The environment

Microplastics are tiny plastic particles measuring less than 5 millimeters.

This book explains how decarbonisation of transport connects to the wider project of making more sustainable and circular society.

"e;Because the development of the carbon economy has always been closely bound up with the deepening of human inequalities, movements seeking climate justice need to unravel a tangle of social injustices at all scales.

This book stands as the first comprehensive exploration of the intricate issue of energy poverty in Japan.

This book presents a unique collection of contributions on modern methods and applications in three key areas of statistics, celebrating the significant work of Wolfgang Schmid in this field.

This book analyses the roots and evolution of the concept of sustainability in Europe and the European Union.

This book covers Martian Aeolian Geomorphology and is organized around three main foci.

This book focuses on the most recent developments in bioremediation techniques and what the future holds for bioremediation in order to reduce the amount of pollution in the world.

In this book, leading researchers from this field systematically explain the latest research results on anaerobic responses in plants.

This book provides information on sustainable water resource management strategies that present innovative ways to conserve both quality and quantity of water in developing countries.

This book aims to introduce pioneering scientific concepts in water and environmental studies, fostering the exchange of cutting-edge research findings and educational insights.

This book highlights the integration of eco-friendly infrastructure, innovative materials, and advanced technologies to build sustainability and resilience in both urban and rural environments.

Nanochitosan-Based Enhancement of Fisheries and Aquaculture: Aligning with Sustainable Development Goal 14 - Life Below Water is an indispensable guide for envisioning an ecologically balanced and prosperous future for aquatic resource management.

Nanochitosan-Based Enhancement of Fisheries and Aquaculture: Aligning with Sustainable Development Goal 14 - Life Below Water is an indispensable guide for envisioning an ecologically balanced and prosperous future for aquatic resource management.

This book presents children's literature as a platform for learning and helping young readers develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to thrive in an interconnected and diverse global society.

This book presents children's literature as a platform for learning and helping young readers develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to thrive in an interconnected and diverse global society.

The second edition of this book updates some of the progress in clean energy and climate tech that has been made since the initial publication in 2022 and adds new material that was not available earlier, including information on energy from hydrogen, recent developments in geothermal technology, and progress on carbon dioxide removal.

This edited volume explores the implementation of the circular economy (CE) in Southeast Asia, a densely populated region with a significant share of global production.

The fundamental ecological, cultural and economic roles of insects give them central importance in functioning of terrestrial and inland water ecosystems worldwide.

Biophilic and Bioclimatic Architecture is a guide to innovative architectural design for architects, engineers and other specialists who are working with biophilic and bioclimatic architectural concepts.

The series Advances in Industrial Control aims to report and encourage technology transfer in control engineering.

It is now accepted that humans are changing the climate of the Earth and this is the most compelling amongst a long litany of reasons as to why, collectively, we have to change our ways of thinking and acting.

The latest scientific knowledge on climate change indicates that higher greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere through unchecked emissions will provoke severe climate change and ocean acidification.

Wetland Systems covers broad water and environmental engineering aspects relevant for the drainage and treatment of storm water and wastewater.

"e;Optimal Observation for Cyber-physical Systems"e; addresses the challenge, fundamental to the design of wireless sensor networks (WSNs), presented by the obligatory trade-off between precise estimates and system constraints.

Green Energy: Basic Concepts and Fundamentals addresses the need for diversity within energy systems.

Open-channel hydraulics are described by hyperbolic equations, derived from laws of conservation of mass and momentum, called Saint-Venant equations.

Planet Earth is under stress from various environmental factors, increasing the importance of being able to estimate the environmental costs associated with dynamic material shifts.

Globally, different regions are facing severe water shortages.

Optimal Control of Wind Energy Systems is a thorough review of the main control issues in wind power generation, covering many industrial application problems.

This book Innovations and the Environment aims to review the state of knowledge and to provide an empirical basis for the development and use of new technologies, products and services to reduce the impact of human activities on environmental quality.

"e;Design for Environmental Sustainability"e; is a technical and operative contribution to the United Nations "e;Decade on Education for Sustainable Development"e; (2005-2014), aiding the development of a new generation of designers, responsible and able in the task of designing environmentally sustainable products.

Solar irradiation is the fundamental initiator of all sources of renewable energy.

This book describes how modern industry affected people in Japan and their communities by polluting their living environment with toxic emissions.

This book presents up-to-date descriptions of smart service innovations in industry, supported by new scientific approaches.

This book provides accurate and integrated information about land resources especially with the accelerated progress of information technology to help Egypt and similar countries to achieve the country sustainable development goals in the field of agriculture and natural resources.

This book presents peer-reviewed articles from the 1st International Conference on Sustainability and Emerging Technologies for Smart Manufacturing (SETSM 2024) held on 27-28 April at Hanoi in Vietnam.

This book focused specifically on the newly emerging issues related to the development of green science/technology, and green economy toward Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

attempt has been made to capture the new trends in the regulations, to the extent they are known.

"e;Process Control Performance Assessment"e; is a guide to the application of control benchmarking to industrial processes.

Renewable energy technologies have been used on a small scale for many years now.

Control Design Techniques in Power Electronics Devices deals specifically with control theories relevant to the design of switched power electronics, for the most part, DC-DC converters and supplies, rectifiers of different kinds and inverters with varying topologies.

This book is an ambitious attempt to bridge the infamous gap between theory and practice in control.

Since the 1992 Rio summit, corporate environmental responsibility has grown beyond complying with increasingly stringent environmental regulation and taking up proactive initiatives.

This book documents and analyses the differentiated control policies, the determinant factors behind, social resilience, and international relations during the pandemic from a comparative perspective in a facts-based, data-supporting manner.

In an era where economic progress and environmental sustainability must go hand in hand, this book offers an essential exploration of how renewable energy can drive both growth and sustainability.

This monograph is written based on the author's research on seismic assessment and retrofitting of corrosion-damaged reinforced concrete structures during the recent two decades.

This book addresses the ongoing need to explore the implications of the ‘Anthropocene’ rupture for the field of International Relations (IR).

With cities and regions moving away from fossil-nuclear energy sources, the importance of energy-ecological urban transformation is growing.