Sustainability Principles and Practice

By: Margaret Robertson

Write A Review

eText | 29 January 2021 | Edition Number 3

At a Glance

Format
ePUB

eText

$90.25

or 4 interest-free payments of $22.56 with

Instant online reading in your Booktopia eTextbook Library *

Read online on

Desktop

Tablet

Mobile

Not downloadable to your eReader or an app

Why choose an eTextbook?

Instant Access *

Purchase and read your book immediately

Read Aloud

Listen and follow along as Bookshelf reads to you

Study Tools

Built-in study tools like highlights and more

* eTextbooks are not downloadable to your eReader or an app and can be accessed via web browsers only. You must be connected to the internet and have no technical issues with your device or browser that could prevent the eTextbook from operating.

This eBook+ version includes the following enhancements:

Collapsible boxes in the text providing further details, such as definitions, drivers and impacts, to demonstrate how the topics in the book have been incorporated into real-world examples
A comprehensive pop-up glossary encourages exploration of key concepts for students, helping to broaden their knowledge and understanding
A series of 'How-To' pages with expandable insights encourages life-long practical skills such as grant writing, policy writing, sustainable event planning and project management

Sustainability Principles and Practice gives an accessible and comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of sustainability. The focus is on furnishing solutions and equipping students with both conceptual understanding and technical skills. Each chapter explores one aspect of the field, first introducing concepts and presenting issues, then supplying tools for working toward solutions. Elements of sustainability are examined piece by piece, and 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.

The 3rd edition includes greater coverage of resilience and systems thinking, an update on the Anthropocene as a formal geological epoch, the latest research from the IPCC, and a greater focus on diversity and social equity, together with new details such as sustainable consumption, textiles recycling, microplastics, and net-zero concepts.

The book is supported by a companion website with further links, white papers, and case studies, together with projects, research problems, and group activities, all of which focus on real-world problem-solving of sustainability issues. This textbook is designed to be used by undergraduate college and university students in sustainability degree programs and other programs in which sustainability is taught.