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Author:   Robert Brinkmann ,  Chit Wityi Oo
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9783031828560

ISBN 10:   3031828569
Pages:   674
Publication Date:   10 May 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part 1. Introduction.- Why Geography Matters in Sustainability .- Part 2.  Sustainability Solutions in Sub Saharan Africa.- Energy Sustainability under the Impact of the Climate Change Challenge in the sub-Saharan Africa Region.- Environmental, Social, Economic, and Political Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Sustainability Solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of South Africa.- Sustainability Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa: Navigating hope via sampling some cutting-edge cases.- Part 3. Sustainability Solutions in North Africa and the Middle East.- Sustainability from Abraham Accords Countries Perspective.- Sustainable Development of Heritage Sites in the Middle East: Wadi Hanifah and Dana Biosphere Reserve.- Social Cultural Autonomy and Norms for Sustainable Women’s Empowerment.- Part 4. Sustainability Solutions in South Asia.- Threats to lake water quality from sewage contamination.- Energy for Sustaining Development in Emerging Nations.- The Context of Organizational Carbon Footprinting in Sri Lanka: A Case Study for Stationery Industry.- Part 5. Sustainability Solutions in Central Asia.- The Central Asia — China — Russia Nexus: The New Normal Challenges to Ensuring Sustainable Development in the Region.- Power of Sustainable Cooperation: Revisiting Water Management in CentralAsia.- Part 6. Sustainability Solutions in East Asia.- Sustainability Acts in Japan’s Automotive Industry.- Globalization as a Path to Environmental Sustainability.- Part 7. Sustainability Solutions in Southeast Asia.- Assessing Groundwater Quality Challenges in Yangon Region, Myanmar.- Media in Tobacco Control.- Bio-Circular-Green Economic Model in Thailand: A Case of Upcycle Circular Economy Certification for Products.- Part 8. Sustainability Solutions in Australia and Oceania.- Is Bank Australia a model for sustainable banking?.- Geothermal Energy – a Sustainable Energy Supply for Aotearoa New Zealand and Indonesia.- Collaborating for sustainability: A case study of sustainable fashion in New Zealand.- Part 9. Sustainability Solutions in North America.- Practical Steps to Achieving Socially Sustainable Business Practices.- Walkable communities are sustainable communities: An Assessment of walkability in New Castle County, Delaware.- Part 10. Sustainability Solutions in Central America and Mexico.- Policymaker-to-researcher engagement for energy security challenges in Central America: With case studies of Panama.- Part 11. Sustainability Solutions in South America.- How forest and public policies shape sustainability in the Guiana Shield/Amazon.- The challenges of sustainability in Brazil.- Higher education in Peru in COVID-19 times: Resilience based on sustainable development goals.- Part 12. Sustainability Solutions in Europe.- The solidarity emporiums and their role in achieving economic and socio-cultural sustainability.- Slowing down the great acceleration: Campaigns for sustainable consumption in the Netherlands, 1950s-1990s.- The European Union sustainable leadership agency: Bridging the gap between the environment, industry and society. Home and abroad.- Turning global sustainability goals into local actions: The role of the Agenda 2030 and the SDGs in fostering integrative public leadership in Espoo, Finland.- Part 13. Sustainability Solutions in the Oceans and Antarctica.- Sustainability in the High Seas and Area Beyond National Jurisdiction: a global perspective with a regional case study from the Northeast Atlantic.- Pioneering Sustainable Research Practices in Fragile Polar Ecosystems: Lessons from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.

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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.

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