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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Cities and Sustainability: A new approach
1st Edition
By Daniel Hoornweg
March 12, 2018
Cities are the most likely actors to design and bring about lasting sustainability. An agreement among the world’s larger cities is possible, and likely a necessary but insufficient condition to achieve sustainable development. Cities and Sustainability explores the ways in which cities are both ...
Sustainable Communities and Green Lifestyles: Consumption and Environmentalism
1st Edition
By Tendai Chitewere
January 08, 2018
Sustainable communities raise questions about the compatibility of capitalism and environmentalism and how we can green our way of life in a capitalist economy that values short-term production and consumption over long-term conservation and simple living. If capitalism and its drive towards ...
Human Rights and Sustainability: Moral responsibilities for the future
1st Edition
Edited
By Gerhard Bos, Marcus Düwell
December 21, 2017
The history of human rights suggests that individuals should be empowered in their natural, political, political, social and economic vulnerabilities. States within the international arena hold each other responsible for doing just that and support or interfere where necessary. States are to ...
The Politics of Sustainability: Philosophical perspectives
1st Edition
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By Dieter Birnbacher, May Thorseth
July 27, 2017
Responsibility for future generations is easily postulated in the abstract but it is much more difficult to set it to work in the concrete. It requires some changes in individual and institutional attitudes that are in opposition to what has been called the "systems variables" of industrial society...
Energy and Transport in Green Transition: Perspectives on Ecomodernity
1st Edition
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By Atle Midttun, Nina Witoszek
February 16, 2017
This book breaks new ground in the studies of green transition. It frames the ongoing transformation in terms of a "battle of modernities" with the emerging vision of ecomodernity as the final destination. It also offers a systematic exploration of the potential for extensive transformation of ...
Promoting Sustainable Living: Sustainability as an Object of Desire
1st Edition
By Justyna Karakiewicz, Audrey Yue, Angela Paladino
February 16, 2017
Current images of sustainability are often designed to instil fear and force change, not because we believe in it, but because we fear the consequences of inaction. Moving away from negative portrayals of sustainability, this book identifies the factors that motivate people to aspire towards ...
Rethinking the Green State: Environmental governance towards climate and sustainability transitions
1st Edition
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By Karin Bäckstrand, Annica Kronsell
February 16, 2017
This innovative book is one of the first to conduct a systematic comprehensive analysis of the ideals and practices of the evolving green state. It draws on elements of political theory, feminist theory, post-structuralism, governance and institutional theory to conceptualise the green state and ...
Social Practices, Intervention and Sustainability: Beyond behaviour change
1st Edition
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By Yolande Strengers, Cecily Maller
May 06, 2016
In an era of dramatic environmental change, social change is desperately needed to curb burgeoning consumption. Many calls to action have focused on individual behaviour or technological innovation, with relative silence from the social sciences on other modes and methods of intervening in social ...
Critiquing Sustainability, Changing Philosophy
1st Edition
By Jenneth Parker
April 27, 2016
To increasing numbers of people, sustainability is the key challenge of the twenty-first century. In the many fields where it is a goal, persistent problems obstruct the efforts of those trying to make a difference. The task of this book is to provide an overview of the current state of philosophy ...
Challenging Consumption: Pathways to a more Sustainable Future
1st Edition
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By Anna R. Davies, Frances Fahy, Henrike Rau
December 18, 2015
Sustainable consumption is a central research topic in academic discourses of sustainable development and global environmental change. Informed by a number of disciplinary perspectives, this book is structured around four key themes in sustainable consumption research: Living, Moving, Dwelling and ...
Transdisciplinary Sustainability Studies: A Heuristic Approach
1st Edition
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By Katri Huutoniemi, Petri Tapio
December 18, 2015
Arising out of human-environment interaction, sustainability problems resist disciplinary categories and simple solutions. This book offers a fresh approach to practical and methodological concerns in transdisciplinary environmental and sustainability studies. It illustrates methodological means by...
Democratic Sustainability in a New Era of Localism
1st Edition
By John Stanton
October 12, 2015
Change and development are going on all around us. On both an international platform, as well as at the local governmental and community level, governments, decision and policy makers constantly strive to improve the world in which we live, seeking to make it better and to improve quality of life. ...