The environment

This book focuses on developing a holistic sustainability assessment model for built environment that can help in identifying sustainability issues and parameters for the built environment.

This book contains latest research studies regarding issues related to civil infrastructure such as pavement layers and material properties.

Studying architecture is hugely exciting and rewarding.

This book offers a comparative study of the progress made by two regional economies with many similarities-India and South Africa-in pursuit of human development by applying Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This book addresses space science and communication - one of the main pillars of space science sustainability, an area that has recently become of great importance.

This contributed book focuses on decarbonization of maritime transport by highlighting different aspects of decarbonization methods indicated in the International Maritime Organization's Initial Greenhouse Gas Strategy (2018).

This Element focuses on environmental protection, as both government good and service, that has become part of distributive politics.

Qualitative Research in STEM examines the groundbreaking potential of qualitative research methods to address issues of social justice, equity, and sustainability in STEM.

This book explores how a long-term innovation can take place based on historical analyses of the development of reverse osmosis (RO) membrane from the early 1950s to the mid-2010s.

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The concept of environmental, social and governance (ESG) is rapidly emerging as the new global industry standard and an important benchmarking tool for socially responsible investments.

This unique volume offers an up-to-date overview of all the main aspects of groundwater in the Nile Delta and its fringes, as well as latest research findings.

Food wastage has become a major problem with about one third of all food produced for human consumption going to waste, leading to major socioeconomic and environmental consequences in an increasingly resource-constrained world.

This publication characterizes the environmental burden of disease in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), measured by the excess number of deaths and illnesses in the population due to exposure to environmental hazards.

Continuing in the holistic philosophy of the Technologies of Architecture series, this volume examines the various layers of knowledge, skills and mechanisms that make up the many approaches to the essential function of technical design in the creation of successful buildings.

Corpus-Assisted Ecolinguistics introduces and integrates key research concepts, principles and techniques in ecolinguistics and corpus-assisted discourse study, answering foundational questions for researchers new to the discipline and asserting the urgent need to expand its scope.

The encyclopedia consists 13 subareas as follows:1: Synthesis and Characterisation of Ionic Liquids (Section Editors: Prof.

This book describes the development of a system dynamics-based model that can capture the future trajectories of housing energy and carbon emissions.

Recently, there has been, and continues to be, a tremendous interest on Lake Victoria and its environs, both locally and internationally.

Hurricanes have been a constant in the history of New Orleans.

This book focuses on the current situation of two technologies for electricity production from renewable energy sources, wind and solar photovoltaic energy, analysing and describing both technologies in detail.

Formed in 1995 by EPA, several other federal and state agencies, and several private organizations, the National Advisory Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances (referred to as the NAC) develops, reviews, and approves acute exposure guideline levels (AEGLs) for up to 400 extremely hazardous substances (EHSs).

Anthropogenic activity has clearly altered the N cycle contributing (among other factors) to climate change.

We are proposing this comprehensive volume aimed at bridging and bonding of the theory and practical experiences for the elimination of a broad range of pollutants from various types of water and soil utilizing innovative nanotechnologies, biotechnologies and their possible combinations.

Liquid Architecture challenges the idea of architecture as a fixed, inert container and reconceptualises it as a body whose boundaries are rather blurred and ever-changing.

This book comprises selected proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Water Resources 2021 (ICWR 2021) focusing on innovations and preparations to face the water-related challenges.

The twelfth edition of the European Energy Markets Observatory covers the full year 2009 and the winter 2009/2010.

This book provides an updated and expanded overview of basic concepts of energy economics and explains how simple economic tools can be used to analyse contemporary energy issues in the light of recent developments, such as the Paris Agreement, the UN Sustainable Development Goals and new technological developments in the production and use of energy.

"e;Compelling, Fascinating, sometimes unexpectedly moving, this vitally important book is, above all, a springboard for hope and transformation.

The book analyzes the problems and potential of renewable energy development for the Coachella Valley of California and provides a useful case study for renewable energy feasibility assessments for other areas.

This book sheds light on the social imagination of nature and environment in contemporary China.

This book discusses the tasks and functions of corporate governance in the light of current challenges and the dynamics that arise from a broader approach to company management and the integration of corporate governance with corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability.

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The enduring changes in the aquatic environment and the increasing influx of contaminants call for novel conceptual and methodological approaches to relating chemical pollution and ecological alterations in ecosystems.

This handbook is an important and valuable source for engineers and researchers in the area of internal combustion engines pollution control.

First published in 1999, this book presents a fresh and diverse set of perspectives representing key directions of research and practice in the field of environmental design research.

This book discusses the use of the spectrum sharing techniques in cognitive radio technology, in order to address the problem of spectrum scarcity for future wireless communications.

Hurricane Agnes struck the United States in June of 1972, just months before a pivotal election and at the dawn of the deindustrialization period across the Northeast.

This edited volume summarizes information about the situational context, threats, problems, challenges and solutions for sustainable pastoralism at a global scale.

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Many present-day Australians see the dingo as a threat and a pest to human production systems.

During the past decade, scientists have learned much about the complex naturalprocesses that influence climate variability and change, and our ability to modelclimate has increased significantly.

This book provides a unique, comprehensive and interdisciplinary analysis of climate justice and disaster law.

This book looks at the world's naturalised (successfully introduced)species of bird.

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With advancement in modern technology human life span in 21st century has significantly improved as compared to past centuries.

Major changes in policy and management , across the entire agricultural production chain, will be needed to ensure the best use of available water resources in meeting growing demands for food and other agricultural products.