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Hacia ciudades y territorios inteligentes, resilientes y sostenibles

Author : Asociación Sostenibilidad Y Progreso De Sociedades
Publisher : Bubok
ISBN 13 : 8468639273
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (686 download)

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Download or read book Hacia ciudades y territorios inteligentes, resilientes y sostenibles written by Asociación Sostenibilidad Y Progreso De Sociedades and published by Bubok. This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El final del presente decenioy el próximo van a ser decisivos para orientar el rumbo de los generalizadosprocesos de urbanización, identificados como una de las principalesmegatendencias mundiales. Estamos en un momento histórico para entender que lasciudades y los territorios son elementos críticos de la transición hacia lasostenibilidad local y global. Como partes de la solución y del problema, laszonas urbanas y sus entornos tienen capacidades para rediseñar la políticaurbana y regional con un enfoque integrado y sostenible a fin de abordar conesperanza los desafíos sistémicos y los fenómenos globales como el cambioclimático. La transición urbana y territorial en la era del Antropoceno y elCambio Global precisa ajustes proactivos y adaptativos de los socioecosistemasurbanos y las regiones en el denominado ?siglo metropolitano?.El libro estádistribuido en 7 partes que abordan diferentes temáticas de interés en lasciudades:? La transición urbana y territorial frente alcambio global y las megatendencias mundiales.? Las bases para definir ciudades y territorioscon inteligencia, sostenibilidad y resiliencia en busca de la convivencia.? Perspectiva sistémica y la gestión delmetabolismo urbano.? Criterios de ecoeficiencia, morfología,movilidad e impacto ambiental en la gestión urbana.? Gestión de la sostenibilidad y la resilienciaen un contexto territorial.? Agendas estratégicas y marcos de referenciapara los nuevos paradigmas urbanos.? Modelos avanzados de gobernanza local: nuevascapacidades y responsabilidades de las sociedades y de los gobiernos urbanos yregionales.A lo largo de, estetexto se abordan los desafíos de los nuevos paradigmas urbanos donde se debenencuadrar coherentemente las políticas, las normativas, los sistemas deplanificación, gestión y gobernanza participativa de las ciudades y lasregiones. Así, se resalta el enfoque integrado de la dimensión urbana en unmarco territorial, al tiempo que se enfatiza la relación de las ciudades y delos territorios, insistiendo en los nexos urbano-rurales para mejorar lasostenibilidad y la resiliencia local-regional. La gestión de lossocioecosistemas urbanos y los territorios se tiene que plantear desde unenfoque de sistemas considerando el metabolismo de las modernas ciudades y losfactores de ecoeficiencia relacionados con la morfología urbana, la movilidad yel mayor impacto ambiental de los patrones urbanos dispersos frente acompactos, que son mucho más eficientes y sostenibles.El libro se publica enun momento oportuno, justo después de la Conferencia HABITAT III, señalando laimportancia estratégica de las zonas urbanas, en su empeño por dominar elplaneta, para trazar y afrontar colectivamente el futuro en el marco de undesarrollo humano sostenible. Es una obra profunda con contenidos de máximaactualidad que debe ser de interés para el mundo académico, para profesionalesinvolucrados con la planificación de la gestión urbana y para el gobierno anivel local, así como también para todos aquellos estudiosos de los procesos desostenibilidad aplicada a la dimensión urbana y territorial.Las ciudades yterritorios, donde viven, trabajan y sueñan las personas, requieren formas degestión y gobernanza inteligentes, resilientes y sostenibles, pero tambiénnecesitan más sabiduría para crear lugares habitables y convivenciales.Sobre el autorLuis M. Jiménez Herrero esDoctor y Licenciado en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales e Ingeniero TécnicoAeronáutico. Ha trabajado profesionalmente en los campos de la Ingeniería,Economía, Gestión ambiental y Desarrollo Sostenible, tanto para el sector públicoy privado. Desde 1979 ha sido profesor en la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas dela Universidad Complutense de Madrid impartiendo enseñanzas de Medio Ambiente yDesarrollo, y Economía Ecológica y Desarrollo Sostenible. En la actualidad esProfesor Honorífico de la UCM. Es autor de numerosas publicaciones y varioslibros sobre economía del Medio Ambiente, Desarrollo Sostenible y EconomíaEcológica. Ha sido Director Ejecutivo del Observatorio de la Sostenibilidad enEspaña (OSE, 2005 a 2013), dirigiendo Informes anuales y temáticos sobre sobresostenibilidad y los procesos de desarrollo sostenible. Actualmente esPresidente de la Asociación para la Sostenibilidad y el Progreso de lasSociedades (ASYPS) que está dedicada a impulsar respuestas ante el cambioGlobal para favorecer la transición hacia paradigmas de progreso sostenible. [email protected]

