| Description |
262 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Can we measure sustainability? / Kathryn Davidson -- Responding to a changing climate / Jon Kellett and Stephen Hamnett -- Local capacity for carbon reduction / Cathryn M. Hamilton -- Zero waste and zero emission cities: transforming cities through sustainable design and behaviour change / Steffen Lehmann -- Developing a prefabricated low-carbon construction system using timber for multistorey inner-city housing / Steffen Lehmann -- Circulating resources, embodied energy and buildings / Stephen Pullen -- Ecological footprinting: what it means and how to put the concept to best use / John Boland and Manju Agrawal -- An introduction to the wast input-output model: a methodology to evaluate sustainable behaviour around (food) waste? / Christian John Reynolds, John Boland, Kirrilly Thompson and Drew Dawson -- Social inclusion, climate change and sustainable communities / Lou Wilson and Keri Chiveralls -- The complexities of social sustainability: balancing tradition and change in a UNESCO World Heritage site / Matthew Rofe, Diana Mohamad and Azizan Marzuki -- The myth of affordable housing and sustainable urban development / Alpana Sivam and Sadasivam Karuppannnan -- Delivering sustainability through construction and project management: principles, tools and practices / Nicholas Chileshe -- Sustainable transport, travel demand management, and electric vehicles / Michael, A.P. Taylor, Rocco Zito and Michelle Philp |
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Sustainable transport planning and urban communities / Nicholas Holyoak -- Low-emission mobility / Peter J. Pudney -- Meeting the needs of our future cities for goods movement / Raluca Raicu -- Zero-energy housing / Stephen R. Berry and Wasim Y. Saman -- Concentrated solar power generation and high-temperature energy storage / Frank Bruno, Wasim Y. Saman and Ming Liu -- Sustainability of industry-scale nanomanufacturing / Peter Majewski, Lee Luong, Ke Xing and Yousef Amer -- Urban biodiversity / Sandra G. Taylor, Philip E.J. Roetman and Christopher B. Daniels -- Health benefits of healthy ecosystems / Lovisa M. Rosnas, Marina M.C.J. Louter, G.U.Sofia Orre-Gordon and Phil Weinstein -- Urban open space and health: the evidence base / Jon Kellett and Mathew Rofe -- Beyond nature conservation: the importance of parks to a sustainable society / Delene L. Weber -- Behaviour change and the tourism springboard to sustainability / Barbara A. Koth -- Education for sustainable development: improving curriculum design in higher education / Ian Clark and Yvonne Zeegers -- Educating engineers for sustainable practice / Julie E. Mills, Anh L.H. Tran, Elizabeth J. Smith and James Ward -- Educating for sustainability: a vehicle for engaging primary and middle education students in science / Kathryn Paige and David Lloyd -- The benefits of citizen science in research, education and community engagement / Philip E.J. Roetman and Christopher B. Daniels |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Community development.
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Sustainable development.
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Sustainability.
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Sustainable living.
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Environmentalism.
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Climatic changes.
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| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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| Author |
Roetman, Philip E. J., editor
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Daniels, Christopher B., editor
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| ISBN |
9781863333351 (paperback) |
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