Sustainability

Sustainable Stormwater Management introduces engineers and designers to ideas and methods for managing stormwater in a more ecologically sustainabl...

Wealth is no longer just an ability to live well in a world shaped by human activities. It is also an ability to push back or defer the limits of a...

At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing ...

While many disciplines contribute to environmental conservation, there is little successful integration of science and social values. Arguing that ...

While many disciplines contribute to environmental conservation, there is little successful integration of science and social values. Arguing that ...

Our future depends on what we do about energy. This stark fact, clear since the oil embargo of the 1970s, has been hammered home through crisis aft...

A behind-the-scenes look at how corporate and financial actors enforce a business-friendly approach to global sustainability In recent years, compa...

Designing with living materials: thoughts on the paradigm shift and an overview of the state of research What is “Bioprotopia”? It is a vision of ...

The increasing environmental and health concerns owing to the use of large quantities of water and hazardous chemicals in conventional textile fini...

Over roughly the past decade, oil and gas production in the United States has surged dramatically-thanks largely to technological advances such as ...

The first book of its kind, the Life Cycle Assessment Handbook: A Guide for Environmentally Sustainable Products will become an invaluable resource...

Because of its history and location, Eritrea is an ideal example for a study of the sustainability of traditional rural communities and the impact ...

Real-world reservoirs are layered, heterogeneous and anisotropic, exposed to water and gas drives, faults, barriers and fractures. They are produce...

This book comprehensively addresses surface modification of natural fibers to make them more effective, cost-efficient, and environmentally friendl...

Taking a fresh new look at the energy industry and how the Earth's resources are being developed, the aim of this book is to aid engineers and scie...

As energy prices continue to soar, there is an equally growing interest in how better to manage and regulate energy sources and their production. G...

Argues that environmental justice and the sustainable communities movement are compatible Popularized in the movies Erin Brockovich and A Civil Act...

'Everyone knows we’re doomed by runaway overpopulation, pollution, or resource depletion, whichever comes first. Not only is this view paralysing a...

With a new epilogue Though the Plains have been in economic and population decline since the twenties, they are actually within closer reach of vib...

"Charging Ahead" foretells the world's next great energy transformation: the shift to clean, renewable energy sources. It shows how renewable energ...

The rural west is at a crossroads, and the Sierra Nevada is at the center of this social and economic change. The Sierra Nevada landscape has alway...

In the decades since Geoffrey Heal began his field-defining work in environmental economics, one central question has animated his research: "Can w...

The evolution of sustainability, with a practical framework for integration Regenerative Development and Design takes sustainability to the next le...

Continuation along current development pathways is not sustainable. Current technologies and production practices and the consumption patterns of m...

A provocative reassessment of the relationship between states and environmental politics in Africa From climate-related risks such as crop failure ...

Jeffrey D. Sachs is one of the world's most perceptive and original analysts of global development. In this major new work he presents a compelling...

Can we grow our world economy and create opportunities for the poor while keeping the planet intact? Can we maintain our vibrant, dynamic lifestyle...

Can we grow our world economy and create opportunities for the poor while keeping the planet intact? Can we maintain our vibrant, dynamic lifestyle...

Given ongoing concerns about global climate change and its impacts on cities, the need for sustainable planning has never been greater. This book e...

With more than three quarters of Canada's forests under provincial control, provincial forest policies are crucial for encouraging the sustainable ...

This book questions the role of liquid sanitation in the development of cities in Africa. The absence of sewerage networks and treatment plants in ...

Since 1971, UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme has embraced a number of principles that link the political, scientific and academic sph...