Sustainability

In the field of 'climate change', no terrain goes uncontested.

Mining can have negative environmental and social impacts, but can also be responsible.

This book contains a comprehensive guide to the latest developments in building and bridge construction.

This volume integrates a conceptual framework with participatory methodologies to understand the complexities of dryland socio-ecological systems, and to address challenges and opportunities for stewardship of future drylands and climate change in the global south.

The 21st century has been called the "e;century of the city.

Sustainability Assessment is an increasingly important tool for informing planning and development decisions across the globe.

This book presents a collection of research papers and case studies from leading experts in the field.

First published in 1998, this volume focuses on the range of crucial role that the headteacher must fulfil as the leader.

This book brings together a valuable collection of case studies and conceptual approaches that outline the present state of Amazonia in the 21st century.

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of energy, environmental and construction engineering, as presented by international researchers and engineers at the International Scientific Conference Energy, Environmental and Construction Engineering, held in St.

As a continuation of our award-winning book, 'China's City Cluster Development in the Race to Carbon Neutrality' and our recent book, '30 Years of Urban Change in China's 10 Core Cities', this book delves into China's recent progress in reshaping its cities through holistic urban transformation strategies.

The contributors present empirical and theoretical insights on current debates on environmental change, adaptation and migration.

Empowering Teachers through Environmental and Sustainability Education draws inspiration from an empirical study exploring early career teachers' attempts at enacting Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE) in their everyday teaching practices.

This book provides the theoretical background and the practical tools to assess the energy behaviour of different responsive envelope technologies in current and future climate scenarios.

This book explores the impacts of climate change on Nigeria.

This volume highlights the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of fibre-reinforced concrete (FRC), as presented by scientists and engineers at the RILEM-fib X International Symposium on Fibre Reinforced Concrete (BEFIB), held in Valencia, Spain, on September 20-22, 2021.

The author examines the two most advanced eco-city projects: the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City in China, and Masdar City in Abu Dhabi.

In recent years, citizen science has emerged as a powerful new concept to enable the general public, students, and volunteers to become involved in scientific research.

With the acceptance of CSR and Sustainability as important business performance indicators, it is timely now to assess the impact that leadership has on the development of these processes.

This book applies multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approaches to facilitate sustainable consumption and production.

Urban Density Contextualized provides planners with the tools to understand, assess, and implement urban density successfully.

Handy and inspirational tips and lists - how to reduce plastic consumption, clean with eco-friendly products and working with the seasons to bring the outdoors inside.

The 21st century has been called the "e;century of the city.

Millions of hectares of temperate woodland and billions of trees have been cleared from Australia's agricultural landscapes.

An examination of the challenges of water management in Australian cities drawing on environmental, urban and economy history.

The novelty of the book is a strong focus on perception, perspectives and prediction by scientists with profound insight into the ecology of ecosystems or into human demands and activity.

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This book provides a basic understanding and state-of-the-art of urban metabolism.

This book focuses on Youth Climate Courts, a bold new tool that young people in their teens and twenties can use to compel their local city or county government to live up to its human rights obligations, formally acknowledge the climate crisis, and take major steps to address it.

Focusing on anti-corruption as a corporate social responsibility issue, Adefolake O.

This book focuses on the prospects of fresh market waste management in developing countries.

Based on the premise that we have 21 days before we lose our modern conveniences, Surviving the Apocalypse in the Suburbs is packed with practical solutions for becoming more self-reliant and transitioning to a lower energy lifestyle.

SHORTLISTED: Project Syndicate 2023 - Sustainability Book AwardWINNER: Business Book Awards 2023 - Change & Sustainability CategoryThe case for business sustainability has already been made; organizations can no longer ignore the issue when climate change affects supply chains and customer expectations require them to take action.

This book is an introduction to the long history of human learning, the environment and sustainable development - about our struggles with the natural world: first for survival, then for dominance, currently for self-preservation, and in future perhaps, even for long-term, mutually beneficial co-existence.

Sustainable Geography recalls the system and laws of geographical space production, tackles the hardcore of geography and presents models and organizations through a regional analysis and the dynamics of territorial structures and methods.

This book outlines the methodologies, approaches and tools for modelling chemicals in a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) perspective, and also covers the main advantages and drawbacks of applying LCA to chemical processes.

This book is about the ocean and about the future.

Environmental protection is a global issue.

This is an invitation to readers to ponder universal questions about human relations with rivers and water for the precarious times of the Anthropocene.

The word is nearly ubiquitous: at the grocery store we shop for "e;sustainable foods"e; that were produced from "e;sustainable agriculture"e;; groups ranging from small advocacy organizations to city and state governments to the United Nations tout "e;sustainable development"e; as a strategy for local and global stability; and woe betide the city-dweller who doesn't aim for a "e;sustainable lifestyle.

This book examines the Ecological Footprint and biocapacity accounting within an applied development content  for Costa Rica.

Following the success of the first edition, this fully updated and revised book continues to provide an interdisciplinary introduction to sustainability issues in the context of chemistry and chemical technology.

This two-volume set provides a comprehensive overview of modern nanoscience, and encompasses advanced techniques of nanocomposite materials that make their way from the laboratory to the field for the revival of energy and environmental systems in a sustainable manner.