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Intro; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editors and Contributors; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1: Sustainability Definitions, Historical Context, and Frameworks; Sustainability Definitions; The United Nations and Sustainability; 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment; 1983 United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED); 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED); 1994 United Nations Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS); 1997 United Nations Earth Summit +5; 2000 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
2002 United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development; Sustainability Frameworks; National Frameworks; Subnational Governments; Organizational Frameworks; Green Building; Personal Sustainability; Significance of Sustainability in the Modern Era; References; Part I: Environment; 2: Sustainability and Natural Landscape Stewardship: A US Conservation Case Study; Background; Case Study: The Forest Service and the Evolution of Conservation in the United States; Early Conservation of Natural Landscapes in the United States
The US Forest Service: An Evolving Approach of Conservation and SustainabilityLessons Learned and Future Challenges; Further Reading; 3: Policy Design for Sustainability at Multiple Scales: The Case of Transboundary Haze Pollution in Southeast Asia; Background; Case Study; Part 1: Local Realities-The Cost of Fire-Led Deforestation and Haze in Indonesia; Part 2: Regional Repercussions-Transboundary Haze in the ASEAN; Part 3: Global Implications-Linking Deforestation in Southeast Asia and Climate Change; Lessons Learned; Challenges and Barriers; Further Reading and References
4: Sustainable Water Resources Management: Groundwater DepletionBackground; Case Study; Site Characteristics; History of Water Use; Sustainable Groundwater Management Evaluation; Sensitivity to Adaptive Management Strategies; Spatial Variability in Aquifer Dynamics; Lessons Learned; Challenges and Barriers; Further Reading; References; 5: America's Path to Drinking Water Infrastructure Inequality and Environmental Injustice: The Case of Flint, Michigan; Background and Case Study; Lessons Learned; Challenges and Barriers; Socioeconomic Collapse; Financial Burdens; Infrastructure Responsibility
Partial Line ReplacementsSustainability of Short-Term Solutions; Regulatory Gaps and Weaknesses in Regulatory Oversight and Enforcement; Personal Costs and Environmental Injustice; Conclusions; References; 6: Sustainable Renewable Energy: The Case of Burlington, Vermont; Background; The Case of Burlington, Vermont; About Burlington, Vermont; Political Context; Vermont's Energy Production and Consumption; Burlington, Vermont's Energy Supply; How Burlington Achieved 100 Percent Renewable Electricity; BED Is a Municipally Owned Utility
2002 United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development; Sustainability Frameworks; National Frameworks; Subnational Governments; Organizational Frameworks; Green Building; Personal Sustainability; Significance of Sustainability in the Modern Era; References; Part I: Environment; 2: Sustainability and Natural Landscape Stewardship: A US Conservation Case Study; Background; Case Study: The Forest Service and the Evolution of Conservation in the United States; Early Conservation of Natural Landscapes in the United States
The US Forest Service: An Evolving Approach of Conservation and SustainabilityLessons Learned and Future Challenges; Further Reading; 3: Policy Design for Sustainability at Multiple Scales: The Case of Transboundary Haze Pollution in Southeast Asia; Background; Case Study; Part 1: Local Realities-The Cost of Fire-Led Deforestation and Haze in Indonesia; Part 2: Regional Repercussions-Transboundary Haze in the ASEAN; Part 3: Global Implications-Linking Deforestation in Southeast Asia and Climate Change; Lessons Learned; Challenges and Barriers; Further Reading and References
4: Sustainable Water Resources Management: Groundwater DepletionBackground; Case Study; Site Characteristics; History of Water Use; Sustainable Groundwater Management Evaluation; Sensitivity to Adaptive Management Strategies; Spatial Variability in Aquifer Dynamics; Lessons Learned; Challenges and Barriers; Further Reading; References; 5: America's Path to Drinking Water Infrastructure Inequality and Environmental Injustice: The Case of Flint, Michigan; Background and Case Study; Lessons Learned; Challenges and Barriers; Socioeconomic Collapse; Financial Burdens; Infrastructure Responsibility
Partial Line ReplacementsSustainability of Short-Term Solutions; Regulatory Gaps and Weaknesses in Regulatory Oversight and Enforcement; Personal Costs and Environmental Injustice; Conclusions; References; 6: Sustainable Renewable Energy: The Case of Burlington, Vermont; Background; The Case of Burlington, Vermont; About Burlington, Vermont; Political Context; Vermont's Energy Production and Consumption; Burlington, Vermont's Energy Supply; How Burlington Achieved 100 Percent Renewable Electricity; BED Is a Municipally Owned Utility