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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Asian Megacity Region: A Conceptual Approach
Book SynopsisThis book argues that close and disciplined scrutiny of the Asian megacity regions is of critical importance to understanding Asian urbanization. However, any approach to studying these regions must adopt a multi-dimensional and trans-urban perspective; otherwise, we Without such an approach, we cannot truly make meaningful decisions about growth management and sustainable development for such regions. Amidst the sweeping demographic and structural shifts produced by global urbanization, Asian urbanization has a fascinating and prominent role. Asian urbanization is heterogeneous, and more accurately constitutes “phenomena” than a “phenomenon.” However, despite this diversity, there are certain common features that we can identify. One of them is the Asian “megacity region”— the administrative and/or delineated territory of mixed urban-rural landscape surrounding a giant metropolis.The purpose of this book is to: Understand the main features of 21st century urbanization Note the limitations of current approaches (e.g. disparate scales, city-centric views, inadequate data sets) Articulate a pragmatically framed three-pronged approach (scale-based, trans-urban, multi-dimensional) Demonstrate the application of such an approach with a case study of one of the most important megacity regions in South Asia, the Delhi National Capital Region, underscoring the methodological requirements of such an approach Discuss the next steps for the field as a whole: questions to be raised and directions to be explored for further study. This timely, conceptual and empirical book will appeal to students of urbanization, architects involved in urban policy and planning, and researchers alike.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Shifting urban dynamics: An overview.- From megacity to megacity region: Is an Asian paradigm emerging?- Asian MCR: Urban-Rural interface and multidimensionality of the spread region.- Scale and where the three prongs meet.- The national capital region, Delhi, India: An empirical exploration.- Concluding thoughts.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Asian Megacity Region: A Conceptual Approach
Book SynopsisThis book argues that close and disciplined scrutiny of the Asian megacity regions is of critical importance to understanding Asian urbanization. However, any approach to studying these regions must adopt a multi-dimensional and trans-urban perspective; otherwise, we Without such an approach, we cannot truly make meaningful decisions about growth management and sustainable development for such regions. Amidst the sweeping demographic and structural shifts produced by global urbanization, Asian urbanization has a fascinating and prominent role. Asian urbanization is heterogeneous, and more accurately constitutes “phenomena” than a “phenomenon.” However, despite this diversity, there are certain common features that we can identify. One of them is the Asian “megacity region”— the administrative and/or delineated territory of mixed urban-rural landscape surrounding a giant metropolis.The purpose of this book is to: Understand the main features of 21st century urbanization Note the limitations of current approaches (e.g. disparate scales, city-centric views, inadequate data sets) Articulate a pragmatically framed three-pronged approach (scale-based, trans-urban, multi-dimensional) Demonstrate the application of such an approach with a case study of one of the most important megacity regions in South Asia, the Delhi National Capital Region, underscoring the methodological requirements of such an approach Discuss the next steps for the field as a whole: questions to be raised and directions to be explored for further study. This timely, conceptual and empirical book will appeal to students of urbanization, architects involved in urban policy and planning, and researchers alike.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Shifting urban dynamics: An overview.- From megacity to megacity region: Is an Asian paradigm emerging?- Asian MCR: Urban-Rural interface and multidimensionality of the spread region.- Scale and where the three prongs meet.- The national capital region, Delhi, India: An empirical exploration.- Concluding thoughts.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Green Schools Globally: Stories of Impact on
