Handbook on Sustainability Transition and Sustainable Peace / / edited by Hans Günter Brauch, Úrsula Oswald Spring, John Grin, Jürgen Scheffran

• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2016.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XXXI, 1014 p. 149 illus. in color.)
• Disciplina: 338.927
• Soggetto topico: International relations; Climate change; Sustainable development; International economics; Environmental law; Environmental policy; International Relations; Climate Change Management and Policy; Sustainable Development; International Economics; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice
• Persona (resp. second.): BrauchHans Günter; Oswald SpringÚrsula; GrinJohn; ScheffranJürgen
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: From the Contents: Material and Immaterial Cultural Transformation -- A Social Contract for Sustainability -- The Climate Paradox: Policy Declarations and Lack of Implementation; The G-20: Security & Peace Impacts -- Persistence and Transformation of Mindsets: The Canadian Case -- Theories of Transitions to Sustainable Development: Approach of the Dutch Knowledge network of Systems Innovation.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 volume 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Handbook on Sustainability Transition and Sustainable Peace
• ISBN: 3-319-43884-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910254120103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, . 1865-5793 ; ; 10