Sustainability Books
BIS Publishers B.V. The Time is Now: Toolkit for Change: Challenge,
Book SynopsisClimate change is real. Time to spring into action. Introducing: The Time is Now, a toolkit for serious change. Use this timely card game to challenge, inspire, pitch and get serious results for positive impact. The kit consists of 60 tool cards that trigger questions and inspire possible solutions by fellow players. Questions like: what can you do to stay out of a polluting hospital? What would your holiday look like with zero CO2 emissions? How do you co-travel to the office? With whom would you work together for a healthier living and working environment? Invite your colleagues, friends and family and move to a more sustainable planet one step at a time. In three rounds you'll discover new options, practical solutions, and put these in the simplest plan of approach, you have ever seen. Share your plans, stick them to the wall or on your companies' message board and create real change. With the workshop version the game ends in making a canvas with things you can start doing tomorrow, next week and this year. Use the The Time is Now toolkit to grow ideas and start changing the world around you and inspire to make changes. Make a difference, one step at a time. The Time really is Now! * From the authors of The Startup Game * Challenge, inspire, pitch and get serious results for positive impact. * Translate complex and scientific models and tools into everyday professional and private life. * Inspired by the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's). * Generate more effective ideas than any other toolbox in just 45 minutes.
£17.62
Springer Nature Singapore Environmental and Ecological Sustainability
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£98.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore IoT and AI in Agriculture: Self- sufficiency in
Book SynopsisThis book reviews recent innovations in the smart agriculture space that use the Internet of Things (IoT) and sensing to deliver Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutionsto agricultural productivity in the agricultural production hubs. In this regard, South and Southeast Asia are one of the major agricultural hubs of the world, facing challenges of climate change and feeding the fast-growing population. To address such challenges, a transboundary approach along with AI and BIG data for bioinformatics are required to increase yield and minimize pre- and post-harvest losses in intangible climates to drive the sustainable development goal (SDG) for feeding a major part of the 9 billion population by 2050 (Society 5.0 SDG 1 & 2). Therefore, this book focuses on the solution through smart IoT and AI-based agriculture including pest infestation and minimizing agricultural inputs for in-house and fields production such as light, water, fertilizer and pesticides to ensure food security aligns with environmental sustainability. It provides a sound understanding for creating new knowledge in line with comprehensive research and education orientation on how the deployment of tiny sensors, AI/Machine Learning (ML), controlled UAVs, and IoT setups for sensing, tracking, collection, processing, and storing information over cloud platforms for nurturing and driving the pace of smart agriculture in this current time. The book will appeal to several audiences and the contents are designed for researchers, graduates, and undergraduate students working in any area of machine learning, deep learning in agricultural engineering, smart agriculture, and environmental science disciplines. Utmost care has been taken to present a varied range of resource areas along with immense insights into the impact and scope of IoT, AI and ML in the growth of intelligent digital farming and smart agriculture which will give comprehensive information to the targeted readers. Table of ContentsChapter 1. IoT x AI: Introducing Agricultural Innovation for Global Food Production.- Chapter 2. Transforming Controlled Environment Plant Production toward Circular Bioeconomy Systems.- Chapter 3. Artificial Lighting Systems for Plant Growth and Development in Indoor Farming.- Chapter 4. An IoT-based Precision Irrigation System to Optimize Plant Water Requirements for Indoor and Outdoor Farming Systems.- Chapter 5. Artificial Intelligence & Internet of Things: Application in Urban Water Management.- Chapter 6.Purification of Agricultural Polluted Water Using Solar Distillation and Hot Water Producing with Continuous Monitoring Based on IoT.- Chapter 7. Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) for Oil Palm Soil Monitoring.- Chapter 8. Application of Smart Machine Vision in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery, and Animal Husbandry.- Chapter 9. Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture: Commitment to Establish Society 5.0 .- Chapter 10. Potentials of Deep Learning Frameworks for Tree Trunk Detection in Orchard to Enable Autonomous Navigation System.- Chapter 11. Real Time Pear Fruit Detection and Counting Using YOLOv4 Models and Deep SORT.- Chapter 12. Pear Recognition in an Orchard from 3D Stereo Camera Datasets to Develop an Autonomous Mechanism Compared with Deep Learning Algorithms.- Chapter 13. Thermal Imaging and Deep Learning Object Detection Algorithms for Early Embryo Detection – A Methodology Development Addressed to Quail Precision Hatching.- Chapter 14. Intelligent Sensing and Robotic Picking of Kiwifruit in Orchard.- Chapter 15. Low-cost Automatic Machinery Development to Increase Timeliness and Efficiency of Operation for Small Scale Farmers to Achieve SDGs.- Chapter 16. Vision-based Leader Vehicle Trajectory Tracking for Multiple Agricultural Vehicles.- Chapter 17. Autonomous Robots in Orchard Management: Present status and future trends.- Chapter 18. Comparing Soil Moisture Retrieval from Water Cloud Model and Neural Network Using PALSAR-2 for Oil Palm Estates.- Chapter 19. Development of a Recognition System for Spraying Areas from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using a Machine Learning Approach.- Chapter 20. Basal Stem Rot Disease Classification by Machine Learning Using Thermal Images and an Imbalanced Data Approach.- Chapter 21. Early Detection of Plant Disease Infection using Hyperspectral Data and Machine Learning.- Chapter 22. The Spectrum of Autonomous Machinery Development to Increase Agricultural Productivity for Achieving Society 5.0 in Japan.
£134.99
Springer Nature Singapore Possibilities and Limitations of Chinese EcoCity Development
Book SynopsisChapter 1: Eco-City Development: Context, concepts and research design.- Chapter 2: Bridging knowledge and action: the humanistic planning foundation for Chinese eco-city development.- Chapter 3: Public spaces, people’s needs and behaviours to understand people-place relationship.- Chapter 4: Within-case analysis of the humanistic planning concept in Chinese eco-city development.- Chapter 5: The relationship between people and place from the perspective of people’s experience.- Chapter 6: The relationship between people and place from the perspective of planning and design process.- Chapter 7: Conclusion and Discussion.
£107.99
IGI Global Intersecting Environmental Social Governance and AI for Business Sustainability
Book SynopsisAs the interplay of environmental, social, and governance factors becomes increasingly crucial, the global business landscape faces a monumental challenge. Climate change, social inequities, and economic uncertainties loom large, demanding immediate attention. The integration of Environmental Social Governance (ESG) principles and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies emerges as a powerful solution to these challenges. However, navigating the complexities of this integration, understanding its implications, and harnessing its full potential is a formidable task. Academic scholars, policymakers, and practitioners are grappling with a critical question: How can we leverage the convergence of ESG and AI to drive sustainable practices and address pressing global issues? The answer lies in comprehending the multifaceted dimensions of this integration, its ethical considerations, and its transformative potential. To gain these insights, a comprehensive resource is needed, one that offers a deep dive into ESG-AI integration, delving into empirical research, practical applications, and ethical concerns. Intersecting Environmental Social Governance and AI for Business Sustainability is a book that answers the call to action for this pressing challenge with an in-depth exploration of the evolving field of ESG and AI integration. Through extensive research, case studies, and expert insights, the book provides a roadmap to harness the transformative power of AI within the ESG context. It equips readers including academics, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners, with the knowledge to navigate the complexities of sustainable practices, offering recommendations and a forward-looking perspective on emerging technologies. This book is an essential resource for those seeking to promote sustainability, responsible business practices, and informed decision-making in our ever-changing world.
£204.75
The University of Chicago Press Bringing in the Future
Book SynopsisHumans are plagued by shortsighted thinking, preferring to put off work on complex, or difficult problems in favor of quick-fix solutions to immediate needs. This book draws on research from psychology, economics, institutional design, and legal theory to suggest strategies to overcome obstacles to long-term planning in developing countries.Trade Review"This is an imaginative and sophisticated treatment of a tremendously important, albeit extremely complicated, collection of topics. Few authors could have carried this off as well as Ascher, given his long and varied career as both a distinguished policy scientist and responsible practitioner. Indeed, he virtually draws on almost everything he knows as he classifies, inventories, and assesses dozens of different ways, means, and strategies to promote what he terms 'farsightedness.'" - Garry D. Brewer, Yale School of Management"
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press Having People Having Heart Charity Sustainable
Book SynopsisThrough detailed studies of two different orphan support organizations in Uganda, the author shows how many Ugandans view material forms of Catholic charity as deeply intertwined with their own ethics of care and exchange. She reassesses the generally assumed paradox of material aid as both promising independence and preventing it.Trade Review"A fascinating and original book that unsettles preconceptions-and social science theories-about the evils of charity. Scherz convincingly shows how Ugandan nuns' practices of charity, which center not upon autonomy but on interdependence, are a better fit with the relational ethics of the region than are NGO workers' practices of development. This regional ethics of interdependence prescribes correct (and correctly flexible) relations between patron and client. In such a worldview charity is no insult and independence from others no laudable goal." (Claire Wendland, University of Wisconsin-Madison)"
£24.00
Columbia University Press Valuing the Future
Book SynopsisHeal presents a coherent framework for understanding the Earth's future from an economic perspective and offers a dynamic new blueprint for comprehending sustainability.Trade ReviewCareful, rigorous analyses such as those conducted in this book should help focus the debate about the perplexing and consequential issues that fall under the rubric of sustainability. -- Jeffrey A. Krautkraemer Journal of Economic LiteratureTable of ContentsAppendix Project evaluation National welfare Measuring national income Policy issues Capital and renewable resources Exhaustibility and accumulation Capital accumulation Investment in a backstop Renewable resources revisited Depletion revisited Alternatives to utilitarianism A broader perspective Renewable resources Valuing a depletable stock The classical formulation Sustainability within a classical framework
£29.75
Columbia University Press Sustainability Management
Book SynopsisTrade Review[Sustainability Management] will be used widely as a text for environmental studies, political science, and business majors. Strongly recommended. Library JournalTable of ContentsPreface 1. What Is Sustainability Management? 2. Sustainable Manufacturing and Service Businesses 3. The Centrality of Energy 4. Sustainable Water 5. Sustainable Food Supply 6. Sustainable Cities 7. A Sustainable Planet 8. Conclusions References Index
£76.00
Columbia University Press Sustainability Management
Book SynopsisTrade Review[Sustainability Management] will be used widely as a text for environmental studies, political science, and business majors. Strongly recommended. Library JournalTable of ContentsPreface 1. What Is Sustainability Management? 2. Sustainable Manufacturing and Service Businesses 3. The Centrality of Energy 4. Sustainable Water 5. Sustainable Food Supply 6. Sustainable Cities 7. A Sustainable Planet 8. Conclusions References Index
£25.20
Columbia University Press The Greening of Asia
Book SynopsisA hopeful look at the next business boom: partnerships between Asian corporations, the government, and civil society to create new technologies that will help save the most crowded places on Earth.Trade ReviewIn this well-researched and ultimately optimistic account, Mark L. Clifford makes the case that environmental policies 'can and must be fixed' and gives us examples of companies that have worked to find private-sector solutions. In doing so, he sheds much-needed light on the workings and future of the region's efforts on the environment and on the need for governments to set clear rules so that business can do its part to solve the region's environmental crisis. -- Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics Picking up a copy of Mark Clifford's new book... is a good way to start the New Year... [it] is a terrific reminder that innovation and a core commitment to sustainability can push change in transformative ways. That gives us all something to celebrate in 2015. -- Elizabeth C. Economy Asia Unbound With wisdom and insights sprinkled throughout, The Greening of Asia demonstrates that innovation and a core commitment to sustainability are beginning to build a greener prosperity in the world's fastest growing region... A well-researched, hopeful book. -- Doug Ogden Asian Review of Books it is refreshing to see a clear-headed argument... that markets and greenery can go together. Asian companies, he says, are ready to clean up. The Economist The Greening of Asia is an easy read and is filled with anecdotes that make the stories come alive. They range from the humorous and light-hearted to the sobering to the downright horrifying, and serve as a reminder that the region is complex, multi-faceted and needs solutions that are as diverse. -- Jean Chua EcoBusiness Clifford is an astute analyst of the financial dilemmas at Asian companies that are either in "green" businesses or have visionary owners, as at Esquel and CLP, who want to adopt environmentally sustainable policies -- Victor Mallet Financial Times Thought-provoking. -- Preeti Dawra Mint Asia Essential reading for policy makers and business leaders considering the effects of climate change on Asia and the rest of the world, including the world's political landscape... [The Greening of Asia] should be on the shelf of every library. ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: Green Shoots Under Soot-Stained Skies Part I. Energy: Sun, Wind, and the End of Coal 1. The Sun Kings 2. Blowin' in the Wind Part II. Our Human World: Cities, Buildings, Wheels 3. Cities in a Garden 4. Buildings for a Greener Asia 5. Asia on the Move: Cars and Trains Part III. Nature: Forests, Farms, and Water 6. "Water Is More Important Than Oil" 7. The Tropical Challenge: Saving Asia's Lungs 8. "Adhere and Prosper": From Black Coal to Green Power Conclusion. From Black to Green: Asia's Challenge Appendix: Companies to Watch Bibliography Index
