Towards Sustainability: Exploring Challenges Beyond the Environment
暫譯: 邁向永續性：探索超越環境的挑戰
Hugo, Nichole
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2026-06-11
- 售價: $3,650
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $3,467
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 141
- 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
- ISBN: 3032293383
- ISBN-13: 9783032293381
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商品描述
This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to sustainability, examining the complex relationships among environmental, economic, and socio-cultural systems across a wide range of industries. Moving beyond a narrow focus on environmental protection, it emphasizes the interconnected nature of the three pillars of sustainability and the importance of balancing resource management, economic development, and social equity. As global population growth, resource scarcity, and climate change place increasing pressure on natural and human systems, sustainability has become a critical framework for decision making in both public and private sectors. This text explores how a variety of industries, such as energy, agriculture, tourism, healthcare, fashion, and policy contribute to sustainability challenges and solutions, highlighting both the opportunities and trade-offs involved in pursuing long term resilience.
Designed for graduate students from diverse academic backgrounds, this textbook integrates theoretical foundations with real-world examples, case studies, and global perspectives. It introduces key concepts such as linkages and trade-offs, demonstrating how actions in one domain can influence outcomes in others. In doing so, it encourages readers to think critically about the unintended consequences of development and the importance of interdisciplinary approaches. Ultimately, it strives to prepare future leaders to make informed, ethical decisions that support resilient communities, promote equity, and enhance quality of life for present and future generations.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
這本教科書提供了對可持續性的全面介紹，探討了環境、經濟和社會文化系統之間的複雜關係，涵蓋了廣泛的行業。它超越了對環境保護的狹隘關注，強調了可持續性的三大支柱之間的相互聯繫，以及平衡資源管理、經濟發展和社會公平的重要性。隨著全球人口增長、資源稀缺和氣候變化對自然和人類系統施加越來越大的壓力，可持續性已成為公共和私營部門決策的重要框架。本書探討了能源、農業、旅遊、醫療保健、時尚和政策等多個行業如何對可持續性挑戰和解決方案作出貢獻，突顯了追求長期韌性所涉及的機會和權衡。
本書旨在為來自不同學術背景的研究生設計，將理論基礎與現實世界的例子、案例研究和全球視角相結合。它介紹了關鍵概念，如聯繫和權衡，展示了某一領域的行動如何影響其他領域的結果。在此過程中，它鼓勵讀者批判性地思考發展的意外後果以及跨學科方法的重要性。最終，它努力為未來的領導者做好準備，使其能夠做出明智的、符合倫理的決策，以支持韌性社區、促進公平，並提高當前和未來世代的生活質量。
作者簡介
Dr. Nichole Hugo is a Professor in Hospitality and Tourism and the Graduate Coordinator of Sustainability at Eastern Illinois University, USA. Her research centers on sustainable development in tourism, with particular emphasis on how destinations, especially in developing regions, balance economic vitality, community well-being, and environmental stewardship. She has examined topics such as tourism's role in poverty alleviation, destination image and resilience, cultural and community engagement in festivals and events, and the adoption of sustainable practices across lodging and tourism sectors. Her work also extends to environmental planning and community facing sustainability initiatives, including land use planning, climate adaptation efforts in small and medium sized communities, and strategies for enhancing tourism's contribution to local development. Across her publications, technical reports, and book chapters, Dr. Hugo integrates marketing, community development, and sustainability perspectives to better understand how tourism and related industries can create more equitable and environmentally responsible outcomes.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
尼可爾·休戈博士（Dr. Nichole Hugo）是美國東伊利諾伊大學（Eastern Illinois University）酒店與旅遊系的教授及可持續發展研究生協調員。她的研究重點在於旅遊的可持續發展，特別強調目的地如何在經濟活力、社區福祉和環境管理之間取得平衡，尤其是在發展中地區。她探討的主題包括旅遊在減貧中的角色、目的地形象與韌性、文化與社區在節慶和活動中的參與，以及在住宿和旅遊行業中採用可持續實踐。她的工作還擴展到環境規劃和面向社區的可持續發展倡議，包括土地使用規劃、中小型社區的氣候適應努力，以及增強旅遊對地方發展貢獻的策略。在她的出版物、技術報告和書籍章節中，休戈博士整合了行銷、社區發展和可持續性觀點，以更好地理解旅遊及相關行業如何創造更公平和環境負責的結果。
