Sustainability Principles and Practice

by Margaret Robertson

This new and expanded edition builds upon the first edition's 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 concepts and presenting issues, then supplying tools for working toward solutions. Techniques for management and measurement as well as case studies from around the world are provided. The second edition includes a complete update of the text, with increased coverage of major topics including the Anthropocene; complexity; resilience; environmental ethics; governance; the IPCC's latest findings on climate change; Sustainable Development Goals; and new thinking on native species and novel ecosystems.

Chapters include further reading and discussion questions. The book is supported by a companion website with links, detailed reading lists, glossary, and additional case studies, together with 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.

Genres: Sustainability, Nonfiction, Environment, School

418 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Barbaros Yanik · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very nice summary of sustainability in all aspects. Provides a good bibliography on the subject and the book is relatively up to date (2017).

[Gordon Eldridge · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book truly gives a comprehensive overview of sustainability issues. It begins with a couple of chapters which explain the earth as a system and what contributes to its long-term sustainability as a system. The remainder of the book is a survey of the various issues surrounding human interaction with the environment - waste, energy, products, cities, ecosystems, water etc etc. Each chapter outlines the major problems related to a the issue in question and the solutions currently being tried or experimented with. The explanations are clear and succinct and the writing is therefore generally very easy to understand, even for the non-expert. I bought the book as preparatory reading to teach a grade 10 on sustainability and could not have made a better choice. I found the book highly informative and an enjoyable read.

[Công Anh (Cat) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extremely helpful for anyone interested in the Sustainability professions, especially the part II of the book that listed the issues and solutions of modern sustainability. The solutions presented in this book is a lot more practical than in other books of the same type. The information is also presented from different perspective and disciplines, ranging from physics to social studies and thus, this book is catered to a more general audience.

[Kristina Bartholomew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Learned a lot of amazing statistics even though the book did not hold my attention throughout the entire read.

[Jack Slaughter · Rating 3 out of 5]

read it in college years ago. important on the details but not particularly riveting

[Lancy DeAlmeida]

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