Sustainable development : processes, challenges and prospects /

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Imprint:New York : Nova Publishers, [2015]
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Environmental research advances
Environmental research advances series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12348940
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Other authors / contributors:Reyes, Deborah.
ISBN:9781634825870
163482587X
9781634825061
1634825063
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:The idea and practice of sustainable development has come of age. There is a growing interest in supporting people, communities, society and the earth to adapt to the disturbances and challenges of today and the future. Many new initiatives have emerged to address specific elements of sustainable development. This book discusses the processes, challenges and prospects of sustainable development.
Other form:Print version: Sustainable development New York : Nova Publishers, [2015] 9781634825061 (hardcover)
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1 Needs, Sustainable Development and Weil-Being within a Social-Ecological Perspective of Resilience / Erika Quendler
  • ch. 2 Halting Deforestation to Advance Sustainable Development: Progress, Prospects and Challenges of REDD+ Readiness in Ghana / Albert A. Arhin
  • ch. 3 Renewed Consideration on Natural Rubber Yielding Plants: A Sustainable Development Standpoint / Shinzo Kohjiya
  • ch. 4 Sustainable Management as a Key to Sustainable Development / Guennady A. Ougolnitsky
  • ch. 5 Sustainable Energy Action Plan for the Covenant Signatories: The Choice of Emission Factors / John Psarras
  • ch. 6 New Perspectives towards Ergonomics in Sustainable Development / KwanMyung Kim.