Sustainability

This book looks at the question of what makes for successful change in developing countries.

This book examines education about standardization in the context of sustainable management.

Sustainability from an economic and environmental perspective is linked to the way we extract and consume the earth's finite resources and is implicit in the definition of a circular economy (CE) as a model of production and consumption designed to retain value within the economic system.

This book outlines how advances in the diverse scientific and engineering disciplines of synthetic biology, DNA synthesis, production of protein therapeutics, and bioinformatics have led to the commercialization of new complex biotherapeutic modalities in modern era, including monoclonal and multi-specific antibodies, antibody drug conjugates (ADC), fusion proteins, CAR-T and CRISPR technologies and applications, mRNA vaccines and more.

This edited book is centred around the novel didactic model of Transformative Language Teaching for Sustainability.

This is a unique book that provides rich knowledge on how to understand and actively contribute to urban sustainability transitions.

Given the rapid spread of ETSs in an increasing number of countries and the important role that they are likely to play for the success or failure of the environmental policy in the years to come, this book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the EU ETS from both the legal and economic perspectives comparing it with the other main ETSs existing worldwide, in order to assess whether the EU ETS has truly represented a prototype for the other ETSs established around the world and to investigate the current perspectives for linking them in the future.

The book combs through extensively 32,231 urban agglomeration related works during the past 120 years to explore a theoretically supported and practically based definition of urban agglomeration.

The role of governance as a fundamental pillar of sustainability is widely recognized and confirmed by its inclusion in the main ESG issues (environmental social governance).

Sustainability Principles and Practice gives an accessible and comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of sustainability.

This book highlights recent research and developments in floating structures on rivers, lakes, seas and oceans for energy harvesting, aquaculture and farming, leisure activities, infrastructure, industrial plants, real estate and cities, with a focus on sustainably living, relaxing and working offshore.

Not until the recent attacks on transport systems has transport security become a focus of public concern and academic research.

Shrink your eco-footprint--low-impact living for less.

This book explores the philosophical understanding of the "e;energy consumption"e; in warehousing process that can be found in the literature.

This book discusses the role of observatories in supporting evidence-based decision-making.

This book elaborates the fundamentals, new concepts and key technologies of the Intelligent Environment Friendly Vehicle (i-EFV), and the engineering implementation of these technologies such as structure sharing, data fusion and control coordination.

The need to address global environmental problems is urgent.

Population ageing has been going on for many decades, but population shrinking is a rather new phenomenon.

This book contains select proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Technologies for Energy, Environment, and Sustainable Development (ICSTEESD 2020).

This book offers a variety of cases that detail consumer behavior in the apparel industry as well as sustainable retail practices.

There is growing recognition and awareness that nature can help provide viable solutions to reduce vulnerability and generate value deploying the properties of ecosystems and the services they provide.

Sustainable aviation is a long-term strategy to provide innovative solutions to the industry's environmental challenges.

This collection of papers aims to draw lessons and apply indigenous knowledge, wisdom and cultural traditions to suit policy contexts describing the (a) role of individuals (b) communities, and (c) the state to ensure effectively manage water resources.

This book presents selected papers from the II International Conference "e;Ecosystems without Borders 2021"e;, held at Kaliningrad State Technical University in Kaliningrad, Russia on October 5-7, 2021.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the advances that have taken place in European higher education institutions (HEIs) over the last 20 years in response to the challenges of sustainable development.

Condensed, accessible review of latest state-of-the-art assessments of IPCC, within context of sustainable development.

SDG7 aims to 'ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.

This book presents selected articles from the 5th International Conference on Geotechnics, Civil Engineering Works and Structures, held in Ha Noi, focusing on the theme "e;Innovation for Sustainable Infrastructure"e;, aiming to not only raise awareness of the vital importance of sustainability in infrastructure development but to also highlight the essential roles of innovation and technology in planning and building sustainable infrastructure.

This book collates important contributions from Engineering to Adapt (ETA2023).

This brief explores several adaptive agricultural practices from around the world to fulfill current and future agricultural demands for food security due to the challenges posed by climate change and growing global population.

This book explores Industry 5.

This book argues that the issues surrounding sustainable transport constitute a new - post-modern - phase in transport policy and management.

This book gathers contributions discussing climate change in Egypt from an agricultural perspective.

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 two-volume set discusses recent approaches and technological innovations for sustainable agriculture in smallholder farming systems impacted by climate change.

This book discusses bioavailability concepts and methods, summarizing the current knowledge on bioavailability science, as well as possible pathways for integrating bioavailability into risk assessment and the regulation of organic chemicals.

Stephen Sterling is a pioneer in sustainability education.

This book offers a wide, in-depth study of the gender-climate change-agriculture nexus.

This book incorporates real-world case studies and relevant data for a detailed reflection on impact investing and financial inclusion.

This book provides a comprehensive description of traditional and innovative forest-based bioproducts, from pulp and paper, wood-based composites and wood fuels to chemicals and fiber-based composites.

A new, holistic transdisciplinary endeavour born in the 21st century, Sustainability Science: Managing Risk and Resilience for Sustainable Development aims to provide conceptual and practical approaches to sustainable development that help us to grasp and address uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity and dynamic change.

Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale.

This book highlights the basic properties of round bamboo and bamboo strips of various species worldwide.

Implementing Sustainable Development focuses on the challenge of turning international commitments and policy promises into action.

This volume examines current and previous environmental policies, and suggests alternative strategies for the future.

Civil society organizations (CSOs) have played important roles over the years in the disaster field.