Sustainability

The authors suggest that China's renewable energy system, the largest in the world, will quickly supersede the black energy system that has powered the country's rapid rise as workshop of the world and for reasons that have more to do with fixing environmental pollution and enhancing energy security than with curbing carbon emissions.

Cities are home to over fifty percent of the world's population, a figure which is expected to increase enormously by 2050.

Catalysis is a fundamentally sustainable process which can be used to produce a wide range of chemicals and their intermediates.

This volume identifies and debates important elements of what would be involved in an education that is truly adequate for the environmental situation that currently confronts us.

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 beautiful, inspirational guide to keeping a sustainable home.

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

Given ongoing concerns about global climate change and its impacts on cities, the need for sustainable planning has never been greater.

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 edited volume consists of three parts.

This book contains selected papers from the LVIII Conference of the Italian Association of Agricultural Economists which was held in Palermo, Italy, from 29 to 30 September 2022.

Originally published in 1994.

Now more than ever, the question of economic and environmentally friendly energy sources has become a hot topic in almost every American home.

This book uncovers the multiple layers of challenges posed to achieve sustainable human health and improves the understanding of interactive areas set by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (1) no poverty, (2) zero hunger, (3) good health and wellbeing, (6) clean water and sanitation, and (11) sustainable cities and communities.

This thematic collection of 26 case studies provides a thorough understanding of World Heritage in the context of sustainable development.

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of effective methods of calculation, resource-saving technologies, and advanced materials in civil and environmental engineering, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the XVIII International Scientific Conference Current Issues of Civil and Environmental Engineering "e;Lviv- Kosice - Rzeszow"e;, held in Rzeszow, Poland, on September 6-8, 2023.

Crate presents the first cultural ecological study of a Siberian people: the Viliui Sakha, contemporary horse and cattle agropastoralists in northeastern Siberia.

A comprehensive overview of the Green perspective on a range of global politics topics, including concrete strategies for achieving change.

This book takes a deep dive into the design and planning, and unique challenges of settlements in the European Arctic.

This book explores the relationships between the energy costs and other farm variables in the European Union (including the UK) over a recent period of six years.

Design as Politics confronts the inadequacy of contemporary politics to deal with unsustainability.

Get familiar with business sustainability in Asia Business Sustainability in Asia offers 12 chapters that cover different aspects of business sustainability with a keen focus on its implications in Asia.

Urban sustainability citizenship situates citizens as social change agents with an ethical and self-interested stake in living sustainably with the rest of Earth.

How can we determine if current growth patterns are sustainable, and what changes to we need to make to make them more so?

Professor Ross Garnaut explains why Australia''s contribution is vital to the national interest and matters to the global effort.

The series Topics in Current Chemistry Collections presents critical reviews from the journal Topics in Current Chemistry organized in topical volumes.

Easy, do-able, down to earth ideas and suggestions for everyone to help save the planet.

This volume presents select papers from the International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (INCOM 2024), describing recent advances in the field of energy and sustainability.

A compact overview of the process, theory and practice of conservation and its central place in environmental issues.

This edited volume is a compilation of the 'built environment' in response to many investigations, analyses and sometimes mere observations of the various dialogues and interactions of the built, in context to its ecology, perception and design.

This book presents 204 peer reviewed articles from the 5th International Conference on Geotechnics for Sustainable Infrastructure Development (GEOTEC HANOI 2023) held on 14-15 Dec 2023 in Hanoi, Vietnam.

This accessible text provides a concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of global grasslands.

This book explores the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the business, hospitality, and tourism sectors, with a special focus on Eastern Europe.

Green toxicology is an integral part of green chemistry.

The book addresses the interdisciplinary and multiscale theme of the design of sustainable, inclusive and creative urban green spaces in relation to the socio-ecological transition and in line with the systemic vision promoted by the 2030 Agenda, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the principles outlined by the New European Bauhaus (European Commission, 2021).

Access to quality services and community infrastructure are vital parts of supporting sustainable and resilient rural and small town places.

Adventurous Learning interrogates the word 'adventure' and explores how elements of authenticity, agency, uncertainty and mastery can be incorporated into educational practices.

A review of the governance measures being trialled to reduce adverse human impacts on the environment in the European region.

Until now, the growing body of work on environmental anthropology has largely ignored the unavoidable impact of global capitalism on the environment and the extent to which capital itself is a key driver of climate change.

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 provides the latest research on zero carbon industry and its practical implications for eco-innovation and environmental sustainability for businesses in current scenario.

This collection addresses the relationship between business, the natural environment, ethics, and spirituality.

Misiaszek examines the (dis)connection between critical global citizenship education models and ecopedagogy which is grounded in Paulo Freire's pedagogy.

This book will bridge the knowledge gap and provide valuable insights into how sustainable HRM practices can contribute not only to organizational sustainability but also to sustainability at large.

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

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (HFCVs) could alleviate the nations dependence on oil and reduce U.