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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Citizen's Guide to Sustainable Development written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Jaccard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108479375
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success written by Mark Jaccard and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows readers how we can all help solve the climate crisis by focusing on a few key, achievable actions.
Author : Alexandra Reed Lajoux
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110689863
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Empowering Municipal Sustainability written by Alexandra Reed Lajoux and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-11-08 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amidst growing awareness over the past half century that human activity threatens our natural environment, many of the world’s largest cities have played a role in the sustainability movement, as seen by such initiatives as Day of Cities sponsored by the United Nations. And now local governments in towns and smaller cities are beginning to play a more prominent role in the green movement. This book, inspired by the author’s own experience as a citizen activist and local candidate, is a guide for local governments and citizens wishing to launch sustainability campaigns and programs that make a lasting difference in our world. Alexandra Reed Lajoux addresses the popular "green city" topic but focuses on smaller municipalities, which are more numerous than big cities, and in greater need of guidance. With a visionary foreword by Ben G. Price, National Organizer, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund and author of How Wealth Rules the World, the book discusses the most critical environmental, economic, and engineering realities of municipal life and leadership in our times, ranging from rights of nature, to rollback tax rates, to green infrastructure, to gentrification. It will appeal to a broad range of town or city government employees and elected officials, as well as local activists, contemplating the issues of managing and funding sustainability that all localities worldwide face at some level.
Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9231001795
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Schools in action, global citizens for sustainable development written by UNESCO and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-31 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chris Maser
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781574441871
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (418 download)
Download or read book Setting the Stage for Sustainabilty written by Chris Maser and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1998-05-14 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As humans, we make choices. With change as a constant, we are continually presented with a number of choices, and we must choose. The change represented by the divergence of humanity from the rest of the world is rapidly growing, and in need of transformation. Setting the Stage for Sustainable Community Development is a guide for that transformation, which can help to create a sense of "place" where it did not previously exist. This invaluable text looks at resolving environmental conflicts through a "transformative" rather than a "problem-solving" approach. The transformative approach emphasizes the capacity of facilitation for personal growth. The text analyzes good and bad institutionalized social patterns in an ecological sense. The authors believe that through positive thinking and the willingness to take risks, we can become creative forces in our communities and in the world.
Author : William L. Ascher
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822381036
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy written by William L. Ascher and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002-03-29 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy is a comprehensive presentation of definitions, philosophies, policies, models, and analyses of global environmental and developmental issues. With a wealth of comparative, multidisciplinary, and geographically varied perspectives on environmental governance, it also provides detailed and balanced discussions about specific environmental issues. The guide combines formal, objective entries with critical commentaries that emphasize different opinions and controversies. With succinct explanations of more than a thousand terms, thoughtful interpretations by international experts, and helpful cross-referencing, this resource is designed to serve as a roadmap for understanding the issues and debates in the overlapping fields of environment and development. Intended for use by activists, journalists, policymakers, students, scholars, and interested citizens, the Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy will be a helpful tool for anyone trying to get a comprehensive look at the many environmental organizations, schools of thought, development programs, international environmental treaties, conventions, and strategies that have proliferated in the past few decades.
Author : Christopher Duerksen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135117794X
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)
Download or read book The Citizen's Guide to Planning written by Christopher Duerksen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-08 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: APA's popular primer for citizens is all new! For decades, planning officials and engaged citizens have relied on this book for a better understanding of the basics of planning. Now the authors have revised this perennial bestseller into a 21st-century guide for anyone who wants to make his or her community a better place. This book describes the land-use planning process, the key players in that process, and the legal framework in which decisions are made. The authors advocate principles and disciplines that will help those involved in the process make good decisions. In easy-to-understand language, they offer nuts-and-bolts information about different types of plans and how they are implemented. Chapters cover the goals and values of planning, the history of planning, the different people and organizations involved, the creation and implementation of a comprehensive plan, sustainability, the application review process, and legal and ethical questions.
Author : Iris Borowy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135961220
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)
Download or read book Defining Sustainable Development for Our Common Future written by Iris Borowy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The UN World Commission on Environment and Development, chaired by former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, alerted the world to the urgency of making progress toward economic development that could be sustained without depleting natural resources or harming the environment. Written by an international group of politicians, civil servants and experts on the environment and development, the Brundtland Report changed sustainable development from a physical notion to one based on social, economic and environmental issues. This book positions the Brundtland Commission as a key event within a longer series of international reactions to pressing problems of global poverty and environmental degradation. It shows that its report, "Our Common Future", published in 1987, covered much more than its definition of sustainable development as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" for which it became best known. It also addressed a long list of issues which remain unresolved today. The book explores how the work of the Commission juggled contradictory expectations and world views, which existed within the Commission and beyond, and drew on the concept of sustainable development as a way to reconcile profound differences. The result was both an immense success and disappointment. Coining an irresistibly simple definition enabled the Brundtland Commission to place sustainability firmly on the international agenda. This definition gained acceptability for a potentially divisive concept, but it also diverted attention from underlying demands for fundamental political and social changes. Meanwhile, the central message of the Commission – the need to make inconvenient sustainability considerations a part of global politics as much as of everyday life – has been side-lined. The book thus assesses to what extent the Brundtland Commission represented an immense step forward or a missed opportunity.
