EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: PRINCIPLES, TECHNOLOGIES, PRACTICES

Good Practices in Education for Sustainable Development: Teacher Education Institutions

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Principles of Sustainable Development

Applying Sustainable Development Principles and Sustainable Operating Practices in Shale Oil and Gas Production

Shale oil/gas is one of the most rapidly growing types of unconventional fossil fuel development and the abundance of this resource has postponed peak oil and gas. Physical scarcity of hydrocarbons is now less likely to occur in the near future; however, the likelihood of social scarcity is increasing. Despite the clear economic benefits of production in terms of jobs, tax revenue, and the prov...

Basic Principles of Sustainable Development

This chapter introduces the concept of sustainable development. We begin by disaggregating the components of the concept and showing how each developed through the course of its earlier history. The goals expressed or implied by the sustainable development are multidimensional, raising the issue of how to balance objectives and how to judge success or failure. Though it may be impossible to pos...

Principles and Practices in Sustainable Development for the Engineering and Built Environment Professions