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The field of sustainability continues to evolve as a discipline. The world is facing multiple sustainability challenges such as climate change, water depletion, ecosystem loss, and environmental racism. The Handbook of Sustainability will provide a comprehensive reference for the field that examines in depth the major themes within what are known as the three Es of sustainability: environment, equity, and economics. These three themes will serve as the main organizing body of the work. In addition, the work will include sections on history and sustainability, major figures in the development of sustainability as a discipline, and important organizations that contributed or that continue to contribute to sustainability as a field. The work is explicitly global in scope as it considers the very different issues associated with sustainability in the global north and south.

Part I. Defining our Great Global Challenges -- Chapter 1. Change Yourself and Change the World -- Chapter 2. Our Climate Change Challenge -- Chapter 3. Our Great Sustainability Challenge -- Chapter 4. Our Ethical Responsibility -- Part II. Tackling Climate Change -- Chapter 5. How You and Your Family Can Reduce Your Carbon Footprint -- Chapter 6 How Your Community Can Reduce Its Greenhouse Gas Impact -- Chapter 7. How Your School, Non-Profit Organization, or Business Can Reduce Eliminate Its Carbon Footprint -- Part III. Environmental Sustainability -- Chapter 8 Moving to Green Energy -- Chapter 9. Protecting Our Water Resources -- Chapter 10. Dealing with the Garbage Around Us -- Chapter 11. Saving Ecosystems -- Part IV. Building Just and Equitable Economic and Social Systems -- Chapter 12. Building a Just and Sustainable Society -- Chapter 13. Green Your Economy -- Chapter 14. Sustainable Travel and Leisure -- Chapter 15. Tune Out, Buy Nothing, and Get Educated.

Roots of the modern sustainability movement -- Understanding natural systems -- Measuring sustainability -- Energy -- Global climate change and greenhouse gas management -- Water -- Food and agriculture -- Green building -- Transportation -- Pollution and waste -- Environmental justice -- Sustainability planning and governance -- Sustainability, economics, and the global commons -- Corporate and organizational sustainability management -- Sustainability at universities, colleges, and schools.

Environmental Sustainability in a Time of Change is the first book in a new Palgrave series on Environmental Sustainability. It takes a fresh look at the dynamic field of environmental sustainability by exploring the interconnections between climate change, water, energy, waste, land use, ecosystems, food, and transportation. It also provides an extensive summary on sustainability management, data analysis, mapping, and data sources. Brinkmann highlights how environmental sustainability challenges are distinctly different in the developed world, where sustainability is largely a choice, versus the developing world, where many struggle with basic existence due to war, migration, and water or food scarcity. He takes a broad systems and historic approach to contextualize environmental sustainability prior to the 1987 Brundtland Report and utilizes many contemporary examples throughout the text, analyzing numerous case studies from many areas of the world including China, Yemen, Malaysia, Egypt, and Florida. This book questions traditional approaches to sustainability that highlight the need for an equal balance of economic development, environmental protection, and social equality to achieve sustainability. This book focuses on a new line of thinking that places environmental sustainability as the key foundation in how to manage sustainability in a time of change. Our planet is quickly becoming environmentally unsustainable due to global consumption and unsustainable economic development and it is high time for a fresh approach. This book will be of great value to academics, practitioners, and students interested in environmental sustainability from a myriad of fields including geology, geography, biology, ecology, economics, business, sociology, anthropology, and other areas that intersect the interdisciplinary field of sustainability.

With the growing interest in using street sweeping as a tool in environmental management, and with increased problems in managing street sweeping waste, the need for a comprehensive resource for city managers and environmental professionals has become necessary. This examination of the science, policy, and management of street sweeping critiques policy issues and waste management problems associated with urban sediment removal. Aimed at a broad audience, Urban Sediment Removal: The Science, Policy, and Management of Street Sweeping, provides much-needed solutions through a series of case studies dealing with every aspect - storm water quality improvement and sweeper-type testing, to name but two - for this vexing policy issue. Researchers and professionals alike will find this to be an invaluable resource

