Roadmap for Global Sustainability — Rise of the Green Communities, 1st ed. 2019 Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation Series
Auteurs : El-Haggar Salah, Samaha Aliaa
A major obstacle previously identified by involved parties was the ability of accommodating for the emerging economic growth without causing harm to the environment, especially with resource depletion. This book provides the solution by creating a need to bring on a new revolution that preserves the rights of next generations to live in a healthy environment This SustainabilityRevolution requires the integration of economic, environmental, and social factor as well as the practical aspects of implementing sustainability through green activities, which are discussed throughout the book.
In this book, a globalization is proposed that encourages creativity and innovation towards sustainability. With this global sustainability approach (real globalization) both rich and poor will benefit from the global sustainability approach. This will close the gap between rich and poor. Developing countries could reap the benefit of current technology without undergoing many of the growing pains associated with development of these technologies. Governments are able to better work together towards common goals now that there is an advantage in cooperation, an improved ability to interact and coordinate, and a global awareness of issues.
The book presents a sustainability roadmap to bring together various concepts, that have been dealt with independently by previous authors, and link them to establish the fundamental practical steps. The flow path and the direction for successful implementation of a sustainability roadmap are also discussed in detail in the book.
For the first time, the authors use sustainable communities to create a better quality of life for residents while minimizing the use of the resources to meet current needs and ensure adequate resources for future generations. These green communities create new industries for the local economy and improve public health, which offers more hope for their citizens. Sustainable transportation, renewable energy, recycling, clean water, and urban forests help to make a more livable community and help to control the global climate change. They involve all citizens and incorporate local values into decision-making.
Salah M. El-Haggar has more than 30 years' experience in Energy and Sustainable Development consulting and university teaching. He is presently the Professor of Energy and Sustainable Development, Mechanical Engineering Department at the American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt. He has been a visiting Professor at Washington State University and at University of Idaho, USA. Dr. El-Haggar’s has 24 Academic Honors, grants and awards. He received the outstanding teaching award from AUC in 1995 as well as a number of outstanding trustees’ awards. In 2009, he received excellence in Research and creative endeavour award from AUC. In 2012, Dr. he received Provost Award in recognition of the innovations in Environmental Science and Engineering as well as Distinguished Service Award of 25 years of services at AUC. Dr. El-Haggar has 220 scientific publications in Environmental, Sustainable Development and Energy fields, 53 invited presentations, 57 technical reports, 16 books, and 15 book chapters. He developed a new concept to assess the life cycle of a product according to cradle-to-cradle concept instead of cradle-to-grave concept used worldwide until today. This concept was developed based on 30 years of intensive and continual effort at AUC and was documented in two books. The first book published in 2007 by Elsevier Academic Press is entitled Sustainable Industrial Design and Waste Management: Cradle-to-Cradle for Sustainable Development. The second book published in 2015 by AUC Press is entitled Sustainability and Innovation: The Next Global Industrial Revolution. These two books are the first books worldwide to demonstrate the concept of cradle-to-cradle to protect not only the environment but also the natural resources in terms of business plans. Dr. El-Haggar developed the first and the only Sustainable Development labs worldwide located in Mechanical Engineering Department at AUC.
Aliaa Samaha is dedicated to increasin
Addresses the cost and effort concerns that cause reluctance to adopt sustainable development
Shows that some measures taken by green communities can be simple and relatively inexpensive
Provides the solution to accommodate for economic growth without causing harm to the environment
Promotes development of sustainable communities for a better quality of life while minimizing the use of resources
Date de parution : 05-2019
Ouvrage de 203 p.
21x27.9 cm
Disponible chez l'éditeur (délai d'approvisionnement : 15 jours).
Prix indicatif 105,49 €
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