Sustainability

This book provides a comprehensive overview of current biosurfactant research and applications.

This book presents select proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Water Resource and Environment (WRE 2022) which is held in Xi'an, China, November 1-4, 2022.

This book discusses nanotechnology, its benefits and risks affecting the environment we live in today, and is divided into three parts: Part-I dealing with Sustainability, Part-II describing Toxicological Impacts, and Part-III discussing Nanomaterial-based Adsorbents.

The Monterey coast, home to an acclaimed aquarium and the setting for John Steinbeck's classic novel Cannery Row, was also the stage for a historical junction of industry and tourism.

A remarkable collection.

Merges forefront research from different disciplines into a common framework for new insights on sustainability.

This Handbook approaches sustainable development in higher education from an integrated perspective, addressing the dearth of publications on the subject.

This book provides audiences the research ideas and research achievements of authors who attended CEESD 2022.

This book is the first comprehensive analysis of transport efficiency in China.

This book examines the extent to which the environment is addressed in the sustainability plans of Canadian cities.

This book presents a fresh and original contribution to the debate on the policies and technologies needed to achieve a Greener Defence.

This book focuses on the current situation of two technologies for electricity production from renewable energy sources, wind and solar photovoltaic energy, analysing and describing both technologies in detail.

The SSTEW Scale helps all those working with children aged two to six to achieve their full potential and enjoy the benefits and pleasure of delivering high quality early education and care.

Water is the elixir of life and is crucial for sustainable development.

This volume offers a variety of cases dealing with circular business models in the textile and fashion industry.

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

How better information and better access to it improves the quality of our decisions and makes for a more vibrant participatory society.

This book provides a clear, critical, and timely analysis of the state of corporate sustainability within the context of the climate crisis.

The book addresses the contribution of Intangible Cultural Heritage to the sustainable management of historic cities and towns.

Africa is one of the most vulnerable regions, and one where the implementation of the SDGs is particularly urgent.

This book presents essential insights into lifelong learning and education in healthy and sustainable cities, providing a basis for strategies to help achieve the 2030 Agenda sustainable development and health promotion goals.

The Russian Far East is one of the most strategically important regions of Russia.

Desert Channels is a book that combines art, science and history to explore the 'impulse to conserve' in the distinctive Desert Channels country of south-western Queensland.

This book addresses the needs of students, researchers, as well as engineers and other professionals or readers interested in recent advances of biofuel and efficient waste management.

This book describes numerous issues and brings an improved understanding of a key agenda item for the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

As India progresses fast in the 21st century, we also face daunting challenges of energy security and climate change.

This book evaluates the impact of climate conditions on adaptive strategies, diagnoses prosumers' energy patterns in Positive Energy Buildings, and assesses the social and global dimensions of energy poverty.

Conversations about climate change are filled with challenges involving complex data, deeply held values, and political issues.

This book offers a transdisciplinary perspective on the concept of "e;smart villages"e; Written by an authoritative group of scholars, it discusses various aspects that are essential to fostering the development of successful smart villages.

This book provides a detailed evaluation of the hydro-ecological characteristics of the Western Balkans, an area characterized by still preserved inland waters and fish resources important for the European continent, as well as the biodiversity of inland waters important for the planet Earth.

This book continues the discussion on recent developments relating to ethical and sustainable issues in accounting and finance from Volumes I to III, looking into topics such as the importance of good governance in accounting, tax, auditing and fraud examination, ethics, sustainability, environmental issues, and new technologies and their effects on accounting and finance, focusing in particular on environmental and sustainability reporting in the oil and gas and banking sectors.

Overall Winner, SAGT (Scottish Association of Geography Teachers) Awards 2022
Winner, Global Dimension Teachers' Choice Award 2023
Shortlisted, BERA Educational Research Book of the Year 2023
Highly Commended, GA (Geographical Association) Publisher's Awards 2023

Sustainability Education: A Classroom Guide provides an accessible, in-depth guide and critique of sustainability education for school and university students, teachers, curriculum makers and school governors working around the world with children aged 3- to 14-years old.

This book is part of a five-volume set that explores sustainability in textile industry practices globally.

This new edition of Conservation and Management of Tropical Rainforests applies the large body of knowledge, experience and tradition available to those who study tropical rainforests.

Over the past few decades, agriculture and related sectors in West Africa have been challenged by climate change, which has become one of the most important developmental issues in the region.

Mitigating climate change, clean environment, global peace, financial growth, and future development of the world require new materials that improve the quality of life.

How many of our efforts to save the environment are effective?

Our dependency on groundwater resources and overuse thereof has led to a decline in water table so that in the last couple of decades the focus has shifted back to the traditional practices of rainwater harvesting, and ways and means have been sought to promote Rainwater harvesting in Urban areas to recharge the stressed groundwater systems.

This book constitutes the refereed post proceedings of the First International Conference on  Renewable Energy, Green Computing, and Sustainable Development, REGS 2023, held in Hyderabad, India, during December 22-23, 2023.

This book presents a collection of ten empirical studies on Iran's sustainable agriculture and agribusiness, grouped into three domains: agricultural prices and commodity market analysis; risk management and climate change; and natural resources and environmental economics.

This book offers an innovative exploration of energy justice, from concept to action, highlighting its role as a crucial tool for navigating the complexities of a just and sustainable energy transition.

This book presents novel findings concerning the systems, materials and processes used in solar energy conversion in communities.

This book critically examines the environmental hazards posed by global warming with regard to future food security, which will depend on a combination of stresses, both biotic and abiotic, imposed by climate change; variability of weather within a growing season; and the development of cultivars that are more sensitive to different ambient conditions.

This proceedings volume contains selected papers from the 33rd International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT) Conference, held from July 8-11, 2024, in Porto, Portugal.

This book addresses the fundamental changes that the Italian public utilities sector has undergone in the last two decades.

This book provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in Operations Research (OR) and Management Science (MS) as applied to sustainability.

2007 marked the 20th anniversary of the G.

This book aims to present implications for China's urban development through international comparison of urbanization process from the perspective of spatio-temporal pattern, driving factors, rural-urban interactions, development trends and economic-ecological-social synergic development.