Author : Matthew Richard Burris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (529 download)
Download or read book A Guide to Implementing Sustainability written by Matthew Richard Burris and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides citizens and planners framework for implementing sustainability in their communities.
Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9231001809
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Schools in action, global citizens for sustainable development written by UNESCO and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-31 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pego, Ana Cristina
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799877876
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)
Download or read book Smart Cities, Citizen Welfare, and the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals written by Pego, Ana Cristina and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-11-26 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The smart city is a driver of change, innovation, competitiveness, and networking for businesses and organizations based on the concept of the Sustainable Development Goals for the 2030 agenda. The importance of a new paradigm regarding the externalities of the environment, citizen welfare, and natural resources in cities as an impact of urban ecosystems is the main objective for sustainable development in cities through 2030. Smart Cities, Citizen Welfare, and the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals provides innovative insights into the key developments and new trends associated with online challenges and opportunities in smart cities based on the concept of the Sustainable Development Goals. The content within this publication represents research encompassing corporate social responsibility, economic policy, and city planning. This book serves as a vital reference source for urban planners, policymakers, managers, entrepreneurs, graduate-level students, researchers, and academicians seeking coverage on topics centered on conceptual, technological, and design issues related to smart city development in Europe.
Author : Adis Nicolaidis, Kalypso Merdzanovic
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3838215419
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (382 download)
Download or read book A Citizen’s Guide to the Rule of Law written by Adis Nicolaidis, Kalypso Merdzanovic and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our daily lives, the rule of law matters more than anything and yet remains an invisible presence. We trust in the rule of law to protect us from governmental overreach, mafia godfathers, or the will of the majority. We take the rule of law for granted, often failing to recognize its demise—until it is too late. For under attack it is, not only in the growing number of authoritarian countries around the world but in Europe, too. As a citizen’s guide, this book explains in plain language what the rule of law is, why it matters, and why we have to defend it. The starting point is to ask why EU efforts to promote the rule of law in candidate countries have succeeded or failed, and what this tells us about what is happening inside the EU. The authors move on to suggest ways of strengthening the rule of law in Europe and beyond. This book is a call to action in defense of the most precious human invention of all time.
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ISBN 13 : 9789279632228
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (322 download)
Download or read book Figures for the Future written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Leave no one behind", the central ethos of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), guides Anne through her new project on sustainable development. Once again she is investigating whether the EU has moved towards sustainable development over the past 10 years, this time in the context of the SDGs. Based on indicators provided by Eurostat, she tries to find out how relevant the SDGs are in the European context. Figures for the future is a statistical guide to the EU sustainable development indicators in the context of the SDGs. It communicates statistical figures as seen through the eyes of a fictional 21-year-old student, Anne. Anne aims to find answers to many questions that relate to our everyday lives and our future. What does it mean to be poor in Europe? How do we treat nature and our natural resources? Will there be job s for young people like her? What about quality of life? These and many other questions are answered while Anne is writing a blog on sustainable development as part of her Young Women in Journalism scholarship. She links events in her everyday life to the SDGs, and looks into the statistics behind them. This book is a summary of all her blog entries."--Page 72.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Trade, Oceans, and Environment
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book U.S. Development Assistance and Environmentally Sustainable Development written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Trade, Oceans, and Environment and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Voula P. Mega
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387258205
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (872 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Development, Energy and the City written by Voula P. Mega and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-03-20 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No progress towards sustainable development is possible without the participation of informed and aware citizens and decision-makers. This book examines a dynamic sector – energy - and a space – city - that are critical for sustainability. Urban energy systems are capital intensive and have long lives. Immediate change is difficult, but innovation is crucial for progress toward more intelligent systems. Here is an informative guide for decision makers and citizens alike.
Author : Indranil Ghosh
Publisher : Bombardier Books
ISBN 13 : 1642933090
Total Pages : 629 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (429 download)
Download or read book Powering Prosperity written by Indranil Ghosh and published by Bombardier Books. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the Global Financial Crisis, we have been approaching a crossroad in modern human history. The top 1 percent of people own more than half of the world’s wealth, while hundreds of millions suffer in extreme poverty. Governments quarrel over the politics of environmental policy, even as climate change poses an existential threat to life on the planet. And communities “hollowed out” by the forces of globalization still struggle to stand on their feet. How can we even begin to contemplate solutions to such immense and persistent problems? In Powering Prosperity: A Citizen’s Guide to Shaping the 21st Century, Dr. Indranil Ghosh brings together his decades of experience as a sustainable economic development investor, an entrepreneur, and an MIT-trained scientist, to provide a new framework for understanding the world’s challenges and the choices societies must make to address them. Central to Dr. Ghosh’s roadmap for positive change is a more inclusive form of governance, a collaborative model of long-term investment between public and private capital, and the empowerment of local communities to unleash their innovative and entrepreneurial energy.
Author : Antonio Rocha Magalhães
Publisher : Lyndon B. Johnson, School of Public Affairs
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Road to Sustainable Development written by Antonio Rocha Magalhães and published by Lyndon B. Johnson, School of Public Affairs. This book was released on 1998 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
