Sustainability science
- 2nd
- New York Cambridge University Press 2024
- xxxii, 614 p.
Table of contents: Foreword Preface List of acronyms and abbreviations List of units Part I. Setting the Stage: 1. Sustainable development: a personal and societal aspiration 2. Sustainable science: context and content Part II. The State We're In and How We Got There: 3. Early states and civilisations 4. Industrialisation: the great acceleration 5. Modernity: the idea of progress Part III. Engagement through Worldviews: 6. The worldview framework 7. Worldviews: values, beliefs, ethics Part IV. Understanding Sustainable Development: 8. Understanding, modelling, managing complexity 9. Modelling sustainable development Part V. Sustainability Themes: 10. Concepts, methods and indicators 11. Population: humans and their habitat 12. Pillars of development: health, education and mobility 13. Nature: the life-support system 14. Renewable resources: fisheries and forests 15. Land and agro-food systems 16. Water: the precious resource 17. Energy: to a carbon-free supply 18. Materials: towards a circular economy 19. The economy Part VI. Closure: 20. Stories about the future Glossary References Index. (https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/earth-and-environmental-science/environmental-policy-economics-and-law/sustainability-science-2nd-edition?format=PB)
The fully updated second edition of this innovative textbook provides a system analysis approach to sustainability for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. To an extent unparalleled in other textbooks, the latest scientific data and insights are integrated into a broad and deep transdisciplinary framework. Readers are encouraged to explore and engage with sustainability issues through the lenses of a cultural and methodological pluralism which promotes dialogue and alliances in the search for a (more) sustainable future. Ideal for students and their teachers in sustainable development, environmental science and policy, ecology, conservation, natural resources and geopolitics, the book will also appeal to interested citizens, activists, and policymakers, exposing them to the variety of perspectives on sustainability issues. Review questions and exercises provide the opportunity for consolidation and reflection. Online resources include appendices with more advanced mathematical material, model answers, and a wealth of recommended additional sources.