Engineering:Outline of sustainability

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Short description: Overview of and topical guide to sustainability


The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to sustainability:

Sustainability – capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of stewardship and responsible resource management.


Essence of sustainability

Taxonomy

Sustainability is divided into two main branches: sustainability science and sustainability governance. Each of these branches is divided into a number of subfields:

Sub-fields of sustainability science

Sub-fields of sustainability governance

See also: Sustainability governance
Sustainable packaging – molded pulp uses recycled newsprint to form package components. Here, researchers are molding packaging from straw.

Related disciplines

Biodiversity

Coral reefs are amongst the most diverse ecosystems on earth.

see also: Biodiversity

Levels of biological organisation

Politics of sustainability

  • Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
  • International reports and agreements
    • United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm 1972)
    • Brundtlandt Commission Report, 1983
      • Our Common Future, 1987
    • Earth Summit (1992)
    • Agenda 21 (1992)
    • Convention on Biological Diversity (1992)
    • ICPD Programme of Action (1994)
    • Earth Charter
    • Millennium Declaration (2000)
    • Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005)
  • Politics of global warming
    • Climate change policy of the United States
    • Climate change in China

Population control

Population control

Environmental technology

Sustainable urban design and innovation: Photovoltaic ombrière SUDI is an autonomous and mobile station that replenishes energy for electric vehicles using solar energy.
See also: Environmental technology

Energy conservation

Over consumption

Food

Urban horticulture – Salad lettuce cultivation at the Growing Communities‘ urban plot, in Springfield Park, Clapton, North London.

Water

Materials

Recycling and rubbish bin in a Germany railway station
See also: Material Sustainability

Sustainability organizations

Sustainability publications

Sustainability (journal)

Sustainability advocates

See also

Sustainability lists
  • List of climate change topics
  • List of conservation issues
  • List of conservation topics
  • List of environmental agreements
  • List of environmental health hazards
  • List of environmental issues
  • List of environmental organizations
  • Lists of environmental topics
  • List of environmental studies topics
  • List of global sustainability statistics
Sustainability glossaries

References