Title: Sustainability handbook : planning strategically towards sustainability /
Publisher: Studentlitteratur,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Sustainable development
Abstract: Today’s society is faced with a multitude of compounding and inter-related socio-ecological challenges. In order to adequately navigate this ‘sustainability challenge’ and to capture the innovation opportunities that come with it, we need professionals from all sectors of society who can help plan, act, and lead strategically towards sustainability. Sustainability Handbook first outlines a structured approach to planning within this complex challenge, which is known as the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development. It provides the readers with fundamental social and ecological knowledge from which a scientifically-derived definition of sustainability has been established. From there, the book shares examples of how this Framework can be applied in a variety of situations, sectors, and scales and points to the self-benefit for companies, municipalities and other organizations of working strategically for sustainability. The readers are left with a solid understanding of how to define sustainability, how to plan and act towards it, and how to select from the vast array of sustainability-related concepts, methods and tools in the field today. Sustainability Handbook combines the academic and practical experience from a collection of authors. The content has been used, tested and refined over many iterations, and now serves as a primary resource for academic courses and programmes around the world. Any student or practitioner looking for more clarity on how to strategically plan and act towards sustainability in a structured, scientific, and collaborative manner will find value inside. Because of the generic nature of the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development, it can be useful for any discipline, from engineering, to product-service innovation, to business management, to urban and regional planning, and beyond.--Publisher website.
Contents: About the book and the cover -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1: Core concepts of strategic sustainable development -- Chapeter 1. The sustainability challenge -- Chapter 2. The framwork for strategic sustainable development -- Chapter 3. Implementing sustainability in organizations -- Part 2. A closer look at the FSSD -- Chapter 4. Related tools and concepts -- Chapter 5. Scientific foundations of ecological sustainability -- Chapter 6. Social sustainability -- Part 3. Related disciplines -- Chapter 7. Organizational learning and change -- Chapter 8. Strategic management for sustainability -- Part 4. Additional resources -- Glossary of key terms -- Notes and references -- Index.