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- Provides tangible examples from various countries of how the link between sustainable development and research may be pursued
- Provides an interdisciplinary perspective and reflective analysis
- Focuses on the key area of sustainability science and research that has not yet been fully explored
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: World Sustainability Series (WSUSE)
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Table of contents (61 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Political, Social and Economic Dimensions of Sustainable Development
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Environmental, Social and Technological Dimensions of Sustainable Development
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About this book
This multidisciplinary handbook explores concrete case studies which illustrate how sustainability science and research can contribute to the realization of the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It contains contributions from sustainability researchers from across the world.
Editors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Life Sciences, HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Walter Leal Filho
About the editor
Professor Walter Leal Filho (BSc, PhD, DSC, DPhil, DL, DEd, DLit) is a professor at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is the founding director of the World Sustainable Development Research and Transfer Centre, a recently created centre aimed at supporting the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. He has nearly 30 years experience on matters related to sustainable development, and has in excess of 300 publications to his credit.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Sustainability Science and Research
Editors: Walter Leal Filho
Series Title: World Sustainability Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63007-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-63006-9Published: 17 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87451-7Published: 31 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-63007-6Published: 03 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2199-7373
Series E-ISSN: 2199-7381
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 991
Number of Illustrations: 39 b/w illustrations, 109 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Development, Renewable and Green Energy, Climate Change Management and Policy, Natural Resource and Energy Economics, Hydrology/Water Resources