£22.50
Columbia University Press The Greening of Asia
Book SynopsisA hopeful look at the next business boom: partnerships between Asian corporations, the government, and civil society to create new technologies that will help save the most crowded places on Earth.Trade ReviewIn this well-researched and ultimately optimistic account, Mark L. Clifford makes the case that environmental policies 'can and must be fixed' and gives us examples of companies that have worked to find private-sector solutions. In doing so, he sheds much-needed light on the workings and future of the region's efforts on the environment and on the need for governments to set clear rules so that business can do its part to solve the region's environmental crisis. -- Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in EconomicsPicking up a copy of Mark Clifford's new book is a good way to start the New Year. [it] is a terrific reminder that innovation and a core commitment to sustainability can push change in transformative ways. That gives us all something to celebrate in 2015. -- Elizabeth C. Economy * Asia Unbound *With wisdom and insights sprinkled throughout, The Greening of Asia demonstrates that innovation and a core commitment to sustainability are beginning to build a greener prosperity in the world's fastest growing region.... A well-researched, hopeful book. -- Doug Ogden * Asian Review of Books *it is refreshing to see a clear-headed argument... that markets and greenery can go together. Asian companies, he says, are ready to clean up. * The Economist *The Greening of Asia is an easy read and is filled with anecdotes that make the stories come alive. They range from the humorous and light-hearted to the sobering to the downright horrifying, and serve as a reminder that the region is complex, multi-faceted and needs solutions that are as diverse. -- Jean Chua * EcoBusiness *Clifford is an astute analyst of the financial dilemmas at Asian companies that are either in "green" businesses or have visionary owners, as at Esquel and CLP, who want to adopt environmentally sustainable policies -- Victor Mallet * Financial Times *Thought-provoking. -- Preeti Dawra * Mint Asia *Essential reading for policy makers and business leaders considering the effects of climate change on Asia and the rest of the world, including the world's political landscape.... [The Greening of Asia] should be on the shelf of every library. * Choice *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Green Shoots Under Soot-Stained SkiesPart I. Energy: Sun, Wind, and the End of Coal1. The Sun Kings2. Blowin' in the WindPart II. Our Human World: Cities, Buildings, Wheels3. Cities in a Garden4. Buildings for a Greener Asia5. Asia on the Move: Cars and TrainsPart III. Nature: Forests, Farms, and Water6. "Water Is More Important Than Oil"7. The Tropical Challenge: Saving Asia's Lungs8. "Adhere and Prosper": From Black Coal to Green PowerConclusion. From Black to Green: Asia's ChallengeAppendix: Companies to WatchBibliographyIndex
£15.29
Columbia University Press Green Capital
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewGreen Capital takes us on a salutary journey through biodiversity, water shortages, the energy transition, and much more to stress the importance of 'natural capital.' The book provides an accessible discussion of the economic value of the environment and of the tragedy of the commons, and it explains why, despite our reluctance to employ them, price signals are necessary to create the right incentives. A call for greater environmental awareness and more common sense, Green Capital is a must-read for all those interested in environmental policy issues. -- Jean Tirole, Toulouse School of Economics and Nobel Laureate in Economics In this colorful and creative book, de Perthuis and Jouvet go beyond the usual environment-versus-economics debate to show that the real challenge is to recognize the significant values we are already enjoying (often without paying) from nature's capital, and to incorporate those values efficiently into our market signals and decisions. Emphasizing the need for enterprise and innovation, Green Capital offers an eclectic, imaginative, and pragmatic synthesis of environmental economics and sensible economic policy. -- Jonathan Wiener, Duke University Trend is not destiny. For those who want to find a better way to live on the earth, this book is a source of insight and inspiration. -- Frank J. Convery, chief economist, Environmental Defense Fund By systematically destroying the natural foundations of our economic and social development, we deprive ourselves of the chance for sustainable growth. Is there a way out? The answers that Christian de Perthuis and Pierre-Andre Jouvet provide are a model of realism, characterizing in operational terms the radical shifts required to escape the trap we are in. -- Claude Henry, Sciences Po Paris and Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Color of Growth 1. Growth: A Historical Accident? 2. The Spaceship Problem: An Optimal Population Size? 3. Degrowth: Good Questions, Bad Answers 4. Introducing the Environment into the Calculation of Wealth 5. "Natural Capital" Revisited 6. Hotelling: Beyond the Wall of Scarcity 7. Nature Has No Price: How Then Is the Cost of Its Degradation to Be Measured? 8. Beyond Hotelling: Natural Capital as a Factor Required for Growth 9. Water, the Shepherd, and the Owner: A Choice of Green Growth Models 10. How Much Is Your Genome Worth? 11. The Enhancement of Biodiversity: Managing Access, Pricing Usage 12. Climate Change: The Challenges of Carbon Pricing 13. International Climate Negotiations 14. The "Energy Transition": Not Enough or Too Much Oil and Gas? 15. The Inescapable Question of the Price of Energy 16. Nuclear Energy: A Rising-Cost Technology 17. Growth-Generating Innovations 18. Planning or the Market: What Are the Catalysts? 19. European Strategy: Jump Out of the Warm Water! Conclusion: Green Capital, Green Capitalism? Notes Index
£27.00
Columbia University Press The Green Marble
Book SynopsisIn this concise and accessible text, David P. Turner presents an overview of global environmental change and a synthesis of research from earth system science and sustainability science. It provides a framework for understanding human impact on the environment for anyone interested in our current predicaments and what we can do about them.Trade ReviewFrom 4.5 billion years of Earth history to the future of civilization, The Green Marble provides a broad sweep of humanity’s interwoven dependence on the planet’s elegant biogeochemical cycles and self-regulating feedbacks that maintain a climate suitable for life. Anyone interested in the Earth’s life support system will find a wealth of deep insights into the emerging field of Earth system science. -- Ruth DeFries, Denning Professor of Sustainable Development, Columbia UniversityThe Green Marble introduces earth systems as spheres: the noösphere formed when human actions attained a sufficient magnitude to alter the planet, the biosphere or the total life on Earth, the hydrosphere, the technosphere. David P. Turner interweaves planetary systems, large-scale human actions, and the risk of global system failures in this rich text to provide a readable, systems-oriented, intellectually rich narrative on understanding the deep global issues that we face today. -- Herman H. Shugart, W.W. Corcoran Professor of Natural History, University of VirginiaThis book takes us on a journey around the biosphere at all scales, from cellular details of photosynthesis to global biome distributions, and in time, from four billion years ago as life began to thousands of years into the future with a changing climate. It is exceedingly rare for a single text to cover the natural and social sciences on global environmental change and to take the intellectual risk of offering big solutions. The end result is a very readable book that should catalyze the type of thought-provoking class discussions all good teachers desire. -- Steven Running, Emeritus Regents Professor of Ecology, University of MontanaThe challenge presented in this book is to acknowledge the role of humans in Earth's future and in potential strategies to sustain it. Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsPrefaceList of Abbreviations1. Earth System Science2. Earth’s Geosphere, Biosphere, and Climate3. The Evolution of the Biosphere4. Technosphere Impacts on the Global Biogeochemical Cycles5. Technosphere Impacts on the Biosphere6. Scenarios of Global Environmental Change7. Globalization and Ecological Modernization8. Global Environmental Governance9. Global Monitoring10. Integrating Social and Ecological Systems11. Key Concepts for a New Planetary ParadigmLexicon of the SpheresReferencesIndex
£90.00
Columbia University Press Endangered Economies
Book SynopsisOne of the founders of environmental economics clearly and passionately demonstrates that the only way to achieve long-term economic growth is to protect our environment. After painting a stark picture of our current state, Geoffrey Heal outlines simple solutions that have already proven effective in conserving nature and boosting economic growth.Trade ReviewIn this passionate and readable book, Heal sets out the measures needed to reconcile economic progress with preservation of the planet. They are surprisingly simple and attainable. Heal demonstrates that there is not a trade-off between growth and environmental protection, but that they can and must go hand-and-hand, that growth is not attainable over the long run without protecting the environment. -- Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics A hostile environment can derail economic development, and a distorted economy-where producers and consumers inflict deep environmental damage at little cost-can cause a profoundly hostile environment. But good policy can foster strong and sustainable economic progress and protect and restore our fragile ecosystems. That is the clear, compelling argument Geoff Heal has done so much to create, and which he sets out so persuasively and accessibly in this very important book. -- Nicholas Stern, London School of Economics Endangered Economies is a remarkable overview of how we should protect the planet to protect our prosperity. We could not have a better guide through this complex set of issues. Geoffrey Heal is a brilliant economist, a world-leading pioneer of sustainable development, and a remarkably experienced and perceptive policy analyst. Readers will gain deep insights from Heal's wise discussion of the world's most vital environmental challenges: climate change, biodiversity, fisheries, clean air and water, and the proper measurement and management of the economy. This is indispensable reading. -- Jeffrey D. Sachs, author of The Age of Sustainble Development Told as a story of discovery and the evolution of his own thinking, Geoffrey Heal's book makes difficult conceptual arguments transparent. He uses examples to illustrate the key issues in environmental economics. In so doing, he demonstrates why an understanding of the consequences of all production and consumption processes for environmental resources must be an essential part of any description of economic activities. -- V. Kerry Smith, Arizona State University, University Fellow, Resources for the Future He crafts an excellent overview of the economic case for protecting the environment. Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsPreface 1. Environment and Economy-No Conflict 2. Market Mistakes and How Unpaid-for External Effects Are Killing Us 3. Climate Change: "The Greatest External Effect in Human History" 4. How to Deal with External Effects 5. Solving the Climate Problem 6. Everyone's Property Is No One's Property 7. Natural Capital: Taken for Granted but Not Counted 8. Valuing Natural Capital 9. Measuring What Matters 10. The Next Steps Notes Index
£27.00
Columbia University Press Perishability Fatigue
Book SynopsisVincent Bruyere offers an invitation to look at the present we live in through a fresh lens: the difference between storage and burial in the age of sustainability science. He reflects on the nature and significance of perishability in a culture of preparedness and survival.Trade ReviewPerishability Fatigue is a wondrous and perceptive exploration of the preserved, the frozen, and the suspended. The book is a still life composed of ideas and objects staged to create an image not of what life is but where and in what time we find its concepts––a beautiful image with which to think life as it withers, as it is held. -- Todd Meyers, New York University-ShanghaiPerishability Fatigue is unquestionably one of the most original works I have encountered in the broader field of environmental humanities: a hallucinatory journey through a cabinet of (grotesque) curiosities, a hoarding of images and ideas with jolting leaps between centuries within a single paragraph. Bruyere also touches on issues central to medical humanities and disability studies, and offers a uniquely erudite perspective—historical, multidisciplinary, and generous. -- Karen Pinkus, Cornell UniversityPerishability Fatigue is erudite, playful, brave, and accessible: a remarkable contribution to science studies, the health humanities, and literary and cultural studies. Tacking back and forth between contemporary scientific and biomedical sites and touchstone works of literature, Vincent Bruyere illuminates the exhaustion of the present. He plumbs its origin in our constant awareness of our vulnerability—our perishability—which forces us to manage risk, guard against loss, and shore up security. Read this for the audacious readings of works of literature ranging from Ovid and Rabelais to Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Read this for acute analyses of hedges against loss like the Svalbard Seed Storage Vault, the Flavr Savr Tomato, and the Nuclear Waste Storage Vaults. Read this, indeed, to cheer yourself up with the zest of his intellect and his ability to make sense of our moment. But read this! -- Susan M. Squier, author of Epigenetic Landscapes: Drawings as Metaphor'Don’t not open this book! You will never tire of it'—In the spirit of those fairy tale warnings, whose vagaries of reception Vincent Bruyère teaches us to remember, I am tempted to proclaim this of a book that will change how we understand the contemporary status of the perishable and exhausted in a world that blurs the difference between burial for all time and storage for some future date. Perishability Fatigue opens a slender path from the Ovidian story of Myrrha—transformed into a tree at the point of giving birth—to contemporary cases of stopped time, immobilized fertility, destructive preservation, and disturbed, bracketed or negated futurity, from seed banks to frozen embryos, from survivors of stroke to biomedical remnants, from the interminable time of nuclear waste to the short meantime of palliative care. In the elegance with which he weaves together contemporary examples with classical and early modern sources, Bruyère goes against the grain of his own argument, according to which terminal capitalism interrupts and suspends possibilities of ordinary transience and transmission. Modeling a beautiful form of continuity in time all its own, his reading practice is evidence that by some miracle literature’s paroles en l’air have not been preserved in vain. -- Anne-Lise François, UC BerkeleyBruyere’s exploration is a groundbreaking examination of the intersections of the social, scientific, and philosophical practices associated with being human. It is well written and argued. * Choice *Table of ContentsPreface: Myrrha’s PrayerAcknowledgments1. Being Fabulous as the Climate Changes2. Still Life with Genetically Modified Tomato3. Store and Tell4. The Mortal Life of HeLa5. Oncoscripts6. Dispatch from the Palliative PresentEpilogueNotesWork CitedIndex
£63.00
Columbia University Press Sustainable Food Production
