Handbook of Sustainability Science and Research

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This multidisciplinary handbook explores concrete case studies which illustrate how sustainability science and research can contribute to the realization of the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It contains contributions from sustainability researchers from across the world. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Lessons Learned for Decision-Makers During a 5-Year Research Period on Sustainability Problems at the Galileo University in Guatemala (Nelson Amaro)....Pages 3-23 Using Design Thinking and Facebook to Accompany Women in Solving Water Problems in Morocco (Diane Pruneau, Boutaina El Jai, Abdellatif Khattabi, Sara Benbrahim, Joanne Langis)....Pages 25-40 A Critical Review of the Role of Indicators in Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (Simon Mair, Aled Jones, Jonathan Ward, Ian Christie, Angela Druckman, Fergus Lyon)....Pages 41-56 A Minor Matter of Great Concern: The Different Sustainability Logics of ‘Societal Benefits’ and ‘Socio-economic Profit’ (Johan Hultman, Filippa Säwe)....Pages 57-70 Corporate Sustainable Strategies in Dom Pedro I Industrial Road Axis, São Paulo, Brazil (João Luiz de Moraes Hoefel, Sônia Regina da Cal Seixas, Micheli Kowalczuk Machado)....Pages 71-85 Water Resources in the Context of Global Environmental Change: Some Perspectives for Sustainability (Sônia Regina da Cal Seixas, João Luiz de Moraes Hoefel, Paul Barrett)....Pages 87-102 Knowledge and Awareness of Sustainability in Saudi Arabian Public Universities (N. Alghamdi)....Pages 103-127 Urban Agriculture in Cape Town: Building Sustainable Livelihoods (D. W. Olivier)....Pages 129-143 Fostering Sustainable Communities and Resilient Cities Whilst Supporting ‘Life on Land’ Through a Colombian School’s Initiative (J. Figueroa Vélez, V. Ruiz Vargas, L. M. Hoyos, A. Prowse)....Pages 145-160 Teaching Food Security to Low-Income Rural Families in the United States (Taylor Hinton, Kerstin Martin, Eric Pallant)....Pages 161-175 A Holistic Approach to Embedding Social Responsibility and Sustainability in a University—Fostering Collaboration Between Researchers, Students and Operations (Liz Cooper, Dave Gorman)....Pages 177-192 Multi-stakeholder Partnerships (SDG #17) as a Means of Achieving Sustainable Communities and Cities (SDG #11) (Adriane MacDonald, Amelia Clarke, Lei Huang, Mark Roseland, M. May Seitanidi)....Pages 193-209 Pioneering in Sustainability Reporting in Higher Education: Experiences of a Belgian Business Faculty (K. Ceulemans, T. Stough, W. Lambrechts)....Pages 211-231 The Challenges of Implementing Sustainable Development Goals in Brazil: An Analysis Based on the Outcomes of the Brazilian Millennium Development Goals (João Marcelo Pereira Ribeiro, Sthefanie Aguiar da Silva, Vitória Haendchen Fornasari, Larissa Pereira Cipoli Ribeiro, Pedro Sabino Parente, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra)....Pages 233-251 Corporate Policies on Rights and Engagement of Communities: Alternatives and Advances (Noemi Bonina, Marcelo J. Meiriño, José Abadia Ribeiro)....Pages 253-265 Local Sustainability Indicators and Their Role in the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in the HE Sector (Victoria Hands, Richard Anderson)....Pages 267-283 Putting the ‘Social’ into Sustainability Science (Carolyn Kagan, Mark H. Burton)....Pages 285-298 Front Matter ....Pages 299-299 Implementing the Global Sustainable Goals (SDGs) into Municipal Strategies Applying an Integrated Approach (Sara Gustafsson, Jenny Ivner)....Pages 301-316 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 and Resource Use (Ronald Wennersten, Sun Qie)....Pages 317-339 A Critical Analysis of the Sustainable Development Goals (Ranjula Bali Swain)....Pages 341-355 Managing the Growing Kuala Lumpur Mega Urban Region for Livable City: The Sustainable Development Goals as Guiding Frame (Abdul Samad Hadi, Shaharudin Idrus, Ahmad Fariz Mohamed, Mohd Raihan Taha, Mohamad Raffi Othman, Syed Mohammad Fitri Syed Ismail et al.)