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008			150206s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2013030918
020			_a9780415840187 (pbk) : _c26.23
020			_a9780415840187 (paperback)
020			_z9780203768747 (e-book)
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _erda _dDLC
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aHC79.E5 _bR6243 2014
082	0	0	_a338.9/27 _223
084			_aBUS068000 _aBUS072000 _aBUS099000 _2bisacsh
100	1		_aRobertson, Margaret.
245	1	0	_aSustainability principles and practice / _h[manuscript] / _cMargaret Robertson.
260			_bRoutledge, ; _aNew York:, _c2014.
263			_a1402
264		1	_aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c[2014]
300			_axx, 370 p. ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"Sustainability: Principles and Practice gives an accessible and comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of sustainability. The focus is on furnishing solutions and equipping the student with both conceptual understanding and technical skills for the workplace. Each chapter explores one aspect of the field, first introducing relevant theory and presenting issues, then supplying tools for working toward solutions. Elements of sustainability are examined piece by piece, and wide coverage ranges over ecosystems, social equity, environmental justice, food, energy, product life cycles, cities, and more. Techniques for management and measurement as well as case studies from around the world are provided. Chapters include further reading, discussion questions, and problems to foster quantitative thinking. The book is supported by a companion website with key website links, detailed reading lists, glossary, and additional case studies, together with numerous projects, research problems, and group activities, all of which focus on real-world problem solving of sustainability issues.The textbook is designed to be used by undergraduate college and university students in sustainability degree programs and other programs in which sustainability is taught. "-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"Sustainability: Principles and Practice gives an accessible and comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of sustainability, equipping the student with both conceptual understanding and technical skills for the workplace. Each chapter presents jointly issues and solutions, which range from ecosystems, social equity and environmental justice to food, growth, consumption and cities, along with a discussion of techniques for management and measurement. The textbook introduces relevant theory at the beginning of each chapter as well as providing a wealth of international case studies, including policies on waste, energy, water, buildings, and greenhouse gas emissions in the US and the European Union and examples from the China, Sweden, Singapore, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Africa"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aSustainability _vTextbooks.
650		0	_aSustainable development _vTextbooks.
650		0	_aEnvironmental economics _vTextbooks.
650		7	_aBusiness & economics / Development / Economic Development. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aBusiness & economics / Development / Sustainable Development. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics. _2bisacsh
906			_a7 _bcbc _corignew _d1 _eecip _f20 _gy-gencatlg
925	0		_aacquire _b1 shelf copy _xpolicy default _eclaim1 2014-11-24
942			_cBK
955			_ere13 2013-08-15 to Dewey _wxl03 2013-08-19
961	w	l	_t9
963			_aHelen Bell; phone: +44-2033773534; email: helen.bell@tandf.co.uk; bc: helen.bell@tandf.co.uk
999			_c1846 _d1846