Synthesis Lectures on Sustainable Development: A Student’s Introduction to Global Sustainability Challenges

Van Antwerp, Jeremy; Heun, Matthew Kuperus

This book is an introduction to the many challenges of sustainability. The first half of the book develops a framework for sustainability thinking. The second half considers application areas and personal and corporate responses to sustainability challenges. Basic facts, figures, and information related to sustainability are presented in a way that should convey to readers a sense of scale for the many sustainability challenges we face. Throughout, the end-of-chapter projects and discussion questions focus on tradeoffs among competing goods and the ethical and social implications of decisions related to sustainability. This book was written for a university seminar course on sustainability but could be used in other small-group discussion settings. It is intended to be easy to read but hard to digest.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2022-05-06

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783031791741

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-79179-6

Dimensions: 235cm x191cm

Pages: 249