....Pages 357-368 Integration of Ecosystem Services as Part of the Nexus Approach into the Applied Teaching of Ecological Engineering (Petra Schneider, Volker Lüderitz)....Pages 369-387 Understanding Waste Flow in Malaysian Cities for Sustainable Waste Management (Ahmad Fariz Mohamed, Muhammad Izzat Rasnan, Norazmin Adibah Othman, Shaharudin Idrus, Mohd Raihan Taha)....Pages 389-400 Going for Green Cities: The Role of Urban and Peri-Urban Forestry in Creating the Ambiance of the Liveable City in Malaysia (Shaharuddin Mohamad Ismail, Shaharudin Idrus, Abdul Samad Hadi, Azman A. Rahman, Nurfarahain Zainal, Nur Dina Shazani Mohd Azam et al.)....Pages 401-417 In Pursuit of Sustainability: Building Science and Community Development (Monjia Belizaire)....Pages 419-430 Freedom from Poverty and the Right to Sustainable Development: One Goal but Different Rights and International Commitments (Katarzyna Cichos)....Pages 431-443 Sustainable Development and Climate Change (K. S. Getvoldsen, T. E. Butt, C. House, F. Ferreira)....Pages 445-457 Lean Production and ISO Standards as Instrument for Achieving 2030 Agenda Goals (Siarhei Zenchanka, Siarhei Malchenka)....Pages 459-471 Sustainable Transport Futures: Analysis of the Selected Methodologies Supporting the Planning Process Towards Achieving Goal 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities (Varvara Nikulina, Henrikke Baumann, David Simon, Frances Sprei)....Pages 473-488 Green Human Resource Management—Delivering High-Performance Human Resource Systems at Divine Word University Papua New Guinea (Zainab Olabisi Tairu)....Pages 489-511 A Case Study on Lifestyles in the Southeast Asian Region from a Sustainable Consumption Point of View (Midori Aoyagi, Aya Yoshida)....Pages 513-522 A Systematic Approach to Adopt Sustainability and Efficiency Practices in Energy-Intensive Industries (Karin Tschiggerl, Milan Topić)....Pages 523-536 Front Matter ....Pages 537-537 Environmental Campus Birkenfeld—A Role Model for Universities on How to Contribute to the Implementation Process of the Sustainable Development Goals (Klaus Helling)....Pages 539-551 Indigenous and Sustainable Environmental Virtues in St. John Paul II Village in Infanta, Quezon (Philippines) (Rowel T. San Sebastian)....Pages 553-566 Local Spatial Planning Processes and Integration of Sustainability Perspective Through a Broad Systems Perspective and Systematic Approach (Sara Gustafsson, Viktor Andréen)....Pages 567-580 Designing Green Marketing Across Industries: A Conceptual Framework and Implications for Consumers and Transdisciplinary Research (Ulla A. Saari, Morgane M. C. Fritz, Saku J. Mäkinen, Rupert J. Baumgartner)....Pages 581-596 Challenges of Ecosystem Resilience: An Aspect of the Sustainability Science Approach in the Study of Environmental Awareness in the Selayang Municipal Council, Selangor, Malaysia (Shaharudin Idrus, Noraziah Abdul Aziz, Abdul Samad Hadi, Shaharuddin Mohamad Ismail, Ahmad Fariz Mohamed, Norillyana Roslan et al.)