Book SynopsisThis concise text offers an overview of the key issues in sustainable food production for all readers interested in the ecology and environmental impact of agriculture. It details the ecological foundations of farming and food systems, showing how to create sustainable alternatives to the industrial production methods used today.Trade ReviewA little book with a big scope, this primer focuses on the social and ecological context for how agriculture fits into the global agenda for environmental sustainability. Timely and succinct, it is a useful resource for understanding interdisciplinary issues in development and for shifting toward more equitable and environmentally sound food systems. It could serve as an excellent add-on textbook for courses in sustainability science, agricultural policy, and agricultural ecology. -- Louise Jackson, professor emerita, University of California DavisOne of today’s greatest environmental challenges is to feed a hungry planet without jeopardizing the sustainability of our food production systems or the Earth’s ecosystems and biodiversity. Written in a highly engaging style, this short book does an incredible job of explaining how to address this challenge. Broadly sweeping in scope, from historical context to forward thinking, it offers an indispensable overview of how to draw together social, ecological, and economic principles to enhance the sustainability of food, farming, and agriculture. -- Oswald J. Schmitz, Oastler Professor of Ecology, Yale University School of the EnvironmentSustainable Food Production brings a broad subject area with many terms and concepts into a coherent framework. Naeem, Lipton, and van Huysen provide a big picture view for students of sustainability and other readers interested in the environment, natural resources, agriculture, and human impacts. -- Mark Rasmussen, director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State UniversityTable of ContentsPreface1. Sustainable Development: A New Century, a New Paradigm2. Nature and Nature’s Goods and Services3. Sustainable Development and Food Production4. Food, Farming, and Human Well-Being5. Bringing It All Together: The Sustainable Future Before UsGlossaryNotesIndex
£47.50
Columbia University Press Live Sustainably Now A LowCarbon Vision of the
Book SynopsisKarl Coplan shares his personal journey of attempting to cut back on carbon without giving up the amenities of a suburban middle-class lifestyle. Live Sustainably Now shows that there does not have to be a trade-off between the ethical obligation to maintain a sustainable carbon footprint and the belief that life should be fulfilling and fun.Trade ReviewKarl Coplan's vision for living an ethical, meaningful, and sustainable life in the face of the climate crisis is an inspiration to all those who care about the environment. Without losing sight of the need for collective global corporate and governmental action, he shows us that it is possible to enjoy life and have fun without sacrificing the future of the planet for the instant gratification many of us have come to expect from life in the twenty-first century. -- Tatiana Schlossberg, former New York Times science writer and author of Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You HaveTalking the environmental talk is one thing, but if you want to walk the walk, too, Karl Coplan's book will tell you how to do it and how to do it happily. -- Colin Beavan, author of How To Be Alive and No Impact ManA paralytic feeling can come when deeply confronting the global nature of climate change, given how a multitude of dispersed human activities are contributing to worldwide shifts in climate and coastal patterns that will build and persist for centuries. In this educational, entertaining account, Karl Coplan, law professor and long-distance sailor, argues for and, better yet, demonstrates a completely different kind of reaction—passionate engagement in shaping a fulfilling and fun low-carbon life. -- Andrew Revkin, former New York Times environmental writer and director of the Initiative on Communication & Sustainability, Earth Institute, Columbia UniversityIn clear prose, sometimes taking a colloquial turn, Coplan walks the reader through questions of individual culpability for global warming, ranging—quite usefully, in my view—between philosophical abstractions and quantifiable realities of daily life. He balances theory and practice with aplomb. -- Mark Hineline, author of Ground Truth: A Guide to Tracking Climate Change at HomeCoplan reminds us that low-carbon living not only contributes to the cultural shift required for systems-level change, but is satisfying, meaningful, and fun. -- Peter Kalmus, climate scientist and author of Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate RevolutionPart how-to guide, part entertaining memoir. * Mongabay *Live Sustainably Now is a personal, practical guide to low-carbon living. * Foeword Reviews *Table of ContentsPrefacePrologue: Climate March at the Crossroads1. Climatarianism: Our Personal Moral ObligationCarbon Diary: September 20152. Why Both Individual Action and Collective Policy Will Be Needed to Address Climate ChangeCarbon Diary: October 20153. Some Climate Basics: What We Mean by “Carbon Footprint,” How We Measure It, and Why It MattersCarbon Diary: November 20154. Sustainability: What Is It Anyway, and Who Can Really Claim to Be Doing It?Carbon Diary: December 20155. What Is Individual Carbon Sustainability, Then?Carbon Diary: January 20166. Going on a Carbon Diet to Save the PlanetCarbon Diary: February 20167. Surprising Carbon Impact Comparisons: If You Are Only Going to Sweat One Kind of Stuff, Sweat Big Stuff, Not Small StuffCarbon Diary: March 20168. Grappling with the Big Four: Electricity, Heat, Transportation, and FoodCarbon Diary: April 20169. Having Fun on a Carbon BudgetCarbon Diary: May 201610. Medium-Term Goal: Getting to ZeroCarbon Diary: Summer 2016Postscript: Individual Climate Action in the Trump Era: Now More than EverAppendix: Sample Carbon Footprint CalculationIndex
£64.01
Columbia University Press Live Sustainably Now A LowCarbon Vision of the
Book SynopsisKarl Coplan shares his personal journey of attempting to cut back on carbon without giving up the amenities of a suburban middle-class lifestyle. Live Sustainably Now shows that there does not have to be a trade-off between the ethical obligation to maintain a sustainable carbon footprint and the belief that life should be fulfilling and fun.Trade ReviewKarl Coplan's vision for living an ethical, meaningful, and sustainable life in the face of the climate crisis is an inspiration to all those who care about the environment. Without losing sight of the need for collective global corporate and governmental action, he shows us that it is possible to enjoy life and have fun without sacrificing the future of the planet for the instant gratification many of us have come to expect from life in the twenty-first century. -- Tatiana Schlossberg, former New York Times science writer and author of Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You HaveTalking the environmental talk is one thing, but if you want to walk the walk, too, Karl Coplan's book will tell you how to do it and how to do it happily. -- Colin Beavan, author of How To Be Alive and No Impact ManA paralytic feeling can come when deeply confronting the global nature of climate change, given how a multitude of dispersed human activities are contributing to worldwide shifts in climate and coastal patterns that will build and persist for centuries. In this educational, entertaining account, Karl Coplan, law professor and long-distance sailor, argues for and, better yet, demonstrates a completely different kind of reaction—passionate engagement in shaping a fulfilling and fun low-carbon life. -- Andrew Revkin, former New York Times environmental writer and director of the Initiative on Communication & Sustainability, Earth Institute, Columbia UniversityIn clear prose, sometimes taking a colloquial turn, Coplan walks the reader through questions of individual culpability for global warming, ranging—quite usefully, in my view—between philosophical abstractions and quantifiable realities of daily life. He balances theory and practice with aplomb. -- Mark Hineline, author of Ground Truth: A Guide to Tracking Climate Change at HomeCoplan reminds us that low-carbon living not only contributes to the cultural shift required for systems-level change, but is satisfying, meaningful, and fun. -- Peter Kalmus, climate scientist and author of Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate RevolutionPart how-to guide, part entertaining memoir. * Mongabay *Live Sustainably Now is a personal, practical guide to low-carbon living. * Foeword Reviews *Table of ContentsPrefacePrologue: Climate March at the Crossroads1. Climatarianism: Our Personal Moral ObligationCarbon Diary: September 20152. Why Both Individual Action and Collective Policy Will Be Needed to Address Climate ChangeCarbon Diary: October 20153. Some Climate Basics: What We Mean by “Carbon Footprint,” How We Measure It, and Why It MattersCarbon Diary: November 20154. Sustainability: What Is It Anyway, and Who Can Really Claim to Be Doing It?Carbon Diary: December 20155. What Is Individual Carbon Sustainability, Then?Carbon Diary: January 20166. Going on a Carbon Diet to Save the PlanetCarbon Diary: February 20167. Surprising Carbon Impact Comparisons: If You Are Only Going to Sweat One Kind of Stuff, Sweat Big Stuff, Not Small StuffCarbon Diary: March 20168. Grappling with the Big Four: Electricity, Heat, Transportation, and FoodCarbon Diary: April 20169. Having Fun on a Carbon BudgetCarbon Diary: May 201610. Medium-Term Goal: Getting to ZeroCarbon Diary: Summer 2016Postscript: Individual Climate Action in the Trump Era: Now More than EverAppendix: Sample Carbon Footprint CalculationIndex
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Columbia University Press Climate Change Science
Book SynopsisThis book is a primer on the essential science for grasping the workings of climate change and climate prediction. It is accessible for readers with little to no background in science, with an emphasis on the needs of those studying sustainable development.Trade ReviewIt is rare to find a book that succinctly explains the scientific basis for one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced. For anyone looking to learn the foundations of climate science, Mutter's primer is an excellent jump start. He covers an expansive number of topics gracefully, providing readers with the key scientific concepts at the heart of each issue. -- Solomon Hsiang, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, University of California, BerkeleyJohn C. Mutter earned an outstanding reputation as a marine geophysicist at Columbia’s Lamont Observatory, and then turned his interest to the effects of natural and manmade disasters on humankind. His recent focus extends to the major problems looming from future climate change. His primer is a succinct review of the physics behind climate change, along with summaries of glacial-interglacial climate cycles, ENSO events, and what the future will hold. -- William F. Ruddiman, professor emeritus, Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of VirginiaMutter guides the reader to an understanding of Earth’s climate, starting with the big picture of how the system works, to the nuances of climate variability and predictions of the future using computer models, and ultimately to future uncertainty and the substantial risks that human-induced climate change will impose on society. This is a clearly written, readable account supported by understandable diagrams of elegant simplicity. -- Edmond A. Mathez, curator and professor emeritus, American Museum of Natural History, and coauthor of Climate Change: The Science of Global Warming and Our Energy FutureClimate Change Science provides the reader with a perfect primer to best understand Earth’s complex climate system. The reader is carefully guided through the various processes influencing our climate system and how humans are significantly disturbing this system. Strongly recommended to anyone seeking a clear picture of Earth’s climate system. -- Jeffrey T. Kiehl, climate scientist and author of Facing Climate Change: An Integrated Path to the FutureTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Strategy and Outline of the Primer1. Why Does Earth Have the Climate It Does?2. Precipitation, Winds, Atmospheric Pressure, and the Origin of Climate Zones3. Climate Dynamics: Natural Variations4. Climate in the Future5. Earth’s Responses to Climate Change6. Climate and Sustainable Development: Summary and Closing RemarksGlossaryNotesFurther ReadingIndex
£15.29
Columbia University Press Urban Climate Law
Book SynopsisAimed at a nonspecialist audience, this book provides concise and comprehensible answers to the core questions cities confront when seeking to develop legally sound local climate policy.Trade ReviewLocal governments are often seen as the engines of climate innovation, and they are. Cities imagine, test, and implement new approaches that, when successful, are adopted across states and beyond. Urban Climate Law provides an important and accessible resource that outlines, in plain language, the legal guardrails that must be considered by local governments as they create new pathways for climate progress. -- Gina McCarthy, former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and first White House National Climate AdvisorCities are central to addressing the biggest sources of greenhouse gases—transportation, buildings, energy generation, and waste. Doing so is legally complex. This book is the first to delineate the legal frameworks and areas of law that apply to local climate policy making. It will help local governments craft sounder policies with increased awareness of the legal constraints and opportunities within which cities operate. -- Michael B. Gerrard, professor and faculty director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law SchoolUrban Climate Law is the resource by lawyers for city practitioners that we’ve been waiting for. As climate change policy in cities requires governments to act boldly and think creatively, there is a constant stream of legal questions that create uncertainty at the local level. This book is going to be the building block needed to unlock city-led action in addressing the climate crisis. -- Laura Jay, regional director for North America, C40 CitiesMichael Burger and Amy E. Turner provide an excellent high-level overview of how U.S. cities can enact measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the legal obstacles they may face. -- Katrina M. Wyman, Wilf Family Professor of Property Law and Faculty Director, Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy & Land Use Law, New York University School of LawTable of ContentsA Note on Terminology and GlossaryIntroduction1. Cross-Cutting Legal Concepts2. Equity3. Buildings4. Reducing Transportation-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions5. Scaling Up Renewable Energy6. Decarbonizing a City’s WasteConclusionNotesIndex
£54.40
Columbia University Press Urban Climate Law
