Monetary institution For Comprehending Sustainable Expansion, 2nd Version

1. ISBN-10

   041570782X
2. ISBN-13

   978-0415707824This innovative and extended edition builds upon the preliminary edition’s successful multi-perspective approach and breadth of coverage. A truly comprehensive introduction to sustainable evolution, it is crafted specifically to allow entrance to the subject from a variety of scholarly {and professional} backgrounds and to foster understanding of a range of approaches and traditions at distinct levels.

    

   This subsequent edition incorporates:

    

   • a thorough update of the text, with augmented coverage of primary subjects including ecosystems; production and consumption; enterprise; urban sustainability; governance; new media technologies; conservation; leadership; globalization and global crises; sustainability literacy and learning;

    

   • additional instances from the World South and North America, while upholding its distinct coverage of first world nations;

    

   • initial chapter objectives and summaries at the conclusion of each chapter;
   • glossary of crucial terms;

    

   • a fresh chapter on Conservation with an emphasis on behavior modification and principles;

    

   • a brand new website which encompasses discussion of how projects are accomplished on the ground, additional exercises and online instances, test inquiries and recommended readings and videos.

    

   Supplying boxed illustrations from the local to the global, Comprehending Sustainable Evolution is fundamentally the most comprehensive guide to the subject for course leaders, undergraduates and postgraduates.