Margaret Robertson (USA Lane Community College)

Sustainability Principles and Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Sustainability Principles and Practice gives an accessible and comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of sustainability. 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 4 ed
• Seitenzahl: 598
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 247mm x 172mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1050g
• ISBN-13: 9781032781563
• ISBN-10: 1032781564
• Artikelnr.: 74777420

Autorenporträt

Margaret Robertson was born during the Holocene at 311 parts per million carbon dioxide. She is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and emerita at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, USA, and is also the author of Communicating Sustainability and Dictionary of Sustainability, both from Routledge.

Inhaltsangabe

PART 1: Context 1. What Is Sustainability? 2. A Brief History of
Sustainability 3. Environmental Ethics 4. The Biosphere 5. The Human Sphere
6. Human Health and Justice PART 2: Issues and Solutions 7. Climate 8.
Water 9. Ecosystems and Habitat 10. Pollution 11. Energy 12. Green
Buildings 13. Sustainable Sites 14. Livable Cities 15. Food 16. Products
and Materials 17. Waste and Recycling PART 3: Becoming an Agent for Change
18. Working in an Organization 19. Education 20. Working as Agents for
Change 21. Transition