Book SynopsisAimed at a nonspecialist audience, this book provides concise and comprehensible answers to the core questions cities confront when seeking to develop legally sound local climate policy.Trade ReviewLocal governments are often seen as the engines of climate innovation, and they are. Cities imagine, test, and implement new approaches that, when successful, are adopted across states and beyond. Urban Climate Law provides an important and accessible resource that outlines, in plain language, the legal guardrails that must be considered by local governments as they create new pathways for climate progress. -- Gina McCarthy, former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and first White House National Climate AdvisorCities are central to addressing the biggest sources of greenhouse gases—transportation, buildings, energy generation, and waste. Doing so is legally complex. This book is the first to delineate the legal frameworks and areas of law that apply to local climate policy making. It will help local governments craft sounder policies with increased awareness of the legal constraints and opportunities within which cities operate. -- Michael B. Gerrard, professor and faculty director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law SchoolUrban Climate Law is the resource by lawyers for city practitioners that we’ve been waiting for. As climate change policy in cities requires governments to act boldly and think creatively, there is a constant stream of legal questions that create uncertainty at the local level. This book is going to be the building block needed to unlock city-led action in addressing the climate crisis. -- Laura Jay, regional director for North America, C40 CitiesMichael Burger and Amy E. Turner provide an excellent high-level overview of how U.S. cities can enact measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the legal obstacles they may face. -- Katrina M. Wyman, Wilf Family Professor of Property Law and Faculty Director, Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy & Land Use Law, New York University School of LawTable of ContentsA Note on Terminology and GlossaryIntroduction1. Cross-Cutting Legal Concepts2. Equity3. Buildings4. Reducing Transportation-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions5. Scaling Up Renewable Energy6. Decarbonizing a City’s WasteConclusionNotesIndex
£15.29
Columbia University Press Soil to Foil
Book SynopsisSoil to Foil tells the extraordinary story of aluminum. Saleem H. Ali reveals its pivotal role in the histories of scientific inquiry and technological innovation as well as its importance to sustainability.Trade ReviewAluminum—who knew? In Saleem H. Ali’s capable hands, the metal becomes the vehicle for an engrossing and enlightening explanation of how our world works—and how it might work much better. -- Bill McKibben, Right Livelihood Award-winning environmental author and Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Middlebury CollegeSoil to Foil lights the way for how to build net-positive companies and economies from the ground up. It holds the hand of courageous business leaders in setting an inspiring vision for circular systems and gently but firmly pushing back against basic misconceptions of physics, chemistry, and geology that stifle creativity. Aluminum is something we can all relate to, and Soil to Foil helps you see it and the world around you in a new light filled with abundant possibility. -- Rohitesh Dhawan, president and CEO, International Council on Mining and MetalsSoil to Foil shows the profound connections between the atomic properties of aluminum and the gigantic entanglements of the world we live in through economics, politics, environmental laws, science, technology, industrial design, advertising, and more. Ali admirably and skillfully guides us to a much deeper and more vital understanding of these subjects. -- Tyler Volk, professor emeritus, New York University, and author of Quarks to Culture: How We Came to BeSoil to Foil considers the ‘extraction’ of the chemical processes used to turn aluminum ore into usable resources, fitting within a broader turn in the social sciences to considering the sociomaterial and sociotechnical dimensions of the world we live in. Ali persuasively shows why materiality and chemical composition matters for how aluminum ‘comes to be’ as a resource. -- Jessica M. Smith, Department of Engineering and Society, Colorado School of MinesWith approachable storytelling… environmental scientist Saleem Ali masterfully traces… the story of aluminum. * Science *This work provides fascinating insight. Highly recommended. * American Library Association (ALA) *Employs an engaging narrative style to convey scientific concepts... in clear, compelling prose. Anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the complex life cycle of aluminum will appreciate this book. Highly recommended. * Choice Reviews *Table of ContentsPrefacePart I. Salt and Sod1. Elemental Origins and the Invention of Need2. Soil Without Soul: Why Aluminum Was Rejected by LifePart II. Precious Forces3. Unbreakable Bonds: The Challenge of Extraction4. The Bond Breakers and Their BountyPart III. Flight and Foil5. Mobile Metal: How Aluminum Facilitated War and Peace6. Aluminum for All: The Invention of a Household MetalPart IV. Elemental Flows7. Recycling and Realism: The Industrial Ecology Paradigm8. Restoration and Renewal of Mineral FrontiersEpilogue: Governing Our Planet’s Elemental ResourcesNotesIndex
£28.50
Columbia University Press The New City
Book SynopsisDickson D. Despommier proposes a visionary yet achievable plan for creating a new, self-sustaining urban landscape.Trade ReviewDickson D. Despommier paints a picture of the future city, where carbon sequestered in buildings, vertical farms, recycled water from the air, circular economies for waste, and renewable energy provide urban dwellers with their needs and wants. His argument that our species can only persist by refashioning cities around the realities of nature rings true in today’s perilous world. -- Ruth DeFries, Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development, Columbia University, and author of What Would Nature Do?Despommier conjures a future of totally sustainable ‘off-grid’ cities. A high degree of self-sufficiency in energy, water, and food will ensure quality of life for the urban population (more than two-thirds of the planet by the 2040s) while taking a great deal of pressure off the nonurban environment, providing a path to surviving climate change. The narrative depends on ambitious technical and policy assumptions, but Despommier has credibility as a visionary, given his broad ecologist’s perspective and his successful record of defining the emerging urban-agriculture and vertical-farming sectors. This is a profoundly optimistic vision of cities inspired by and synchronized with nature. -- Gregory Kiss, Kiss + Cathcart, ArchitectsHow can we reconsider infrastructure to better serve our urban centers? Climate resiliency isn’t just an environmental issue; it’s a social justice issue, a public health issue, and an economic resiliency issue. We need solutions that address all four. Despommier’s timely book helps us answer this question holistically, addressing the fact that sustainable communities are indeed successful ones. But most importantly, Despommier’s work reminds us of the necessity of action. -- Nona Yehia, cofounder and CEO, Vertical HarvestThe science of bad climate news is ever present, but in this wondrous work by Dickson D. Despommier, we see that the good news for the future might well be found in the rethinking and redesign of our cities. -- Robert Fullilove, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia UniversityEach change in the evolution of human history begins with a voice that sees the world differently—not the way it is, but the way it could be. Despommier is one of these people, and he has spent much of his career advocating for a sustainable ecology based on human health and a sensible approach to food production. -- Scott Erdy, design principal, Erdy McHenry Architecture, and visiting lecturer, University of PennsylvaniaDickson Despommier has done it again, and this time he goes higher toward the goal of feeding our growing global urban population with innovation, examples, and leadership. Farming inside cities is a critical part of feeding billions of people, and thanks to this new book we have a renewed vision of how to get there. -- Josh Tickell, author of Kiss the GroundI eat, sleep, and breathe sustainability and have read widely on the subject. Yet I learned something new in each chapter. Moreover, Despommier’s excitement for this topic is almost palpable. I wish more authors shared such enthusiasm in their books. * The Green Dispatch *A really interesting and important book. * Andrew Keen, Keen On podcast *Despommier inherits from generations of ecological scientists — ranging from Charles Darwin to Rachel Carson and James Lovelock — a commitment to ecological balance, to the notion of human communities as webs of dependencies that anthropogenic climate change and biosphere disruption have shredded. * Peter Schwartz, Wikidworld “Reimagining Western Civilization” substack *This elegantly packaged book offers some compelling ideas and solutions for those seeking more sustainable cities. A provocative read for those at all levels of scholarship and engagement who want to think outside the box about the problems cities face worldwide. Highly recommended. * Choice Reviews, American Library Association (ALA) *Table of ContentsList of Figures and TablesForeword, by Mitchell JoachimPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Pillar One: Carbon Storage2. Pillar Two: Urban Agriculture3. Pillar Three: Harvesting Water from the Air4. Pillar Four: Renewable Energy5. The New City ImaginedAppendixNotesIndex
£29.75
Indiana University Press Selling Local
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn addressing both the theoretical and the practical, Selling Local achieves a vision for the future of local food, while managing to simultaneously provide guidance for actors within the food system interested in amplifying the success of this movement. The book is a refreshing reminder of both the rapid success of the local food movement and the challenges it faces in today's sociopolitical and environmental context. * Agriculture and Human Values *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Why Local and Why Now?2. Understanding Farmers' Markets3. Understanding Community Supported Agriculture4. What's Next in Local Food?5. Growing Capacity 6. A Systems Approach to Local FoodConclusionBibliography Index
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University of Notre Dame Press Unearthed
Book SynopsisIn Unearthed: The Economic Roots of Our Environmental Crisis, Kenneth M. Sayre argues that the only way to resolve our current environmental crisis is to reduce our energy consumption to a level where the entropy (degraded energy and organization) produced by that consumption no longer exceeds the biosphere''s ability to dispose of it. Tangible illustrations of this entropy buildup include global warming, ozone depletion, loss of species diversity, and unmanageable amounts of nonbiodegradable waste. Degradation of the biosphere is tied directly to human energy use, which has been increasing exponentially since the Industrial Revolution. Energy use, in turn, is directly correlated with economic production. Sayre shows how these three factors are invariably bound together. The unavoidable conclusion is that the only way to resolve our environmental crisis is to reverse the present pattern of growth in the world economy. Economic growth is motivated by social valueTrade Review"With unerring logic and science, Kenneth Sayre dissects the origins of the ecological crisis and points to the necessary recalibration of industrial societies with the laws of thermodynamics and ecology. It is a radical book in that he gets to the heart of what ails us, and it charts a course toward a future grounded in authentic hope." —David W. Orr, Oberlin College“Sayre’s assessment forces all seeking a sustainable future to reexamine the preeminence accorded to clean energy. Unearthed uniquely combines thermodynamics and ethics to challenge and broaden readers’ understandings of the systemic issues we face. Assembled and presented with piercing clarity, Unearthed constructs a brilliant framework for making sense of our quiet, but growing crises.” —Felipe Witchger, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates“Kenneth M. Sayre’s Unearthed: The Economic Roots of Our Environmental Crisis constitutes a major and significant contribution to our understanding of the grave ecological crisis facing humanity. It covers the complete picture, from the basic physical causes of the destruction of our environment to the sociological or anthropological forces that condition our self-destructive actions. The work not only is a brilliant and mind-sweeping piece of diagnosis and prognosis, but it goes all the way to point towards possible solutions.” —Fernando del Río Haza, Laboratorio de Termodinámica, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, Mexico“This is a well-written, well-organized, thorough book. Sayre leads the reader to the conclusion that to avoid catastrophe, humankind must change its fixation on continued economic growth and learn to live sustainably. . . . Sayre writes a short but excellent history of the modern environmental movement highlighting no-growth economics as a future alternative path for humankind.” —Choice“. . . considers the origins of the ecological crisis and how industrial societies need to re-consider the laws of ecology to make necessary changes key to our survival. Any[one] interested in sustainable living need[s] this science-oriented survey blending thermodynamics and ethics: it argues that the only way to resolve our current environmental crisis is to reduce our energy consumption vastly based on the biosphere’s ability to dispose of byproducts.“ —California Bookwatch“Explores the economic sources of the current environmental crisis and considers whether fundamental changes to our economic system could eradicate or contain the damage being done to the ecological system and human society.” —Journal of Economic Literature
£28.80
Yale University Press Sustainability by Design
Book SynopsisChallenges conventional understandings of 'solving' environmental problems and offers a radically new set of strategies to attain sustainability. This book identifies problematic cultural attributes, such as the unending consumption that characterizes modern life, and outlines practical steps toward developing sustainability as a mindset.Trade Review"'Sustainability by Design, authored by John Ehrenfeld, may be and certainly should be one of the most important books of the 21st century.' Janice Pryor, Host of WUMB's, The Commonwealth Journal 'Ehrenfeld presents a unique perspective on the subject of sustainability that needs to be taken seriously by anyone who claims to talk about the subject.' H. Thomas Johnson, Portland State University"
£18.99
Yale University Press A Better Planet
Book SynopsisTrade Review“The book provides excellent ideas.”—Financial Times, selected as a Best Book of the Year in Economics, 2019Axiom Award silver medal winner in the Philanthropy/Nonprofit/Sustainability category, sponsored by Axiom Business Book Awards“Sustainability represents the overarching challenge of our day, which must be met with a commitment to a spirit of progress across the global community. A Better Planet offers an array of ideas for helping to deliver the ecological transition that is now an imperative.”—Emmanuel Macron, President of France“A Better Planet offers new approaches to the world’s most pressing environmental problems. It’s a timely and urgently needed volume.”—Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History“Pressing the reset button, this book brings together refreshingly new and profoundly compelling approaches to environmental policy and action in the USA and beyond.”—Christiana Figueres, executive secretary, UN Climate Change Convention, 2010–16“A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future creates 40 opportunities to start accelerating the transition to a better planet today. The direction is clear; now we need to work together, at scale.”—Peter Bakker, president and CEO, World Business Council for Sustainable Development“No one can criticize Dan Esty and his talented colleagues for not thinking big: there are ideas in this book that will appeal to anyone—and maybe a couple that will raise your hackles. It’s the kind of spirited, discipline-crossing, deep-dive that will help reorient a sometimes-stale environmental debate!”—Bill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
£13.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Integrated Transport and Land Use Modeling for
Book SynopsisThis handbook describes the modelling effort, methodological contributions and results of the SustainCity project.
