Sustainability Assessment (eBook, ePUB)

Applications and opportunities
Redaktion: Gibson, Robert

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses the theory and practice of sustainability assessment applications, drawing from experiences globally in a variety of sectors and presenting lessons learned. Diverse international case studies from professionals and academics demonstrate best practice, illustrating the opportunity to deliver lasting gains and meet key requirements for progress towards sustainability. The book explains the broad generic lessons and context of an application, and the integration of these into a framework for engagement. Sustainability Assessment covers a range of activities, and the book offers common guidance for the practical application of sustainability assessment principles.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317622925
• Artikelnr.: 45682380

Autorenporträt

Robert B. Gibson is a Professor at the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo, Canada. He has been involved with environmental policy issues and broader sustainability imperatives as a practitioner, advisor and academic since the mid-1970s. His initial book on sustainability assessment, focused on criteria and processes, was published by Earthscan in 2005.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Application needs and opportunities 3. From criteria and
processes to applications 4. Applications Bridge: an introduction to
chapters five to fifteen 5. The Mackenzie Gas project in Canada's Northwest
Territories 6. Peanut shells and national energy/agricultural policy in
Senegal 7. Sugarcane ethanol in Brazil 8. Ontario energy planning and the
Ontario Power Authority's Integrated Power System Plan 9. Infrastructure
projects in Portugal 10. Water governance and urban sustainability in
Arizona 11. Water Corporation's Yarragadee water project in Western
Australia 12. Lower Churchill hydropower project review 13. Community
sustainability planning in Canada 14. Post-tsunami and reactor failure
recovery planning in Japan 15. Sustainability assessment and mining
legacies in Canada 16. Lessons and ways forward