Book SynopsisThis book brings together stories of the green schools movement ((Eco Schools, Enviroschools, Green Schools, Sustainable Schools, ResourceSmart Schools etc) in several countries around the world, with a focus on the impact of the movement on the development and implementation of education for sustainable development in each of the countries. In particular, each story will explain the history of the movement per country, its current status, achievements, obstacles and broader impact.There have been a number of evaluations of these school movements at a national or more local level, and numerous articles and chapters have been published on aspects of these schools’ activities, but to date these have not been brought together in a single volume that focuses attention on the impact of the movement on education for sustainable development in each country. This is the purpose of this volume.The green schools movement focuses on a whole school approach which aims to include everyone (students, teachers and the local community), to improve school environments, including resource usage and the environmental footprint of the school, to motivate students to take on environmental problems and seek resolutions particularly at a local level but also thinking globally, and to improve students' attitudes and behaviours as part of developing a sustainable mind set. Trade Review“This book has been both insightful and reiterated my concerns about education. It is the first book that intentionally draws together the historic and current green schools experiences of a wide range of countries … . I believe this is a satisfying and important read for anyone involved in environmental education. It provides a comprehensive yet concise and well-formatted compilation of accounts that will be useful for new and existing educators as well as education policy developers.” (Megan Floris, Australian Journal of Environmental Education, February 18, 2022)Table of ContentsForeword by Series EditorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction – Annette Gough, John Chi-kin Lee & Eric Po Keung TsangHistory of green schools’ movements – Annette GoughEco Schools as an international network - Foundation of Environmental Education (Nicole Andreou)Stories of green schools movements from around the worldAustraliaAustriaCanadaChinaEnglandFranceGermanyGhanaHong KongIndiaIsraelKenyaMexico and SpainNew ZealandSouth AfricaSwedenTaiwan TurkeyUnited States of AmericaWestern Indian Ocean countries (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Zanzibar) Reflection – Annette Gough, John Chi-kin Lee & Eric Po Keung TsangIndexes
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Green Chemistry: Environmentally Benign Reactions
Book SynopsisThis book presents a large number of organic reactions performed under green conditions, which were earlier performed using anhydrous conditions and various volatile organic solvents. The conditions used involve green solvents like water, super critical carbon dioxide, ionic liquids, polymer-supported reagents, polyethylene glycol and perfluorous liquids. A number of reactions have been conducted in solid state without using any solvent. Most of the reactions have been conducted under microwave irradiations and sonication. In large number of reactions, catalysts like phase transfer catalysts, crown ethers and biocatalysts have been used. Providing the protocols that every laboratory should adopt, this book elaborates the principles of green chemistry and discusses the planning and preparations required to convert to green laboratory techniques. It includes applications relevant to practicing researchers, students and environmental chemists. This book is useful for students (graduate and postgraduate), researchers and industry professionals in the area of chemical engineering, chemistry and allied fields.Table of ContentsForward vPreface to the Third Edition viiPreface to the First Edition ix1. GREEN CHEMISTRY 2. GREEN REACTIONS 3. GREEN PREPARATION MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS ANSWERS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONSINDEX
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Sustainable Innovation in Food Product Design
