Sustainability science : managing risk and resilience for sustainable development /
Sustainability is increasingly important across functional sectors and scientific disciplines. Policy-makers, practitioners, and academics continue to wrestle with the complexity of risk, resilience, and sustainability, but because of the necessary transdisciplinary focus, it is difficult to find au...
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Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Oxford, United Kingdom ; Cambridge MA :
Elsevier,
[2024]
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover
- Sustainability Science
- Sustainability Science: Managing Risk and Resilience for Sustainable Development
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- 1
- Introducing the book
- Introduction
- Purpose of the book
- Demarcation of the book
- Structure of the book
- Conclusion
- References
- I
- The state of the world
- 2
- Our past defining our present
- Introduction
- Conquering our dynamic world
- Social change over millennia
- The invention of risk
- Conclusion
- References
- 3
- Our growing awareness of sustainability challenges
- Introduction
- Our challenges as discussed at world conferences
- Stockholm, Rio, Johannesburg and back to Rio and Stockholm again
- Stockholm 1972
- Rio de Janeiro 1992
- Johannesburg 2002
- Rio de Janeiro 2012
- Stockholm 2022
- The evolution of ideas concerning sustainable development
- Yokohama, Kobe and Sendai
- Yokohama 1994
- Kobe 2005
- Sendai 2015
- The evolution of ideas concerning disaster risk
- Our agenda 2030 and sustainable development goals
- Conclusion
- References
- 4
- Our boundaries for sustainability
- Introduction
- Planetary boundaries for sustainability
- Climate change
- Ozone depletion
- Novel entities
- Atmospheric aerosol loading
- Ocean acidification
- Altered nitrogen and phosphorous cycles
- Biodiversity loss
- Land use change
- Water
- Local effects of global processes
- A social foundation for sustainability
- Conclusion
- References
- 5
- Our disturbances, disruptions and disasters
- Introduction
- Hydrometeorological events
- Heavy precipitation
- Floods
- Droughts
- Mudflows and avalanches
- Storms, cyclones and tornados
- Heat waves and cold spells
- Wildfires
- Geological events
- Earthquakes and tsunamis
- Landslides and erosion
- Volcano eruptions
- Sinkholes
- Biological events
- Disease and epidemics
- Pest and invasive species
- Accidental events
- Domestic accidents
- Industrial, infrastructure and transport accidents
- Environmental impact and pollution
- Financial crises
- Antagonistic events
- Violent conflict
- Terrorism
- Crime
- Conclusion
- References
- 6
- Our dynamic risk landscape
- Introduction
- Environmental degradation
- Climate change
- Demographic and socioeconomic processes
- Globalisation
- Increasing complexity
- Changing antagonistic threats
- Conclusion
- References
- II
- Approaching the world
- 7
- Conceptual frames for risk, resilience and sustainable development
- Introduction
- Philosophical assumptions about our world
- What constitutes our world?
- What constitutes knowledge about our world?
- What is the role of values?
- To what extent is complexity considered?
- Development, sustainability and risk
- The concept of development
- The concept of sustainable development
- The concept of risk
- Fitting them together
- Managing risk for sustainable development
- The essence of managing risk