£87.40
John Wiley & Sons Inc Low Impact Development and Sustainable Stormwater
Book SynopsisSustainable Stormwater Management introduces engineers and designers to ideas and methods for managing stormwater in a more ecologically-sustainable fashion. It provides detailed information on the design process, engineering details and calculations, and construction concerns.Table of ContentsPrologue: Habitat, Sustainability, and Stormwater Management xi Acknowledgments xiii 1 Rainwater as the Resource 1 1.1 The Water Balance as a Guide for Sustainable Design 1 1.2 The Water Balance by Region 7 1.3 Arid Environments: The Southern California Model 11 The Energy Demand for Water in Southern California 13 1.4 The Altered Water Balance and Hydrologic Impacts 16 Imperviousness 16 Increased Volume of Runoff 20 1.5 The Impacts of Development on the Hydrologic Cycle 24 Reduced Groundwater Recharge 24 Reduced Stream Base Flow 25 Altered Stream Channel Morphology 26 Water Supply Impacts 26 1.6 The Historic Approach: Detention System Design 27 1.7 Stormwater Volume Methodologies 30 2 Stormwater Hydrology and Quality 33 2.1 Overland Flow: The Beginning of Runoff 33 2.2 Regional Hydrology 35 Wetlands 36 First-Order Streams 38 2.3 Stormwater Volume 39 2.4 The Water Quality Impacts of Land Development 40 Increased Pollutants in Urban Runoff 43 2.5 The Chemistry of Urban Runoff Pollution 44 2.6 Understanding Pollutant Transport in Stormwater 47 Stormwater Quantity and Quality 47 Particulates 48 Solutes 49 3 Land as the Resource 51 3.1 Historic Patterns of Land Development 51 3.2 Sustainable Site Design 58 3.3 Watershed Setting and Physical Context 58 3.4 Smart Growth Issues 59 Changes Related to Development 59 3.5 Conflict between Desired Land Use and Sustainability 61 3.6 Physical Determinants of Land Development 62 Geology 62 Physiography 65 Topography 66 Soil and Subsurface Conditions 67 3.7 Urban Communities with Combined Sewer Overflows 68 End of the Sewer 71 Other Urban Infrastructure 73 3.8 The Living Building and Zero Net Water Use 74 4 The Planning Process for LID 79 4.1 Sustainable Site Planning Process with Stormwater Management 79 Guideline 1: Understand the Site 79 Guideline 2: Apply LID Conservation Design 80 Guideline 3: Manage Rainfall Where It Originates 81 Guideline 4: Design with Operation and Maintenance in Mind 83 Guideline 5: Calculate Runoff Volume Increase and Water Quality Impacts 85 4.2 Overview of the Site Design Process for LID 86 5 The Legal Basis for LID: Regulatory Standards and LID Design Criteria 95 5.1 The Land–Water Legal Process 95 Common Law 95 Federal Water Quality Law 96 Federal Land Use Law 97 5.2 The Evolution of Land Development Regulation 98 5.3 The Regulatory Framework 100 Pennsylvania Land Use Law 101 Pennsylvania Water Law 102 California Land Use Law 103 California Water Law 104 5.4 Stormwater Management Regulations 105 Volume Control 105 Volume Control Criteria 106 Volume Control Guideline 108 Peak-Rate Control Guideline 108 Water Quality Protection Guideline 109 Stormwater Standards for Special Areas 110 Legal Implications of Green Infrastructure 110 6 LID Design Calculations and Methodology 113 6.1 Introduction to Stormwater Methodologies 113 6.2 Existing Methodologies for Runoff Volume Calculations 114 Runoff Curve Number Method 114 Small Storm Hydrology Method 117 Infiltration Models for Runoff Calculations 119 Urban Runoff Quality Management 119 6.3 Existing Methodologies for Peak-Rate/Hydrograph Estimates 120 The Rational Method 120 The NRCS (SCS) Unit Hydrograph Method 120 6.4 Computer Models 121 The HEC Hydrologic Modeling System 121 The SCS/NRCS Models: WinTR-20 and WinTR-55 121 The Stormwater Management Model 122 The Source Loading and Management Model 122 Continuous Modeling 123 6.5 Precipitation Data for Stormwater Calculations 123 6.6 Accounting for the Benefits of LID: Linking Volume and Peak Rate 124 6.7 Recommended LID Stormwater Calculation Methodology 124 Methods Involving No Routing 125 Methods Involving Routing 126 6.8 Nonstructural BMP Credits 127 7 Design of LID Systems 131 7.1 Nonstructural Measures 131 Impervious Surface Reduction 131 Limitation of Site Disturbance 132 Site Design with Less Space 132 7.2 Structural Measures 133 7.3 Pervious Pavement with an Infiltration or Storage Bed 134 Types of Porous Pavement 134 Description and Function 136 Pervious Bituminous Asphalt 141 Pervious Portland Cement Concrete 141 Pervious Paver Blocks 141 Reinforced Turf 143 Other Porous Surfaces 144 Potential Applications 144 Pervious Pavement Walkways (Concrete and Asphalt) 144 Rooftop and Impervious Area Connections 144 Water Quality Mitigation 145 7.4 Bioremediation 145 Rain Garden: Design and Function 146 Primary Components of a Rain Garden System 147 7.5 Vegetated Roof Systems 152 Design and Function 154 Design Elements of a Vegetated Roof System 155 Types of Vegetated Roof Systems 155 Dual Media with a Synthetic Retention Layer 158 Potential Applications 158 7.6 Capture–Reuse 158 Rain Barrels and Cisterns 161 Vertical Storage 164 8 Structural Measures: Construction, Operation, and Maintenance 169 8.1 Porous Pavement Systems 169 Construction 169 Storage/Infiltration Bed Dimensions 174 Construction Staging 174 Operation and Maintenance 176 Vacuuming 177 Restoration of Porous Pavements 178 Cost of Porous Pavement 178 8.2 Bioremediation Systems 179 Rain Gardens 179 Construction of a Rain Garden 183 Maintenance of Rain Gardens 183 Cost of Rain Gardens 184 Vegetated Roof Systems 184 Construction of a Vegetated Roof 187 Maintenance of Vegetated Roofs 188 Cost of Vegetated Roofs 188 8.3 Capture–Reuse Systems 188 Construction 188 Volume Reduction 191 Peak-Rate Mitigation 191 Water Quality Mitigation 191 Appendix A: The Stormwater Calculation Process 193 Appendix B: Case Studies 213 B.1 The Transition from Research to Practice 213 B.2 Manuals 215 B.3 LID Manual for Michigan (2008) 219 B.4 Models and Watershed Studies 237 B.5 Design and Construction Projects 251 Index 283
£70.16
John Wiley & Sons Inc Materials for Sustainable Sites
Book SynopsisMaterials for Sustainable Sites provides detailed current information on construction materials for sustainable sites. Part 1 of the book introduces tools, techniques, ideologies and resources for evaluating, sourcing and specifying sustainable site materials.Trade Review"Meg Calkin states that materials used in construction of the built environment are damaging the world's ecosystems at an alarming rate. Her book, Materials for Sustainable Sites, is a timely and comprehensive response to the public's growing desire to think, buy and build sustainably. The book title accurately identifies its purpose and value to landscape architects, architects, civil engineers, urban designers and construction management. It provides a guide to professionals who are unsure how to incorporate more sustainable design, techniques and materials into their practice. this book is destined to become an indispensable resource." (Landscape and Urban Planning Journal, 2009) "…a text specifically targeted to the site applications but which can be referred to in selecting construction materials. It is divided into two parts; the first is ostensibly devoted to honing a technique for specifying materials responsibly, and resources available to help that approach; the second explores nine different materials, steps being taken to reduce their ecological footprints, and notes to consider when specifying these fundamentals" (GreenSource.com, September 2009) "…Calkins makes complex matters understandable even for nonexperts. In each section that I sampled, I came away pleased by how much Calkins was able to convey, and how clearly. Materials for Sustainable Sites is an instructive and frequently enlightening book. It deserves a place on the new urbanist bookshelf..." (New Urban News, March 2009) "This book, for the profession of landscape architecture is highly important in identifying the consequences of poorly chosen materials on human health. So read this book, and use it as a guide. Even more importantly, lend it to others and teach the world the importance of the practice of being sustainable." (larcexchange.com, February 11th, 2009) "Minimizing environmental and human health impacts of site construction materials is the focus of Materials for Sustainable Sites." (Construction Specifier, December 2008) "This book is a serious reference manual. Nearly every page has diagrams, tables of definitions and comparisons, and lists of guidelines. The timing of this book’s publication is ideal, being aligned with the launch of the Sustainable Sites Initiative, to which Calkins has contributed expertise. Materials for Sustainable Sites will be the constant companion of landscape architects and related professionals who want both inspiration and credible information about the sustainable palette of our art." (Landscape Architecture, April 2009) "Weightly tome offering a comprehensive guide to evaluating selecting and using sustainable construction materials." (Grand Designs, April 2009) "…provides detailed information for architects and builders on materials and products that use resources efficiently, minimize embodied energy and carbon, avoid harming human or environmental health at any phase of their life cycle, and assist with sustainable site design strategies." (Book News; 12/08) "When it comes time to choose materials for those home and garden projects, there's now a wonderful green guide. This guidebook is indispensable for anyone planning construction projects. It is destined to become a classic." (bellaonline.com; 11/08) In this book, Calkins (architecture and planning, Ball State Univ.) focuses on the environmental and human health impact of construction materials during their manufacture, transport, installation, use, and disposal, and guides the reader in evaluating, selecting, and using these materials. The work contains 13 chapters, each ending with a list of pertinent references. The first chapter offers a definition of materials for sustainable sites. The following three chapters cover various topics including evaluating the environmental impact of materials and designing with reclaimed, reprocessed, and recycled materials. The remaining nine chapters address in detail such materials as concrete, earthen materials, brick masonry, asphalt pavement, aggregates and stone, wood, metals, plastics and rubber, and biobased materials. The volume ends with two useful appendixes on embodied energy and carbon in construction materials, and on hazardous air pollutants and metals related to construction materials. The book is well written, with mostly good illustrations and informative tables; the binding is rather weak. It will make a good acquisition by an academic or industrial library. Includes a very comprehensive index. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate through professional architecture and civil and environmental engineering collections. (T. Z. Kattamis, University of Connecticut, CHOICE, March 2009) In this new book, Calkins tells you everything you need to know about materials for sustainable design. This book is certain to become the classic reference for all designers and builders who want to pursue creative design in a way that will help protect the planet.(GardenDesignonline.com, October 20, 2008) It's rare to find a must-read book for the profession of landscape architecture…this book is an amazing reference for use during the design process, when assembling materials for use in sustainable ways. This will also be a great tool for planning, ecosystem valuation, life-cycle costing, and many other uses. Planners, designers, and everyone in between will find a use for Materials for Sustainable Sites… this is not a presentation of new source material or research, but rather a comprehensive and encyclopedic collection that provides, dare I say, THE essential source for sustainable materials. (Landscape+Urbanism blogspot.com, October 2, 2008)Table of ContentsPreface iv Acknowledgments vi CHAPTER 1 Materials for Sustainable Sites Defined 1 CHAPTER 2 Background: Inputs, Outputs, and Impacts of Construction Materials 13 CHAPTER 3 Evaluating the Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Materials 53 CHAPTER 4 Resource Reuse: Designing with and Specifying Reclaimed, Reprocessed, and Recycled-content Materials 77 CHAPTER 5 Concrete 103 CHAPTER 6 Earthen Materials 143 CHAPTER 7 Brick Masonry 179 CHAPTER 8 Asphalt Pavement 199 CHAPTER 9 Aggregates and Stone 235 CHAPTER 10 Wood and Wood Products 271 CHAPTER 11 Metals 327 CHAPTER 12 Plastics and Rubber 373 CHAPTER 13 Biobased Materials, BY RUTH STAFFORD 409 Appendix A Embodied Energy and Embodied Carbon of Construction Materials by Weight 437 Appendix B Health and Environmental Impacts of Hazardous Air Pollutants and Metals Related to Construction Materials 441 Index 453
£76.46
John Wiley & Sons Inc Sustainable Graphic Design
Book SynopsisThe graphic artist''s guide to sustainable design Graphic design is frequently thought of as a purely decorative effort. Yet these efforts can be responsible for shocking impacts on natural resources just to produce a barely-glanced-at catalog or mail piece. Sustainable Graphic Design: Tools, Systems, and Strategies for Innovative Print Design helps designers view graphic design as a holistic process. By exploring eco-conscious materials and production techniques, it shows designers how to create more effective and more sustainable designs. Sustainable Graphic Design opens your eyes to the bigger picture of design seen from the viewpoints of the audience, the creative vendor, their suppliers, and society as a whole. Chapters are written by a wide range of sustainable design pioneers and practitionersincluding graphic designers, creative managers, marketing consultants, environmentalists, researchers, and psychologistsgiving you critical information on maTable of ContentsForeword. Introduction. CHAPTER 1 Making the Business Case. CHAPTER 2 The Psychology of Graphics. CHAPTER 3 Seeking Truth in Marketing. CHAPTER 4 Systems Thinking. CHAPTER 5 Materials and Processes. CHAPTER 6 Working Smarter. CHAPTER 7 Innovation Toolbox. NOTES BY CHAPTER. INDEX.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Green to Gold Business Playbook
Book SynopsisThe workbook companion to Green to Gold, a bestselling book in the green business category, to put theory into practice.Trade Reviewa treasure trove of information and knowledge on sustainability Quality WorldTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xi Part One Introduction 1 1 Why Every Business Needs an Eco-Strategy 3 2 How to Use This Book 17 Part Two Gear Up: What Leaders Need to Know 21 3 Building a Winning Eco-Advantage Strategy: Top 10 Action Items 23 4 Making the Internal Business Case for Going Greener 36 Part Three Analyze: Identify Your Eco-Risks and Opportunities 59 5 Spot the Eco-Issues that Could Impact Your Bottom Line 63 6 Assess and Measure Your Environmental Impacts 81 7 Benchmark Your Performance against Competitors and Best Practices 110 Part Four Strategize: How Each Business Function Can Benefit and Contribute 123 8 Office Activities 125 9 Buildings and Facilities 143 10 Information Technology 169 11 Product Design 190 12 Sourcing and Procurement 205 13 Manufacturing and Processing 221 14 Logistics and Transport 245 15 Marketing and Sales 268 16 Legal and Regulatory Affairs 287 17 Accounting and Finance 297 Part Five Mobilize: Execute and Engage 313 18 Create an Action Plan—and Execute 315 19 Build Your Climate Change Plan 328 20 Mobilize Employees and Build an Eco-Advantage Culture 340 21 Engaging Stakeholders 358 Part Six Optimize: Evaluate, Report, and Reassess 373 22 Communicate and Report Results 375 23 Celebrate Success and Promote Continuous Improvement 388 Notes 393 Index 429
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Sustainable Sites Handbook
