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Sustainability Principles and Practice gives an accessible and comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of sustainability. The focus is on furnishing solutions and equipping the student with both conceptual understanding and technical skills for the workplace. Each chapter explores one aspect of the field, first introducing relevant theory and presenting issues, then supplying tools for working toward solutions. Elements of sustainability are examined piece by piece, and wide coverage ranges over ecosystems, social equity, environmental justice, food, energy, product life cycles, cities, and more. Techniques for management and measurement as well as case studies from around the world are provided. Chapters include further reading, discussion questions, and problems to foster quantitative thinking. The book is supported by a companion website with key website links, detailed reading lists, glossary, and additional case studies, together with numerous projects, research problems, and group activities, all of which focus on real-world problem solving of sustainability issues. The textbook is designed to be used by undergraduate college and university students in sustainability degree programs and other programs in which sustainability is taught.
Paperback: 392 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (February 13, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 041584018X
ISBN-13: 978-0415840187
Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.8 x 1.1 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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This is an excellent book on sustainability. It is very comprehensive, incredibly well informed, thoroughly researched, well written, easy to understand and to the point. It is astonishing how much information the author has managed to pack in 370 pages in such a nice and understandable way. I would say it is the best primer on sustainability out there right now.There are a few minor forgivable glitches, like allusions to poor and underdeveloped "countries in the southern Hemisphere", despite the southern Hemisphere is actually half of the planet with many different countries (not all of them poor), problems and regulations. Also, places in the US are referred to as "city, state", but places outside the US are just given as the country, as in "hot places such as Egypt or Phoenix, Arizona" (pag 185), which could be changed to a more egalitarian and international format such as "place, country". Of course these minor issues do not diminish the value and importance of this great book but perhaps are worth a thought for the second edition.
I teach sustainability at PSU, reviewed this text last fall and was impressed by the detail, conciseness, and up-to-date information provide. I use it now in my courses and students remark that this is a book they'll actually keep.I highly recommend this text.
This book has changed the way I think about sustainability. It is very comprehensive, well structured, and provides the perfect amount of detail. It is exactly what I was looking for. Everyone should read this!
This is a very well written clearly thought out book. I find it very useful.
Using this as a text in a sustainability class - Excellent coverage of all the important issues
A great required read for my sustainability masters class. The book covers a lot of information for anyone new to sustainability theory and basics.
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