Hacia ciudades y territorios inteligentes, resilientes y sostenibles

Author : Luis M. Jiménez Herrero
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788468638881
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (388 download)

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Urban Resilience for Risk and Adaptation Governance

Author : Grazia Brunetta
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319769448
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Urban Resilience for Risk and Adaptation Governance written by Grazia Brunetta and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together a series of theory and practice essays on risk management and adaptation in urban contexts within a resilient and multidimensional perspective. The book proposes a transversal approach with regard to the role of spatial planning in promoting and fostering risk management as well as institutions’ challenges for governing risk, particularly in relation to new forms of multi-level governance that may include stakeholders and citizen engagement. The different contributions focus on approaches, policies, and practices able to contrast risks in urban systems generating social inclusion, equity and participation through bottom-up governance forms and co-evolution principles. Case studies focus on lessons learned, as well as the potential and means for their replication and upscaling, also through capacity building and knowledge transfer. Among many other topics, the book explores difficulties encountered in, and creative solutions found, community and local experiences and capacities, organizational processes and integrative institutional, technical approaches to risk issue in cities.

Territorios Inteligentes: Dimensiones y Experiencias Internacionales.

Author : María Soledad Esteban Galarza
Publisher : Netbiblo
ISBN 13 : 8497453255
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (974 download)

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Download or read book Territorios Inteligentes: Dimensiones y Experiencias Internacionales. written by María Soledad Esteban Galarza and published by Netbiblo. This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Este libro se enmarca en la búsqueda de nuevos patrones de desarrollo que inspiren la renovación profunda de la economía, la industria, la sociedad y el medio urbano en su conjunto. El objetivo es profundizar en una interpretación particular del concepto de desarrollo competitivo y sostenible aplicado al territorio del siglo XXI a través del concepto de territorios inteligentes. Para ello, se desarrolla un modelo conceptual de territorios inteligentes, presentándose tanto la arquitectura básica del mismo, como los agentes y vectores de desarrollo que lo conforman. El modelo se construye a partir de una revisión de la literatura así como de las lecciones derivadas de una selección de casos de estudio referidos a ciudades y regiones localizadas en diferentes países. La selección de casos de estudio se ha realizado siguiendo un criterio de diversidad. Se han incluido experiencias de ciudades que tras sufrir un proceso de desindustrialización han sido capaces de avanzar hacia su configuración como territorio inteligente. También, se han recogido casos de ciudades que destacan por ser un ejemplo paradigmático y excepcional de desarrollo en alguno de los ámbitos que caracterizan a un territorio inteligente. Asimismo, se han incorporado prácticas de lugares que, desde décadas pasadas, han adoptado trayectorias de excelencia en uno o varios de los fundamentos de un territorio inteligente.

Health Networks in Action

Author : Pinto, Diana M.
Publisher : Inter-American Development Bank
ISBN 13 : 1597824135
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (978 download)

