Sustainability

With respect to the developing and threshold economies, it is no longer the poor who are the only focus of media attention.

The promises, dreams and hopes of architects for future cities are now inextricably linked to climate change.

This unique and insightful text offers an exploration of the origins and subsequent development of the concept of just sustainability.

This book offers a unique, critical exploration of concepts and practices of social sustainability through both a critical concept analysis as well as empirical studies of practices that undermine social sustainability.

Sustainable Production Consumption Systems brings together a set of designed case studies intended to provide a more in-depth understanding of challenges and opportunities in bringing knowledge and actions closer together for the sustainable management of specific production and consumption systems.

This book first describes fundamental knowledge on human thermal comfort, adaptive thermal comfort, thermal comfort in sleeping environments, modeling of human thermal comfort, and thermal comfort assessment using human trials.

Petroleum-based industrial products have gradually replaced products derived from biological materials.

Heterogeneous catalysis plays a central role in the global energy paradigm, with practically all energy-related process relying on a catalyst at a certain point.

This edited collection aims to provoke discussion around the most important question for contemporary higher education - what kind of education (in terms of purpose, pedagogy and policy) is needed to restore the health and wellbeing of the planet and ourselves now and for generations to come?

This book is oriented on cities and their role in society, from the public places created in cities to the visionary and more abstract views on large scale developments.

Circular economy and sustainable value creation through eco-innovation are interconnected concepts that revolve around creating a more sustainable and environmentally friendly approach to economic growth and business development.

This book analyses various aspects of social responsibility, corporate responsibility, sustainability and governance.

This volume discusses innovative advancements in soil and crop microbiome technology and methods to support agricultural sustainability and reduce soil degradation.

The book aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Goal 4, which focuses on quality education.

This book offers a new, nuanced, and comprehensive look at how CSR is practiced and disclosed in terms of corporate transparency, sustainability, and accountability, from the perspective of developing and emerging economies.

The report aims to help the cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt of China identify their potentials for green development, especially to find their own suitable green development paths.

Governments are setting challenging targets to increase the production of energy and transport fuel from sustainable sources.

This book offers up-to-date research on genome editing and omics technologies from renowned academics with established backgrounds from throughout the globe.

The context of leadership has changed.

This book presents selected peer-reviewed proceedings from the International Conference on Advanced Materials, Sustainable Energy, and Engineering (ICAMSEE2023), held at Ecole Normale Superieure, University Moulay Ismail Meknes, Morocco, from November 27 to 29, 2023.

We are the only species that uses fire.

The book discusses geoscience issues in Peru from a geoethical perspective, based on the leading experience of the Peruvian section of the International Association for Promoting Geoethics, in its seven years of activity.

This book documents and disseminates experiences from a wide range of universities, across the five continents, which showcase how the principles of sustainable development may be incorporated as part of university programmes, and present transformatory projects and programmes, showing how sustainability can be implemented across disciplines.

This book surveys the current research on CO2 conversion processes and shows that these can close the carbon cycle as part of a circular economy.

Greenhouse cultivation is noted for its high uptake of minerals, consistent climatic conditions, exclusion of natural precipitation and control of salt accumulation.

This book presents up-to-date descriptions of smart services innovations in industry, supported by new scientific approaches.

Drawing on research from eleven countries across four continents, the 16 chapters in the volume bring perspectives from various specialties in anthropology and human ecology, institutional analysis, historical and political ecology, geography, archaeology, and land change sciences.

Biotechnological Approaches to Sustainable Development Goals presents selected contributions from the 2022 International Biotechnology Conference Exhibition and Workshop (IBCEW) that cover techniques, current trends, and cutting-edge biotechnological tools for achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs).

This book examines and analyzes issues related to public finance in subnational governments, along with a discussion of case studies on decentralization.

This book contains peer-reviewed papers presented at the 10th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting (EEDAL'19), held in Jinan, China from 6-8 November 2019.

This volume examines progress in sustainable and resilient development of niche forms of tourism from a health and wellbeing perspective.

This book is designed to be the introductory work in the new Sustainable Development of Water Resource and Environmental Management Series and provides an in-depth look at sustainable development and management in the water sector across.

This multidisciplinary book provides new insights and hope for sustainable prosperity given recent developments in economics - but only if swift and strong actions consistent with Earth's biophysical limits and principles of justice are universally taken.

This book offers innovative scientific ideas and technical expertise for a sustainable solution in water resources and water pollution treatment.

This book presents selected papers presented during the International Symposium on Earthen Structures held in IISc Bangalore.

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has developed in Australia over the last 20 years into a technique for systematically identifying the resource flows and environmental impacts associated with the provision of products and services.

This book contains papers presented at the International Conference on Emerging Smart Cities (ICESC2022), previously known as the International Conference on Civil, Offshore and Environmental Engineering (ICCOEE).

We rely upon plastics for a great many functions in everyday life, from the cases of consumer electronics to disposable cutlery, plastics are versatile and convenient.

This book provides an overview of the latest developments in the field of nanoparticle catalysis.

Global cities are facing an almost unprecedented challenge of change.

The need to address global environmental problems is urgent.

In the late 1990s the idea of cross-sector collaborations was relatively new in Europe.

This book highlights the importance of incorporating coal bottom ash (CBA) into self-compacting concrete exposed to aggressive conditions.

This book presents the proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Materials and Sustainable Development ISMSD2019 (CIMDD2019), will include a 3-day Conference (12 - 14 November).

Invaluable assessment for anyone interested in climate extremes, environmental disasters and adaptation to climate change including policymakers, the private sector and academic researchers.

The available literature on energy storage technologies in general, and mechanical energy storage in particular, is lacking in terms of both quantity and quality.

Teaching for EcoJustice is a unique resource for exploring the social roots of environmental problems in humanities-based educational settings and a curriculum guidebook for putting EcoJustice Education into practice.

This book explores Industry 5.