Sustainability

The last decade has seen a growing body of research about globalization and climate change in the Caribbean.

This book comprises the proceedings of the International Conference on Green Buildings and Sustainable Engineering (GBSE 2018), which focused on the theme "e;Transforming our Built Environment through Innovation and Integration towards a Smart and Sustainable Future"e;.

Conus is the largest genus of animals in the sea, occurring throughout the world's tropical and subtropical oceans and contributing significantly to marine biodiversity.

This volume explores the discourse of disaster and women in the existing social settings and state disaster-related affairs in coastal Bangladesh.

In The Sustainable Manifesto, Kersten Reich describes in a concise and memorable way the necessary actions that humans need to take to live sustainably and combat climate change.

This book explores the ethical dimensions surrounding the development of education for sustainable development within schools, and examines these issues through the lens of ethical literacy.

This book features the second volume of the proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the International Association of Cultural and Digital Tourism (IACuDiT).

This book highlights the role that both infrastructure and governance play in the context of resilience and adaptation to climate variability and change.

Since the mid-1970s, a series of international declarations that link environment and sustainable development to all aspects of higher learning have been endorsed and signed by universities around the world.

This book discusses the main renewable energy resources, along with the current challenges that make it difficult achieve 100% decarbonized energy sources.

It's often thought that restyling your space comes with a hefty price tag and unavoidable waste.

Earth Systems Protection and Sustainability authorises imperatives to achieve sustainability and protect our threatened and vulnerable Earth.

Encompassing a thorough survey of the lighting techniques applied to internal illumination characterized by high efficiency, optimized color and architectural integration, a consolidated summary of the latest scientific, technical and architectural research is presented in order to give the reader an overview of the different themes with their interactions and mutual effects.

This book provides an overview of interdisciplinary approaches that have applied social science to research focused on issues around food, agriculture and natural resource management.

This book focuses on the Nordic countries through a European perspective and wishes to draw attention to their place in the new world order.

People are demanding more of the goods, services, and amenities provided by the forests of the Pacific Northwest, but the finiteness of the supply has become clear.

This book provides insights into microfiber pollution in textile industries that would help researchers and professionals to work from the textile point of view to mitigate the problem, and create a green sustainable future.

This book presents conscious business as a constantly expanding and powerful approach to reinvent and shape organizations in a human and beneficial manner.

This book systematically covers the fundamentals and applications of modified biochar.

This volume highlights cutting-edge research on Zero waste management and the associated effects of waste on the environment.

What if you could challenge your kindergartners to come up with a way to reduce human impact on the environment?

These proceedings capture papers presented at the third International Conferences on Sustainable Automotive Technologies (ICSAT), held at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR), Greenville, South Carolina, USA, during 5-6 April 2011.

This volume applies a mix of qualitative and quantitative research and case studies to analyze the role that the craft beverage industry plays within society at large.

Environmental awareness is driven mainly by the scarcity of natural resources and by more strict legal regulations.

This book assesses the vulnerability impacts of climate change on food security by examining a 50 years scenario (2015- 2065) and following a top-down approach.

Well Worn is the perfect book both for stitching pros and for those who have never picked up a needle and thread before.

This book reviews all important aspects of wastewater treatment with the aim of shedding new light on these effects through a combined understanding of traditional and new paradigms.

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This excellent second edition of Fisheries Biology, Assessment and Management, has been fully updated and expanded, providing a book which is an essential purchase for students and scientists studying, working or researching in fisheries and aquatic sciences.

Limited availability of grid-based electricity is a major challenge faced by many developing countries, particularly the rural population.

Mobile Learning in Schools explores the potential for using mobile devices in diverse school and college settings around the globe.

This book focuses on the emerging health issues due to climate change, particularly emphasizing the situation in developing countries.

Standard corporate evaluation approaches are improved by trendy innovation, especially as it concerns technological scale up and environmental issues such as digital networking or ESG compliance.

This book highlights ten cases of entrepreneurship that - in the context of circular economy - have redefined the paradigm of luxury and the notion of exclusivity that it requires.

As China, India, and other industrializing giants grow, they are confronted with an inconvenient truth: They cannot rely on the conventions of capitalism as we know them today.

Sustainable livelihoods and ecosystems are far-reaching and burning issues in the wake of high growth of population, low production and per ha yield of crops and depletion of biodiversity resources.

Alysia Vasey's earliest memories are of walking alongside her grandfather as they explored the West Yorkshire moors that they called home.

This book focuses on the major global waste management issues and development of thermal insulating materials by utilizing these wastes.

This book paves the way for a proper understanding of current and future issues on global warming, air pollution, depletion of natural resources, cyberattacks on smart grids, amongst others, by unifying various diverse disciplines of science to focus on a sustainable green society of the future.

What does it take to prepare students, teachers, and school staff to shape a just and sustainable future?

Sustainable materials science and engineering is one of the important characteristics of the existing high-tech revolution.

Senses of place helps us navigate the stability and change in a world of multiple interconnected global challenges.

In order to avoid the potentially catastrophic impacts of global warming, the current 3% CO2 global emission growth rate must be transformed to a 1 to 3% declining rate, as soon as possible.

The book addresses the vital and interwoven areas of energy, environment, and the economy within the field of sustainability research.

This book describes approaches, opinions, and concepts for new and emerging solutions and technologies that could be successfully applied in the configuration, optimization and management of supply networks in the highly volatile environment of today's global economy.

This book provides an in-depth insight into the ecological perspective on a number of ongoing issues pertaining to security, the economy, the state, global environmental governance, development, and the environment.

This book presents essential information for the development of a comprehensive sustainable energy policy.