The Palgrave Handbook of Practical Sustainability. This item is unavailable.The Palgrave Handbook of Practical Sustainability

This book provides a comprehensive look at practical sustainability around the world. The book takes a distinctly regional, case study perspective and highlights different approaches to managing sustainability challenges. Chapters by authors from all corners of the world look at a range of sustainability issues including environmental sustainability, environmental equity and justice, and government and business approaches to sustainability. The authorship of the book is distinctly global which provides an important perspective to this volume. Each chapter focuses on a different sustainability problem and how it was addressed in the region. Readers will take away a tremendous amount of information as to how sustainability challenges are addressed by leaders throughout the globe.

Robert Brinkmann is the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Northern Illinois University, USA and is the author of numerous books, including Environmental Sustainability in a Time of Change. His blog, On the Brink, is one of most popular sustainability blogs on the Internet.

Chit Wityi Oo is the postdoctoral research fellow/research associate of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Northern Illinois University. She was a former Fulbright US-ASEAN Visiting Scholar at NIU.