Since the issues and discourses surrounding sustainable development entered its phase in our contemporary world, the political, social, economic, ecological, and cultural existence of our modern world has inevitably adopted varied measures to respond better to the demands of our time.
The purpose of this book is to study the association of corporate environmental responsibility (CER) with financial performance, capital structure, innovative activities, corporate risk, working capital management and accounting quality.
This book sets out a three-stage programme for lesson observation showing how a collaborative whole-school approach can transform the culture of the staffroom and improve outcomes for pupils.
This book provides a comprehensive guide to the principles and engineering approaches necessary for developing secure and sustainable blockchain applications.
In the face of unprecedented challenges in managing water resources, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) emerges as a revolutionary force, reshaping the landscape of water conservation, treatment, irrigation, policy formulation, watershed management, and the monitoring of groundwater and surface water.
Amidst the escalating Triple Planetary Crisis-climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution-traditional leadership approaches are no longer sufficient.
This book presents select proceedings of the 7th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (7th CTRG, 2023) and provides an opportunity for discussion of state-of-the-art research and practice in the developing world for achieving equitable, efficient, and resilient infrastructure and opens pathways to sustainable transportation.
This book outlines a new paradigm, Sustainable Intensification of Crop Production (SICP), which aims to produce more from the same area of land by increasing efficiency, reducing waste, conserving resources, reducing negative impacts on the environment and enhancing the provision of ecosystem services.
The European Landscape Convention has introduced a Europe-wide concept of protection, management and planning of all landscapes - not just the outstanding ones.
This book articulates the traditional Japanese concept of conservation, called Satoyama, for effective management of nature's goods and services at a community-ecosystem interface in the climate milieu.
This handbook is based on the premise that in order for sustainability to be sustainable, a profound psychological transformation has to take place at the individual and collective level.
In an era defined by rapid technological advancement and growing concerns over environmental sustainability, the intersection of the Metaverse and sustainable development presents both remarkable opportunities and formidable challenges.
The book examines management strategies for developing and implementing strategic resilience and sustainability plans for sustainable and climate-resilient communities and organizations.
This edited collection provides an alternative discourse on cities evolving with physically and virtually networked communities-the 'digital polis'-and offers a variety of perspectives from the humanities, media studies, geography, architecture, and urban studies.
Sustainability Analysis provides a detailed exploration of current environmental thinking from a variety of perspectives, including institutional and psychological angles.
This book conducts a holistic analysis of climate change perceptions, vulnerabilities, impacts, and adaptation, based on the primary household-data collected from the Chepang community residing in the rural Mid-Hills of Nepal.
In the age of urban geopolitics, in cooperation with the major city networks and initiatives, interconnected coastal cities lead towards a more resilient sustainable future.
This book examines and analyzes the challenges programmes for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development are facing in global management practice.
Ecopedagogies showcases a range of creative approaches that educators across multiple disciplines use to empower students to access and engage with nature, an increasingly important consideration in a post-COVID world in environmental crisis.
This book deals with analytical techniques and methods applied in several sectors of technology and industry and serves as a concise and up-to-date reference for the practical application of analytical chemistry.
INDUSTRIAL BIORENEWABLES A Practical Viewpoint This unique text provides an in-depth industrial view in its discussion of industrial biorenewables; industries report on real cases of biorenewables, dealing with economics, the motivation of implementing industrial biorenewable-based processes, and suggestions for further improvement and research.
Sustainable Food System is a food system that delivers food safety & security as two key elements and nutrition for masses having impact on their social, economic, and environmental bases to generate nutritional food security for future generations shall not be compromised.
The 2023 Congress on Research, Development, and Innovation in Renewable Energies (CIDiER 2022) promotes international collaboration fostering ideas and dialogue around solutions to climate change through research and development that leads to clean energy innovation via renewable energies.
This book contains contributions from the international conference "e;Engineering Innovations and Sustainable Development,"e; organized by three Russian universities on June 17-18, 2021.