Sustainable Future for Human Security - Society, Cities and Governance

This book focuses on the human and societal aspects of sustainable development. Three major perspectives are considered: governance and its influence on sustainable development; urban environments and their broader human and environmental impacts; and disaster management. Each of these elements is critical in considering the current and prospective development of societies towards a sustainable future in which human security is guaranteed.

This 2-volume set discusses a wide range of topics concerning sustainability and human security in Asia, particularly South East Asia. The individual chapters have been contributed by authors from various fields, and due to the breadth of the material are separated into two thematic volumes.The set offers a valuable resource for professionals and researchers in the urban planning industry, postgraduates, policymakers, government officials and natural resources managers. In addition, it can be used in courses on Environmental Engineering, Agriculture and Forestry, Public Policy and Earth Science.


Benjamin McLellan (PhD, Associate Professor, Kyoto University, Japan)

Position: Honorary Senior Research Fellow, co-Chief Editor of the International Journal of Sustainable Futures for Human Security (J-SUSTAIN)
Publications:     
·         Benjamin C McLellan (2015). Challenges and merits of choosing alternative functional units. In Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu (Ed.), The Carbon Footprint Handbook (pp. 45-60) Boca Raton, FL United States: CRC Press.                                                                         
·         McLellan, Benjamin, Tanaka, Yoshiki, Dinh, Thi Thu Huyen, Dinh, Huong Long, Jusakulvijit, Piradee, Freemantle, Faizi Ashley Taro and Hakimov, Aibek (2015). Carbon footprint of the operation and products of a restaurant: a study and alternative perspectives. In Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu (Ed.), The Carbon footprint handbook (pp. 369-388) Boca Raton, FL United States: CRC Press.                                                                            
·         Bangerter, Philip J., Corder, Glen D., Giurco, Damien, McLellan, Ben C. and Murphy, Andrew (2015). Sustainability in plant design. In Metallurgical plant design (pp. 151-179) Montreal, Canada: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum.                        

·         McLellan, Ben C. and Corder, Glen D. (2012). Designing-in sustainability in industrial projects and processes. In Mitsutaka Matsumo, Yasushi Umed, Keijiro Masui and Shinichi Fukushige (Ed.), Design for innovative value towards a sustainable society: Proceedings of EcoDesign 2011: 7th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing (pp. 209-214) Kyoto, Japan: Springer.