| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 71 pages) : color illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Decision sciences, demography, and integrated assessment modeling -- Urban systems -- Sustainable manufacturing -- Sustainable food systems -- Ocean sustainability -- Paths forward -- Workshop synopsis -- Appendix A: Workshop agenda -- Appendix B: Workshop participants -- Appendix: Biographies of planning committee, speakers, and staff. |
| Summary |
"In 1999 the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a landmark report, Our Common Journey: A Transition toward Sustainability, which attempted to “reinvigorate the essential strategic connections between scientific research, technological development, and societies’ efforts to achieve environmentally sustainable improvements in human well-being.”1 The report emphasized the need for place-based and systems approaches to sustainability, proposed a research strategy for using scientific and technical knowledge to better inform the field, and highlighted a number of priorities for actions that could contribute to a sustainable future. The past 15 years have brought significant advances in observational and predictive capabilities for a range of natural and social systems, as well as development of other tools and approaches useful for sustainability planning. In addition, other frameworks for environmental decision making, such as those that focus on climate adaptation or resilience, have become increasingly prominent. A careful consideration of how these other approaches might intersect with sustainability is warranted, particularly in that they may affect similar resources or rely on similar underlying scientific data and models"--Publisher's description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sustainable development.
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Sustainable development. |
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects.
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects. |
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Population -- Economic aspects.
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Population -- Economic aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Romitti, Yasmin, rapporteur.
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Anderson, Ryan, rapporteur.
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Macalady, Alison, rapporteur.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Transition Toward Sustainability after 15 Years: Where Do We Stand in Advancing the Scientific Foundation, issuing body.
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Transitioning toward sustainability after 15 years: Where Do We Stand in Advancing the Scientific Foundation (Workshop) (2016 : Newport Beach, Calif.), author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brose, Dominic. Transitioning toward sustainability advancing the scientific foundation. [S.l.] : National Academies Press, 2016 030944375X (OCoLC)953843723 |
| ISBN |
9780309443760 (electronic book) |
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0309443768 (electronic book) |
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9780309443753 |
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030944375X |
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