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Download or read book Health Networks in Action written by Pinto, Diana M. and published by Inter-American Development Bank. This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrated Health Service Delivery Networks (IHSDN) based on primary health care (PHC) are the most promising solution for health systems to satisfy the health needs of the population and to address access, efficiency, quality and equity challenges faced by health systems of the world. PHCs essential attributes (people and family centered care, comprehensiveness, continuity, longitudinality) position this approach as one of the key strategies for countries to meet the aspiration of achieving universal health coverage. Creating care networks has been a common thread running through Latin America and the Caribbeans health policy agendas. In terms of actually putting the IHSDN model in action, there is a wide range of interpretations and experiences, with designs, scales, organizational methods, and maturity levels that vary within and between countries. This book shares evidence of the progress made in forming and launching IHSDN in Latin America based on four case studies conducted in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico. The results were found by systematically applying an instrument that collects regional information on the context and features of the IHSDNs governance, funding, care models, and IHSDN management models. The books chapters describe the characteristics of IHSDN in the four studied countries, lessons are drawn from how these IHSDN have been designed and implemented, challenges for the future are identified and recommendations are provided on what will it take to consolidate the IHSDN model in Latin America. The hypothetical story of Dioselina, illustrates throughout the book the obstacles and difficulties that arise for a diabetic patient when using health services that are not people-centered. The results shed light on how prepared IHSDN in this region are to provide patient-centered care and where to focus efforts for improvement. The evidence found in this study will help develop and advance PHC in Latin America.

Intelligent Cities

Author : Nicos Komninos
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135159297
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Intelligent Cities written by Nicos Komninos and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the century some cities and regions in Europe, Japan and the USA, displayed an exceptional capacity to incubate and develop new knowledge and innovations. The favourable environment for research, technology and innovation created in these areas was not immediately obvious, yet it was of great significance for a development based on knowledge, learning, and innovation. Intelligent Cities focuses on these environments of innovation, and the major models (technopoles, innovating regions, intelligent cities) for creating an environment-supporting technology, innovation, learning, and knowledge-based development. The introduction and the first chapter deal with innovation as an environmental condition, and with the geography and typology of islands of innovation. The next three parts focus on the theoretical paradigms and the planning models of the 'industrial district', the innovating region', and the 'intelligent city', which offer three alternative ways to create an environment of innovation.

Digital Cities

Author : Toru Ishida
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3540464220
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Digital Cities written by Toru Ishida and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-06-26 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the way towards the Information Society, global networks such as the Internet, together with mobile computing, have made wide-area computing over virtual communities a reality. Digital city projects, with the goal of building platforms to support community networking, are going on worldwide. This is the first book devoted to digital cities. It is based on an international symposium held in Kyoto, Japan, in September 1999. The 34 revised full papers presented were carefully selected for inclusion in the book; they reflect the state of the art in this exciting new field of interdisciplinary research and development. The book is divided into parts on design and analysis, digital city experiments, community network experiments, applications, visualization technologies, mobile technologies, and social interaction and communityware.

The Rise of the Creative Class--Revisited

Author : Richard Florida
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0465038980
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Rise of the Creative Class--Revisited written by Richard Florida and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative new way to think about why we live as we do today-and where we might be headed. Initially published in 2002, The Rise of the Creative Class quickly achieved classic status for its identification of forces then only beginning to reshape our economy, geography, and workplace. Weaving story-telling with original research, Richard Florida identified a fundamental shift linking a host of seemingly unrelated changes in American society: the growing importance of creativity in people's work lives and the emergence of a class of people unified by their engagement in creative work. Millions of us were beginning to work and live much as creative types like artists and scientists always had, Florida observed, and this Creative Class was determining how the workplace was organized, what companies would prosper or go bankrupt, and even which cities would thrive. In The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited, Florida further refines his occupational, demographic, psychological, and economic profile of the Creative Class, incorporates a decade of research, and adds five new chapters covering the global effects of the Creative Class and exploring the factors that shape "quality of place" in our changing cities and suburbs.

University and School Collaborations During a Pandemic

Author : Fernando M. Reimers
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030821595
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book University and School Collaborations During a Pandemic written by Fernando M. Reimers and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on twenty case studies of universities worldwide, and on a survey administered to leaders in 101 universities, this open access book shows that, amidst the significant challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, universities found ways to engage with schools to support them in sustaining educational opportunity. In doing so, they generated considerable innovation, which reinforced the integration of the research and outreach functions of the university. The evidence suggests that universities are indeed open systems, in interaction with their environment, able to discover changes that can influence them and to change in response to those changes. They are also able, in the success of their efforts to mitigate the educational impact of the pandemic, to create better futures, as the result of the innovations they can generate. This challenges the view of universities as "ivory towers" being isolated from the surrounding environment and detached from local problems. As they reached out to schools, universities not only generated clear and valuable innovations to sustain educational opportunity and to improve it, this process also contributed to transform internal university processes in ways that enhanced their own ability to deliver on the third mission of outreach