Book SynopsisGet the definitive resource guide for sustainable site design, construction, and management. The Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) is transforming land design, development, and management practices across the United States with the first national rating system for sustainable landscapes.Trade Review"Calkins and other experts cover all of the primary elements of site design in detail, from site assessment to soils, vegetation, and water.... landscape architects looking for a single resource to expand their technical knowledge base on sustainable site design would be hard pressed to find a better place to start." (Examiner.com, August 2012) "The Sustainable Sites Handbook is indeed a major useful expansion of the LEEDS Green Building Rating System by bringing both rural open space and the social landscapes into determined sustainable design standards and appropriate maintenance criteria for use by all professional site planners. Soil mechanics and agricultural/horticultural soil systems are beautifully woven into this comprehensive evaluation of appropriate management of sites planning." (InSitu (International Institute of Site Planning), April 2012) "The Book provides a thorough introduction to sustainable design, explaining sustainability and its integration into site design." (Garden Design Journal, July 2012)Table of ContentsForeword ix Michael Van Valkenburgh Letter from SITES Partners xi Chapter 1 - Introduction 1 Meg Calkins Sustainable Site Design Defined 2 The Contents and Structure of This Book 27 Chapter 2 - Predesign: Site Selection, Assessment, and Planning 33 Heather Venhaus Site Selection 33 Understanding the Site 41 Team Development and Planning Strategies 54 Developing Project Direction: Principles, Goals, and Performance Targets 58 Chapter 3 - Site Design: Water 65 Alfred Vick, John Calabria, Stuart Echols, Michael Ogden, and David Yocca Sustainable Stormwater Management 72 Stormwater Design Approaches 104 Water Conservation 148 Onsite Wastewater Treatment, Disposal, and Reuse 166 Chapter 4 - Site Design: Vegetation 197 Steve Windhager, Mark Simm ons, and Jacob Blue Vegetation and Ecosystem Services 202 Vegetation Protection Techniques 213 Sustainable Planting Design and Management 216 Chapter 5 - Site Design: Soils 247 Nina Bassuk and Susan Day Integrating Soil into the Design Process 249 Soils in the Site Assessment 251 Soil Characteristics and Associated Tests 265 Managing Soils for a Sustainable Site 295 Soil Replacement and Specialized Soils 310 The Soil Management Plan 316 Chapter 6 - Site Design: Materials and R esources 323 Meg Calkins The Lifecycle of Construction Materials and Products 327 Environmental Impacts of Materials and Products 331 Human Health Impacts of Materials 344 Evaluating Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Materials 348 Inventory and Analysis for Materials 358 Resource Efficiency 360 Low-VOC Materials and Products 390 Materials to Minimize Heat Island Impacts 390 Concrete 396 Aggregates and Stone 398 Asphalt 401 Brick Masonry 403 Earthen Materials 404 Plastics 407 Metals 409 Bio-Based Materials 413 Wood 416 Site Lighting 421 Chapter 7 - Human Health and Well-Being for Sustainable Sites 429 Robert Ryan Assessing the Site’s Social Setting 432 Sustainability Awareness and Education 436 Social Equality in Site Development, Construction, and Use 440 Site Accessibility 445 Site Wayfinding 449 Site Safety 454 Design for Physical Activity 458 Restorative Settings 462 Design for Social Interaction and Community Building 466 Preserving Historic and Cultural Features 470 Chapter 8 - Operations, Maintenance, Monitoring, and Stewardship 479 Amy Belaire and David Yocca Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Sustainable Site Operations, Maintenance, and Monitoring 480 Incorporating Operations, Maintenance, and Monitoring Considerations into Site Design 482 Monitoring to Inform Active and Adaptive Stewardship 519 Resources 521 Index 535
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Evolutions in Sustainable Investing
Book SynopsisSustainable Investing is fast becoming an essential method of generating long-term returns, moving beyond the negative approaches to socially responsible investing that have dominated the field. This book, our second on the subject, provides over 15 case studies of leading global investors and companies demonstrating how they successfully apply sustainability aspects to their core strategies. Learn from prominent thought leaders Dan Esty and Paul Hawken among others who have contributed key chapters. Our chapter on performance shows clearly how these strategies have been working once negative approaches are parsed out by those examining fund returns. This book also examines in great depth what data exists, and what''s on the horizon, to best measure & capture sustainability successfully. Regional perspectives, including 3 chapters on Asia, and focuses on Canada, Australia, Africa & India are also included, as is a look across asset classes. Sustainable Investing, when performTrade ReviewA genuinely comprehensive account...a clear road map for beginners and experienced investment practitioners alike Ethical CorporationTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xix About the Editor xxi About the Contributors xxiii Introduction xxxv Chapter 1 The Sustainability Imperative 1David A. Lubin and Daniel C. Esty Sustainability: A Business Megatrend 1 Getting the Vision Right 3 Getting the Execution Right 4 Building a Sustainability Performance System 6 Summary 8 Note 9 Chapter 2 Jupiter Ecology 11Mark L. Trevitt Roots of the Fund 11 Jupiter Ecology’s Investment Process 12 Good Governance 16 Building a Following 17 Building on Firm Foundations 18 Assessing Companies for the Long Term 19 Voting and Engagement: Participating in the Process of Change 20 Finding Great Green Companies 21 Fund Performance 24 Notes 25 Chapter 3 A Predictor of Performance 27Paul Hawken Investment in Natural Capitalism 27 Discovering Opportunities 28 Identifying the Companies of the Future 30 Summary 32 Chapter 4 Highwater Global 35Alexis van Gelder, Dean Martucci, and Erika Kimball Hawken Takes on Domini 36 Fund Drivers Based on Global Sustainable Themes 38 Finding Investment Opportunities 38 Sustainable Investing Is Responsible Investing 44 Summary 45 Notes 46 Chapter 5 Further Context 47Cary Krosinsky Starting Point for Measuring Sustainability 48 Sustainability 2.0’s Five Factors 49 Summary 51 Notes 51 Chapter 6 Sustainable Asset Management 53Thomas O. Murtha and Ashley Hamilton SAM’s Origins and Evolution 54 Building a Sustainable Investing Practice: Basic Business Segments 56 Measuring Intangibles: Sustainability Research Methodology 57 Sustainability Lens: Active Portfolio Management 62 SAM and Performance 63 SAM’s Extended Family: Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes 66 Sustainability Advocacy and Company Engagement 74 Summary 76 Notes 77 Chapter 7 Domini and BP 81Colm Fay Domini Social Investments 83 Safety, Environmental, and Ethical Concerns 84 Domini Investment Philosophy 84 Business Model Analysis: Key Performance Indicator Alignment Model 85 Integrating Business Model Alignment and Stakeholder Relationship Strength 87 Notes 90 Chapter 8 The Story of Calvert 91Sam Brownell and Sara Herald Unconventional History 91 Calvert’s People 93 Calvert’s Methodologies: Signature, Solution, and SAGE 96 Calvert’s Performance 102 Summary 105 Notes 106 Chapter 9 Winslow 107Amrita Vijay Kumar Blazing a Trail 107 Investment Process 108 Performance Considerations 112 Summary 112 Notes 113 Chapter 10 Portfolio 21 115Ashley Hamilton Portfolio 21: A History 116 Theory of Sustainability and Change 117 In Search of Forward-Looking Companies 119 Results 120 Summary 121 Notes 122 Chapter 11 Northwest and Ethical Investments 123Dana Krechowicz Humble Beginnings 124 New Direction 124 Evolving Investment Approach 126 Corporate Engagement Program 128 Key Products and Performance over Time 130 Looking Forward: NEI’s Merger with Northwest Funds 131 Note 132 Chapter 12 Looking for a Green Century: Passive-Indexed versus Active Portfolio Management 133Fernando Viana Background 134 Green Century Funds 134 Green Century Equity Fund 135 Trillium Asset Management and the Balanced Fund 136 Trillium Asset Management Corporation 137 Carbon Footprint of the Balanced Fund 140 Seeking Safer Packaging: The Bisphenol-A Report 140 Shareholder Advocacy 141 Summary 144 Notes 144 Chapter 13 Pictet Water 145Jenna Manheimer and Nancy Degnan Evolution of Investment Strategy over Time: Original versus Current Mission 147 Founders and Key Decision Makers 148 Methodology 149 Metrics: What Is Important and Why 150 Pictet’s Investments 151 Companies Pictet Has Not Invested in, and Why 153 Performance Review 154 Summary 155 Notes 155 Chapter 14 Inflection Point Capital Management and Strategically Aware Investing 159Matthew J. Kiernan Strategically Aware Investing 161 Beyond Environmental, Social, and Governance toward a New Model of Corporate Sustainability 162 Portfolio Construction 163 Investment Process 164 Summary 167 Note 167 Chapter 15 Environmental Metrics 169James Salo Theoretical and Practical Needs for Sustainable Investment 170 Available Data and Metrics 172 Challenges and Opportunities Moving Forward 175 Summary 178 Notes 179 Chapter 16 Crawford Chemicals: Carbon Risk Management in an Uncertain Environment 181Thomas J. Nist, Pavel Yakovlev, and Becky Weisberg Crawford’s Environmental Dilemma 182 Markets for Carbon Permits and Cap and Trade 185 European Union Emissions Trading Scheme 188 Pros and Cons of the Market for Carbon Permits 190 Predicament of Sustainability in the Chemical Industry 193 Summary 199 Notes 199 Chapter 17 Using Statistical Tools 203Sam Brownell Understanding the Trend 205 Summary 206 Notes 209 Chapter 18 Barriers to Sustainable Investing 211Stephen Viederman Missing Planet Problem 212 Overcoming the Barriers 213 Strategy and Tactics 214 Notes 215 Chapter 19 The Silent “S” in ESG 217Dan Viederman Assessing Social Metrics to Increase Business Performance 218 Risk Management 218 Summary 220 Chapter 20 Sustainable Investing: A Ten-Year Perspective 221Nancy Degnan The New Normal 222 Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation, and Sustainability Research 222 Adaptation as Key to Investment and Practice 224 Ecosystem Services 226 Making Use of Data and Findings 227 Summary 230 Notes 230 Chapter 21 Bloomberg 235Curtis Ravenel Providing Investor Insight and Increasing Transparency 236 Summary 238 Notes 239 Chapter 22 Aviva 241Malte Griess-Nega and Nick Robins Aviva’s History and Investment Philosophy 242 Aviva’s SRI Investment Process 242 SRI Portfolio Construction 246 Case Study 1: Green Tires 246 Case Study 2: The Responsible Supply Chain 248 Engagement Across All Asset Classes 249 Conclusion 251 Notes 251 Chapter 23 Generation Investment Management 253Malte Griess-Nega and Nick Robins A New Model for Global Equities 254 Summary 258 Notes 259 Chapter 24 Insight Investment: Reflections and Lessons Learned from Integrating Sustainability 261Rory Sullivan About Insight 262 Investment Research on ESG Issues 263 Case Study: Climate Change 266 Case Study: European Electricity Utilities 267 Case Study: Biofuels 268 Reflections/Takeaways from the Case Studies 269 Summary 274 Notes 274 Chapter 25 The Unexpected Role Model: Chinese Environmental and Energy Policy 277J. Jason Mitchell China’s Resource Scarcity and Its Empirical Need for Efficiency 280 Shaping Chinese Energy-Efficiency Norms 288 Chinese Policy Setting 290 Translating China’s Environmental Policies into Industrial Opportunities 292 Summary 296 Notes 297 Chapter 26 Ethical Asia 301Simon Powell Reporting Is on the Rise 302 CSR Works when Companies and Society Are Aligned 305 Focuses in Asia: Labor and Environment 306 Summary 310 Chapter 27 Mitigating ESG Risk in Asian Portfolios 313Lucy Carmody and Laura Dodge The Challenge: Lack of Disclosure 314 ESG Integration in Asian Portfolios 315 Funding ESG Research 317 Building Institutional Capacity 318 Use of Indexes, Benchmarking, and Screening 319 Summary 320 Notes 320 Chapter 28 Sustainable Investing and Canada 323Dana Krechowicz and Alex Wood The Basics 324 Growth of Canada’s Sustainable Investment Industry 325 Context and Trends 325 Summary 327 Notes 327 Chapter 29 High-Risk Areas, Resources, and Sustainability 329N.A.J. Taylor Blacklisted 330 Background 331 Enter Rio Tinto 336 Ordinary Business Activities 339 Summary 342 Notes 342 Chapter 30 Sustainable Investing in Africa’s Frontier Markets 345Graham Sinclair and Roselyne Yao Stronger Economics: The Case for Investing in Africa 346 Sustainability Issues in Africa 348 Role of Indexes 350 International Exposure 350 Future Trends: ESG, Media Coverage, and Networks 352 Summary 353 Notes 354 Chapter 31 Evolution of ESG in India 359Sumantra Sen Sustainability Issues in India 359 Opportunities in India’s Sustainable Investing Market 361 Considering the Integration of ESG Factors 362 Summary 363 References 364 Chapter 32 Indexes 365Graham Sinclair The “What” and “Why” of Indexes 366 Index Architecture 369 Research Quality and Independence 372 Lessons from the Leading Sustainability Indexes 373 Company Reactions to Indexes and Their Impacts 378 Summary 380 Notes 381 Chapter 33 How Asset Owners Can Achieve a Sustainable Investing Framework 383Roger Urwin Importance of Values and Beliefs 384 Integrated Allocations and Targeted Allocations 385 Risk Factors and ESG Beta 386 Quantitative Methods of Risk and Return 388 Monitoring Framework 389 Summary 391 Notes 392 Chapter 34 On Performance 393Bud Sturmak and Cary Krosinsky SRI Techniques 394 ESG Affects Investment Performance 395 Trends from Performance Reports 396 Summary 398 Notes 398 Chapter 35 Private Equity 401Graham Sinclair Private Equity as a Niche of General Asset Management 402 PE’s Fit within Sustainable Investing 404 Development Finance Institutions Leverage of Emerging Markets Private Equity 405 PE-Specific ESG Methods 406 PE Best Practices and ESG Case Studies 408 Contrasting PE and Listed Equity Investors 409 New SI Activity in the PE Asset Class 410 PE Allocations Increase 410 Increased PE Funds Focused on Emerging Markets 411 Future Sustainability Themes in PE 412 Summary 413 Notes 414 Chapter 36 Blue Wolf: Implications for Private Equity 417Adam Blumenthal and Michael Musuraca Challenges and Opportunities 419 Generating Results 420 Labor Relations Coda 421 Summary 422 Chapter 37 New Business Models, Measurement, and Methodologies 423Howard Brown Resources and Products versus Wealth 425 Trend of Doing More with Less 426 Improving Overall Performance 426 Summary 427 Chapter 38 Terminology and Intention 429Lloyd Kurtz Values 430 Financial Performance 432 Fiduciary Duty: Universal Ownership 433 Impact 435 Mapping Techniques to Motivation 436 Summary 437 Notes 438 Conclusion41Cary Krosinsky 4 Notes 446 Appendix A Sample Curriculum 447 Syllabus 447 Appendix B Investors 453 Index 455
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Environmentally Responsible Design Green and
Book SynopsisSustainable Interior Design expertly introduces the principles of environmentally responsible design for interior environments. This useful reference provides beginning designers with a comprehensive survey that covers everything from theoretical approaches to current practices.Trade Review“With plenty of black-and-white pictures, diagrams, charts, a significant glossary, and substantial bibliography, this volume has no shortage of supporting information.” (Choice Reviews, June 2009)Table of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgments xiii Part One: Environmentally Responsible Interior Design Chapter 1: Global Sustainability: The Macro Perspective 3 Louise Jones, ArchD, LEED AP, IDEC, ASID, IIDA, Eastern Michigan University Chapter 2: A Timeline of Human and Environmental Interactions 41 Louise Jones, ArchD, LEED AP, IDEC, ASID, IIDA,Eastern Michigan University Chapter 3: Environmentally Responsible Interior Design 83 Louise Jones, ArchD, LEED AP, IDEC, ASID, IIDA, Eastern Michigan University Chapter 4: Nature as a Model for Design 103 Anna Marshall-Baker, PhD, IDEC, University of North Carolina Part Two: Indoor Environmental Quality Chapter 5: Indoor Air Quality 135 Linda Nussbaumer, PhD, South Dakota State University Chapter 6: Environmentally Responsible Lighting Design 155 Dorothy Fowles, PhD, IESNA, FIDEC, FASID, FIIDA, LC, Iowa State University Chapter 7: Energy, HVAC, and Water 193 Jeffrey S. Tiller, PE, LEED AP, Appalachian State University Jeanne Mercer-Ballard, MA, NCIDQ, LEED AP, LC, IESNA, IDEC, Appalachian State University Part Three: Evaluation of Interior Finishes and Furnishings Chapter 8: Certification Programs and Evaluation Instruments 251 Amanda Gale, NCIDQ Certified, IDEC, Eastern Michigan University Chapter 9: United States Green Building Council and LEED Certification 271 Louise Jones, ArchD, LEED AP, IDEC, ASID, IIDA, Eastern Michigan University Chapter 10: Specification of Products for Environmentally Responsible Interior Design 289 Helena Moussatche, PhD, LEED AP, IDEC, Savannah College of Art and Design Part Four: Case Studies Chapter 11: Case Study: The Immaculate Heart of Mary Motherhouse, Monroe, Michigan 337 Louise Jones, ArchD, LEED AP, IDEC, ASID, IIDA, Eastern Michigan University Chapter 12: Case Study: The Everett L. Marshall Building at Eastern Michigan University 353 Louise Jones, ArchD, LEED AP, IDEC, ASID, IIDA, Eastern Michigan University Glossary 365 Bibliography 391 Index 401
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Environmental Management
Book SynopsisEnvironmental Management: Issues and Solutions has grown from a series of seminars on environmental management organized by the UNEP Environmental Education and Training Unit with input from some 25 governments of developing countries. This volume is a compilation of presentations made at these seminars by over 50 specialist authors from all over the world, and by participants who are executives and key cadres in ministries or organizations from a wide range of developing countries concerned with the environment. Looking at the foundations and policies of sustainable development, the book describes the principles and processes of ecosystems and the basic environmental management tools, including funding possibilities, that are required for environmental management, particularly in developing countries. Thus, covering the basic concepts and principles, together with the tools necessary for such management, a wide range of issues of environmental concern are discussed, with an eye on howTable of ContentsPartial table of contents: SOME FOUNDATIONS OF AND POLICIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Human Ecology and Environment Ethics (L. Dangana & S.Tropp). Environmental Awareness, Education and Training (M. Atchia, etal.). ECOSYSTEMS: PROCESSES, PROBLEMS AND STRATEGIES. Efforts to Combat Land Degradation (T. Maukonen). Genetic Resources (H. Zedan). CASE STUDIES ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. A Brief Overview of Forests (R. Olembo). The Built-Up Ecosystems (N. Gebremedhin). The Global Environmental Monitoring Systems (GEMS) (M.Gwynne). The Role of Law in Environmental Management at the National Level(I. Rummel-Bulska). The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) (M. Pyhala). Toxic Chemical: The UNEP International Register (J.Huismans). Bibliography. Index.