Book SynopsisThis book comes out of the 12th Iberoamerican Congress of Food Engineering, which took place at the University of Algarve in Faro, Portugal in July 2019. It includes the editors' selection of the best research works from oral and poster presentations delivered at the conference. The first section is dedicated to research carried out on SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES TO CHEMICAL ADDITIVES TO EXTEND SHELF LIFE, with special emphasis on animal products. The second section discusses recent research in SUSTAINABLE NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. The third section delves into the development of PLANT-BASED ALTERNATIVES TO DAIRY AND GLUTEN BASED CEREALS. The fourth section tackles CONSUMER BEHAVIOR regarding food products with new sources of protein (e.g. insects) or new sources of important nutrients (e.g. seaweeds) and the fifth discusses the VALORIZATION OF BY-PRODUCTS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY (from fruits and wine making). For food engineers, food technologists, and food scientists looking to stay up-to-date in this field of sustainable food engineering, Sustainable Innovation in Food Product Design is the ideal resource.Table of Contents I - SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES TO CHEMICAL ADDITIVES TO EXTEND SHELF LIFE 1 1 Pitangueira Leaf Extracts as Alternative to Traditional Additives in Fresh Pork Sausage 2 Flávia C. Vargas, Larissa Tessaro,, Marco A. Trindade, Lucas Arantes-Pereira, Andrezza M. Fernandes, Paulo José do A. Sobral 2 Joint application of physical agents and natural additives to inhibit the microbial growth in bovine meats surface 21 Mariana Fernández Blanco, Ana Julia Amasino, Irene Pena, Gladys Laporte, Pablo de la Sota, Daniela Olivera and Fernanda Coll Cárdenas 3 Effects of depuration on subsequent deterioration and shelf life of cultured grooved carpet shell clam Ruditapes decussatus during chilled storage. 33 Fábio Mota, Jaime Aníbal, Eduardo Esteves II - SUSTAINABLE NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.. 52 4 Sustainability and value-added products as an opportunity: Global acceptability and sensory quality of limpet (Patella spp.) pâté enriched with strawberry-tree (Arbutus unedo)fruit extract 53 Joaquina Pinheiro, Sidónio Rodrigues, Paulo Maranhão, Susana Mendes, Rui Ganhão 5 Development of Gastronomic strategies for the application and valorization of new inverse emulsions of vegetable origin 71 Ana Silva Cátia Morgado, Nelson Félix, Maria Lima, Cristina Laranjeiro, Carlos Brandão and Manuela Guerra 6 A technological optimization to design a better gluten-free cereal-based cake premix 90 Caroline Alves Cayres, José Luis Ramírez Ascheri, Maria Antonieta Peixoto Gimenes Couto and Eveline Lopes Almeida 7 Effect of partial replacement of milk protein by vegetable proteins on the texture of requeijão 116 Alex Paulo Rodrigues, Rafael Resende Maldonado and Maria Teresa de Alvarenga Freire IV- CONSUMER BEHAVIOR.. 133 8 Evaluation of consumers’ acceptance of bread supplemented with insect protein 134 José Carlos Ribeiro,Alexandra Soares, Ana Pinto de Moura, Luís Miguel Cunha 9 Potential use of aqueous extracts of Kombu seaweed in cream cracker formulation 150 Joaquina Pinheiro, Elsa M. Gonçalvesand Rui Ganhão V - VALORIZATION OF BY-PRODUCTS FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRY.. 167 10 Non-compliant fruit as new functional food ingredients. 168 Ana A. Vilas-Boas, Ricardo Gómez-García, Débora A. Campos, Ana Oliveira and Manuela Pintado Adriana M. Fernández-Fernández, Eduardo Dellacassa, Alejandra Medrano-Fernandez, María Dolores del Castillo
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Sustainability in the Built Environment in the
Book SynopsisThis book follows on previous works addressing sustainable development research in the Asia-Pacific region. It mainly focuses on India, a country currently facing immense challenges in the form of climate change, rapid urbanisation, and population pressures in its journey to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Expecting to surpass China in terms of population in the near future, India needs to develop its own solutions in order to uphold its commitments under the Paris Agreement. This book makes a contribution in that direction by presenting case studies on various aspects of the built environment, from education to managing cities, procurement, and considerations for a circular economy. The papers gathered here offer a vital resource for government policymakers, educators, and current and future professionals, equipping them with the knowledge and expertise they need in order to overcome today’s complex challenges in the built environment. Table of ContentsPartnerships for Anganwadi and educational imperatives.- Education for the future focusing on Indonesia.- Traditional/vernacular master planning in South India- Agraharam.- Traditional/vernacular in Sri Lanka.- Developing design guidelines for Anganwadi.- Social sustainability and its impact on planning.- Community participation for Anganwadi.- Smart city in India and governance.- Carrying capacity in Gwalior using the SAFE model.- Urban quality of life indicators in New Delhi.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG TransFEWmation: Towards Design-led
