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"The Future of Sustainability, the tenth and final volume of the Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability, brings together essays from a group of renowned scholars and well-known environmentalist thinkers. Crucial topics are considered in terms of the future of humanity and its relationship with the natural world, from the outlook for nuclear energy, cities, energy, agriculture, water, food security, mobility, and migration; the role of higher education; and the concept of collective learning. The volume concludes with a resource guide for teaching materials at several levels, a directory of leading undergraduate- and graduate-level programs in sustainability, and a combined index of the 10-volume set"-- Provided by publisher In The 10-volume Berkshire Encyclopedia Of Sustainability Experts Around The World Provide Authoritative Coverage Of The Growing Body Of Knowledge About Ways To Restore The Planet. Focused On Solutions, This Interdisciplinary Publication Draws From The Natural, Physical, And Social Sciences. The Result Is A Unified, Organized, And Peer-reviewed Resource On Sustainability That Connects Academic Research To Real World Challenges And Provides A Balanced, Trustworthy Perspective On The Global Environmental Challenges In The 21st Century--publisher's Description. V. 1. The Spirit Of Sustainability -- V. 2. The Business Of Sustainability -- V. 3. The Law And Politics Of Sustainability -- V. 4. Natural Resources And Sustainability -- V. 5. Ecosystem Management And Sustainability -- V. 6. Measurements, Indicators, And Research Methods For Sustainability -- V. 7. China, India, And East And Southeast Asia : Assessing Sustainability -- V. 8. The Americas & Oceania : Assessing Sustainability -- V. 9. Afro-eurasia : Assessing Sustainability -- V. 10. The Future Of Sustainability [overviews, Future Views, And Review Essays]. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. The Future of Sustainability , the tenth and final volume of the Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability , brings together essays from a group of renowned scholars and well-known environmentalist thinkers. Crucial topics are considered in terms of the future of humanity and its relationship with the natural world, from aging and world population to the future of nuclear energy, cities, energy, agriculture, water, food security, mobility, and migration; the role of higher education; and the concept of collective learning. The volume's authors confront big issues such as "progress" and how to view the Earth's changing climate from the larger perspective of "big history." The volume concludes with a resource guide for teaching materials at several levels, a directory of leading undergraduate- and graduate-level programs in sustainability, and a combined index of the ten-volume set. In the 10-volume Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability , experts around the world provide authoritative coverage of the growing body of knowledge about ways to restore the planet. Focused on solutions, this interdisciplinary print and online publication draws from the natural, physical, and social sciences—geophysics, engineering, and resource management, to name a few—and from philosophy and religion. The result is a unified, organized, and peer-reviewed resource on sustainability that connects academic research to real world challenges and provides a balanced, trustworthy perspective on global environmental challenges in the 21st century. v. 1. The spirit of sustainability v. 2. The business of sustainability v. 3. The law and politics of sustainability v. 4. Natural resources and sustainability v. 5. Ecosystems management and sustainability v. 6. Measurements, indicators, and research methods for sustainability v. 7. China and India: assessing sustainability v. 8. The Americas & Oceania: assessing sustainability v. 9. Afro-Eurasia: assessing sustainability v. 10. Overviews, future views, and review essays