Sustainability

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of various solar based hydrogen production systems.

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International economic law guides and shapes globalization and the future of the world economy, our human societies, and the Earth.

"e;Do you think going green will give you a competitive advantage, even save you money?

This volume applies the science of complexity to study coupled human-environment systems (CHES) and integrates ideas from the social sciences of climate change into a study of rural development amid flooding and urbanization in the Poyang Lake Region (PLR) of China.

This book presents the proceedings of the EAI International Conference on Renewable Energy and Sustainable Manufacturing (ICRESM 2023), which took place in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, December 16-17, 2023.

The book investigates the relationship between ecosystem services (ES) and spatial planning, and explores potential means of integrating the two concepts to support the decision-making process.

This monograph provides valuable lessons in building disaster resilience for rural communities and beyond.

This book explains why the concept of sustainable development needs to be consigned to history.

This book provides hands-on conceptual, theoretical, and case study discussions on vulnerability and resilience in the global south.

Give old furniture a new lease of life, save money and help the planet with this beautifully illustrated guide to upcycling.

Niche tourism, also known as special interest tourism, refers to specialized tourism products offered to a small group of tourists.

This book is part of a six-volume series on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience.

This book analyses the effectiveness of climate finance as political instrument to reduce the effect of anthropogenic activities on climate change and promote the green growth in developing countries.

This book involves establishing a set of priorities and a roadmap that can guide scholarly and practical efforts towards sustainability goals.

Heavy-metal contamination is one of the world's major environmental problems, posing significant risks to agro-ecosystems.

This volume presents an in-depth analysis of climate change problems and discusses the proliferation of renewable energy worldwide-in conjunction with such important questions as social justice and economic growth, providing an interdisciplinary approach to sustainable development.

Visioning presents a roadmap for university leaders to vitalize higher education in response to global problems.

Social design-the practice of designing for poverty relief-is one of the most popular fields in contemporary architecture.

This book summarizes the key findings of a five-year interdisciplinary research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF).

This volume discusses the sustainability of Egypt's agriculture and the challenges involved.

The book results from research carried out by the authors since 1999 on urban gardening collectives in Russia, then from the extension of this research towards collective urban gardening in France, with some investigations in other European Union Member States and Brazil.

This book describes approaches, opinions, and concepts for new and emerging solutions and technologies that could be successfully applied in the configuration, optimization and management of supply networks in the highly volatile environment of today's global economy.

Increase in world population, extreme weather conditions, decrease in fresh water supplies, and changes of dietary habits are major issues that affect global food security.

This handbook provides an overview of physical, chemical and biological methods used to analyze soils and plant tissue using an ecosystem perspective.

This book presents five critical dimensions on relationships, institutions, produc-tion, organisation, and governance from design and systems perspectives for thesystematic transition of unstable and vulnerable communities across the world tosustainable community systems.

Meeting the food requirements of an ever-increasing population is a pressing challenge for every country around the globe.

This collection is a multidisciplinary and multicultural contribution to the current sustainability discourse.

This book consists of a selection of papers that discuss the challenges in the increasingly complex world of education and various educational problems such as moral degradation, lack of literacy, pedagogical curriculum and innovation, educational technology.

What if you could challenge your eleventh graders to come up with a design solution for developing, managing, and utilizing mineral resources?

This book explores the multifaceted impact of religious tourism on prominent global destinations, addressing significant research gaps in this evolving field.

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

This proceedings volume constitutes peer-reviewed full-length papers contributed by the Authors and tailored on various thematic areas of the 1st International Conference on Sustainable Advanced Technologies for Environmental Management (SATEM - 2023).

This book highlights various applications of renewable energy systems and their enabling technologies in electrical power systems.

This book summarizes fundamentals and advanced topics of green chemistry and highlights the importance and impact of green chemistry over traditional synthetic methods.

This book focuses on holistic approaches of applying sustainable practices in all sectors of building, infrastructure, and energy to achieve a best-balanced global energy, building, infrastructure, transportation, and water technology (EBITW) regime.

Bamboo is one of the most sustainable materials in nature due to its fast growth, rapid regeneration, outstanding mechanical properties, and applications in numerous industries.

Sustainability is now a widely spread concept, and much progress has been achieved since the 1970s, when it started to be widely discussed.

The study of local climate zones (LCZ) links urban morphology, land use and land cover types, human activity, and thermal properties, and provides a standard framework for studying urban climatic issues.

Global population by 2050 is predicted to be over 9 billion and accordingly, the production systems will demolish about 140 billion tons per year of minerals, ores, fossil fuels and biomass, i.

This book proves, through empirical research, that indigenous and traditional agricultural communities have experienced severe climate change impacts, and have developed corresponding livelihood strategies to strengthen their resilience in a variable climate.

Independent, scientifically based, integrated, policy-relevant analysis of current and emerging energy issues for specialists and policymakers in academia, industry, government.

This book uses a quantitative science-based approach to explain where the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions emitted by the fashion industry are generated and it explores what strategies can be deployed to achieve Net Zero by 2050.

This collection of contributions from a diverse group of prominent international scientists and policy makers brings together their in-depth analyses and innovative ideas about how to resolve the 'energy for development' predicament.

This book is devoted to a systemic study of socio-economic development risks arising in the Decade of Action, as well as the prospects for risk management in support of sustainable development.

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

This book offers a thorough examination of financial resilience and environmental sustainability, focusing on the financing of environmental sustainability, and addressing the issues, challenges, and opportunities of green financing alongside sustainable development.

This book concerns the study of open-air accommodation facilities.