Book SynopsisThis book discusses a spectrum of approaches to designing the food-energy-water nexus at different spatial-urban scales. The book offers a framework for working on the FEW-nexus in a design-led context and integrates the design of urban neighbourhoods and regions with methodologies how to simultaneously engaging residents and stakeholders and evaluating the propositions in a FEW-print, measuring the environmental impact of the different designs. The examples are derived from on the ground practices in Sydney, Tokyo, Detroit, Amsterdam and Belfast.Table of ContentsPart 1. Framework Chapter 1 The Moveable Nexus, Transforming Thinking on Cities Rob Roggema and Wanglin Yan Chapter 2 A moveable Nexus: framework for food-energy-water design and planning Rob Roggema, Wanglin Yan and Greg Keeffe Chapter 3 M-NEX methodology: a design-led approach to the FEW-Nexus Rob Roggema Part II Design for food in M-Nex Chapter 4 Nature driven planning for the FEW-Nexus in Western Sydney, Rob Roggema and Stewart Monti Chapter 5 The flexible scaffold: design praxis in the FEW-nexus, Greg Keeffe and Sean Cullen Chapter 6 Spatialised method for analysing the impact of food, Sean Cullen and Greg Keeffe Chapter 7 Synergetic planning and designing with urban FEW-flows: lessons from Rotterdam Nico Tillie, Rob Roggema Chapter 8 Le Fouture de Groningen; towards transformational food-positive landscapes, Rob Roggema Chapter 9 Mapping the FEW-Nexus across cascading scales: contexts for Detroit from region to city. Geoffrey Thün, Kathy Velikov and Tithi Sanyal Chapter 10 Redesigning the Urban Food Life through the Participatory Living Lab Platform - Practices in Suburban Areas of the Tokyo Metropolitan Region Wanglin Yan and Shun Nakayama Chapter 11 The Regenerative City - positive opportunities of coupling urban energy transition with added values to people and environment Andy van den Dobbelsteen Chapter 12 Pig farming vs. Solar farming: exploring novel opportunities for the energy transition, Nick ten Caat, Nico Tillie and Martin Tenpierik Chapter 13 Proposal for a database of food-energy-water-nexus projects, Will Galloway, Kevin Logan and Wanglin Yan Chapter 14 Linking urban food system and environmental sustainability for the resilience of the cities: the case of Tokyo Bijon Kumer Mitra, Ami Pareek, Tomoko Takeda, Pham Ngoc Bao, Nobue Amanuma, Wanglin Yan and Rajib Shaw Chapter 15 TransFEWmotion: designing urban metabolism as an M-NEX Rob Roggema, Wanglin Yan and Greg Keeffe Index
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Ecological Footprint as a Sustainability Metric: Implications for Sustainability
Book SynopsisThis book examines the Ecological Footprint and biocapacity accounting within an applied development content for Costa Rica. By doing so, it is possible to track changes as well as perhaps link these to overarching global issues, such as trade, globalization, and food security, among other emergent topics based findings stemming from this methodology. Based on a timeseries since 1961, it is possible to track cross-temporal changes of land-type categories (for crop land, grazing land, forest land, fishing ground, built-up land, and carbon) of the Ecological Footprint and biocapacity conveying whether a country is in ecological deficit and what may be contributing to such a trendTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction – overview and relevant background, including published (cross-disciplinary) research that provides a context and justification for the study.- Chapter 2: The Ecological Footprint – tracking the evolution of this sustainability metric.- Chapter 3: Biocapacity accounting – used to develop a context for carrying capacity set against the Ecological Footprint.- Chapter 4: Case study – national scale case consideration of Costa Rica as an example of a developing country set amid the contemporary context of sustainable development.- Chapter 5: Implications – examines the contribution for sustainable development, using the Sustainable Development Goals as a springboard for discussion.- Chapter 6: Quality Analysis – presents caveats of the methodology based on the National Footprint Accounts.- Chapter 7: Conclusion – summary of the findings and contribution of the brief, including address of path dependency and final consideration given to sustainability metrics and sustainable development.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Energy in Perspective
