608 pages , Butterworth-Heinemann , 2015-01-20 Assessing and Measuring Environmental Impact and Sustainability answers the question “what are the available methodologies to assess the environmental sustainability of a product, system or process? Multiple well-known authors share their expertise in order to give a broad perspective of this issue from a chemical and envi...[Read More]
Social reproduction, economic growth, and environmental sustainability in the era of restrictive immigration and integration policies The role of the 2015 restrictive Swedish Temporary Immigration Policy (TIP)
23 pages , GRIN Verlag , 2019-10-30 Academic Paper from the year 2019 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Miscellaneous, grade: B, Lund University (Department of Political Science), course: Social Policy and Economic Performance, language: English, abstract: The 2015 Swedish restrictive TIP on the limitation to permanent residence permit and family ...[Read More]
320 pages , Taylor & Francis , 2009-09-11 This second volume in the Technologies of Architecture series – the only series of books tuned to the architectural technology syllabus – explores the environmental influences on building design. Looking particularly at sustainable building, a holistic view is taken, so that the influence of any one set of choices on other ar...[Read More]
212 pages , Routledge , 2019-04-01 In this in-depth analysis of First Nations opposition to the oil sands industry, James Heydon offers detailed empirical insight into Canadian oil sands regulation. The environmental consequences of the oil sands industry have been thoroughly explored by scholars from a variety of disciplines. However, less well understood is how and why...[Read More]
162 pages , Taylor & Francis , 2016-12 Any economics that does not deal forthrightly with economic inequality is no longer suitable for the twenty-first century. Similarly, any economics which does not provide a coherent way to integrate environmental sustainability into economic analysis will fail to command allegiance in the century ahead. This book demonstrates how th...[Read More]
Integrating Environmental Sustainability into the Company's strategy A study of contributing factors to overcome barriers between sustainability and shareholder demands
131 pages , GRIN Verlag , 2009-03-25 Master's Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Business economics - Business Ethics, Corporate Ethics, grade: 1,3, University of Applied Sciences Essen, 120 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The findings of this research are most useful for those (e.g. executives, environmental managers) who view environment...[Read More]
140 pages , Lexington Books , 2019-12-15 This volume features a set of distinct, compelling, and intentionally disparate case studies that shed much needed attention on the varied ways in which local cultural, social, and political dynamics inform and mitigate the veritable roadmap toward palpable and meaningful progress with respect to enabling the goals of environmenta...[Read More]
272 pages , Routledge , 2019-03-27 From the Foundations in Global Studies series, this student-friendly text follows a two-pronged approach to help readers understand the globalizing processes relating to environment and sustainability, which are examined in a range of disciplines, including environmental studies, geography, global studies, political science, internation...[Read More]
213 pages , Fritz Dufour , 2019-05-26 This report is a socioeconomic and political analysis of environmental sustainability in terms of the present state of the environment, what we can do to reverse the negative trends, and what the current and potential barriers are. First, it offers a background of the issue through a historical perspective. How we got here has a lot ...[Read More]
452 pages , 2015-10-27 Water is at the core of all life on Earth and exists as one of the main components of the human body. Because water is essential to life, addressing water pollution and sustainability issues is of great concern to environmentalists and public health specialists alike. Impact of Water Pollution on Human Health and Environmental Sustainability highlights sev...[Read More]
325 pages , Springer Nature , 2019-10-18 Environmental Sustainability in a Time of Change is the first book in a new Palgrave series on Environmental Sustainability. It takes a fresh look at the dynamic field of environmental sustainability by exploring the interconnections between climate change, water, energy, waste, land use, ecosystems, food, and transportation. It a...[Read More]
Cambridge University Press , 2019-03-14 This textbook presents key theoretical approaches to understanding issues of sustainability and environmental management, perfectly bridging the gap between engineering and environmental science. It begins with the fundamentals of environmental modelling and toxicology, which are then used to discuss qualitative and quantitative risk asses...[Read More]
