Description
Book SynopsisSustainability is a pressing concern for people and governments around the world, but it is also an essentially contested concept that requires an understanding of the stakes, trade-offs, and complex politics at play. Sustainability: The Basics offers an accessible and interdisciplinary introduction to the concept, and discusses key questions such as:
- What are the core principles of sustainability?
- What are the key ethical considerations for questions of sustainability?
- How do we measure sustainability?
- What are the critical obstacles to achieving global sustainability?
- What happens when societies fail to observe principles of sustainability?
Fully updated in its second edition, Sustainability: The Basics now includes coverage of the Sustainable Development Goals, a global range of case studies and explores the complex social dynamics of Earth system changes
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. Sustainability: What is at Stake? 2. The Principles of Sustainability 3.Endurance and Ruin: An Economic Memoire 4. Measuring Sustainability 5. Ethics, Justice, Moral Order, and Oblivion 6. Politics at the End of the World 7. The Collapse of Civilizations and Dark Ages Conclusion