Book SynopsisThis textbook provides broad coverage of energy supply and use. It discusses how energy is produced, transformed, delivered to end users, and consumed. The author discusses all of this at an undergraduate level, accessible to students of varying backgrounds. High-level and human-scale perspectives are included. As a high-level example, the book discusses the shares of global primary energy that are provided by oil, gas, coal, hydroelectricity, and renewables, as well as trends in energy consumption and supply over time. Human-scale examples will resonate with readers’ every day experiences. The link between economic development and energy consumption is presented, which facilitates understanding of how global energy consumption growth is inevitable as economic development occurs. Coverage includes separate chapters on the oil, natural gas, coal, and electricity sectors. Each of these provides high-level descriptions of the technology involved in the production of that type of energy as well as the processing and transportation that occurs to bring the energy to end users. The book discusses the technological implications of energy transitions such as increased use of renewables or changes in the use of nuclear energy using Germany and Japan as examples. It closes with a discussion of future energy use.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Fundamentals of Energy.- Energy Use.- Oil.- Natural Gas.- Coal.- Electricity.- Petrochemicals.- Energy Industries.- Technological Change.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Innovations in Information and Communication
Book SynopsisThis edited book is comprised of original research that focuses on technological advancements for effective teaching with an emphasis on learning outcomes, ICT trends in higher education, sustainable developments and digital ecosystem in education, management and industries. The contents of the book are classified as; (i) Emerging ICT Trends in Education, Management and Innovations (ii) Digital Technologies for advancements in education, management and IT (iii) Emerging Technologies for Industries and Education, and (iv) ICT Technologies for Intelligent Applications. The book represents a useful tool for academics, researchers, industry professionals and policymakers to share and learn about the latest teaching and learning practices supported by ICT. It also covers innovative concepts applied in education, management and industries using ICT tools.Table of ContentsDigitization of Financial Markets: A Literature Review on White-collar crimes.- Intervention of Chatbots –Recruitment Made Easy!!!!.- Affecting attributes to use food ordering app by young consumers.- Exploring influencing factors for m payment apps uses in the Indian context.- Modelling Enablers of Customer-Centricity in Convenience Food Retail.- Emotion AI: Integrating Emotional Intelligence with Artificial Intelligence in the digital workplace.- Factors affecting online grocery shopping in Indian culture.- A Study on Role of Digital Technologies & Employee Experience.- Driving employee engagement in today’s dynamic workplace: A literature review.- Is Online Teaching Learning Process An Effective Tool For Academic Advancement.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Politics of Bioeconomy and Sustainability: Lessons from Biofuel Governance, Policies and Production Strategies in the Emerging World
Book SynopsisThis book addresses the underexposed political dimensions of bioeconomy promotion. Who wins and who loses? How are institutions being shaped, and by whom? Drawing from experiences since the earlier days of biofuels promotion, it explores in unprecedented detail the global drive away from fossil fuels and towards a biomass-based economy.Multipurpose agriculture gains ever more traction as countries create new bio-based value chains – or, rather, value webs. Governance, in this regard, proves to be key for steering developments towards inclusive agri-food-biomass systems instead of fueling just a handful of “flex crops” ridden with social equity and other environmental issues.Based on a rich global-level analysis of bioeconomy promotion and three in-depth case studies of key emerging economies (Brazil, India and Indonesia), the book also innovatively examines sustainability politics in Global South democracies.Ultimately, this book is about finding the politics for a fairer bioeconomy in the years and decades to come.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Political Dimensions of the Bioeconomy.- Part I: Biofuels and the Emergence of a Bioeconomy World.- 2. The Contested Sustainability of Biofuels in a North-South Context.- 3. Governance: Solving or Reproducing Inequalities.- 4. International Bioeconomy Governance: Unveiling the Initial Patterns.- Part II: Biofuel Governance in Emerging Countries.- 5. Brazil Between Bioeconomy Barons and Grassroots Agroecology.- 6. India’s Bioeconomy and the Ambition over “Wastelands”.- 7. Bioeconomy in the Oil Palm Republic of Indonesia.- 8. Bioeconomy Lessons from Biofuel Policies in Emerging Countries.- 9. The Politics for a Fairer Bioeconomy.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Towards a Natural Social Contract: Transformative
