Environmental Sustainability and Resilience

Policies and Practices
2024. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-981-97-6638-3
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 295 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 716 g

Reihe: World Sustainability Series

This volume offers a comprehensive exploration of the environmental challenges and innovations shaping our world. It represents a collective effort to understand and address the pressing issues that define our era, from climate change to resource management. Through a series of expert contributions, it examines the intricate relationship between human activity and the environment, seeking pathways to a more sustainable and just future. The insights presented are crucial for anyone looking to contribute to the global pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals. This volume is an invaluable resource for policymakers, researchers, educators, students, and activists alike; offering a well-rounded perspective on the multifaceted aspects of environmental sustainability - it's both a call to collective action as well as reminder urging us all—to rethink our strategies collaboratively towards achieving healthier world and more resilient planet.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sharifi, Ayyoob

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Environmental Sustainability and Resilience: Policies and Practices.- From Expert Negotiations to Fridays for Future: How the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development Shaped Youth led Climate Activism.- Does New Rural Social Pension Insurance Impact on Rural Elderly Individual’s Working Hours in China?.- Exploring education interventions towards green transition: The case of Legionowo city.- Spatial Modeling of The Belitung Tarsier's Preferred Habitat on The Belitung Island.- An Assessment of The Impact of Covid Lockdown on Suspended Particulate Matter that Impacts Human Health in Small Towns in India.

Über Autor(innen)

Ayyoob Sharifi is Professor at the IDEC Institute, Hiroshima University. He also is a core member of the Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS). His research is mainly focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation. Ayyoob actively contributes to global change research programs such as the Future Earth has served as a lead author for the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The ultimate goal of his education and research activities is to inform actions toward building sustainable and peaceful communities.