Practicing Sustainability /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Madhavan, Guru. (Editor ), Oakley, Barbara. (Editor ), Green, David. (Editor ), Koon, David. (Editor ), Low, Penny. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
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505 0 |a Biographical Information -- Preface, It’s Different: Sustainability and Touchy Trade-Offs, Editors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword, Michael Spence -- Editorial, Klaus Schwab -- Editorial, Sustaining Sustainability: Thoughts on Managing Trade-Offs and Competing Considerations, Robert Rubin -- Editorial, Sustainability: Can You Get There, If You Don’t Know Where “There” Is? George Whitesides -- 1. What Medical Equipment Taught Me About Sustainability, Robert Malkin -- 2. Food: The Ultimate Answer, José Andrés -- 3. A Village of Hope: The Interplay of Sustainability and Community Development, Mark Templer -- 4. Trade-Offs in Sustainable Development, Homi Kharas -- 5. Sustainable Skyscrapers and the Well-Being of the City, Richard Cook -- 6. Dimensional Stability, Heidi Williamson -- 7. Sustainability: A Tale of Twin Brothers, Ken Wilson -- 8. Cooperation and Sustainability, Simon Levin -- 9. The Sincerity of Purpose: Sustainability and World Peace, Arun Gandhi -- 10. Recycling Reinvented: Music and Sustainability, José-Luis Novo -- 11. Connectivity and Sustainability: Perspectives from Landscape and Urban Design, Diana Balmori -- 12. Nutrition and Sustainability, Marc Van Ameringen -- 13. A Poet in the Car Company: Sustainability of Passion and Profitability, David Berdish -- 14. The Need for Sustainable Heretics, Freeman Dyson -- 15. Performance with Purpose, Dave Haft -- 16. The Business of Sustainability: A Different Design Question, Gregor Barnum -- 17. Sustaining Population Health, Jacqueline Sherris -- 18. The Struggle to Make Sustainable Change in Global Health, Laurie Garrett and Zoe Liberman -- 19. Economic Growth and Sustainability Rooted in Financial Literacy, John Hope Bryant -- 20. Approaching the Future with Optimism, Robyn Beavers -- 21. A Decent Place to Live, Jonathan Reckford -- 22. From Field to Market: Changing our Focus, Gerald Steiner -- 23. Joules: The Currency of Sustainability, Chandrakant Patel -- 24. Spoons or Tractors: Sustainable Development as Rapid Productivity Growth in Developing Nations, Robert Atkinson -- 25. Unlocking the Energy of Business to Effect Change, Meg Crawford -- 26. Put it on Paper: Lowering Healthcare Costs, Una Ryan -- 27. Mind the Gap: A Different Take on Sustainability, Matthew Taylor -- 28. Sustainable Scientific Research, K.R. Sreenivasan -- 29. Energizing Sustainable Development, V.S. Ramamurthy and Narendar Pani -- 30. The Importance of Sustainability in Helping the Poor, Mechai Viravaidya -- 31. Why is Waste a Dirty Word? Melanie Walker -- 32. How Much Is Enough? Making It Personal, Toinette Lippe -- 33. Teaching Sustainability in the Anthropocene Era, Kai Lee and Richard Howarth -- 34. Don’t Sustain; Advance, Kevin Finneran -- 35. Changemakers for Sustainability, Karabi Acharya -- 36. What Social Entrepreneurs Taught me about Sustainability, Mirjam Schöning -- 37. An Emotional Connection with Sustainability through Documentary Films, Heather MacAndrew and David Springbett -- 38. Conserving Energy for Tomorrow without Sacrificing Quality of Our Lives, Scott Tew -- 39. Sustainability of Our Ocean Resources, James Barry -- 40. Will it Last? Will it Endure? Andrea Coleman and Barry Coleman -- 41. The Holistic Enchilada: Moving Toward Food System Sustainability, Wayne Roberts -- 42. Bringing Organizational Sustainability to Public Postsecondary Education, Christopher Hayter and Robert Hayter -- 43. Ensuring Connections, Harvey Locke -- 44. Beyond the Status Quo: Catalyzing Sustainability in the Arts, Jane Milosch -- 45. Historic Preservation: The Real Sustainable Development, Donovan Rypkema -- 46. Bending Toward Justice: The Search for Sustainable Energy, Michael Brune -- Afterword, M.S. Swaminathan. 
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