....Pages 597-612 Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria: Improving and Sustaining Growth Rate (Wilson Friday Ohioze)....Pages 613-627 Sustainability at German Universities: The University of Hamburg as a Case Study for Sustainability-Oriented Organizational Development (Claudia T. Schmitt, Sophie Palm)....Pages 629-645 Scalability in Systemic Design Approach for Rural Development (Silvia Barbero, Miriam Bicocca)....Pages 647-662 Participatory Process for Local Development: Sustainability of Water Resources in Rural Communities: Case Manglaralto-Santa Elena, Ecuador (Herrera F. Gricelda, Carrión M. Paúl, Alvarado M. Niurka)....Pages 663-676 The Role of Systems Thinking in the Practice of Implementing Sustainable Development Goals (Martin Reynolds, Christine Blackmore, Ray Ison, Rupesh Shah, Elaine Wedlock)....Pages 677-698 Creating Circular, Efficient and Symbiotic Cities: And How Higher Education Should Contribute to Create the Solutions that are Required (Karel Mulder)....Pages 699-710 Sustainable Diets: The Gulf Between Management Strategies and the Nutritional Demand for Fish (Andrew Hollingsworth)....Pages 711-725 A Framework to Conceptualize Sustainable Development Goals for Fishing Gear Resource Management (Paritosh C. Deshpande, Dina Margrethe Aspen)....Pages 727-744 Transportation Infrastructure Project Evaluation: Transforming CBA to Include a Life Cycle Perspective (Heather Luclaire Jones, Filipe Moura, Tiago Domingos)....Pages 745-771 Flood Vulnerability and the Three Dimensions of Sustainability Philosophy: An Innovative Concept Design for Rapid Assessment (J. Wakeford, C. House, T. E. Butt, P. Paul, C. D. Beal)....Pages 773-782 Transition Towards Sustainability in Hull University Business School: A Study of Curricular Sustainability in the Teaching Processes (M. Ángeles Murga-Menoyo, Fernando Correia, Ángela Espinosa)....Pages 783-802 From Education for Sustainable Development to Education for Environmental Sustainability: Reconnecting the Disconnected SDGs (Mohamed Walid, Johannes M. Luetz)....Pages 803-826 Cooking Courses in Higher Education: A Method to Foster Education for Sustainable Development and Promoting Sustainable Development Goals (Uwe Neumann)....Pages 827-848 Promoting Education for Sustainability Through Game-Based Learning: Using the Sustainable Strategies Game to Improve Students’ Knowledge and Skills of Sustainable Business Practices (Kay Emblen-Perry)....Pages 849-866 A Summer School for Sustainable Management as a Strategy for Fostering Collaborative Competencies to Be Able to Build Multi-Actor Partnerships (Ingrid Molderez, Karen Brabant, Wim Lambrechts)....Pages 867-875 Recognising Beach Kindy as a Pedagogical Approach for Critical Agents of Change Within Early Childhood Education (Diane Boyd, Nicky Hirst)....Pages 877-892 Perception Versus Skepticism—An Environmental Communication Issue and Climate Change (C. House, N. L. Jordan, T. E. Butt, J. Kwan, A. Alam)....Pages 893-901 “Do What I Say, Don’t Do What I Do”: Challenges on Education for Sustainability (Fernanda Frankenberger, Janaína Macke, Laurelena C. Palhano)....Pages 903-914 (Inhibiting) Factors for (Un)Sustainable Behaviour in Relation to the Effects of Education for Sustainable Development: The Role of Psychological Constructs, Neurotransmitters and Ideological Impact on Consumer Behaviour (Kristof Dewaele, Daniel Fischer, Patrick Van Damme, Paul Verhaeghe)....Pages 915-924 Aligning Sustainable Development Principles and Sectoral Education (Pinar Gokcin Ozuyar, Tugce Baykent-Beyhan)....Pages 925-940 Teaching to End Hunger: Critical Analysis of Food Systems and Poverty (Beth Choate, Eric Pallant, David Shipe)....Pages 941-953 Rethinking Post-occupancy Evaluation for Sustainable Learning Environments (Andrea Wheeler, Hina Illahe, Rucha Newalka)....Pages 955-968 The Role of Private–Public Partnerships in the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals: Experience from the SDG Fund (Paloma Duran y Lalaguna, Ekaterina Dorodnykh)....Pages 969-982 The World Sustainable Development Research and Transfer Centre (WSD-RTC) (Walter Leal Filho)....Pages 983-991