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University of California Press Concrete Jungle
Book SynopsisIf they are to survive, cities need healthy chunks of the world's ecosystems to persist; yet cities, like parasites, grow and prosper by local destruction of these very ecosystems. This book helps you explore both the positive and the negative sides of the relationship between cities, the environment, and the future of global biodiversity.Trade Review"Both born and bred New Yorkers, the authors masterfully make their case by telling it through the history of their city's growth and development, starting with the area's underlying geology and tracing New York's settlement and eventual development into perhaps the archetypal modern metropolis. The book persuasively makes the case that the world's concrete jungles may in fact be one of our best tools for saving the actual jungles and the rest of the planet's biodiversity." -- Ray Bert Civil Engineering "Concrete Jungle delivers a "think globally, act locally" message for New York City." -- S. Hammer CHOICE "A fascinating read, and New Yorkers will find much to interest them in discovering often overlooked historical features." -- Dr. Leighton Dann The BiologistTable of ContentsPreface: The Yin and Yang of Cities 1. Regarding Broadway: The Urban Saga and the New York Microcosm 2. Forest Primeval Building Stones 3. Landscape Transformed Around the American Museum of Natural History East River Shoreline 4. Growth of the Concrete Jungle One Hundred and Fifty-Fifth Street Queensboro Bridge and East River 5. Fouling, and Cleaning, the Nest The High Bridge 6. Invasion and Survival John Torrey Fort Tryon Park The Battery The Sea Wall 7. Resilience, Restoration, and Redemption Canyonlands and the Future 8. Cities, Globalization, and the Future of Biodiversity Notes, References, and Suggestions for Further Reading List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Index
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University of California Press Brewing Justice
Book SynopsisFair trade is a fast-growing alternative market intended to bring better prices and greater social justice to small farmers around the world. But what does a fair-trade label signify? This book presents a study of coffee farmers in Mexico which offers the thorough investigation of the social, economic, and environmental benefits of fair trade.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Preface to the 2014 Edition Preface to the 2007 Edition Introduction 1. A Movement or a Market? 2. Coffee, Commodities, Crisis 3. One Region, Two Markets 4. The Difference a Market Makes: Livelihoods and Labor 5. A Sustainable Cup? Fair Trade, Shade-Grown Coffee, and Organic Production 6. Eating and Staying on the Land: Food Security and Migration 7. Dancing with the Devil? 8. "Mejor, Pero No Muy Bien Que Digamos": The Limits of Fair Trade 9. Strengthening Fair Trade Conclusion Epilogue: Seeking Justice in a Shifting Terrain Acknowledgments Appendix: Research Methods Notes Bibliography Bibliography to the 2014 Epilogue Index
£22.50
University of California Press Sustainability through Soccer
Book SynopsisIn the quest for sustainability, we strive to meet our present needs without sacrificing the same opportunity for future generations. Our success or failure depends on our ability to think in systems, integrating environmental, social, and economic considerations. But how do we learn systems-thinking? This book deals with sustainability science.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. BACKGROUND 2. PARTS 3. BOUNDARIES 4. BEHAVIORS 5. EVALUATING 6. CREATING 7. THE ENDLESS QUEST Review Glossary Recommended Reading Index
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University of California Press Building Green
Book SynopsisAt publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Building Green explores the experience of environmental architects in Mumbai, one of the world's most populous and population-dense urban areas and a city iconic for its massive informal settlements, extreme wealth asymmetries, and ecological stresses. Under these conditions, what does it mean to learn, and try to practice, so-called green design? By tracing the training and professional experiences of environmental architects in India's first graduate degree program in Environmental Architecture, Rademacher shows how environmental architects forged sustainability concepts and practices and sought to make them meaningful through engaged architectural practice. The book's focus on practitioners offers insights into the many roles that converge to produce this emergent, critically important form of urban expertise. At once activists, scientists, and designers, the environmental architects profiled in Building Green act as key agents of urban change whose efforts in practice are shaped by a complex urban development economy, layered political power relations, and a calculus of when, and how, their expert skills might be operationalized in service of a global urban future.Trade Review"Will make us think in a different way about how we study cities, as well as how we live in them." * International Institute for Asian Studies *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface 1. City Ascending, City Imploding 2. The Integrated Subject 3. Ecology in Practice: Environmental Architecture as Good Design 4. Rectifying Failure: Imagining the New City and the Power to Create it 5. More than Human Nature and the Open Space Predicament 6. Consciousness and Indian-ness: Making Design “Good” 7. A Vocation in Waiting: Ecology in Practice 8. Soldiering Sustainability Notes References Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Sustainable Development
Book Synopsis* Up-to-date, comprehensive and easy-to-digest presentation of complex analytical and methodological issues. * Integrated view of debt-poverty-trade environment. * Role of endogenous factors in the valuation of future. * Discussion of foundations of modern economic logic for analytical models.Table of Contents1. A Brief History:. Before the Earth Summit. The Earth Summit and After. Effectiveness of Policies. Moving Ahead. Chronology. References. 2. Resources and Environment:. Source and Sink Problems. Changes in Natural Resources. Changes in Environment. Climate Change. Desertification. Biodiversity. Conclusions. References. 3. Sustainable Development: Interpretations:. Biogeophysical and Ecological Aspects. Economic Approaches. Economic Growth and Sustainability. Irreversibility and Nonlinearity. The Precautionary Principle. Conclusions. References. 4. Managing Global Commons:. Global Commons. Global Warming Potential. Economics of the Greenhouse Effect. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Policies. Economics of Green Tax. Conclusions. Appendix: Economic Models for Green Taxes. References. 5. Poverty and Environment:. Poverty, Prosperity and the Environment. Trends in Poverty. Poverty Reduction and Sustainability. Structural Adjustments and Public Finance. Policy Alternatives and Political Economy. Conclusions. References. 6. Valuing Resources and Future:. Valuing Environmental Resources. Market and Non-Market Valuations. Net National Product and Sustainability. Technical Progress and Sustainability. Changes in Preferences and Discounting. Choosing Discount Factors. Conclusions. Appendix: Models for Net National Product and Sustainability. References. 7. Green Accounting:. Assessing Environmental Costs. Green National Accounts. Integrated Economic and Environmental Accounting. Indicators for Sustainability. Conclusions. References. 8. Debt, Trade and Environment:. Internal Debt and Sustainability. External Debt and Trade. Debt and Environment. Trade and Environment. Conclusions. References. 9. Governance and Private Sector:. Markets and the Environment. Regulations and Compliance Incentives. Private Investment and Sustainability. Mechanisms for Private Financing. Conclusions. References. 10. International Institutions:. Global Policy Institutions. External Financing and Institutions. Local Knowledge, Resources and Institutions. International Institutional Mechanisms. Conclusions. References. 11. Policy Framework:. Objectives. Methods of Operation. National and Local Policies. International Policies. Directions for the Future. References. Glossary. Statistical Information. Additional Bibliography.
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Wiley Large Marine Ecosystems of the Indian Ocean
Book SynopsisIn this volume marine experts from countries of East Africa and southern Asia describe the conditions of marine resources of the large marine ecosystems of the Indian Ocean. Countries of the region represent over a quarter of the world''s population, most of whom are existing at or below the poverty level. The potentials for economic growth through the development of coastal tourism, mariculture, fisheries, mineral extraction, and oil and gas production are examined by the authors in relation to the need for ensuring the long-term sustainability of marine resources. Case studies of resource assessments presented by several authors illustrate the magnitude of risk from continuing degradation of resources under the prevailing unmanaged conditions extending over much of coastal areas of East Africa and southern Asia. The authors explore the application of multidisciplinary ecosystem-based assessment and management strategies to the future economic development of the large marine ecosystemTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Preface. Background And Focus. Contributors. Editor's Note. Part I: Assessment And Sustainability Of Large Marine Ecosystems. 1. Assessment, Sustainability, And Monitoring Of Coastal Ecosystems: An Ecological Perspective. 2. Trawl Survey Strategies And Applications For Assessing The Changing State Of Fish Communities In Large Marine Ecosystems. 3. Ecosystems With The Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) And Undulating Oceanographic Recorder (UOR)/Aquashuttle. 4. An Overview Of The Status Of Marine Pollution In The East African Region. 5. Application Of The Large Marine Ecosystem Concept To The Somali Current. Part II: Pelagic Ecosystems. 6. Coastal Upwelling And Other Processes Regulating Ecosystem Productivity And Fish Production In The Western Indian Ocean. 7. Seasonal Fluctuations In Plankton Biomass And Productivity In The Ecosystems Of The Somali Current, Gulf Of Aden, And Southern Red Sea. 8. Role Of Oceanic Fronts In Promoting Productivity In The Southern Indian Ocean. 9. Mean Monthly Sea-Level Variation And Its Relation To Large-Scale Ocean Circulation In The Southwest Indian Ocean. 10. Spiny Lobsters In The Indian Ocean: Speciation In Relation To Oceanographic Ecosystems. 11. Spatial-Temporal Structure Of Indian Ocean Ecosystems: A Large Scale Approach. Part III: Case Studies. 12. The Role Of Estuaries In Large Marine Ecosystems: Examples From The Natal Coast, South Africa. 13. Fisheries Resources Of Zanzibar: Problems And Recommendations. 14. The Agulhas Current Ecosystem With Particular Reference To Dispersal Of Fish Larvae. 15. The Red Sea As An "Extension" Of The Indian Ocean. 16.The Status And Future Of The St Lucia Lake System: A Large Estuary Of The Southwestern Indian Ocean. 17. Biological Production And Fishery Potential Of The Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Of India. Part IV: Management and Governance. 18. Implications Of Agenda 21 Of UNCED On Marine Resources In East Africa With Particular Reference To Kenya And Tanzania. 19. Somalia Current Large Marine Ecosystem And Related Issues. 20. Legal Constraints And Options For Total Ecosystem Management Of Large Marine Ecosystems. 21. Application Of Integrated Environmental Management Toward Solving The Problems Affecting The Tana River Delta And Its Linkage With The Somali Current Ecosystem. 22. Marine Conservation Areas In Kenya. 23. Indian Ocean Large Marine Ecosystems: Need For National And Regional Framework For Conservation And Sustainable Development. 24. Regional Stewardship For Sustainable Marine Resources Management In The Bay Of Bengal. 25. Summary And Recommendations. Index.
