Sustainability

This book deals with the immediate effects of, and response to, Hurricane Maria on the social, ecological, and technological systems (SETS) of Puerto Rico.

The Millennium Development Goals, adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000, are the world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015 income poverty, hunger, disease, exclusion, lack of infrastructure and shelter while promoting gender equality, education, health and environmental sustainability.

Young Children's Civic Mindedness provides a well-grounded understanding of children's civic thought and action by inviting readers to look and listen carefully to the voices of young children themselves.

World human population is expected to reach upwards of 9 billion by 2050 and then level off over the next half-century.

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The author presents an anthropological analysis of the regulatory technologies that characterize contemporary resource frontiers.

Taking a fresh new look at the energy industry and how the Earth's resources are being developed, the aim of this book is to aid engineers and scientists in attaining sustainability in this field, both from an economic and environmental perspective.

Delve into the fascinating world of soil science with "e;The Urban Soil Guide,"e; a comprehensive manual designed for everyone from science beginners to seasoned horticulturists.

This brief describes the current critical situation of global warming and shows its solution by renewable energy use.

This book conceptualises and illustrates temporary appropriation as an urban phenomenon, exploring its contributions to citizenship, urban social sustainability and urban health.

This book comprises the proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG2021) focusing on emerging opportunities and challenges in the field of transportation of people and freight.

This book describes the concept, characteristics, methodology, design, management, business, recent advances and future technologies of plant factories with artificial lighting (PFAL) and indoor vertical farms.

The book aims to explore South Asian third sector - the nonprofit organizations as provider of social services.

"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.

This book presents a detailed analysis of sustainable utilization of natural gas for low-carbon energy production.

This edited volume examines the multiple dimensions of sustainability in the Circumpolar North, a territory facing unprecedented environmental and social challenges at the start of the 21st century.

Brings together leading thinking on issues of new professional practice and on the future of a sustainable built environment This book focuses on both construction and development issues, and examines how we can transition to a sustainable future by the year 2050 bringing together leading research and practice at building, neighbourhood, and city levels.

This book includes peer reviewed articles from the 1st International Conference on University-industry Collaborations for Sustainable Development (ICSD 2024) under the themes of Student Employability, Blended Learning, Invention and Innovation, Technoentrepreneurial Skills, Curriculum Development, Multidisciplinary Joint Research, and other initiatives.

This book examines the roles of communities in the general framework of territorial innovation, particularly in the context of less developed regions.

Now more than ever, the question of economic and environmentally friendly energy sources has become a hot topic in almost every American home.

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

This book presents the meaning of green infrastructure and its concerns to the contribution of materials and applications.

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.

This book is the sequel to a well-received book titled 'Integrated Approaches to Peace and Sustainability' that aims to further advance the understanding of the dynamic interactions between various components of peace and sustainability.

This monograph adresses the challenge of the environmental assessment of leightweight electric vehicles.

Capitalize on a Comprehensive New Process for Planning and Designing Sustainable Green CommunitiesWritten by internationally renowned architect Avi Friedman, Sustainable Residential Development equips you with a much-needed process and examples for planning and designing green communities.

This edited volume surveys how current local governance policies and development strategies across Africa and the Middle east are advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Originally published in 1987, The Creation of Local Authority Sector of Higher Education is a macro-analysis of the creation and development of the local authority sector of higher education from the early 1960s to the 1980s.

This book aims to champion teaching and learning of ecosocial work in educational institutions which offer social work and related programmes.

This book is a comprehensive guide to community engagement and investment, beginning with a survey of community-related voluntary standards and then turning to strategy and management, community engagement, community investment and reporting and communications on community-related activities.

This book summarizes three years of extensive research conducted in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Vietnam as part of the CECAR - Asia project, which was intended to enhance resilience to climate and ecosystem changes by developing mosaic systems to strengthen resilience of bio-production systems through the integration of large-scale modern agriculture systems with traditional, decentralized small-scale systems.

To effectively deliver sustainable management in practice for Africa, we need responsible leadership.

This book emphasizes recent developments in the use of mutation technologies for crop plant improvement and, ultimately, sustainable development.

This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations and applications in the field of sustainable construction materials and structures, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the 75th RILEM Annual Week (75RW 2021), held in Merida, Mexico on August 29 - September 3, 2021.

What could the ancient Egyptians tell us about 3D printing?

The concept of sustainable development was first introduced by the Brundtland Commission almost 20 years ago and has received increased attention during the past decade.

This book presents peer-reviewed articles from the 4th International Conference on Sustainable Development in Civil, Urban and Transportation Engineering (CUTE 2024), held from October 14-17 at Wroclaw in Poland.

Environmental contaminants are chemicals that accidentally or deliberately enter the environment, often, but not always, as a result of human activities.

This book is Volume 2 of the proceedings of 2023 Sustainable Education and Development Research Conference.

This book focuses on providing an overview of all our available natural resources, considering the sustainability and potential for power generation of each.

This volume of three books presents recent advances in modelling, planning and evaluating city logistics for sustainable and liveable cities based on the application of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems).

The book presents the proceedings of the International Conference on Innovation, Sustainability and Applied Sciences (ICISAS 2023), which took place in Dubai, UAE, on 09-11 December 2023.

The impending energy crisis brought on by the running out of finite and non-homogenously distributed fossil fuel reserves and the worldwide increase in energy demand has prompted vast research in the development of sustainable energy technologies in the last few decades.

This book deals with a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children.