Humans in the Global Ecosystem

An Introduction to Sustainable Development

• Author(s): Pierre Ibisch, Heike Molitor, Alexander Conrad,
• Publisher: UIT Cambridge
• Pages: 416
• ISBN_10: 0857845403
  ISBN_13: 9780857845405
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Architecture / Sustainability & Green Design , Business & Economics / Development / Sustainable Development , Business & Economics / Environmental Economics , Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection , Nature / Natural Resources , Political Science / Constitutions , Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy , Science / Life Sciences / Ecology ,

Description:...

The term "sustainability" is on everyone's lips, but we still struggle to integrate it into our economic and social structures. Humans in the Global Ecosystem provides an overview of the current thinking on the concept of sustainable development and will stimulate fresh ideas on its further development.

The book:

• addresses the position of humans in the global (eco)system
• applies sustainability as a multi- and inter-disciplinary concept
• considers the problems and the proposed solutions
• highlights the necessary conditions for sustainable development