258 pages , Routledge , 2010-06-25 As the first book in the field of leadership studies to approach sustainability as a multi-faceted leadership challenge, Leadership for Environmental Sustainability will help to set the terms of the discussion on this topic among students, scholars, and practitioners of leadership for years to come. It explores the connection between le...[Read More]
264 pages , Elsevier , 2003-02-17 The importance of local programmes in driving sustainable development has been enshrined in Local Agenda 21, arguably the most influential output of the 1992 Rio 'Earth' Summit. Its importance has been reiterated more recently by the Johannesburg Summit in 2002. Local Environmental Sustainability sets the context for local environmental ...[Read More]
392 pages , Routledge , 2002-01-04 A key area of public policy in the last twenty years is the question of how, and how much, to protect vthe environment. At the heart of this has been the heated debate over the nature of the relationship between economic growth and environmental sustainability. Is environemental sustainability economic growth or `green growth', a contra...[Read More]
466 pages , Springer , 2017-12-28 This collection examines the role that foreign aid can play in dealing with the severe global challenge of climate change, one of the most pressing international development issues of the 21st century. Addressing the key threats of rising temperatures, changes in precipitation, coastal erosion and natural disasters, the book considers th...[Read More]
240 pages , Springer , 2018-01-14 Bioremediation is the use of microorganisms' metabolism to degrade waste contaminants (sewage, domestic, and industrial effluents) into non-toxic or less toxic materials by natural biological processes. Remediation through fungi—or mycoremediation—has multifarious possibilities in applied remediation engineering and the future of env...[Read More]
148 pages , CRC Press , 2016-12-08 This book explores the challenges of presenting sustainability as a more actionable or practical concept and identifying approaches that might offer useful assistance in addressing the temporal and spatial representation of sustainability. The underlying premise of this book is that sustainability is a state realized in the future. In t...[Read More]
496 pages , John Wiley & Sons , 2012-06-18 Managing Human Resources for EnvironmentalSustainability The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)is the premier membership organization for those practicingindustrial and organizational psychology. The Society's mission isto enhance human well-being and performance in organizational andwork settings by pro...[Read More]
357 pages , Princeton University Press , 2007 Would improving the economic, social, and political condition of the world's disadvantaged people slow - or accelerate - environmental degradation? This book provide answers to this difficult question, using research on the impact of inequality on environmental sustainability.
181 pages , Springer , 2015-12-22 This book presents the dynamic role of algae in a sustainable environment. Two major aspects, namely bioenergy and bioremediation, have been elaborated in various chapter contributed by scientists and teachers from different geographical areas throughout the world. Algal biofuels is an emerging area of equal interest to researchers, indu...[Read More]
52 pages , GRIN Verlag , 2008-04 Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Business economics - Business Ethics, Corporate Ethics, grade: 1,7, University of Hamburg (Institut fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Wirtschaftenglisch IV: Environmental Economics, 18 entries in the bibliography, language: English, comment: Die Arbeit wurde von einem English Native ...[Read More]
276 pages , Springer , 2018-07-12 This book gathers together invited presentations from the 12th International Congress on Logistics and SCM Systems (ICLS2017) held in Beijing, China, August 20–23, 2017. The focus of the ICLS2017 was environmental sustainability in logistics and supply chains, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. It addressed a variety of themes in...[Read More]
416 pages , Kogan Page Publishers , 2012-12-03 As concern for the environment rises, companies must take more account of the external costs of logistics associated mainly with climate change, air pollution, noise, vibration and accidents. Green Logistics analyzes the environmental consequences of logistics and how to deal with them. Written by a leading team of logistics...[Read More]
