Sustainability principles and practice:
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| Beschreibung: | Sustainability Principles and Practice gives an accessible and comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of sustainability. The focus is on furnishing solutions and equipping the student with both conceptual understanding and technical skills for the workplace. Each chapter explores one aspect of the field, first introducing relevant theory and presenting issues, then supplying tools for working toward solutions. Elements of sustainability are examined piece by piece, and wide coverage ranges over ecosystems, social equity, environmental justice, food, energy, product l What Is Sustainability?; Challenges and Responses; Sustainability as a Discipline; A Brief History of Sustainability; Recent History: The Last 200 Years; Early Conservation; Transformation from Conservation to Ecology; The Beginnings of the Environmental Movement; US Legislation in the 1970s; Environmental Justice and the Triple Bottom Line; Expanding to a Global Scale; Modern Trends; The Biosphere; Why Study Living Systems? Energy and MatterThe Four Spheres; The Biosphere; What Is Life?; Gaia: Earth System Science; Systems; The Human Sphere; Human Impact; Economics; Failing States; Putting Sustainability into Practice; Sustainability at Work; Sustainability Initiatives; Measurement and Reporting; Work as Agents for Change; Part II Issues and Solutions; Climate; Is Earth Warming?; How Temperature Records Are Compiled; The Long View: Climates through Time; Modern Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases; The Human Factor; Projecting into the Future; Climate Stabilization Setting Up a Program to Reduce Climate Impact Strategies for Reducing Emissions; Offsets; Emissions Trading; Adaptation; Final Thoughts; Water; Uneven Distribution; Depletion of Nonrenewable Aquifers; Threats to Human and Ecosystem Health; Consumption; Effects of Climate Change; Water Conservation; Wastewater Treatment; Stormwater; Ecosystems and Habitat; Populations and Extinction; Drivers of Ecosystem Change; Conservation and Restoration; Conservation; Restoration Ecology; Living Together: Reconciliation Ecology; 9 Pollution; Types of Toxins; Pollution Transport and Fate; Air Pollution Soil and Land PollutionWater Pollution; Organic Pollutants; Inorganic Pollutants; Endocrine Disruptors; Persistent Organic Pollutants; Point Source and Nonpoint Source Pollution; Radioactive Pollutants; Pollution Remediation; Pollution Prevention; 10 Energy; Fossil Fuels; Renewable Energy; Energy Efficiency; Making the Transition; Green Buildings and Sites; What Is a Green Building?; The Process of Green Building Design; Building Envelope; Lighting; Passive Heating and Cooling Concepts; Heating; Cooling; Ventilation; Construction; Rating Systems; Living Building Challenge; Aesthetics Sustainable SitesHealth and Well-Being; Livable Cities; Sprawl; Land-Use Planning; Urban Planning; Building Community; Transportation; Cities and Climate Change; Food; Farming Methods; Human Health Issues; Planetary Health Issues; Feeding Ourselves; Finding Space for Food in the City; Food on Public Land; Healthy Soil: The Vital Foundation; Products; Design for the Environment (DFE); Industrial Ecology; Process Design; Product Alternatives; Product Design; Shipping and Packaging; ISO 14000 Standards; Certifications and Labels: Making Sense of Materials; Eco-Labels -- Waste and Recycling |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 370 p.) |
| ISBN: | 1135035970 9781135035976 |
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| spelling | Robertson, Margaret 1950- Verfasser (DE-588)1058430416 aut Sustainability principles and practice Margaret Robertson Hoboken Taylor and Francis 2014 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 370 p.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Sustainability Principles and Practice gives an accessible and comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of sustainability. The focus is on furnishing solutions and equipping the student with both conceptual understanding and technical skills for the workplace. Each chapter explores one aspect of the field, first introducing relevant theory and presenting issues, then supplying tools for working toward solutions. Elements of sustainability are examined piece by piece, and wide coverage ranges over ecosystems, social equity, environmental justice, food, energy, product l What Is Sustainability?; Challenges and Responses; Sustainability as a Discipline; A Brief History of Sustainability; Recent History: The Last 200 Years; Early Conservation; Transformation from Conservation to Ecology; The Beginnings of the Environmental Movement; US Legislation in the 1970s; Environmental Justice and the Triple Bottom Line; Expanding to a Global Scale; Modern Trends; The Biosphere; Why Study Living Systems? Energy and MatterThe Four Spheres; The Biosphere; What Is Life?; Gaia: Earth System Science; Systems; The Human Sphere; Human Impact; Economics; Failing States; Putting Sustainability into Practice; Sustainability at Work; Sustainability Initiatives; Measurement and Reporting; Work as Agents for Change; Part II Issues and Solutions; Climate; Is Earth Warming?; How Temperature Records Are Compiled; The Long View: Climates through Time; Modern Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases; The Human Factor; Projecting into the Future; Climate Stabilization Setting Up a Program to Reduce Climate Impact Strategies for Reducing Emissions; Offsets; Emissions Trading; Adaptation; Final Thoughts; Water; Uneven Distribution; Depletion of Nonrenewable Aquifers; Threats to Human and Ecosystem Health; Consumption; Effects of Climate Change; Water Conservation; Wastewater Treatment; Stormwater; Ecosystems and Habitat; Populations and Extinction; Drivers of Ecosystem Change; Conservation and Restoration; Conservation; Restoration Ecology; Living Together: Reconciliation Ecology; 9 Pollution; Types of Toxins; Pollution Transport and Fate; Air Pollution Soil and Land PollutionWater Pollution; Organic Pollutants; Inorganic Pollutants; Endocrine Disruptors; Persistent Organic Pollutants; Point Source and Nonpoint Source Pollution; Radioactive Pollutants; Pollution Remediation; Pollution Prevention; 10 Energy; Fossil Fuels; Renewable Energy; Energy Efficiency; Making the Transition; Green Buildings and Sites; What Is a Green Building?; The Process of Green Building Design; Building Envelope; Lighting; Passive Heating and Cooling Concepts; Heating; Cooling; Ventilation; Construction; Rating Systems; Living Building Challenge; Aesthetics Sustainable SitesHealth and Well-Being; Livable Cities; Sprawl; Land-Use Planning; Urban Planning; Building Community; Transportation; Cities and Climate Change; Food; Farming Methods; Human Health Issues; Planetary Health Issues; Feeding Ourselves; Finding Space for Food in the City; Food on Public Land; Healthy Soil: The Vital Foundation; Products; Design for the Environment (DFE); Industrial Ecology; Process Design; Product Alternatives; Product Design; Shipping and Packaging; ISO 14000 Standards; Certifications and Labels: Making Sense of Materials; Eco-Labels -- Waste and Recycling Environmental economics / Textbooks Sustainability / Textbooks Sustainable development / Textbooks BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General bisacsh Environmental economics fast Sustainability fast Sustainable development fast Industrie Nachhaltigkeit Wirtschaft Sustainability Textbooks Sustainable development Textbooks Environmental economics Textbooks Nachhaltigkeit (DE-588)4326464-5 gnd rswk-swf Ressourcen (DE-588)4076675-5 gnd rswk-swf Umweltschutz (DE-588)4061644-7 gnd rswk-swf Umwelt (DE-588)4061616-2 gnd rswk-swf Umwelt (DE-588)4061616-2 s Ressourcen (DE-588)4076675-5 s Nachhaltigkeit (DE-588)4326464-5 s 1\p DE-604 Umweltschutz (DE-588)4061644-7 s 2\p DE-604 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=688553 Aggregator Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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