| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 741 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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World Sustainability |
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World sustainability series.
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| Contents |
Part I. Indigenous knowledge systems and sustainable development. The role of indigenous communities of practice in fostering community engagement and partnerships for sustainable development in Africa -- Fostering university contribution towards sustainable development : the instrumentality of indigenous knowledge system -- Relevance of indigenous knowledge systems in sustaining agriculture under smallholder farming in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Women's economic empowerment for sustainable development through indigenous basket and mat weaving in Zimbabwe -- The role of indigenous social protection systems in the sustainable development of contemporary African communities -- Sustainable quality education through self-directed multimodal learning, for open indigenous knowledge co-creation -- Integrating indigenous knowledge on environmental management practices in the teaching of geography in secondary schools : a case of Chimanimani Community in Zimbabwe -- Sustainable future for early childhood : applying the African Ubuntu philosophy to contribute to the holistic development of young children -- Part II. Educational institutions, approaches and innovations. Transdisciplinary education : enabling the sustainable development goals using the Fourth Industrial Revolution -- Straddling the divide : a framework for digital skills education in support of both the UN sustainable development goals and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in South Africa -- Case study : higher education and the education for sustainable development in Africa (ESDA) program -- The challenges and opportunities for climate change education at Makerere University in Kampala Uganda -- Possibilities of translanguaging pedagogy for sustainable education in Africa -- Sustainable development through the lens of partnerships for inclusive education in Africa : a case study from North West Province, South Africa -- Fostering sustainability - the university of South Africa experience -- Development and education that sustain : expanding value chains in agriculture, mining and higher education in Southern Africa -- Fostering sustainable development in Africa through multidisciplinary management education : the case of sustainability marketing knowledge-base -- Part III. Resources, environment and agriculture. Gender, agricultural productivity and sustainability in Cameroon -- Gender differentials in livelihood security among aquaculture fish farmers in Southwest Nigeria -- Assessing the household preference level for sustainable clean cooking energy in Lagos State, Nigeria : case study of biofuel -- 'But we cannot do it all' : investors' sustainability tensions and strategic selectivity in the development of geothermal energy in Kenya -- Systems solutions for enabling off-grid rural communities to have access to water and energy : implications for sustainability and policy reforms -- Determinants of access, use and sustainability of improved water sources by households in Cameroon -- Sustainable cropping intensification and its role on profitability of cassava-based farms in a changing climate : evidence from Rivers State, Nigeria -- Assessment of a new weeding technology as a solution for the sustainable welfare of rice producers in Cameroon -- Snail farming as an alternative profitable livestock system for sustainable development -- Experimental study of fire behavior in annually burned humid Savanna of West Africa in the context of bush encroachment -- COVID-19 pandemic : a threat towards achieving the sustainable development goal on combating climate change and its impacts in Zimbabwe's rural communities -- Part IV. Sustainable development : innovation, industry and cross-cutting themes. Advancing resilience for sustainable development : a capacity development approach -- Sustainability management -- a conceptual trade-off -- South African study exploring sustainable 3D printing of biofidelic tailoring mannequins -- Integration of sustainable development goals into leather tanning industries in Sub-Saharan Africa -- The feasibility of an environmental awareness and responsibility programme in rural South Africa : a case study from the South -- From millennium development goals to sustainable development goals through informal cross-border trading : an escape for the poor in a suffocating national economy in Gweru, Zimbabwe -- Framework for coherent formulation and implementation of ICT policies for sustainable development at the bottom of the pyramid economy in Nigeria -- How disaster risk reduction can contribute to sustainable development : the EAGER project -- Sailing towards prosperity : Africa's ocean governance agenda in the 21st century -- Sustaining deliverables of development interventions in Africa : lessons from the implementation of National Fadama Development Project III in South-Western, Nigeria -- Power taken, power given : lessons for collaborative governance praxis and co-learning from land reform and co-management in the Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve (South Africa) -- Future prospects of sustainable development in Africa |
| Summary |
This book serves the purpose of documenting and promoting African experiences on sustainable development, which encompasses both, formal and non-formal education. Sustainable development is very important to Africa, but there is a paucity of publication which documents and promotes experiences from African countries. Due to their complexity, the interrelations between social, economic and political factors related to sustainable development, especially at universities, need to be better understood. There is also a real need to showcase successful examples of how African institutions are handling their sustainability challenges. It is against this background that this book has been produced. It is a truly interdisciplinary publication, useful to scholars, social movements, practitioners and members of governmental agencies and private companies, undertaking research and/or executing projects focusing on sustainability from across Africa. As African nations strive to pursue the UN Sustainable Development Goals, it is imperative to cater for the information needs seen across the continent and foster the dissemination of experiences and case studies, which may support both, on-going and future efforts. The scope of the book is deliberately kept wide, and we are looking for contributions across the spectrum of sustainable development from business and economics, to arts and fashion, administration, environment, languages and media studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 23, 2021) |
| Subject |
Sustainable development -- Africa
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Sustainable development -- Education
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Sustainable development -- Economic aspects -- Africa
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Sustainable agriculture -- Africa
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Sustainable development -- Economic aspects
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Sustainable agriculture
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Sustainable development
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Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Leal Filho, Walter.
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Pretorius, Rudi W.
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Sousa, Luiza Olim de
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| ISBN |
9783030746933 |
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3030746933 |
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