Encyclopedia of sustainability [electronic resource] / Robin Morris Collin, Robert William Collin.
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Table of Contents:
- Volume 1: Environment And Ecology
- Guide to related topics
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1: Overview
- Webs of life: the interrelatedness of natural systems
- Human impacts of webs of life
- Sustainable development: growth within the webs of life
- 2: Definitions And Contexts
- Language of sustainability
- Atmosphere
- Biodiversity
- Ecosystems
- Human values and goals
- Land, soil, and forests
- Waste, pollution, and toxic substances
- Water
- 3: Government And United Nations Involvement
- Role of government in sustainability
- Barriers to governmental roles in sustainability
- United Nations
- United States
- Local and regional governmental activities
- 4: Controversies
- Agriculture
- Climate change
- Democracy and sustainability
- Ecotourism
- Energy sources
- Environmental reparations
- Ex situ conservation: museums, zoos, and conservatories
- Green consuming
- Growth and development
- Information
- Market-based solutions
- Population and consumption
- Private property: can it continue sustainably?
- Risk assessment
- Science for policy decisions
- Sustainable development
- Tragedy of the commons
- Urban sprawl
- War
- 5: Future Directions And Emerging Trends
- Changing our thinking: from inexhaustible to irreplaceable
- Collaborative decision-making processes
- Education on the environment for sustainability
- Environmental basis of sustainability and capitalism
- Information
- Risk analysis: commonly held risk perception
- Science for policy
- Appendix A: Portal web sites
- Appendix B: Rio declaration on environment and development
- Appendix C: Agenda 21
- Appendix D: Millennium ecosystem assessment
- Bibliography
- Index
- Volume 2: Business And Economics
- Guide to related topics
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction And Overview
- Webs of life: the interrelatedness of natural systems
- Human impacts on ecosystems
- Globalization: development or disaster?
- Role and responsibility of business and economics for sustainability
- Adaptive economic systems: the restorative economy
- Economies and the webs of life
- Use of resources and energy
- Role of business, consumers, and investors in achieving sustainability
- Need for economic development: poverty
- 2: Definitions And Contexts
- Language of sustainable business
- Atmosphere
- Biodiversity
- Fisheries and fishing
- Ecosystems
- Finance
- Globalization
- Key business sectors
- Land, soil, and forests
- Market-based strategies
- Clean production technologies
- Waste, pollution, and toxic substances
- Water systems
- 3: Government And United Nations Involvement
- Role of government in moving the economy toward sustainability
- Barriers to governmental roles in sustainability
- United Nations
- World trade organization (Formerly GATT)
- North American free trade agreement (NAFTA)
- United States
- State and local initiatives
- 4: Controversies
- Agribusiness and sustainability
- Audit privilege
- Business duties to future generations
- Capitalism and sustainability
- Climate change
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Development lending: structural adjustments
- Disaster relief and displacement
- Ecotourism
- Energy
- Energy sources
- Free trade
- Green consumerism
- Green washing
- Information and knowledge: essential for sustainability
- Labor
- Localization
- Market-based solutions to environmental degradation
- Poverty
- Private property: can it continue sustainably?
- Real estate
- Resource subsidies
- Risk assessment
- Technology transfer, intellectual property rights, and the developing world
- Tragedy of the commons
- Democracy and sustainability
- Immigration
- Globalization of markets
- Unsustainable industrial sectors
- Urban sprawl
- War, peace, and peacekeeping
- Water
- 5: Future Directions And Emerging Trends
- Changing our thinking: from inexhaustible to irreplaceable
- Clean production technologies
- Collaborative decision-making processes
- Education on the environment for sustainability
- Equity
- Globalization and localization
- Information
- Shares: load sharing, catch sharing
- Sustainability assessments and audits
- Sustainability indices
- Technology and information sharing
- Un-green economic initiative
- Appendix A: Portal web sites
- Appendix B: Equator principles
- Appendix C: Ceres principles
- Bibliography
- Index
- Volume 3: Equity And Fairness
- Guide to related topics
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1: Introduction And Overview
- What's fairness got to do with it? how equity fits into sustainability
- Equity as the context for sustainability
- Equity and poverty
- Human health and the environment
- Poverty: the international context
- Urban context of equity in the United States
- What values are sustainable?
- 2: Definitions And Contexts
- Language of sustainable communities
- Civil society movement
- Environmental justice
- Globalization: increasing inequity
- Public participation: sustainability as a process of inclusion in environmental decision making
- Sustainable development
- Urban land: growth of urbanization around the globe
- 3: Government And United Nations Involvement
- Role of government in ensuring equity under sustainability
- United Nations
- United States
- State and local governments
- 4: Controversies
- Aid: disaster relief models and infrastructure models
- Capitalism and sustainability
- Children's health
- Cities and the environment
- Ecotourism
- Environmental reparations
- Labor
- Political and ecological boundaries
- Population and consumption
- Poverty and the environment
- Race and waste
- Risk perception
- Role of women
- Uncertainty in facts and values
- 5: Future Directions And Emerging Trends
- Asset building movement
- Collaborative approaches
- Community health mapping
- Globalization and localization
- Industrial values
- Millennium development goals
- Place studies
- Science for policy
- Appendix A: Portal web sites
- Appendix B: Millennium development goals
- Appendix C: Earth charter
- Bibliography
- Index.
