Pursuing Sustainability
A Guide to the Science and Practice
$136.20
- Hardcover
248 pages
- Release Date
6 June 2016
Summary
Sustainability is a global imperative and a scientific challenge like no other. This concise guide provides students and practitioners with a strategic framework for linking knowledge with action in the pursuit of sustainable development, and serves as an invaluable companion to more narrowly focused courses dealing with sustainability in particular sectors such as energy, food, water, and housing, or in particular regions of the world. Written by leading experts, Pursuing Sustainability s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691157610 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0691157618 |
| Author: | Pamela Matson, William C. Clark, Krister Par Andersson |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 6 June 2016 |
| Weight: | 590g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 152mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“A valuable resource for academic learning in higher education settings, as well as an informative tool to guide the practice of sustainability in institutional environments… The framework they have presented in this book is adaptable for numerous social-ecological contexts at multiple scales for people working together to create change in pursuit of sustainable development and promote well-being of people for today and for the future.”–Robert B. Richardson, Ecological Economics
About The Author
Pamela Matson
Pamela Matson is dean of the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences and the Goldman Professor of Environmental Studies at Stanford University. William C. Clark is the Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy, and Human Development at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Krister Andersson is professor of political science at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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