The Palgrave Handbook of Global Sustainability

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-01948-7
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 2652 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 5083 g

The field of sustainability continues to evolve as a discipline. The world is facing multiple sustainability challenges such as climate change, water depletion, ecosystem loss, and environmental racism. The Handbook of Sustainability will provide a comprehensive reference for the field that examines in depth the major themes within what are known as the three E’s of sustainability:  environment, equity, and economics. These three themes will serve as the main organizing body of the work. In addition, the work will include sections on history and sustainability, major figures in the development of sustainability as a discipline, and important organizations that contributed or that continue to contribute to sustainability as a field. The work is explicitly global in scope as it considers the very different issues associated with sustainability in the global north and south

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brinkmann, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Umweltsoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1. IntroductionChapter 1. Defining SustainabilityChapter 2. Organization of the Knowledge of SustainabilityPart 2. Environmental SustainabilityChapter 3. Defining Environmental Sustainability and Major Earth Cycles (could be 2 chapters)Part 2a. Energy Chapter 4. Global Energy UseChapter 5. Oil and Natural Gas and SustainabilityChapter 6. Coal and SustainabilityChapter 7. Nuclear Power and SustainabilityChapter 8. Solar EnergyChapter 9. Wind EnergyChapter 10. Hydroelectric PowerChapter 11. Geothermal EnergyChapter 12. Other Green Energy Sources:  Wave, Tide, Current, etc.Chapter 13. Energy ConservationPart 2b. Climate ChangeChapter 14. The Science of Climate ChangeChapter 15. The Evidence for Climate Change on our PlanetChapter 16. Greenhouse Gases and their Distribution and ProductionChapter 17. Climate Change Challenges in Coastal EnvironmentsChapter 18. Climate Change Challenges in the ArcticChapter 19. Climate Change Challenges on the ContinentsChapter 20. Greenhouse Gas ManagementPart 2c. WaterChapter 21. Global Water UseChapter 22. Water Resources:  Aquifers, Reservoirs, Lakes, and RiversChapter 23. DesalinationChapter 24. Water ManagementChapter 25. Innovations in Water Management:  AgricultureChapter 26. Innovations in Water Management:  Industrial and Energy ApplicationsChapter 27. Innovations in Water Management:  Urban and Suburban UsesPart 2d. Natural Resource ManagementChapter 28. The State of the World’s Natural ResourcesChapter 29. ForestsChapter 30. WetlandsChapter 31. OceansChapter 32. Prairies, Mountains, and Other EcosystemsChapter 33. Endangered Species and ExtinctionChapter 34. Parks and Public LandsChapter 35. Ecosystems ServicesChapter 36. Urban and Suburban EcosystemsChapter 37.  Mining and Minerals Chapter 38. Agriculture and SustainabilityChapter 39. Organic FoodChapter 40. Local Food, Slow Food, and the Small Farm MovementChapter 41. Fish and FisheriesChapter 42. Fish and Shellfish FarmingPart 2e. Waste and PollutionChapter 43. Defining Waste and PollutionChapter 44. Sewage and Sewage TreatmentChapter 45. Municipal Waste (Garbage) and Its ManagementChapter 46. Industrial Waste and Its ManagementChapter 47. Medical Waste and Its ManagementChapter 48. Human Remains and the Sustainability of DeathChapter 49. PlasticsChapter 50. Radioactive WasteChapter 51. Air PollutionChapter 52. Water PollutionChapter 53. Heavy Metal PollutionChapter 54. Nutrient PollutionPart 3. Sustainability and EquityChapter 55. Defining the Social Equity Issues in SustainabilityPart 3a. Sustainability in the Developing WorldChapter 56. The State of Sustainability in the Developing WorldChapter 57. Human RightsChapter 58. The Global South and Sustainability:  Issues and ConstraintsChapter 59. Small Island Developing States and SustainabilityChapter 60. Sustainability in AfricaChapter 61. Sustainability in Latin America and the CaribbeanChapter 62. Sustainability in AsiaChapter 63. Health and Sustainability in the Developing WorldPart 3b. Environmental Justice and RacismChapter 64. Background on Environmental Justice and RacismChapter 65. Social EquityChapter 66. Indigenous Peoples and SustainabilityChapter 67. Gender and SustainabilityChapter 68. Environmental Racism in North AmericaChapter 69. Environmental Justice in EuropeChapter 70. Environmental Justice in AsiaChapter 71. Environmental