Enhancing Interoperability and Automation of Construction Waste Quantification outlines the construction waste quantification (CWQ) modelling that supports data-driven decision-making in the built environment.
This book investigates African philosophical contributions to the concept of deep ecology, which advocates for rethinking human and non-human relationships within our ecosystems, by promoting the inherent and earned worth of all beings.
The book provides a comprehensive overview of all relevant technical and environmental aspects relating to road vehicles with low-emission drive technology.
The book provides a comprehensive overview of all relevant technical and environmental aspects relating to road vehicles with low-emission drive technology.
This second edition focuses on Tropical Dry Forests (TDF) in the Americas and provides a comprehensive overview of new studies conducted in the last decade, giving new insights into the most endangered ecosystem in the tropics.
This edited volume brings together international authors to explore how cities around the world are implementing their commitment towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Explores Worldwide Trends Involving the Production and Use of BiofuelsWith the depletion of oil resources as well as the negative environmental impact of fossil fuels, there is much interest in alternative energy sources.
This new reference book covers the important topics of our current time-the impact of climate change and urban environment sustainability, using empirical and theoretical insights.
Comprehensive in scope, this totally revamped edition of a bestseller is the ideal desk reference for anyone tasked with hazard control and safety management in the healthcare industry.
The Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership invited papers related to responsible leadership from a trans-disciplinary perspective involving the social and natural sciences.
Understand the social, economic, and environmental impacts of the development of forest plantationsand the conservation involvedControversy surrounds the question of how to best protect forests of high conservation value, while meeting the growing demands for wood and wood fiber-based products.
Negotiating relief and freedom is an investigation of short- and long-term responses to disaster in the British Caribbean colonies during the 'long' nineteenth century.
It is well known that infrastructure development projects can boost the economy and reduce the cost of trade in both developing and developed economies, however, infrastructure projects can also cause biodiversity loss.
Founded in 1966, the internationally recognized and acclaimed SeriesPalaeoecology of Africa publishes interdisciplinary scientific papers on landscape evolution and on former environments of the African continent.
Bio-Refinery of Industrial Effluents for a Sustainable Circular Economy provides a combined approach between environmental engineering, which involves the improvement of the natural environment or remediation of polluted sites.
Bio-Refinery of Industrial Effluents for a Sustainable Circular Economy provides a combined approach between environmental engineering, which involves the improvement of the natural environment or remediation of polluted sites.
Solutions to the food shortage, demand for clean water, and need for energy for a current world population of 7 billion are the greatest challenges today, which require technological innovation and changes in public policy.
Breaking with academic tradition, this journal offers a unique selection of articles that are written by looking at the future challenges first and then translating these into present times.
This book is devoted to systematization of experience and identification of prospects for sustainable cooperation to create "e;green"e; supply chains based on environmentally friendly technologies and responsible innovations.
This book is devoted to systematization of experience and identification of prospects for sustainable cooperation to create "e;green"e; supply chains based on environmentally friendly technologies and responsible innovations.