From the Publisher: This expansive encyclopedia breaks new ground, giving definition and focus to an urgent and much-talked-about topic that is extraordinarily wide ranging and all too often misunderstood. As the first major reference work in its field, the three comprehensive volumes span the entire scope of sustainability from ecological concepts to financial concerns to public policy and community action, giving readers a solid foundation from which to think critically about efforts to make a more sustainable world. The Encyclopedia of Sustainability comprises three volumes, each dedicated to one of three equally important contexts in which the term is used: environment and ecology, business and economics, and equity and fairness. Each volume provides authoritative but accessible coverage of basic concepts and terms, as well as policy initiatives, controversies, and future trends. Volumes also include biographical sketches of important contributors to sustainability efforts from the scientific, economic, public policy, and activist realms, plus extensive listings of print and online resources for further exploration.
Volume 3: Equity and Fairness -- Introduction -- 1: Introduction and Overview -- What's fairness got to do with it? how equity fits into sustainability -- Equity as the context for sustainability -- Equity and poverty -- Human health and the environment -- Poverty: the international context -- Urban context of equity in the United States -- What values are sustainable? -- 2: Definitions and Contexts -- Language of sustainable communities -- Civil society movement -- Environmental justice -- Globalization: increasing inequity -- Public participation: sustainability as a process of inclusion in environmental decision making -- Sustainable development -- Urban land: growth of urbanization around the globe -- 3: Government and United Nations Involvement -- Role of government in ensuring equity under sustainability -- United Nations -- United States -- State and local governments -- 4: Controversies -- Aid: disaster relief models and infrastructure models -- Capitalism and sustainability -- Children's health -- Cities and the environment -- Ecotourism -- Environmental reparations -- Labor -- Political and ecological boundaries -- Population and consumption -- Poverty and the environment -- Race and waste -- Risk perception -- Role of women -- Uncertainty in facts and values -- 5: Future Directions and Emerging Trends -- Asset building movement -- Collaborative approaches -- Community health mapping -- Globalization and localization -- Industrial values -- Millennium development goals -- Place studies -- Science for policy -- Appendix A: Portal web sites -- Appendix B: Millennium development goals -- Appendix C: Earth charter.
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