Handbook on Sustainability Transition and Sustainable Peace (1st ed. 2016) (Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace #10)

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Synopsis: In this book 60 authors from many disciplines and from 18 countries on ﬁve continents examine in ten parts: Moving towards Sustainability Transition; Aiming at Sustainable Peace; Meeting Challenges of the 21st Century: Demographic Imbalances, Temperature Rise and the Climate–Conﬂict Nexus; Initiating Research on Global Environmental Change, Limits to Growth, Decoupling of Growth and Resource Needs; Developing Theoretical Approaches on Sustainability and Transitions; Analysing National Debates on Sustainability in North America; Preparing Transitions towards a Sustainable Economy and Society, Production and Consumption and Urbanization; Examining Sustainability Transitions in the Water, Food and Health Sectors from Latin American and European Perspectives; Preparing Sustainability Transitions in the Energy Sector; and Relying on Transnational, International, Regional and National Governance for Strategies and Policies Towards Sustainability Transition.This book is based on workshops held in Mexico (2012) and in the US (2013), on a winter school at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (2013), and on commissioned chapters. The workshop in Mexico and the publication were supported by two grants by the German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF). All texts in this book were peer-reviewed by scholars from all parts of the world.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783319438849
Related ISBNs:: 9783319438825
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 09/22/19
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Language:: English
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Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature, Business and Finance, Earth Sciences, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Hans Günter Brauch
Edited by:: Úrsula Oswald Spring
Edited by:: John Grin
Edited by:: Jürgen Scheffran