The Circular Economy and the Global South

Author : Patrick Schröder
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429783698
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book The Circular Economy and the Global South written by Patrick Schröder and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-12 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The circular economy is a policy approach and business strategy that aims to improve resource productivity, promote sustainable consumption and production and reduce environmental impacts. This book examines the relevance of the circular economy in the context of developing countries, something which to date is little understood. This volume highlights examples of circular economy practices in developing country contexts in relation to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), informal sector recycling and national policy approaches. It examines a broad range of case studies, including Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, South Africa, and Thailand, and illustrates how the circular economy can be used as a new lens and possible solution to cross-cutting development issues of pollution and waste, employment, health, urbanisation and green industrialisation. In addition to more technical and policy oriented contributions, the book also critically discusses existing narratives and pathways of the circular economy in the global North and South, and how these differ or possibly even conflict with each other. Finally, the book critically examines under what conditions the circular economy will be able to reduce global inequalities and promote human development in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals. Presenting a unique social sciences perspective on the circular economy discourse, this book is relevant to students and scholars studying sustainability in economics, business studies, environmental politics and development studies.

SDG11, Sustainable Cities and Communities

Author : Shyama V. Ramani
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000587665
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book SDG11, Sustainable Cities and Communities written by Shyama V. Ramani and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-06-16 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11, providing insights into viable pathways and policy designs for a transition towards sustainable, inclusive and resilient cities. The volume discusses existing scientific literature on SDG 11 and provides conceptual frameworks relating to systemic transitions, sectoral transitions and behavioural transitions for overcoming challenges related to governance and implementation. Through detailed case studies from cities and settlements, in Europe, Middle East and Asia, it showcases the dynamic processes involved in urban transformations. Drawing from these comparative analyses, the book provides robust frameworks and tools for better solutions and viable pathways to achieve SDG targets in diverse urban settings. Rich in empirical data, this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of development studies, environment studies, urban studies, urban sociology, political economy, political studies, public policy and sociology. It will also be useful for policy makers, professionals, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and think tanks working in the area of sustainable development and urban planning.

Smart Cities and the UN SDGs

Author : Anna Visvizi
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0323859186
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (238 download)

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Download or read book Smart Cities and the UN SDGs written by Anna Visvizi and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart Cities and the UN's SDGs explores how smart cities initiatives intersect with the global goal of making urbanization inclusive, resilient, and sustainable. Topics explored include digital governance, e-democracy, health care access, public-private partnerships, well-being, and more. Examining smart cities concepts, tools, strategies, and obstacles and their applicability to sustainability, the book exposes key structural problems that cities face and how the imperative of sustainability can bypass them. It shows how smart city technological innovation can boost citizens' well-being, serving as a key reference for those seeking to make sense of the issues and challenges of smart cities and SDGs. Includes numerous case studies from around the world Features interdisciplinary insights from academic and practitioner experts Offers an extensive literature review

Measuring the Information Society Report 2016

Author : United Nations Publications
Publisher : UN
ISBN 13 : 9789261214210
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Measuring the Information Society Report 2016 written by United Nations Publications and published by UN. This book was released on 2017-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Measuring the Information Society Report, which has been published annually since 2009, features key ICT data and benchmarking tools to measure the information society, including the ICT Development Index (IDI). The IDI 2016 captures the level of ICT developments in 175 economies worldwide and compares progress made since the year 2014. The MISR 2016 assesses IDI findings at the regional level and highlights countries that rank at the top of the IDI and those that have improved their position in the overall IDI rankings most dynamically since 2014. It will also use the findings of the IDI to analyze trends and developments in the digital divide. The report will present 2015 prices for about 160 countries and provide a detailed analysis of mobile-cellular, fixed-broadband and mobile-broadband prices over the period 2008-2015. It will highlight the role of ICTs in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and present the newly agreed SDG indicator framework, including the ICT indicators. The report will also include a chapter looking into new metrics to measure mobile uptake, and a chapter presenting data analyzing Internet use and uptake.

