Thiele, Leslie Paul
Sustainability (Key Concepts)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781509560301
- author:
- Thiele, Leslie Paul
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Polity Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 244
- Dimensions:
- 21.3 x 13.7 x 2.3 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Science
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Sustainability: A hopeful account of the opportunities before us while squarely confronting the daunting challenges that lie ahead. This third edition of a popular and lively text explores the concept and practice of sustainability across a broad range of issues and topics.
Fully revised and updated, the book underlines the importance of creativity in the service of conservation within ecological, economic, technological, political, legal, and cultural arenas. It provides a crucial resource for students grappling with many of the most urgent issues of our time.
The book concludes with new sections that pose probing questions for review and discussion, as well as four practical principles to guide the investigation of sustainability problems and their crafting of viable solutions.