Sustainability

"e;Industrial Innovations: New Technologies in Cities' Digital Infrastructures"e; is a comprehensive proceedings book that delves into the latest research and practices shaping the industrial landscape in urban settings.

Gas hydrates are both a huge energy resource and an environmental challenge.

This book provides detailed information on how to set up Deep Energy Retrofits (DERs) in public buildings, and shares in-depth insights into the current status of the major technologies, strategies and practical best practice examples of how to cost-effectively combine them.

Collaboration between experts and the public is vital for effective community engagement aimed at improving the lives of the most vulnerable in society, whether at the local or global level.

This book presents the latest scientific advancements and innovative R&D solutions for the treatment of liquid radioactive waste in the context of practical threats in Ukraine.

This book presents select papers from the International Conference on Smart Materials and Techniques for Sustainable Development (SMTS) 2019.

This book explores the potential of men's veganism to contest unsustainable anthropocentric masculinities.

An economy low in carbon and high in life satisfaction will require thousands, if not millions of exceptional leaders.

Restoration ecology, as a scientific discipline, developed from practitioners' efforts to restore degraded land, with interest also coming from applied ecologists attracted by the potential for restoration projects to apply and/or test developing theories on ecosystem development.

This book features original scientific manuscripts submitted for publication at the International Conference - The Science and Development of Transport (ZIRP 2020), organized by University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, Zagreb, and held in Sibenik, Croatia, from 29th to 30th September 2020.

This book highlights current efforts and research into achieving campus sustainability.

Environmental sustainability issues in a fragile, semi-arid region and its coastal area, which experience climate changes from extreme drought conditions to the effects of hurricanes over a period of weeks to years, provide specific challenges for the ecosystems and the populations existing within the region.

There are multiple variants of environmental footprints such as carbon footprint, ecological footprint, water footprint, nitrogen footprint and so on.

This volume advances the scientific understanding, development, and application of geospatial technologies related to groundwater resource management, mapping, monitoring, and modelling using up-to-date remote sensing and GIS techniques.

Environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) is an important and often obligatory part of proposing or launching any development project.

This book is a reflection of all aspects of secondary Zn and Pb processing, including the global business trends of the metals, plant operations, fundamental developments, emerging technologies, and environmental considerations.

An accessible synthesis of a decade of multidisciplinary research into how diverse actors exercise authority in environmental decision making.

The first comprehensive guide to modern laboratory planning in ten years to address both construction and operating aspects.

Geospatial analysis of the Sustainable Value Chain in the Textile sector of the United States.

This book provides a detailed study and assessment of water resources management andpollution control in different BRICS countries.

This book explores the evolving landscape of sustainable finance across various sectors and delves into critical topics ranging from the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria in investment decisions to the transformative potential of blockchain technology.

Big picture of how humanity can thrive in the twenty-first century; a book of realistic hope from a leading environmental author.

Ecological functions and human wellbeing depend on ecosystem services.

This book discusses a spectrum of approaches to designing the food-energy-water nexus at different spatial-urban scales.

The book provides new perspectives from leading researchers accentuating and examining the central role of the built environment in conceiving and implementing multifaceted solutions for the complex challenges of creating resilient communities, revealing critical potentials for architecture and design to contribute in more informed and long-term ways to the urgent transition of our society.

The uncontrolled utilization of natural resources to supply to the water demands of the ever-growing population has brought about worldwide scarcity.

This book examines the dilemma of overdependence on tourism in Caribbean countries and territories, and the need for a resilient path to address the industry's vulnerability in the face of natural disasters.

This companion to the documentary Cowspiracy explores the devastating environmental impacts of animal agriculture—and new paths to sustainability.

This edited volume aims to ignite an academic discussion regarding necessary, and urgent, adaption and mitigation strategies for the tourism industry.

This book presents cutting-edge work on innovative planning methodologies, tools and experiences aimed at supporting the transition of our cities and regions towards a more smart and sustainable dimension.

This conference proceedings presents the research papers in the field of mine planning and mining equipment including themes such as mine automation, rock mechanics, drilling, blasting, tunnelling and excavation engineering.

Books on Textiles tend to focus solely on aesthetic or technical points of view.

This book reviews the assessment of industrial biotechnology products and processes from a sustainable perspective.

This book explains how and where copper and fossil fuels were formed and the likely future for the extraction of copper and coal.

This book addresses the transdisciplinary subject of urban green space governance in Chinese cities through political sciences, organization theory, sociology, and new institutional economics lenses, with urban planning and ecology perspectives as research foundation and the science of climate change on health and wellbeing research background.

This book presents an overview of the techniques available today for the removal of fluoride contamination/pollutants/species from water.

This volume collects and presents the fundamentals, tools, and processes of utilizing geospatial information technologies to process remotely sensed data for use in agricultural monitoring and management.

Presenting the best papers of the 3rd EPFL-UNESCO Chair Conference on Technologies for Development, this publication offers a valuable collection of innovative case studies exploring access to energy and renewable energy technologies in the Global South.

This book explores the sustainability aspect of organic and conventional farming systems, which is commonly categorized into three sub-aspects: social, environmental and economic.

Globally, there is a need to promote and empower practical action towards better environmental conservation and greater sustainability; education aspires to achieve and motivate this - one mind at a time.

This book aims to unravel the intricate relationship between land and water resources and delve into their interdependencies, synergies, and challenges.

Digital technologies are playing a growing role in achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This book continues the discussion from the first five volumes on the challenges that organizations face in order to implement sustainability, ethics, and effective corporate governance, all of which are important elements of “standing out” from other companies.

This proceedings volume focuses on different aspects of environmental assessment, monitoring, and management of urban and technogenic soils.