Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-11

3. Renewable and Sustainable Energy

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   Pages 13-23

4. Access to Safe Drinking Water

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   Pages 25-31

5. Access to Basic Health Care in Communities

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6. Climate Change Adaption

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   Pages 41-53

7. Sustainable Development

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   Pages 55-63

8. Introduction of a Recycling System for Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management

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   Pages 65-74

9. Shipment of Used ICT Products to Developing Countries

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10. Underground Storage Tank System (USTs) Environmental Management and Petroleum Pollution Control

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    Pages 89-96

11. Conclusion and Suggestions

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12. Back Matter

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This book presents a systems thinking approach in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals for sustainable national development in vulnerable countries. Systems thinking is a process for understanding the interrelationships among the key components of a system; this book illustrates sustainable development as a system. Key environmental issues are discussed showing their relationship to socioeconomic aspects of development, in the light of increased climate threats and environmental disasters.

• Climate Change Adaptation in Developing Countries
• Environmental Disasters and Climate Threats
• Renewable Energy and Green Economy
• Resource Recovery
• Sustainable Development Goals
• water and health
• water quality and water pollution

   

• Madison, USA

  Edward Saja Sanneh

Dr. Edward Saja Sanneh obtained a Higher National Diploma in Public Health at the Gambia College in 2001. Six years later, on a Gambia Government scholarship, he received a Master’s degree in environmental engineering from the prestigious National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT) in Taiwan. He continued to a doctorate program, which he completed in August 2013 and then returned to The Gambia to serve as Minister of Energy between 2014 and 2016.Having worked as a Public Health Officer at the Kiang Karantaba Health Centre, the Serrekunda Health Centre and the Jammeh Foundation for Peace Hospital, Sanneh has a solid background in preventive health promotion and environmental sanitation coupled with a special interest on issues contributing to sustainable development of communities at the bottom of the pyramid. It is this background that has shaped the thoughts contained in this book. He speaks Chinese fluently.

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