Ayers Sustainability

An Environmental Science Perspective
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4987-5266-4
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 355 Seiten

This book will present an earth science-based overview of the challenges to sustainability (climate change, energy, food, and water security, etc.) and offer potential solutions. It will show how to use footprint analysis to estimate the environmental impacts of human activities, which then allows us to prioritize problems and their solutions. Many examples will be given of how to sustainably use natural resources, with sustainable management of common pool resources such as the atmosphere, oceans, and groundwater receiving special attention. It will also address economics and society, as these topics are thoroughly integrated into sustainability practices, shown through real world applications.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ayers, John C.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht Umweltrecht allg., Technikrecht, Immissionsschutzrecht
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Betriebliches Energie- und Umweltmanagement

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Sustainability and Human Well-Being. The Environmental Impact. System Dynamics. An Ancient System: Our Planet Earth. Sustainable Development: How to Avoid Collapse and Build a Better Society. Natural Resource Depletion: The Example of Peak Oil. Global Climate Change. Responses to Global Climate Change. Non-Renewable Energy Sources. Renewable Energy Sources. Sustainable Energy Solutions. Water. Food. Waste and Pollution. Biodiversity and the Fragility of Ecosystems. Sustainable Civilization. Economic Sustainability. Social Sustainability. The Future.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. John C. Ayers is a Professor in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department at Vanderbilt University. John is a geochemist whose research focuses on what controls the movement of elements in natural systems. Current projects include identifying the sources of salts and arsenic in soil and water in the coastal zone of Bangladesh; the geochemistry of soil formation; and measurement of soil gas fluxes of methane in areas where natural gas is mined by hydraulic fracturing. John has published over thirty papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and is a fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America. At Vanderbilt he has served as Department Chair and Director of Graduate Studies, and he teaches courses on Geochemistry and Sustainability Science.