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  • Smart Cities

    Critical Debates on Big Data, Urban Development and Social Environmental Sustainability

    Edited by Negin Minaei ...
    In the age of global climate change, society will require cities that are environmentally self-sufficient, able to withstand various environmental problems and recover quickly. It is interesting to note that many "smart" solutions for cities are leading to an unsustainable future, including further electrification, an increased dependence on the Internet, Internet of Things, Big Data, and ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Sustainable Engineering for Life Tomorrow

    by Yomna K. Abdallah, Kheir Al-Kodmany, Julia Ann Baker, Figen Balo, Rupp Carriveau, Roberto Francisco Coelho, Peter Enevoldsen, Alberto T. Estévez, Fazil Gökgöz, Neveen M. Khalil, Rui Kou, Denizar C. Martins, Lindsay Miller, Negin Minaei, Sarah Nichol, Lenon Schmitz, Zhaoru Shang, Mostafa M. Sobhy, Lutfu S. Sua, Diaa El Deen M. Tantawy, Marco Tinggaard, George Xydis, Engin Yalçin, Haozhe Yi, Unal Yilmaz, Mingyuan Zhang, Ying Zhong ...
    Series series Environment and Society
    Sustainable Engineering for Life Tomorrow examines the future of sustainable engineering and architecture. The contributors' analyses of sustainable solutions, such as wind and solar power, offer valuable insights for future policy-making, scholarship, and the management of energy-intensive facilities. ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

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    The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism

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    The New York Times–bestselling author describes how current trends will create an era when anything and everything is available for almost nothing.In The Zero Marginal Cost Society, New York Times–bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin uncovers a paradox at the heart of capitalism that has propelled it to greatness but is now taking it to its death—the inherent entrepreneurial dynamism of competitive ... Read more

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  • Mission Economy

    A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism

    by Mariana Mazzucato ...
    Longlisted for the 2021 Porchlight Business Book Awards, Big Ideas & New Perspectives“She offers something both broad and scarce: a compelling new story about how to create a desirable future.”—New York TimesAn award-winning author and leading international economist delivers a hard-hitting and much needed critique of modern capitalism in which she argues that, to solve the massive crises facing ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Future Perfect

    The Case For Progress In A Networked Age

    by Steven Johnson ...
    From the New York Times bestselling author of How We Got To Now, Farsighted, and Extra LifeCombining the deft social analysis of Where Good Ideas Come From with the optimistic arguments of Everything Bad Is Good For You, New York Times bestselling author Steven Johnson’s Future Perfect makes the case that a new model of political change is on the rise, transforming everything from local governm... ... Read more

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  • Thriving

    The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society, and the Economy

    by Wayne Visser ...
    An innovation agenda for tackling our biggest global societal challenges, including the climate emergencyWritten by a top thinker in sustainability and responsible business, Thriving promotes change through innovation and transformation in nature, society, and the economy. It showcases new approaches in economics, business, and leadership to address a wide range of topics, including ecosystem ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dream States

    Smart Cities and the Pursuit of Utopian Urbanism

    by John Lorinc ...
    WINNER OF THE 2022 WRITERS' TRUST BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC POLICYSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 DONNER BOOK PRIZEWINNER OF THE PATTIS FAMILY FOUNDATION GLOBAL CITIES BOOK AWARDIs the ‘smart city’ the utopia we’ve been waiting for?The promise of the so-called smart city has been at the forefront of urban planning and development since the early 2010s, and the tech industry that supplies smart cit... ... Read more

    $9.79 USD

  • Design for a Better World

    Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered

    by Donald A. Norman ...
    How human behavior brought our world to the brink, and how human behavior can save us.The world is a mess. Our dire predicament, from collapsing social structures to the climate crisis, has been millennia in the making and can be traced back to the erroneous belief that the earth’s resources are infinite. The key to change, says Don Norman, is human behavior, covered in the book’s three major ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Pursuing Sustainability

    A Guide to the Science and Practice

    by Pamela Matson, William C. Clark, Krister Par Andersson ...
    An essential guide to sustainable development for students and practitionersSustainability is a global imperative and a scientific challenge like no other. This concise guide provides students and practitioners with a strategic framework for linking knowledge with action in the pursuit of sustainable development, and serves as an invaluable companion to more narrowly focused courses dealing with ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Zeronauts

    Breaking the Sustainability Barrier

    by John Elkington ...
    A world of 9 billion people by mid-century will demand fundamental changes in our mindsets, behaviors, cultures, and overarching paradigm. Just as our species broke the Sound Barrier during the 1940s and 1950s, a new breed of innovator, entrepreneur, and investor is lining up to break the Sustainability Barrier. In this book, John Elkington introduces the Zeronauts – a new breed of innovator, ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • A Good Disruption

    Redefining Growth in the Twenty-First Century

    by Martin Stuchtey, Per-Anders Enkvist, Klaus Zumwinkel ...
    A Good Disruption describes how disruptive technology can be used to combat the economic challenges of our age and sets out an inspirational vision of a more effective and sustainable growth model.Disruptive technology is one of the defining economic trends of our age, transforming one major industry after another. But what is the true impact of such disruption on the world's economies, and does ... Read more

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  • Turnaround Challenge

    Business and the City of the Future

    by Michael Blowfield, Leo Johnson ...
    Do we have the rights to optimism? Can capitalism deliver a next great wave of growth? The future, wrote William Gibson, is already here. It just isn't evenly distributed yet. Lucid and polemical, Turnaround Challenge is a dig into that future and its meaning for business. It dissects the nexus of social, economic, environmental and governance crises confronting us, and a series of colliding ... Read more

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