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Sustainability in Practice

Addressing Challenges and Creating Opportunities in Latin America

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Editors:
  1. Walter Leal Filho

    1. Faculty of Life Sciences, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

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  2. Fernanda Frankenberger

    1. Cidade Industrial de Curitiba, Positivo University, Curitiba, Brazil

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  3. Ubirata Tortato

    1. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUC-PR), Curitiba, Brazil

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  • Is a combination of projects, case studies, and practical experiences
  • Presents methodological approaches and experiences deriving from case studies and projects
  • Promotes ideas and experiences acquired in the execution of sustainability projects

Part of the book series: World Sustainability Series (WSUSE)

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About this book

Sustainability is now a widely spread concept, and much progress has been achieved since the 1970s, when it started to be widely discussed. At present, many international organizations and scientists are active in implementing sustainable development as a whole and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in particular. Nevertheless, the main research agenda is being led by some countries, providing a good opportunity for other nations and regions which have not yet been so active, to bring their viewpoints to the global discussion. One of these regions is Latin America.

Consistent with the need for more cross-sectorial and cross-cultural interactions among the various stakeholders working in the field of sustainability in Latin America and beyond, this book pursues two main aims:

a) to provide research institutions, universities, NGOs, government agencies, and enterprises from the region with an opportunity to present their works in the field of sustainability and

b) to document and promote ideas and experiences acquired in the execution of sustainability projects, especially successful initiatives and good practice across the Latin America region.

Last but not least, a further aim of the book is to present methodological approaches and experiences deriving from case studies and projects, which aim to show how sustainability may be enhanced in practice.

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Table of contents (35 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Educational Approaches and Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Sustainable Development Within Higher Education Institutions: The Occupational Health Field Example

      • Rives Rocha Borges, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Nelson Barros
      Pages 3-17

    3. Contribution to Social Sustainability and the Gender Equality at Public Universities: Women Empowerment in the Brazilian Context

      • Rives Rocha Borges, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Nelson Barros
      Pages 19-30

    4. Pursuing 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda Through Gender Equality: Synergies of Gender Diversity and Financial Performance in Brazilian Publicly Traded Companies

      • Adriana Cristina Ferreira Caldana, Denise Bonifácio, Julia Vicente
      Pages 31-49

    5. Impact of a Social Responsibility Program on Citizen Education

      • Gisely Fernanda Rodrigues de Almeida, Alex Sandro Quadros Weymer, Simone Cristina Ramos
      Pages 51-62

    6. SDGs and Scientific Community: A Case Study of the University of Campinas (UNICAMP/Brazil)

      • Thais Aparecida Dibbern, Milena Pavan Serafim
      Pages 63-73

    7. Teaching Strategies for Sustainability in Creative Disciplines

      • Ana Elena Builes-Vélez, Juliana Restrepo Jaramillo, Natalia Pérez-Orrego, Lina María Suárez-Vásquez
      Pages 75-91

    8. Sustainable Development in Latin American Higher Education Institutions

      • Gricelda Herrera-Franco, Carlos Mora-Frank, Paúl Carrión-Mero
      Pages 93-110

    9. Greening the University?: Assessing the Impact of Sustainability and SDGs in Universities’ Values and Strategies

      • Evandro Coggo Cristofoletti, Rómulo Pinheiro
      Pages 111-126

  3. Practical Initiatives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Gardening as a Roadmap for Sustainability in the Francophone Caribbean

      • Chiara Lanza
      Pages 129-140

    3. Mapping Sustainability Impacts on the Performance Assessment of Software Development Distributed Teams

      • Maiara Cristina Feliceti, Edson Pinheiro de Lima, Sergio E. Gouvea da Costa
      Pages 141-152

    4. The Importance of Knowing What Your Customers Know to Drive Ecologically and Economically Effective Circular Design: A Case Study in Sports

      • Asia Guerreschi, Mateusz Wieloposki
      Pages 153-196

    5. Preliminary Construct of Sustainable Product Development with a Focus on the Brazilian Reality: A Review and Bibliometric Analysis

      • Franciele Lourenço, Elpidio Oscar Benitez Nara, Marcelo Carneiro Gonçalves, Osiris Canciglieri Junior
      Pages 197-220

    6. An Initial Exploration of Lean and Sustainable Development with a Focus on Service

      • Daniela dos Santos Beckert, Matheus Beltrame Canciglieri, Ubiratã Tortato, Osiris Canciglieri Junior
      Pages 221-231

    7. Integrated Product Development Process and Green Supply Chain Management—Proposal for a Preliminary Model

      • Alda Yoshi Uemura Reche, Osiris Canciglieri Junior, Marcelo Rudek, Ubiratã Tortato
      Pages 233-245

    8. The 2030 Agenda in the Socio-Technical Transition Context in the City of Curitiba: Set of Public Policies Directed at the SDG-11—Sustainable Cities and Communities

      • Sérgio Luis Dias Doliveira, Sieglinde Kindl da Cunha, Flavia Massuga
      Pages 247-263

    9. Environmental Conflict and Contingent Valuation Method: Setting Up a Pilot Study on Biogas Plants Acceptance in Emilia Romagna

      • Dottor Edoardo Maria Benassai
      Pages 265-277

    10. Bike Sharing Systems and the Collaborative Economy: A Systematic Literature Review

      • Liliana Lotero Álvarez, Luis Horacio Botero Montoya, Jorge Calle D’Alleman, N. I. Nicola Stepanie Klocke
      Pages 279-297
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Life Sciences, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  • Cidade Industrial de Curitiba, Positivo University, Curitiba, Brazil

    Fernanda Frankenberger

  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUC-PR), Curitiba, Brazil

    Ubirata Tortato

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sustainability in Practice

  • Book Subtitle: Addressing Challenges and Creating Opportunities in Latin America

  • Editors: Walter Leal Filho, Fernanda Frankenberger, Ubirata Tortato

  • Series Title: World Sustainability Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34436-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-34435-0Published: 16 September 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-34438-1Published: 03 October 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-34436-7Published: 15 September 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2199-7373

  • Series E-ISSN: 2199-7381

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 612

  • Number of Illustrations: 79 b/w illustrations, 170 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sustainable Development, Environmental and Sustainability Education, Education, general, Higher Education

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