How to Achieve Sustainable Development

Local Actions for Global Change
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-50866-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development

Aimed at practitioners and students in environmental studies, development, economics and geography, this book systematically investigates how sustainable development can be achieved at the local and global level. Instead of problems, it focuses on practical solutions for the reader to take for themselves, in their community, and in their career.

Based on the latest scientific research, case studies, and voices from the Global North and South, How to Achieve Sustainable Development is divided into five key Parts. It reviews why business-as-usual is no longer an option; how to engage with governance, finance, and collective action; where transformation hotspots for achieving sustainable development exist; how local change happens in sustainable development; and finally, what happens next. Chapters take a deep dive into improved human capabilities, just economies, sustainable food and energy production, gender inequality and resilience. It moves beyond merely recognizing the challenges faced in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), instead focusing on real-world pathways to address these, beyond the 2030 timeline. Each solution is framed within this context and promotes taking complexity seriously, as opposed to ignoring it.

Alongside the book, appendix material provides guidance for personal action, and digital resources offer up-to-date opportunities for further engagement.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ledermann, Samuel T.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I Unsustainable Pasts

1.Introduction: silo breakers.

2.“Business as usual is no longer an option”.

PART II Changemakers

Part II Overview

3.Governance and policymaking.

4.Economy and finance.

5.Individual and collective action.

6.Science and technology.

PART III Transformation Hotspots

7.Sustainable, local food systems.

8.Just economies.

9.Human capabilities.

10.Inclusive urban-rural development.

11.Green energy access.

12.Regeneration of nature.

PART IV Change is Local

13.How change leads to transformation.

14.Focus I: gender inequality.

15.Focus II: resilience.

PART V Outlook beyond 2030

16.Where do we go from here?.

17.Your role in achieving sustainable development.

Über Autor(innen)

Samuel T. Ledermann is an Associate Professor of Practice in the International Development Studies program at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, USA. He is an economic geographer with an extensive background in sustainable agricultural development in Africa.