Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability Vol. 6: Measurements, Indicators, and Research Methods for Sustainability - Hardcover

Ian Spellerberg; Daniel S. Fogel; Sarah E. Fredericks; Lisa M. Butler Harrington

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1933782404 ISBN 13: 9781933782409

Publisher: Berkshire Publishing Group, 2012

Synopsis

Measurements, Indicators, and Research Methods for Sustainability, Volume 6 of the ten-volume Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability, presents a thorough and accessible overview of the ways in which sustainability is charted worldwide. Some articles introduce basic concepts, such as qualitative versus qualitative data or the weak versus strong sustainability debate; others examine how indicators in specific areas (climate change and soil conservation, agriculture, and mining) have been applied (or not) to different regions. Research analysts explain the modes and media through which these measurements are broadcast, stressing the importance of developing methods that can be understood by both experts and ordinary citizens. They also examine the process of monitoring, itself a controversial topic affecting national or international policy, law, rules, and regulations.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Ian Spellerberg has long been engaged in the ecological basis of nature conservation. For many years he was Director of Environmental Sciences at Southampton University, where he was central to the establishment and development of one of the first interdisciplinary environmental programs to be launched after the 1972 Stockholm Earth Summit. His interest in interdisciplinary environmental teaching led to his appointment at Lincoln University (New Zealand) where he is now Professor of Nature Conservation. He teaches sustainability and has also established two jointly taught and jointly awarded masters programs in sustainability between Lincoln University and two universities in Europe. He has taken a very active role in education for sustainable development in both New Zealand and overseas. As well as research and teaching, he has been central to the establishment of community-led initiatives in sustainability.

Dr. Dan Fogel has held academic positions at the University of Houston, Tulane University, and the University of Pittsburgh and has been a senior manager at two oil companies and a hospital system. His international research and teaching have been conducted in several different countries in South America, Asia, and Central and Eastern Europe. He was Dean of the International Management Center, Budapest, Hungary; Dean for the Czech Management Center in Prague, Czech Republic; and Associate Dean at the University of Pittsburgh and Tulane University. He was Professor of Business Administration and Director of the Institute for Industrial Competitiveness at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh. He is currently Executive Professor of Strategy at the Babcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University.

Dr. Sarah Fredericks is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies at the University of North Texas. Fredericks focuses on the relationship between science, philosophy, and religious worldviews in environmental decision-making, particularly with respect to sustainability and energy use. Recently she has also been exploring the links between sustainability and environmental justice.

Dr. Lisa M. B. Harrington studies environmental change and management, rural land use, vulnerability to environmental stresses, environmental hazards, biotic resources, environmental perception, and public/reserved lands, among other topics. She is a professor in the Department of Geography at Kansas State University.

Review:

"The call we made in Our Common Future, back in 1987, is even more relevant today. Having a coherent resource like the Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability, written by experts yet addressed to students and general readers, is a vital step, because it will support education, enable productive debate, and encourage informed public participation as we join, again and again, in the effort to transform our common future." -- Gro Harlem Brundtland, chair of the World Commission on Environment and Development and three-time prime minister of Norway

"This is undoubtedly the most important and readable reference on sustainability of our time." -- Jim MacNeill, Secretary-General of the Brundtland Commission and chief architect and lead author of Our Common Future (1984 - 1987)

"Sustainability is one of the most important concepts of the 21st century yet remains elusive in implementation. This set of authoritative volumes provides an operator s manual for the long-term sustainability of the human enterprise on planet Earth." -- Will Steffen, executive director of The Australian National University Climate Change Institute --Gro Harlem Brundtland, Jim MacNeill, Will Steffen

This is undoubtedly the most important and readable reference on sustainability of our time. --Jim MacNeill, Secretary-General of the Brundtland Commission and chief architect and lead author of Our Common Future (19841987)

Sustainability is one of the most important concepts of the 21st century yet remains elusive in implementation. This set of authoritative volumes provides an operators manual for the long-term sustainability of the human enterprise on planet Earth. --Will Steffen, executive director of The Australian National University Climate Change Institute

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkshire Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1933782404
• ISBN 13: 9781933782409
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 406
• Editor: Ian Spellerberg, Daniel S. Fogel, Sarah E. Fredericks, Lisa M. Butler Harrington