A sustainable future : 12 key areas of global concern
2017
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Click and Collect for A sustainable future : 12 key areas of global concernOn subjects as diverse yet interrelated as the earth's water resources, 21st century energy sources, climate change, the demise of diversity in plant and animal life, overpopulation and malnutrition, this book collects and accessibly presents the most up-to-date research on subjects of major global concern from 12 leading scientists. Sustainable Future provides us with the tools to make up our own minds about sustainability, the future of our planet and where global attention and resources must now be focused. The cost of inaction is alarmingly high, yet a huge number of people remain uninformed about the consequences of doing nothing. A Sustainable Future serves as both an introductory guide to the key issues of sustainability and is also a wake-up-call, a plea to society to act, to inform itself, and to call politicians to account. In his closing chapter, editor Klaus Wiegandt recommends ways in which society might realistically begin to reform to be more conscious of issues of sustainability.
Main title:
A sustainable future : 12 key areas of global concern / edited by Klaus Hahlbrock.
Imprint:
London : Haus Publishing, 2017.
Collation:
xii, 406 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 22 cm.
Notes:
First published in German as Mut zur Nachhaltigkeit : 12 Wege in die Zukunft. Germany : S. Fischer Verlag, 2016.Includes bibliographical references.Translated from the German by Sandra Lustig
Contents:
1.Foreword / Klaus Wiegandt -- 2.Our planet: how much more can Earth take? / Fritz Hinterberger -- 3.Climate change: the point of no return / Mojib Latif -- 4.Our threatened oceans / Katherine Richardson -- 5.Overcrowded world? The global population and international migration / Albert F. Reiterer -- 6.Feeding the planet: environmental protection through sustainable agriculture / Wolfgang Schuchert -- 7.The future of the resource water -- revisited / Wolfram Mauser -- 8.They can't put it back -- Resource transition / Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek -- 9.How can we observe the planetary boundaries? Findings from the research project POLFREE / Bernd Meyer -- 10.Energy: the world's race for resources in the twenty-first century / Hermann-Josef Wagner -- 11.The demise of diversity? / Josef H. Reichholf -- 12.The new plagues: pandemics and poverty in a globalised world / Stefan H.E. Kaufmann -- 13.Sustainable world politics / Harald Muller -- 14.A wake-up call to mobilise civil society / Klaus Wiegandt.
ISBN:
9781910376737
Dewey class:
363.7
Language:
English
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BRN:
316035
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Environment | 363.7 SUS | Available |
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