Justice in Latin America and the CaribbeanChapter 72. Stakeholder EngagementPart 3c. Education and SustainabilityChapter 73. Environmental EducationChapter 74. Children and SustainabilityChapter 75. Informal Education and SustainabilityChapter 76. K-8 Sustainability EducationChapter 77. High School and SustainabilityChapter 78. Sustainability at Universities and CollegesPart 3d. International Benchmarking and National Sustainability PlanningChapter 79. The Sustainable Development GoalsChapter 80. International Organization for Standards ISO 26000Chapter 81. Human Development IndexChapter 82. National Plan 1Chapter 83. National Plan 2Chapter 84. National Plan 3Part 3e. Urban and Regional Planning and SustainabilityChapter 85. Background on Urban and Regional PlanningChapter 86. Urban Approaches to Sustainability:  TransportationChapter 87. Urban Approaches to Sustainability:  FoodChapter 88.  Urban Approaches to Sustainability:  ZoningChapter 89. Urban Approaches to Sustainability:  EquityChapter 90. ResiliencyChapter 91:  Green BuildingChapter 92:  Green InfrastructureChapter 93:  Regional PlanningChapter 94:  Tiny House Movement, Co-Housing, and Land TrustsChapter 95. Individual Carbon and Environmental FootprintsChapter 96. MinimalismChapter 97. Intentional CommunitiesPart 4. Economics and SustainabilityChapter 98. Introduction to Economics and SustainabilityPart 4a. Business and SustainabilityChapter 99. Sustainable Business ManagementChapter 100. The Circular EconomyChapter 101. Supply Chain Management and ProcurementChapter 102. Benchmarking for BusinessesChapter 103. Green FashionChapter 104. Green Investing and Financial ServicesChapter 105. Green Information and CommunicationsChapter 106. Just in Time Production and EfficiencyChapter 107. Green Logistics and TransportationChapter 108. GreenwashingChapter 108. Business EthicsPart 4b. Economic Development and SustainabilityChapter 109. Background on Economic DevelopmentChapter 110. Economic Development to Protect Natural AssetsChapter 111. Economic Development and EquityChapter 112. Green EntrepreneurshipChapter 113. Green Technology TransferChapter 114. Green Economic IncentivesChapter 115. MicrocreditPart 4c. RegulationsChapter 116. Introduction to Environmental RegulationsChapter 117. Environmental LawChapter 118. The EPA and Its RegulationsChapter 119. Environmental Regulations in the European UnionChapter 120. Environmental Regulation in AsiaChapter 121. Environmental Regulation in the Global SouthChapter 122. Protecting Water and WetlandsChapter 123. Protecting Plants and AnimalsChapter 124. Protecting AirChapter 125. Protecting PeoplePart 4c. Travel, Tourism, and Recreation and SustainabilityChapter 126. EcotourismChapter 127. Green Conventions and EventsChapter 128. Green RestaurantsChapter 129. Green HotelsChapter 130. Cruise Ships and SustainabilityChapter 131. Green Athletics and Sporting EventsChapter 132. Green MediaPart 4d. ConsumerismChapter 133. Global Consumption PatternsChapter 134. Advertising for ConsumptionChapter 135. Impacts of ConsumptionChapter 136. HoardingChapter 137. Economic DisparitiesChapter 138.  Critical Discourses on SustainabilityPart 4e. Tools in SustainabilityChapter 139. Cost Benefit AnalysisChapter 140. Mapping, GIS, and Remote SensingChapter 141. BenchmarkingChapter 142. Community Engagement Part 5 Historical ConsiderationsPart 5a. Human History and SustainabilityChapter 143. History of the Environmental MovementChapter 144. Prehistoric Human Development and SustainabilityChapter 145. The Archaeology of SustainabilityChapter 146. Sustainability in the Bronze AgeChapter 147. Sustainability and the Industrial RevolutionPart 5b. Great Figures of the Sustainability Field (note this list will expand and these chapters will be short bios)Chapter 148. Carl SauerChapter 149. H.D. ThoreauChapter 150. Aldo LeopoldChapter 151. Rachel CarsonChapter 152. Zora Neale HurstonChapter 153. Marjorie Stoneman DouglasChapter 154. Gro BrundtlandChapter 155. Michael MannChapter 156. Al GorePart 6. Organizations (again, this list will expand, but the text will be short in most cases)Part 6a. International OrganizationsChapter 157. The United NationsChapter 158. The World Health OrganizationsChapter 159. GreenpeaceChapter 160. Natural Resource Defense CouncilChapter 161. The Nature ConservancyChapter 162. World Wildlife FundChapter 163. Slow Food InternationalPart 6b. National, Regional, or Local OrganizationsChapter 164. U.S Council of MayorsChapter 165. US Green Building Coalition and PassivhausChapter 166. 100 Resilient CitiesChapter 167. African Sustainable Energy Association

