1st Edition

Environmental and Economic Sustainability

By Paul E. Hardisty Copyright 2010
337 Pages
by CRC Press

338 Pages 88 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

337 Pages
by CRC Press

Never before has the quest to balance the needs of people, the environment, and the economy been so important. While sustainability has been widely taken up by governments and business, the world has continued to move in increasingly unsustainable directions, from continued dependence on fossil energy to rising greenhouse gas emissions, and erosion of biodiversity. We know what the right thing to... Read more

Introduction. Sustainability in the Twenty-first Century. Quantifying Sustainability for Improved Decision Making. Water. Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change.
Energy. Contaminated Sites and Waste. Best Practice for the Twenty-first Century. Index.

Biography

Hardisty, Paul E.