Sustainability

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 is the second of two volumes which highlight the concept of financial inclusion from the Islamic perspective.

This book presents ideas for strengthening the foundations for transformational change in polar and global education leadership in all stages of the education process.

This book examines how the rapid acceleration and interconnection of globalization comes with the need for more flexible and adaptable solutions to complex problems and solutions.

This book highlights cutting-edge advancements in textile finishing techniques, offering a comprehensive overview of mechanical, chemical, and sustainable methods.

The purpose of this book is to discuss the challenges that have arisen due to petroleum hydrocarbon wastes, their harmful effects to the ecosystem, and limitations as well as improvement of current biological techniques' use for management of petroleum hydrocarbon wastes.

Learn how to de-stress, relax and connect with the wildness you can find on your doorstep even in urban and suburban settings.

This book is the first volume presenting carefully selected chapters from the proceedings of the 7th International Scientific Conference on Business and Economics (ISCBE), Vila Real, Portugal, which took place in June 2024.

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

This book investigates the dynamics of the management of sustainability in networks and clusters - an area of increasing importance that is neglected by the many studies addressing sustainability at the single-enterprise level.

The drive for change has informed human endeavour throughout history.

The many economic factors affecting sustainability of the Gulf of Mexico region are perhaps as important as the waves on its shores and its abundant marine life.

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.

The majority of clothes we use regularly are made up of plastic-based materials like polyester, rayon, nylon, and acrylic.

Das komplexe und undurchsichtige deutsche Steuerrecht hat neben der klassischen Steuerhinterziehung den Boden bereitet für moralisch verwerfliche Steuervermeidung und hochkriminellen Steuerraub.

This book summarizes contemporary research on land degradation, desertification, and how such issues relate to socioeconomic growth in developing countries.

Cork-Based Materials in Engineering Applications provides a set of case studies investigating cork as an eco-friendly and sustainable engineering material.

The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living conditions, especially but not only in developing countries, intensify.

This book comprises the select peer-reviewed proceedings of the National Conference on Renewable Energy and Sustainable Environment (NCRESE) 2019.

This books presents the curricula necessary for sustainability in higher education.

Analytical techniques are employed every day in both, industry and academia.

Human-driven greenhouse emissions are increasing the velocity of climate change and the frequency and intensity of climate extremes far above historical levels.

This book presents revealing case studies on carbon footprint calculation and mitigation in various industrial sectors.

This book gathers revised and extended versions of the best papers presented at the Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas (GJCIE 2024), held in/from Antalya, Turkey, on August 7-9, 2024, as a hybrid event.

This book examines the application of wood waste in various advancements in environmental fields, such as construction, renewable energy, bio-absorbent, and agricultural and wood-based material.

The local and global environmental impacts of transport are more apparent than ever before.

"e;Sustainable Justice and the Community"e; is an attempt to locate justice in a workable and sustainable way within the community, introducing 'Sustainable Justice' as a key concept for the coming century.

This book opens up a critical dimension of energy transition taking in account multidimensional challenges on economic, social and environmental fields.

This book draws upon the expertise of academic researchers, urban planners and architects to explore the challenge of building the sustainable cities of the future.

Global farming is at a crucial juncture in its evolution.

The Role of Education in Enabling the Sustainable Development Agenda explores the relationship between education and other key sectors of development in the context of the new global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda.

This volume is the outcome of an international cooperation between 73 scientists, experts, and practitioners from many countries, disciplines, and professional areas.

As it becomes clear that climate change is not easily within the boundaries of the 1990's, society needs to be prepared and needs to anticipate future changes due to the uncertain changes in climate.

This volume presents the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of Geography and Geoinformatics for Sustainable Development (ICGGS), held in Can Tho, Vietnam, November 30 - December 2, 2023.

Capital Cities and Urban Sustainability examines how capital cities use their unique hub resources to develop and disseminate innovative policy solutions to promote sustainability.

This book presents selected papers from the 2022 7th Asia Conference on Environment and Sustainable Development, which was held in Kyoto, Japan, November 4-6, 2022.

This book is aimed at covering all aspects of the evaluation, certification, and reduction of the energy and carbon footprint of the built environment from the scale of the city and its neighbourhoods, to the building level and finally to the level of single building materials and components.

This book offers an overview of salt stress, which has a devastating effect on the yields of various agricultural crops around the globe.

The unpredictability of Australia's climate poses real challenges for practices that were developed based on the relative predictability of a European climate.

This book offers a comprehensive guide to sustainable financing, focusing on green finance, crowdfunding, and digital currencies.

This book makes a case for a multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach to energy research-one that brings more of the social sciences to bear.

This book explores how integrated management of environmental resources via a nexus approach can help in achieving the respective Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

"e;This book, divided into two volumes, originates from Techno-Societal 2022: the 4th International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Societal Applications, Maharashtra, India.

Meeting the targets of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires contributions by scientists focusing on understanding, monitoring, protecting, managing and restoring the natural environment, including geoscientists.

This book is a comprehensive document visualizing the future of built environment from a multidisciplinary dimension, with special emphasis on the Indian scenario.

This handbook covers both principal and applications aspects of hydroponics.

This contributed volume offers a wide variety of cases exploring how humanity can adapt to a changing climate.

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