Routledge Studies in Sustainability
About the Book Series
Sustainability has become one of the most pressing social, environmental, economic, cultural and political issues of our times. Yet the meaning of ‘sustainability’ remains elusive.
This series provides original insights from across the social sciences and humanities on the meaning and practice of sustainability. It offers both theoretical and practical analysis of ‘sustainability’, including social sustainability, sustainable consumption, democratic sustainability and sustainable behaviour.
These interdisciplinary books give students, researchers, policy makers and practitioners the latest thinking from international authors. This thought-provoking series draws on and is relevant to those working in a wide-range of disciplines, including environment, development, sociology, politics, philosophy, business and marketing, media, geography, and anthropology.
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Transdisciplinary Research, Sustainability, and Social Transformation: Governance and Knowledge Co-Production
1st Edition
By Tom Dedeurwaerdere
December 11, 2023
This book addresses the gap in the existing literature on the governance of transdisciplinary research partnerships in transformational sustainability research by exploring the governance of knowledge co-production in coupled socio-ecological system dynamics. Multiple social and ecological crises ...
Digital Innovations for a Circular Plastic Economy in Africa
1st Edition
Edited
By Muyiwa Oyinlola, Oluwaseun Kolade
May 31, 2023
Plastic pollution is one of the biggest challenges of the twenty-first century that requires innovative and varied solutions. Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa, this book brings together interdisciplinary, multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder perspectives exploring challenges and opportunities for ...
Stories of Change and Sustainability in the Arctic Regions: The Interdependence of Local and Global
1st Edition
Edited
By Rita Sørly, Tony Ghaye, Bård Kårtveit
May 31, 2023
This book presents stories of sustainability from communities in circumpolar regions as they grapple with environmental, economic and societal changes and challenges. Polar regions are changing rapidly. These changes will dramatically effect ecosystems, economy, people, communities and their ...
Green Skills Research in South Africa: Models, Cases and Methods
1st Edition
By Eureta Rosenberg, Presha Ramsarup, Heila Lotz-Sisitka
January 21, 2023
This book proposes transformative, realist methodology for skills research and planning through an analysis of case studies of the changing world of work, new learning pathways and educational system challenges. Studies of the green economy and sustainability transitions are a growing field ...
The Environmental Impact of Cities: Death by Democracy and Capitalism
1st Edition
By Fabricio Chicca, Brenda Vale, Robert Vale
December 29, 2022
The Environmental Impact of Cities assesses the environmental impact that comes from cities and their inhabitants, demonstrating that our current political and economic systems are not environmentally sustainable because they are designed for endless growth in a system which is finite. It is ...
Contesting Hydropower in the Brazilian Amazon
1st Edition
By Ed Atkins
August 01, 2022
In Contesting Hydropower in the Brazilian Amazon, Ed Atkins focuses on how local, national, and international civil society groups have resisted the Belo Monte and São Luiz do Tapajós hydroelectric projects in Brazil. In doing so, Atkins explores how contemporary opposition to hydropower projects ...
Sustainability and the Automobile Industry in Asia: Policy and Governance
1st Edition
Edited
By Aki Suwa, Masahiko Iguchi
June 13, 2022
This book provides a wealth of information and a critically required framework for sustainable automobile policy development in major Asian countries.It also gives wide-ranging policy options, ranging from technological to institutional solutions to automobile emission problems, based on ...
Sustainability in an Imaginary World: Art and the Question of Agency
1st Edition
By David Maggs, John Robinson
December 13, 2021
Sustainability in an Imaginary World explores the social agency of art and its connection to complex issues of sustainability. Over the past decade, interest in art’s agency has ballooned as an increasing number of fields turn to the arts with ever-expanding expectations. Yet just as art is being ...
Energy, Environmental and Economic Sustainability in East Asia: Policies and Institutional Reforms
1st Edition
Edited
By Soo-Cheol Lee, Hector Pollitt, Kiyoshi Fujikawa
June 30, 2021
This book looks at institutional reforms for the use of energy, water and resources toward a sustainable future in East Asia. The book argues that developments in the East Asian region are critical to global sustainability and acknowledges that there is an increasing degree of mutual reliance among...
Circular Cities: A Revolution in Urban Sustainability
1st Edition
By Jo Williams
April 22, 2021
With cities striving to meet sustainable development goals, circular urban systems are gaining momentum, especially in Europe. This research-based book defines the circular city and circular development. It explains the shift in focus from a purely economic concept, which promotes circular ...
Sustainability Governance and Hierarchy
1st Edition
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By Philippe Hamman
March 31, 2021
Sustainability Governance and Hierarchy provides a solid, theoretically and empirically grounded reflection on the concept of "sustainability governance". This idea has been growing in popularity in social science literature, as well as among decision-makers and governance actors, as it brings ...
Holistic Sustainability Through Craft-Design Collaboration
1st Edition
By Rebecca Reubens
December 18, 2020
This book explores the intersection of craft, design and sustainability in the developing world. It argues that most sustainable design approaches and efforts fall short of implementing holistic sustainability, and in order to reach this goal, design must be underpinned by alternatives to the ...