Book SynopsisThis open access book is a 2022 Nautilus Gold Medal winner in the category "World Cultures' Transformational Growth & Development". It states that the societal fault lines of our times are deeply intertwined and that they confront us with challenges affecting the security, fairness and sustainability of our societies. The author, Prof. Dr. Patrick Huntjens, argues that overcoming these existential challenges will require a fundamental shift from our current anthropocentric and economic growth-oriented approach to a more ecocentric and regenerative approach. He advocates for a Natural Social Contract that emphasizes long-term sustainability and the general welfare of both humankind and planet Earth. Achieving this crucial balance calls for an end to unlimited economic growth, overconsumption and over-individualisation for the benefit of ourselves, our planet, and future generations. To this end, sustainability, health, and justice in all social-ecological systems will require systemic innovation and prioritizing a collective effort. The Transformative Social-Ecological Innovation (TSEI) framework presented in this book serves that cause. It helps to diagnose and advance innovation and spur change across sectors, disciplines, and at different levels of governance. Altogether, TSEI identifies intervention points and formulates jointly developed and shared solutions to inform policymakers, administrators, concerned citizens, and professionals dedicated towards a more sustainable, healthy and just society. A wide readership of students, researchers, practitioners and policy makers interested in social innovation, transition studies, development studies, social policy, social justice, climate change, environmental studies, political science and economics will find this cutting-edge book particularly useful.“As a sustainability transition researcher, I am truly excited about this book. Two unique aspects of the book are that it considers bigger transformation issues (such as societies’ relationship with nature, purpose and justice) than those studied in transition studies and offers analytical frameworks and methods for taking up the challenge of achieving change on the ground.”- Prof. Dr. René Kemp, United Nations University and Maastricht Sustainability InstituteTable of ContentsPart I – The quest for a natural social contract.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Sustainability transition: quest for a new social contract.- 3.Towards a natural social contract.- Part II – Theories and concepts.- 4. Conceptual background of Transformative Social-Ecological Innovation.- Part III – A Research and Innovation Agenda.- 5. Analytical instruments for studying TSEI.- 6. Transition to a sustainable and healthy agri-food system.- 7. Governance of urban sustainability transitions.- Bibliography.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Sustainable Development in Africa: Fostering Sustainability in one of the World's Most Promising Continents
Book SynopsisThis book serves the purpose of documenting and promoting African experiences on sustainable development, which encompasses both, formal and non-formal education. Sustainable development is very important to Africa, but there is a paucity of publication which documents and promotes experiences from African countries. Due to their complexity, the interrelations between social, economic and political factors related to sustainable development, especially at universities, need to be better understood. There is also a real need to showcase successful examples of how African institutions are handling their sustainability challenges. It is against this background that this book has been produced. It is a truly interdisciplinary publication, useful to scholars, social movements, practitioners and members of governmental agencies and private companies, undertaking research and/or executing projects focusing on sustainability from across Africa. As African nations strive to pursue the UN Sustainable Development Goals, it is imperative to cater for the information needs seen across the continent and foster the dissemination of experiences and case studies, which may support both, on-going and future efforts. The scope of the book is deliberately kept wide, and we are looking for contributions across the spectrum of sustainable development from business and economics, to arts and fashion, administration, environment, languages and media studies. Table of ContentsPreface.