Introduction: The State of Suburban Sustainability in the United States / Robert Brinkmann and Sandra J. Garren -- Part I. Sustainability Planning in the Suburbs -- Sustainability Assessment of the New York Metropolitan Area: Is New York City More Sustainable Than Its Surrounding Suburbs? / Sandra J. Garren -- Sustainability Through Suburban Growth? Regional Planning and Targeted Change in the Pacific Northwest / Yonn Dierwechter -- Linking Smart Growth Policies and Natural Disasters: A Study of Local Governments in Florida / Vaswati Chatterjee, Simon A. Andrew, and Richard C. Feiock -- Can Transportation Be Sustainable in the Suburbs? A Case Study of Complete Streets on Long Island, New York / Sandra J. Garren, Mathew K. Huxel, and Carolina A. Urrea -- Part II. Socioeconomic Sustainable Development in the Suburbs -- Who Defines Sustainability? Urban Infill in Colorado Springs, Colorado / John Harner -- Diversity Improves Design: Sustainable Place-Making in a Suburban Tampa Bay Brownfield Neighborhood / E. Christian Wells, Gabrielle R. Lehigh, Sarah Combs, and Miles Ballogg -- Sustainable Economic Development: The Maker Movement in Macon, Georgia / Susan M. Opp -- Part III. Focus on Atmospheric Sustainability in the Suburbs -- Ozone in Urban North Carolina: A Sustainability Case Study / William H. Battye, Casey D. Bray, Pornpan Uttamang, and Viney P. Aneja -- Skewed Sustainability and Environmental Injustice Across Metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri / Troy D. Abel, Stacy Clauson, and Debra Salazar -- Suburban Sustainability Governance in the Los Angeles Region, California / Elizabeth Mattiuzzi -- The Application of Land Use Regression and the National Land Cover Dataset in Modeling of Ozone Mixing Ratios in Baton Rouge, Louisiana / Mallory Thomas -- Part IV. Sustainable Land and Water Management in the Suburbs -- Leading Through Water: Defining Sustainability Through Leadership, Experience, and Engagement in Pittsburg, Metropolitan Region, Pennsylvania / Michael H. Finewood and Sean McGreevey -- Managing Wildlife Amid Development: A Case Study of Sustaining Mountain Lion Populations in California / Melissa M. Grigione, Michaela C. Peterson, Ronald Sarno, and Mike Johnson -- Suburban In-Sustainability or the Burden of Fixed Infrastructure in New Orleans, Louisiana / Craig E. Colten -- Suburban to Urban Hydro-Economic Connectivity: Virtual Water Flow Within the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, Arizona / Richard R. Rushforth and Benjamin L. Ruddell -- Conclusions: Suburban Sustainability Themes and Ongoing Challenges / Robert Brinkmann and Sandra J. Garren

In recent years, the United States has struggled to develop a comprehensive policy for climate change and concomitant greenhouse gas emissions that addresses the current scientific thinking on the topic. The absence of any clear legislative or executive approach dominated national discussions and the court system was used to litigate a variety of issues associated with global warming. This paper synthesizes actions taken in the three branches of government prior to and immediately following the Obama election. In the Judicial branch, several branches of law have been used to force government and private parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Based on the historic greenhouse gas lawsuit, Massachusetts et al. v. the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), and under the direction of the Obama administration, the U.S. EPA has taken significant action to regulate greenhouse gases. In the legislative branch, a comprehensive energy and climate bill passed the House of Representatives and comparable and alternate energy and climate bills were debated in the Senate indicating hope for legislation in the 111th Congress. However, these bills proved to be unsuccessful, therefore leaving the U.S. EPA and the courts the only options for national climate policy in the near future.

In recent years, the United States has struggled to develop a comprehensive policy for climate change and concomitant greenhouse gas emissions that addresses the current scientific thinking on the topic. The absence of any clear legislative or executive approach dominated national discussions and the court system was used to litigate a variety of issues associated with global warming. This paper synthesizes actions taken in the three branches of government prior to and immediately following the Obama election. In the Judicial branch, several branches of law have been used to force government and private parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Based on the historic greenhouse gas lawsuit, Massachusetts et al. v. the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), and under the direction of the Obama administration, the U.S. EPA has taken significant action to regulate greenhouse gases. In the legislative branch, a comprehensive energy and climate bill passed the House of Representatives and comparable and alternate energy and climate bills were debated in the Senate indicating hope for legislation in the 111th Congress. However, these bills proved to be unsuccessful, therefore leaving the U.S. EPA and the courts the only options for national climate policy in the near future.

In recent years, the United States has struggled to develop a comprehensive policy for climate change and concomitant greenhouse gas emissions that addresses the current scientific thinking on the topic. The absence of any clear legislative or executive approach dominated national discussions and the court system was used to litigate a variety of issues associated with global warming. This paper synthesizes actions taken in the three branches of government prior to and immediately following the Obama election. In the Judicial branch, several branches of law have been used to force government and private parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Based on the historic greenhouse gas lawsuit, Massachusetts et al. v. the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), and under the direction of the Obama administration, the U.S. EPA has taken significant action to regulate greenhouse gases. In the legislative branch, a comprehensive energy and climate bill passed the House of Representatives and comparable and alternate energy and climate bills were debated in the Senate indicating hope for legislation in the 111th Congress. However, these bills proved to be unsuccessful, therefore leaving the U.S. EPA and the courts the only options for national climate policy in the near future.

In recent years, the United States has struggled to develop a comprehensive policy for climate change and concomitant greenhouse gas emissions that addresses the current scientific thinking on the topic. The absence of any clear legislative or executive approach dominated national discussions and the court system was used to litigate a variety of issues associated with global warming. This paper synthesizes actions taken in the three branches of government prior to and immediately following the Obama election. In the Judicial branch, several branches of law have been used to force government and private parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Based on the historic greenhouse gas lawsuit, Massachusetts et al. v. the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), and under the direction of the Obama administration, the U.S. EPA has taken significant action to regulate greenhouse gases. In the legislative branch, a comprehensive energy and climate bill passed the House of Representatives and comparable and alternate energy and climate bills were debated in the Senate indicating hope for legislation in the 111th Congress. However, these bills proved to be unsuccessful, therefore leaving the U.S. EPA and the courts the only options for national climate policy in the near future.