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Brinkmann is the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Northern Illinois University. He is also a Professor of Earth, Atmosphere, and Environment. He was born in 1961 in rural Wisconsin and was greatly influenced by his experiences growing up in a quaint, small-town environment. As a child he spent many hours in nature hiking, fishing, and canoeing, especially in the wilderness of northern Wisconsin. In 1979, he entered the Geology program at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh. There, he earned a Bachelor of Science with a focus on lithology, mineralogy, and field geology. During this period, he traveled throughout North America and participated in a geology field school in the Yukon. His first publication, on the formation of the Berlin Rhyolite, was published in 1982. 

After graduation, Brinkmann attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he earned an MS in Geology in 1986 and a PhD in Geography in 1989. During this period, he worked in diamond exploration, ice crystallography, and soil chemistry. It was while conducting fieldwork in diamond exploration that Brinkmann began to be influenced by sustainability issues. He found the surface of the world so altered, that it was difficult to obtain undisturbed samples for detailed analysis. He started to take courses with the late Forest Stearns, one of the first ecologists to call for research on urban ecosystems, and the late Robert Eidt, a soil scientist noted for his definition and interpretation of anthrosols, or humanly modified soils. Brinkmann began to study a number of topics including heavy metal geochemistry of garden soils in cities, pre-Islamic agricultural soils in the Arabian Peninsula, and soil and sediment erosion in mountainous regions. Brinkmann also took courses with cave and karst expert, xxi Michael J. Day, and noted archaeologist, Lynne Goldstein. 

In 1990, Brinkmann became an Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida where he continued his research on urban sustainability, particularly as associated with soil and sediment pollution in urban and suburban areas. He became a Full Professor in 2000 and the first Chair of USF’s Department of Environmental Science and Policy. He also served as Chair of the Department of Geography and as Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Development in the 2000s. He arrived at Hofstra University in 2011 to start a new Sustainability Studies Program and eventually became Vice Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies. 

Over the years, he designed a number of courses, including classes on sustainability management, wetlands, and community-based sustainability. He has been involved in a number of projects over the last several years including analysis of sustainability efforts in post-hurricane Long Island, evaluation of international sustainability planning with the United Nations, and research on sustainability in sports. 

He also served two terms as Chair of the Board of the National Cave and Karst Research Institute and has served as the Co-Editor of the Southeastern Geographer and Associate Editor for the Journal of Cave and Karst Studies. He has served as an elected officer with a number of national, regional, and local organizations. Brinkmann is also active with human rights issues and sat on the Tampa/Hillsborough Human Rights Task Force that seeks to protect the human rights of all citizens in the Tampa region. 

Brinkmann is the author of many articles and books including several on sustainability, the only book on the science, policy, and management of urban street sweeping (with Graham Tobin), and the definitive book on sinkholes in Florida. His most recent book, Practical Sustainability: A Guide to a More Sustainable Life, was published in 2022. He has appeared in a variety of media outlets including CBS News and CNN. His blog, On the Brink (www.bobbrinkmann.blogspot), is one of the most popular sustainability blogs on the Internet.