The State of Latin American and Caribbean Cities 2012

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The State of Latin American and Caribbean Cities 2012 written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With 80% of its population living in cities, Latin America and the Caribbean is the most urbanized region on the planet. Located here are some of the largest and bes-known cities, like Mexico City, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, Lima and Santiago. The region also boasts hundreds of smaller cities that stand out because of their dynamism and creativity. This edition of State of Latin American and Caribbean cities presents teh current situation of the region's urban world, including the demographic, economic, social, environmental, urban and institutional conditions in which cities are developing." -- p.4 of cover.

Urban Planning Against Poverty

Author : Jean-Claude Bolay
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030284190
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Urban Planning Against Poverty written by Jean-Claude Bolay and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book revisits the theoretical foundations of urban planning and the application of these concepts and methods in the context of Southern countries by examining several case studies from different regions of the world. For instance, the case of Koudougou, a medium-sized city in one of the poorest countries in the world, Burkina Faso, with a population of 115.000 inhabitants, allows us to understand concretely which and how these deficiencies are translated in an African urban context. In contrast, the case of Nueve de Julio, intermediate city of 50.000 dwellers in the pampa Argentina, addresses the new forms of spatial fragmentation and social exclusion linked with agro export and crisis of the international markets. Case studies are also included for cities in Asia and Latin America. Differences and similarities between cases allow us to foresee alternative models of urban planning better adapted to tackle poverty and find efficient ways for more inclusive cities in developing and emerging countries, interacting several dimensions linked with high rates of urbanization: territorial fragmentation; environmental contamination; social disparities and exclusion, informal economy and habitat, urban governance and democracy.

The Failure of Environmental Education (And How We Can Fix It)

Author : Charles Saylan
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520265386
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Failure of Environmental Education (And How We Can Fix It) written by Charles Saylan and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-05-25 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The hope for the future depends on teaching current and future students the analytical and critical thinking skills for dealing with the most critical problems. My own hope is for this book to be read by everyone, even those outside the field of environmental education. Read this book, read it again, share it widely, and do something - anything - to help our needy and wounded planet."-Marc Bekoff, author of The Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons For Expanding Our Compassion Footprint "Saylan and Blumstein provide a compelling vision of what can be, and what should be, if we have the courage to open our eyes and the boldness to act.”-Peter Saundry, Ph.D., Executive Director of the National Council for Science and the Environment “A clarion call to incorporate environmental education in all grades K-12, across all academic disciplines, in order to produce future generations of environmental stewards."-Mark Gold, President, Heal The Bay "We need a sea change in the educational system. After all, if we can teach schoolchildren that vandalism is wrong, why can we not teach them that environmental destruction is wrong? This book is a haunting call to action. A beautifully written manifesto that gets it right."-Ron Swaisgood, Director of Applied Animal Ecology, Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo Global “The greatest threat to the future of all species on the planet is the huge gap between what is understood about global climate change by the scientific community and what is known about climate change by the people who need to know -- the public. The sound prescriptions in this book need to be read now. We are running out of time.”-Dr. James Hansen, world-renowned climatologist and author of Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity “Environmental education is a disaster and educating the public on environmental issues is the greatest challenge facing humanity today. This book will help us understand why we are headed toward the collapse of civilization, and more important, how to fix it. Packed with sound science, useful information, and brilliant ideas, it is a book we must read, and give, to our local school boards and principals nationwide. Our children will thank us."-Paul R. Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb and Humanity on a Tightrope

Engineering Education for Sustainability

Author : João Paulo Davim
Publisher : River Publishers Management Sc
ISBN 13 : 9788770221047
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Engineering Education for Sustainability written by João Paulo Davim and published by River Publishers Management Sc. This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understood to be a key issue in modern society, sustainability is characterized by its three essential pillars, namely: the environment, society and the economy. Education plays an important role in how people understand and accept sustainability. The integration of sustainability in engineering education is a relatively new phenomenon, and presenting information about engineering education for sustainability is of great interest to improve communication between professors, researchers and students at universities, institutes and research laboratories. Topics discussed in the book include: Experiences from 5 years of educating sustainability to computer science students Review of decision support methods in green and sustainable supply chains Analyzing the drivers of engineering education for sustainability using the MCDM approach Visualization technologies in construction education: a comprehensive review of recent advances A legal framework and compliance with construction safety laws and regulations.