Sustainability Management - Lessons From and for New York City, America, and the Planet

Zusammenfassung Written by a former analyst and consultant for the EPA! this book sketches out a unique plan to combine sustainable efforts in water! agriculture! urban! and power management to achieve--in practice! not just in theory--a sustainable planet and economy. Steven Cohen begins with the technical! financial! managerial! and political challenges of such a project! and then assesses possible sustainable practices in the manufacturing and service industries. He also addresses renewable and carbon-free energy production; water sustainability! especially with regard to energy issues involving filtration! distribution! and changing rainfall patterns; food cultivation and distribution; and ways to maintain the interdependent systems on which we rely on to live. Taking examples from New York City! one of the most sustainable and sustainability-minded metropolises in the world! Cohen explains how everything from construction to waste management can be designed to facilitate a sustainable environment. He concludes with the global efforts necessary to preserve biodiversity and ecosystems! and the impact of war! terrorism! and human conflict on sustainability.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Steven Cohen, Steven A. Cohen, Cohen Steven
• Edition: Columbia University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.08.2011
• EAN: 9780231152587
• ISBN: 978-0-231-15258-7
• Pages: 200
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Thème: Columbia University Press
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Gestion; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Strategic Planning, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, environmental science, engineering & technology, business strategy, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government policies, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Central government policies