- Chapter 1. Assessing the Household Preference Level for Sustainable Clean Cooking Energy in Lagos State, Nigeria: Case Study of Biofuel.- Chapter 2. The Challenges and Opportunities for Climate Change Education at Makerere University in Kampala Uganda.- Chapter 3. Sustainable Cropping Intensification and its Role on Profitability of Cassava-Based Farms in a Changing Climate: Evidence from Rivers State, Nigeria.- Chapter 4. COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A THREAT TOWARDS ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS ON COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACTS IN ZIMBABWE’S RURAL COMMUNITIES.- Chapter 5. Experimental study of fire behavior in annually burned humid savanna of West Africa in the context of bush encroachment.- Chapter 6. NEW WEEDING TECHNOLOGY: A SOLUTION FOR IMPROVING THE WELFARE OF RICE PRODUCERS IN CAMEROON.- Chapter 7. Possibilities of translanguaging pedagogy for sustainable education in Africa.- Chapter 8. But we cannot do it all’: Investors’ sustainability tensions and strategic selectivity in the development of Kenya’s largest geothermal energy plants in Olkaria.- Chapter 9. Fostering university contribution towards sustainable development within an African context: The instrumentality of indigenous knowledge system.- Chapter 10. Gender, agricultural productivity and sustainability in Cameroon
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Scaling-up Solutions for Farmers: Technology,
Book SynopsisThis book provides a unique account of cross-sectoral innovations through efficient partnerships based on the hands-on experience of internationally renowned contributors specialised in the field of Science of Delivery. The challenges and lessons learned from large development initiatives based in Asia, and from the work undertaken by international research institutions, such as the FAO, are brought together in this book to benefit development agencies, policy makers, corporates, post graduate students, farmers’ organizations, and those involved in supplying agricultural inputs and/or buying agricultural produce, particularly in developing countries within Asia and Africa. Through a number of case studies the book describes how the consortium approach of capacity building for equitable and efficient benefits, collective action, and convergence, will benefit millions of small farm-holders in different regions of AsiaTable of ContentsChapter 1. Death Valley of Impacts Why in Agriculture, how to Cross it with Scaling-up Strategy to Achieve Impacts?- Chapter 2. Agro-ecologies- Soils and Water Regimes and Impacts of Climate Change as Challenges for Impacts of Scaling-up. .- Chapter 3. Empowerment of Stakeholders an Essential Component for Effective and Efficient Service Delivery in Rural Areas. Tapas Bhattacharya and Suhas P. Wani.- Chapter 4. Seeing is Believing- Participatory Integrated Demonstrations of Improved Technologies for Scaling-up through Building Partnerships for Impacts.- Chapter 5. Journey of Neglected Underutilised Crops to Future Smart Crops for Achieving Zero Hunger Challenge.- Chapter 6. Pulses Production Revolution in India Through Rice-Fallows Management.- Chapter 7. Sustainable Intensification of Food systems through lentil and Grass Peas in Asia.- Chapter 8. Environment -friendly Direct Seeding Rice Technology to Foster Sustainable Rice Production.- Chapter 9. Sustainable Intensification of Potato Production in Asia through Scaling-up.- Chapter 10. Scaling-up Technology Adoption for Enhancing Water Use Efficiency in India.- Chapter 11. Scaling-up of Conservation Agriculture for Climate Resilient Agriculture in Indo Gangetic Plains.- Chapter 12. Enabling Institutions, Policies, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Mechanism: A Must for Scaling-up for Impact.- Chapter 13. Success Stories from Scaling-up Initiatives with State Governments and Corporates in India, China and Thailand.- Chapter 14. Lessons Learnt and Way Forward to Benefit Millions of Farmers.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Transformational Change for People and the
