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Organizations and the sustainability mosaic : crafting long-term ecological and societal solutions / edited by Sanjay Sharma, Mark Starik, Bryan Husted.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New perspectives in research on corporate sustainability.
- New perspectives in research on corporate sustainability
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sustainable development.
- Industries--Social aspects.
- Industries.
- Environmental economics.
- Economic development--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Economic development.
- Social justice.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (626 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Transportation planning deals with the ways in which governments at various levels try to ensure the effective and efficient movement of people and goods. For this collection, the editors have selected the key previously published papers which analyse some of the major methodological issues involved in modern transportation planning and discuss the main policy questions and debates. The wide range of topics covered includes traffic assignment, developments in modelling travel behaviour, urban travel, the effect of modern telecommunications on travel, congestion and pricing policy. The book inc
- Contents:
- COPYRIGHT; DEDICATIONS; Contents; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Contributors; 1. Organizations and the sustainability mosaic: crafting long-term ecological and societal solutions; 2. Envisioning an ecologically sustainable society: an ideal type and an application; 3. A use-centered perspective on sustainability: a case-study of land use in the American Southwest; 4. Changing practice on sustainability: understanding and overcoming the organizational and psychological barriers to action; 5. Institutionalization as a prerequisite for sustainable corporate development
- 7. Stakeholder management and sustainability evaluation and reporting system (SERS): a new corporate performance management framework8. Who can act on sustainability issues? Corporate capital and the configuration of organizational fields; 9. The political-institutional dimension of socio-environmental strategies: the game of Aracruz Celulose S.A. versus Tupiniquim and Guarani Indians; 10. Regulating business for sustainable development; 11. The professionalization of sustainability; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-21969-7
- 9786613219695
- 1-84720-554-2
- OCLC:
- 476050278
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