Sustainability

Averting Climate Catastrophe Together addresses the necessity of meeting the Paris Agreement temperature target and explores what framework could enable climate action in an effective, efficient and equitable manner that is consistent with that goal.

Artificial intelligence - and social responsibility.

The notion of sustainable development is applied to financial activities through sustainable finance.

The global challenges confronting us - climate change, poverty, inequality, and many others - can feel overwhelming.

This book explores the potential of men's veganism to contest unsustainable anthropocentric masculinities.

Andean dry forest ecosystems are threatened by deforestation and unsustainable land use methods.

This volume discusses topics of global sustainability involving sustainability indicators, stakeholders' participation, and technological and strategic advances with the goal of "e;thinking locally to act globally"e;.

This book provides the basic theory, method framework and application results of urban metabolism.

Placemaking and cultural landscapes are worldwide multidisciplinary global concerns that cover many points of view of the common impacts of socio-economic cultural and rights jurisprudence planning, wellbeing and related advancements.

Fashion, a realm often associated with trends and whims, is undergoing a transformation-one that goes beyond aesthetics to embrace sustainability as a guiding principle.

This book is a new exploration of the paradigm of innovation with Chinese characteristics in the context of a new era.

This book reports on the treatment of waters and wastewaters with contaminants of emerging concern such as pharmaceutically active compounds.

This book presents a collection of double-blind peer reviewed papers under the scope of sustainable and resilient approaches for rebuilding displaced and host communities.

This book offers perspective on climate change impacts on developing nations from scholars within those nations, primarily focusing on agriculture.

Since 2002, the Asian Development Bank has worked with the Government of Bangladesh on expanding the Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement Project (UGIIP), to revitalize 96 of the country's 328 important secondary towns-pourashavas.

An excellent primer on key insights and questions in ecological economics from a celebrated pioneer of the field.

An excellent primer on key insights and questions in ecological economics from a celebrated pioneer of the field.

Gender equality and environmental sustainability are gaining political momentum as global challenges that require urgent action at the national and international levels.

City planning is a practice and a profession.

This book explores interfaces between land and sea and their geostrategic, ecological, urban, productive, indigenous, legal, historical, and artistic dimensions.

As development donors invest hundreds of millions of dollars into improved crops designed to alleviate poverty and hunger, Africa has emerged as the final frontier in the global debate over agricultural biotechnology.

As development donors invest hundreds of millions of dollars into improved crops designed to alleviate poverty and hunger, Africa has emerged as the final frontier in the global debate over agricultural biotechnology.

How are aesthetics and ethics related to the practical realities of the global fashion industry?

Wie ist es möglich, den Bauern und Näherinnen in Indien, Tansania oder Bangladesch faire Preise zu bezahlen, die Natur zu schützen und zugleich nachhaltig zu produzieren?

Textiles and Clothing are key sectors and apparel is one of the necessities of human life.

Bamboo is considered one of the most sustainable and versatile building materials, driving the development of multiple techniques for its study and utilization.

Este libro justifica las razones que sustentan el uso de métodos estadísticos vislumbrados como una forma de presentar e interpretar grandes volúmenes de información de forma resumida y con validez científica.

This book examines the roles of communities in the general framework of territorial innovation, particularly in the context of less developed regions.

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This book consists of selected and peer-reviewed papers of 2022 5th International Conference on Green Energy and Environment Engineering (CGEEE 2022), held in Jeju Island, Korea during July 28-30, 2022.

This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations and applications in the field of sustainable construction materials and structures, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the 75th RILEM Annual Week (75RW 2021), held in Merida, Mexico on August 29 - September 3, 2021.

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 book charts the impact of design on education, specifically focusing on how design can shape the spaces and tools for learning.

This contributed volume presents an attempt to understand climatic variability and induced risk to livelihood of communities and to offer insights on how catastrophic conditions and crises can be mitigated through public policy interventions.

This book reports on innovative research and developments in the broad field of transportation.

The book's objective is to present the energy transition process in Brazil over time and offer new perspectives on this process in the eyes of a sustainable future.

This book sheds light on the topic of financial water risk by examining the modeling challenges associated with physical, regulatory, and reputational water risk in finance.

This book presents ways of shaping the built environment sciences and practices for steering the New Urban Agenda in Zimbabwe.

This book covers the current escalation of social problems related to the unstable political situation, economic crisis, as well as growing problems related to the state of the natural environment (existential climate crisis; pollution of land, oceans, and the atmosphere; severe declines in biodiversity) which requires a new rethinking of the sustainable tourism paradigm, in relation to the realities of the modern world, based on the practices observed in the tourist services sector.

Since the 1990's, the countries of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) have made great progress in pursuing economic development that is also environmentally sustainable.

Despite remarkable improvement in water supply and sanitation services, Estonia faces finance and investment challenges to keep up with social expectations and environmental health regulations.

Since 2006 Lithuania has taken steps to ensure higher operational efficiency and to reduce the disparity in prices for water supply and sanitation services.

This book explores the rise of technology-centered urban planning and the diffusion of these practices around the world.

This book explores the finer nuances of community engagement in Indian higher education, ranging from theory to practice.

This book explores the finer nuances of community engagement in Indian higher education, ranging from theory to practice.

Empire is in a state of emergency.

Empire is in a state of emergency.

Since the democratisation of the clothing industry in the early 19th century, buyers have become increasingly disconnected from the creative and human aspects of the production of clothing.

Since the democratisation of the clothing industry in the early 19th century, buyers have become increasingly disconnected from the creative and human aspects of the production of clothing.