Recent developments and interventions in the field of sustainable development have made this revised and updated second edition of An Introducton to Sustainable Development particularly timely as the world rises to the challenge of determining the prospects of sustainable development in the future. The ...
Introduction 1. What is Sustainable Development? 2. The Global Challenges of Sustainable Development 3. Actors and ActionTowards Sustainable Development 4. Sustainable Rural Livelihoods 5. Sustainable Urban Livelihoods 6. Sustainable Development in the Developing World: An Assessment About the book This...
The Sustainable Development Goals Series is Springer Nature’s inaugural cross-imprint book series that addresses and supports the United Nations’ seventeen ...
1Introduction Sustainable developmentrepresents a conceptually new approach of development that differs very much, both theoretically and practically, from the traditional ways of determining and measuring the achieved degree ofsustainable developmentof certain countries, regions or global development as a whol...
The Hong Kong SAR Government recognises its responsibility to play its part in this area, and in April 2001, it set up the Sustainable Development Unit to promote sustainability and an integrated approach to planning. Other related government initiatives include – the introduction of a system to ...
1. Introduction - Sustainable Development and the Future of Cities Dubai, the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates, is a fast-growing hub with increasing need for infrastructure, housing and public facilities. Dubai is trying to market itself as an attractive holiday destination, and ...
Views on sustainable development range from those of the mainstream economist to the hardened environmentalist - via many shades of green. This book offers a clear overview of the debates and sets out the various theories, providing an accessible introduction for all who now need to understand how...
Chapter 3 focuses on the second major subject of this book: sustainable development. The Chapter examines how culture and ICH in particular are linked to sustainable development as illustrated in the 2003 UNESCO Convention, its Operational Directives and its Overall Results Framework. The Chapter analy...
In this track, we will introduce the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. The 17 goals and an understanding of how they link together.
Introduction Framed by issues of housing and exponential population growth, the phrase ‘sustainable urban development’ contains a redundancy. While it is clear that much of the development occurring in urbanised areas of the world is unsustainable – in the literal sense of representing patterns of...