LEADER 03968nam 2200469 450 001 9910418328603321 005 20210205023541.0 010 $a981-15-4458-1 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-15-4458-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000011413929 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-15-4458-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6340241 035 $a(PPN)250219042 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011413929 100 $a20210205d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aSustainability challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa I $eContinental perspectives and insights from Western and Central Africa /$fAlexandros Gasparatos; [and six others] 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer,$d[2020] 210 4$d©2020 215 $a1 online resource (XI, 360 p. 63 illus., 59 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aScience for Sustainable Societies,$x2197-7348 311 $a981-15-4457-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a­Sustainability challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- 2. Enabling sustainable bioenergy transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: strategic issues for achieving climate-compatible development -- 3. Linking industrial crop production and food security in sub-Saharan Africa: local, national and continental perspectives -- Large-scale land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa and corporate social responsibility (CSR): Insights from Italian investments -- Determinants of foreign investment and international aid for meeting the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa: a visual cognitive review of the literature -- Perceived community resilience to floods and droughts induced by climate change in semi-arid Ghana -- Linking rural livelihoods and fuelwood demand from mangroves and upland forests in the coastal region of Guinea -- Strategic partnerships between universities and non-academic institutions for sustainability and innovation: Insights from the University of Ghana -- Long-term vegetation change in central Africa: the need for an integrated management framework for forests and savannas -- Forest-agriculture in the Center-South region of Cameroon: how does traditional knowledge inform integrated management approaches?. 330 $aThe aim of this 2-volume book is to highlight how Sustainability Science approaches can help solve some of the pervasive challenges that Africa faces. The volumes collect a number of local case studies throughout Africa that adopt transdisciplinary and problem-oriented research approaches using methodologies from the natural and the social sciences. These are put into perspective with chapters that introduce key sustainability challenges such using a regional focus. Through this multi-scale and inter/transdisciplinary approach the proposed volume will provide an authoritative source that will pack in a single volume a large amount of information on how Sustainability Science approaches sustainability challenges in African contexts. While there have been general books about sustainability science, none has had a strong African focus. As a result the 2-volume set fills a major gap in the Sustainability Science scholarship. This volume sets the stage for the series. Part I introduces key sustainability challenges in Africa. Parts II?III highlights specific case studies related to these challenges from West and Central Africa. 410 0$aScience for Sustainable Societies,$x2197-7348 606 $aSustainable development$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 615 0$aSustainable development 676 $a338.927019 702 $aGasparatos$b Alexandros 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910418328603321 996 $aSustainability challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa I$92148624 997 $aUNINA