Fundamentals of Sustainable Development

4. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-50465-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 244 mm x 173 mm, Gewicht: 816 g

This completely revised fourth edition of Fundamentals of Sustainable Development provides an accessible and interdisciplinary introduction to sustainable development for undergraduate and postgraduate students across the natural and social sciences, and beyond. It is designed to easily align with structured modules to enable students to work through topics one by one.

Building on the previous edition’s user-friendly and comprehensive overview, this edition offers a macro and micro perspective on the challenges of sustainable, holistic development, looking at the impacts on global society in addition to people, planet and profit. It discusses in detail the benefits and limitations of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, linking these to new case studies throughout to provide a broad, international lens and highlighting regionally specific environmental issues, ecological approaches, indigenous perspectives and successful development strategies. The increasing risks of zoonoses and pandemics and their impact on sustainable development are discussed, as human activities within nature rise as a result of climate change. Timely topics on sustainable business are introduced across the book, including carbon footprints, ecolabels, greenwashing, measuring and reporting, degrowth, and personal and professional action points. The book also taps into timely philosophical discussions relating to the Anthropocene, such as climate anxiety, emotional connection to nature and more-than-human debates.

For instructors and students, new and revised supplemental resources can be accessed via the book’s website, including PowerPoints, lab-based exercises such as spreadsheet modelling, debate assignments and research tasks. This is the must-have resource for students and lecturers in all disciplines who have an interest in the sustainability of our planet, our human society and global economy.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roorda, Niko

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Part 1: Sustainable development, the voyage of discovery of the twenty-first century 1. The Adventure: New paradigms 2. The Complexity: People, Planet and Profit 3. The Urgency: Climate change has started  Part 2: Zooming out to global society 4. Now, soon and later: Thinking from visions of the future 5. Here, there and far away: Global entanglement 6. Agenda 2030: Global Goals 7. Agenda 2100: Global transition Part 3: Zooming in on Planet, Profit, People 8. Planet: Living with nature 9. Profit: Sustainable business 10. People: A dignified life Part 4: Professional and personal action perspectives 11. Thinking differently: Who owns the Earth? 12. You, human Appendix: RESFIA+D

Über Autor(innen)

Niko Roorda has worked from 1991 as an education developer, author and senior consultant on sustainable development, ESG and change management for companies and universities in several countries. Based on the first 20 years of his experience in these topics, he received his PhD from Maastricht University in 2010. For his achievements, Roorda received the Dutch National Award for Innovation and Sustainable Development. In 2018 he was selected as the Sustainable Teacher of the Year in the Higher Education category in the Netherlands.