£125.06
Harvard University Press Sustainability for a Warming Planet
Book SynopsisHuman-generated greenhouse gas emissions imperil a global resource: a biosphere capable of supporting life as we know it. What is the fair way to share this scarce resource across present and future generations and across regions of the world? This study offers a new perspective based on the guiding ethics of sustainability and egalitarianism.Trade ReviewThis book should be of great interest to economists working in the field of climate change, particularly those who would like to explore alternatives to the dominant paradigm of discounted utilitarianism. Rejecting that paradigm, the authors evaluate climate policy using sustainability criteria, requiring either that future generations have the same level of utility as earlier generations or that utility grows by at least a fixed rate. -- Larry S. Karp, University of California, BerkeleyThe authors provide a normative approach to global warming that they call sustainability. It consists in finding an economic path that, while satisfying environmental and other constraints, would maintain human welfare for all future generations. They also explain why the current discounted utilitarian approach is unsatisfactory. The book has many original arguments expressed in a clear, logical structure. It should be required reading for graduate students in public economics. -- Phillipe De Donder, Toulouse School of EconomicsThe book is scientifically rigorous as it is based on a series of peer-reviewed publications. It is very transparent as all assumptions are made explicit and explained and it even provides the entire code for the numerical analysis. It is accessibly and carefully written as it builds up the argument from scratch and presents a simplified version of the model to build up the intuition. All this might be expected from such an accomplished team of authors. It also is, however, constructive, original and bold. -- Gregor Schwerhoff * Journal of Economics *Sustainability for a Warming Planet is a must read for economists focusing on climate change and for any scholars interested in discussing new paths to sustainability, to limiting global warming, and to preventing its dramatic consequences for humanity. -- Mitja Stefancic * Journal of Economic Issues *Sustainability for a Warming Planet is…an intelligent and original analysis of the economic and philosophical issues underlying the climate problem. It concludes that we can meet the world’s two-degree Celsius target while continuing to grow and meet international political constraints, which is both encouraging and an implicit call to action. -- Geoffrey Heal * Journal of Economic Literature *
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Princeton University Press Power to the People
Book SynopsisDescribes how the traditional energy economy of medieval and early modern Europe was marked by stable or falling per capita energy consumption, and how the First Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth century - fueled by coal and steam engines - redrew the economic, social, and geopolitical map of Europe and the world.Trade Review"Employing economic theory and growth accounting to illuminate the linkages between energy use and economic activity and supporting their argument with extensive quantitative evidence, the authors make a compelling case that modern economic growth would have been impossible without the increased energy intensity made possible by exploitation of fossil fuels. This work provides valuable historical perspectives on pressing contemporary challenges."--Choice "With many insightful graphs, plus useful explanatory boxes for the less initiated, it is highly accessible, and recommended to undergraduate students curious about the history of energy, to postgraduates specializing in a specific field, and to academics."--Roger Fouquet, Journal of Economic Literature "[T]his multi-authored effort is well structured and furnished with splendid illustrations and explanatory tables ... I would recommend the book, but with the warning that it is not an easy read due to the sheer quantity of information and analytical viewpoints it contains."-- Aurelia Mane-Estrada,European History Quarterly "Power to the People is to be welcomed. It is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of Economic History and History of Technology and will appeal both to the professional and the general reader interested in the future of humanity."--Francesc X. Barca-Salom, Environment and History "An ambitious and important analysis of the relationships between energy and economic growth in Europe over the past five hundred years."--Christopher F. Jones, Environmental HistoryTable of ContentsPreface ix CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1 CHAPTER TWO Definitions and Concepts 17 PART I Pre-Industrial Economies Paolo Malanima 35 CHAPTER THREE Traditional Sources 37 1. Energy in Premodern Societies 2. Organic Sources and Agricultures 3. Non-organic Sources 4. Seven Long-run Propositions 5. Conclusion CHAPTER FOUR Constraints and Dynamics 81 1. Population and Climate 2. Energy Scarcity 3. Saving Land 4. Saving Labor 5. Conclusion PART II The First Industrial Revolution Paul Warde 129 CHAPTER FIVE A Modern Energy Regime 131 1. The Take-off of Coal 2. Traditional Sources: Rise but Relative Decline 3. Conclusion CHAPTER SIX The Coal Development Block 159 1. The Core Innovations 2. The Growth Dynamics of the Coal Development Block 3. The Transport Revolution CHAPTER SEVEN Energy and Industrial Growth 209 1. Coal and Growth 2. Seven Long-run Propositions 3. Energy Intensity and Economic Structure 4. Conclusion PART III The Second and Third Industrial Revolutions Astrid Kander 249 CHAPTER EIGHT Energy Transitions in the Twentieth Century 251 1. The Rise of Oil and Electricity 2. Old and New in Energy Regimes 3. Conclusion CHAPTER NINE Major Development Blocks in the Twentieth Century and Their Impacts on Energy 287 1. The ICE-Oil Block 2. The Electricity Block 3. The ICT Development Block 4. Conclusion CHAPTER TEN The Role of Energy in Twentieth-Century Economic Growth 333 1. Development Blocks and GDP 2. Seven Long-run Propositions 3. Energy Intensity and Economic Structure 4. Conclusion CHAPTER ELEVEN Summary and Implications for the Future 366 1. Summing Up the Book 2.Thinking about the Future 3. Some Remarks about the Future APPENDIXES A. The Role of Energy in Growth Accounting 387 B. Decomposing Energy Intensity 1870-1970 395 C. The Impact from the Service Transition on Energy Intensity 402 D. Biased Technical Development 411 References 415 Index 451
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Princeton University Press Pricing the Planets Future
Book SynopsisProvides a simple framework to organize the debate on what we should do for the future. This title outlines the basic theory of the discount rate and the various arguments that favor using a smaller discount rate for more distant cash flows. It offers a suitable framework for dynamic problems and decision making.Trade Review"Pricing the Planet's Future is a technically adept compendium of ideas on social discounting in an uncertain world, seen through the lens of the discounted utilitarianism and the Ramsey framework... [T]he book is not necessarily for the faint-hearted newcomer to intergenerational issues. Yet it will serve as an excellent accompaniment to the previous texts in this area, ... and as a clarifying resource for the technician or policymaker entering into the ever advancing literature on social discounting."--Ben Groom, Journal of Economic Literature "For readers with the appropriate technical background the book provides a very good introduction to the research frontier. Incorporating uncertainty into long-run project evaluation and discounting is certainly a central component of a more satisfactory approach to decision making, and Gollier's contributions are required reading for those wishing to understand the issues involved."--Antony Millner, Environment and Planning Government and PolicyTable of ContentsPreface vii Introduction 1 Part I: The Simple Economics of Discounting 1 Three Ways to Determine the Discount Rate 17 2 The Ramsey Rule 26 3 Extending the Ramsey Rule to an Uncertain Economic Growth 41 Part II: The Term Structure of Discount Rates 4 Random Walk and Mean-Reversion 61 5 Markov Switches and Extreme Events 74 6 Parametric Uncertainty and Fat Tails 84 7 The Weitzman Argument 98 8 A Theory of the Decreasing Term Structure of Discount Rates 111 Part III: Extensions 9 Inequalities 131 10 Discounting Non-monetary Benefits 149 11 Alternative Decision Criteria 168 Part IV: Evaluation of Risky and Uncertain Projects 12 Evaluation of Risky Projects 185 13 The Option Value of Uncertain Projects 203 14 Evaluation of Non-marginal Projects 215 Global Conclusion 225 Index 227
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Princeton University Press The Economics of Enough How to Run the Economy
Book SynopsisThe world's leading economies are facing not just one but many crises. The financial meltdown may not be over, climate change threatens major global disruption, economic inequality has reached extremes not seen for a century, and government and business are widely distrusted. At the same time, many people regret the consumerism and social corrosionTrade ReviewOne of The Globalist's Top Books of 2012 "In The Economics of Enough, Ms. Coyle adds a knowledgeable and earnest voice to the discussion about how to face these global challenges... Ms. Coyle has written a thoughtful, sprawling work. I was impressed with both the magnitude of the subject matter and her keen grasp of it... Ms. Coyle has made an important contribution to the debate on the nature of global capitalism."--Nancy F. Koehn, New York Times "If widely read, [The Economics of Enough] could be the twenty-first century's basic action manual. Like the best political philosophers, Coyle does not merely present the gritty reality of politics (or political economy, in this case), but gives us a roadmap out of our collective swamp... [T]he book is a small wonder."--Joel Campbell, International Affairs "If Diane Coyle had written The Economics of Enough a year or so earlier, a British political party would probably have laid claim to its message during the general election campaign. Coyle's work manages to tie up fiscal policy, inequality and the environment with reflection on civil society... Coyle makes a particularly effective assault on the view, often espoused by environmentalists, that economic growth ought not to be a policy goal. While she calls for other objectives--and the use of a greater range of economic indicators--she backs output growth as an objective... [A] solid guide to the challenges that face governments in the coming years."--Christopher Cook, Financial Times "[Coyle's] insistence that the crisis is essentially one of trust and governance is important--and increasingly relevant as we watch our leaders failing to tame our reckless financial overlords."--Fred Pearce, Independent "Coyle's book is ... a very welcome supplement to the current dearth of smart, broad, readable economic literature now available... Coyle's book demonstrates her to be a political economist of the old school, concerned with economics as a truly social science rather than an abstract mass of numbers. As such, her work merits a much broader audience than it is likely to find in our contemporary political climate."--Matthew Kaul, Englewood Review of Books "Are we bankrupt? Are countries like the US and the UK in as much fiscal trouble as Ireland or Greece? The bond markets say no: they've been quite content to lend to the UK and the US as though they were low-risk propositions, and perhaps they are right. But even if bond holders look safe enough, citizens may not be. Diane Coyle, author of a new book, The Economics of Enough, argues that we need to go beyond traditional measures of debt in thinking about future obligations."--Tim Harford, Financial Times "Designed for readers well versed in economics, this book offers an in-depth economic analysis that often supports arguments with philosophical and sociological theories."--Caroline Geck, Library Journal "A grim view of the economic future and suggestions on how to sway the outcome, one penny at a time. In this highly informed analysis, British economist Coyle (The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters, 2007, etc.) posits as a given that 'more money makes people happier because it means they can buy more.' ... There's much to digest here, so the author's tendency to repeat herself turns out to be helpful. Tough trekking but well worth the journey for this top-rank economist's view from the summit."--Kirkus Reviews "There is much good sense in The Economics of Enough, and Coyle writes efficiently and clearly."--Howard Davies, Times Higher Education "There is much good thinking and plenty of good ideas in [T]he Economics of Enough. For many readers, the book will be a revelation in just how far we have moved from economics as a 'dismal science.' For the business reader, Coyle opens up a range of broader perspectives that will on the one hand challenge the neo-classical economic purist and, on the other, will encourage those who want their children to have more than a dismal future, to do something about it."--Roger Steare, Management Today "[A] compelling call to action... [T]his is a powerful, thought-provoking and timely contribution to the debate on the evolving shape of society."--Dimitri Zenghelis, Nature Climate Change "From the somewhat playful Sex, Drugs, and Economics, to the more descriptive and objective The Soulful Science, economist and superb writer (too often mutually exclusive categories) Coyle presents her more general assessment in The Economics of Enough. Blending economics with politics and philosophy, she uses the recent financial crisis as an opportunity to discuss a number of grander themes with the goal of a better and sustainable future, which is to be aided and abetted by a better-informed citizenry led not by an invisible hand but by the fist of more enlightened government."--Choice "The Economics of Enough is a thoughtful and reflective piece addressing the interplay between governments and markets in a 'post-financial crisis' world... The book serves as a good foil for deeper discussions of the implications and results of the attempt to govern complex systems--both political and economic--fraught with their inevitable webs of adverse selection, moral hazard, and self-interest."--Bradley K Hobbs, EH.NetTable of ContentsOverview 1 PART ONE: CHALLENGES CHAPTER ONE: Happiness 21 CHAPTER TWO: Nature 55 CHAPTER THREE: Posterity 85 CHAPTER FOUR: Fairness 114 CHAPTER FIVE: Trust 145 PART TWO: OBSTACLES CHAPTER SIX: Measurement 181 CHAPTER SEVEN: Values 209 CHAPTER EIGHT: Institutions 239 PART THREE: MANIFESTO CHAPTER NINE: The Manifesto of Enough 267 Acknowledgments 299 Notes 301 References 313 Illustration Credits 327 Index 329
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Princeton University Press Blue Skies over Beijing Economic Growth and the
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewHonorable Mention for the 2017 PROSE Award in Environmental Science, Association of American Publishers "Easily understandable regardless of a reader's familiarity with China or environmental policy, this excellent resource will interest readers of the environmental situation in China and its impact on the global community."--Library Journal "Blue Skies Over Beijing is ... a shot of good news when talking about China's environmental issues. Economic development, rather than hurting China's environmental performance, may in fact improve it."--Asian Review of BooksTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Chapter One: Introduction 1 Part I: A Geographic Overview of Urban Pollution Production in China Chapter Two: Made in China 21 Chapter Three: The Migration to Cities 50 Chapter Four: The Causes and Consequences of Chinese Suburbanization 76 Chapter Five: Private Vehicle Demand in Urban China 108 Part II: The Rising Demand for Green Cities Chapter Six: The Rising Demand for Blue Skies and Urban Risk Reduction 135 Chapter Seven: Recent Empirical Evidence on the Demand for Lower Pollution Levels 147 Part III: Promoting Environmental Accountability in a One-Party State Chapter Eight: The Central Government's Increased Desire to Promote Environmental Sustainability 159 Chapter Nine: Will Local Governments Create Green Cities? 186 Chapter Ten: Conclusion 212 Appendix 1 233 Appendix 2 235 Notes 237 Index 263
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