Book SynopsisThis Open Access book deals with the pressing question of how to achieve transformational change that reconciles development with environmental sustainability. It particularly focuses on the role of evaluation in finding sustainable solutions. Environment and development are closely interlinked, as are human health and ecosystem health. The pandemic that began in 2020 demonstrated in no uncertain terms how destruction of habitats has allowed hitherto unknown pathogens spill over to humans wreaking havoc on people’s lives and livelihoods. We are already seeing the impacts of global climate change in terms of heatwaves, forest fires and increased storms. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) explicitly recognize the equal importance of the social, economic and environmental dimensions of development. In these turbulent times, when humankind faces multiple complex challenges it is essential to know that our responses are effective and that they make a positive difference. Evaluation can provide invaluable lessons to how we design policies, strategies and programs and how we allocate limited resources between competing priorities. This book brings together key thinkers and practitioners from the public and private sectors, from major multilateral organizations and from bilateral donor agencies, to present the latest knowledge and experience on how to evaluate interventions in the nexus of environment and development. The book does not promote any particular approach or methodology, but rather emphasizes the need for mixed methods to address the question at hand in the best and most suitable manner. It covers cases from a variety of fields, from climate change mitigation and adaptation, energy efficiency and renewable energy, natural resources management, biodiversity conservation and more.This book is not a conference proceedings although it has its roots in the Third International Conference on Evaluating Environment and Development organized by the GEF Independent Evaluation Office in October 2019. The conference brought together a larger number of established and upcoming evaluators, researchers and evaluation users from the Global North and South, representing a wide variety of organizations, to discuss the frontiers of environment and development evaluation. Following the conference, the editors identified and contacted the participants who made key contributions at the conference and asked them to develop their ideas and papers into book chapters according to a coherent plan. Table of Contents1. Introduction – Juha I. Uitto Section I: Transformational Change 2. Evaluation for Transformational Change: Learning From Practice – Indran A. Naidoo 3. Transformational Change for Achieving Scale: Lessons for a Greener Recovery – Geeta Batra, Jeneen R. Garcia, & Kseniya Temnenko Section II: Drivers of Sustainability – Introduction by Neeraj Kumar Negi 4. Sustainability After Project Completion: Evidence from the GEF – Neeraj Kumar Negi & Molly Watts Sohn 5. From the Big Picture to Detailed Observation: The Case of GEF IEO’s Strategic Country Cluster Evaluations – Carlo Carugi & Anna Viggh 6. Staying Small and Beautiful: Enhancing Sustainability in the Small Island Developing States– Geeta Batra & Trond Norheim 7. Assessing Sustainable Development Interventions – Ellen Fitzpatrick 8. Can We Assume Sustained Impact? Verifying the Sustainability of Climate Change Mitigation Results – Jindra Cekan & Susan Legro Section III: Evaluating Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation – Introduction by Anna Viggh 9. Using a Realist Framework to Overcome Evaluation Challenges in the Uncertain Landscape of Carbon Finance – Callum Murdoch, Lisa Keppler, Tillem Burlace, & Christine Wörlen 10. Evaluation’s Role in Development Projects: Boosting Energy-Efficiency in a Traditional Industry in Chad – Serge Eric Yakeu Djiam 11. Enabling Systems Innovation in Climate Change Adaptation: Exploring the Role for MEL – Robbie Gregorowski & Dennis Bours 12. Assessing the Evaluability of Adaptation-focused Interventions: Lessons from the Adaptation Fund – Ronnie MacPherson, Amy Jersild, Dennis Bours, & Caroline Holo 13. Evaluating Transformational Adaptation in Smallholder Farming: Insights From an Evidence Review, by Laura Silici, Jerry Knox, Andy Rowe, and Suppiramaniam Nanthikesan Section IV: Evaluation Approaches – Introduction by Carlo Carugi 14. Evaluation at the Endgame: Evaluating Sustainability and the SDGs by Moving Past Dominion and Institutional Capture – Andy Rowe 15. Importance and Utilization of Theory-based Evaluations in the Context of Sustainable Development and Social-Ecological Systems – Takaaki Miyaguchi 16. Pathway to the Transformative Policy of Agenda 2030: Evaluation of Finland’s Sustainable Development Policy – Mari Räkköläinen & Anu Saxén 17. Evaluating for Resilient and Sustainable Livelihoods: Applying a Normative Framework to Emerging Realities – Prashanth Kotturi 18. Measuring the Impact of Monitoring: How We Know Transparent Near-Real-Time Data Can Help Save the Forests - Katherine Shea 19. Application of Geospatial Methods in Evaluating Environmental Interventions and Related Socioeconomic Benefits – Anupam Anand & Geeta Batra
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Complexity and Simplicity in Science Education
Book SynopsisThis edited volume brings together a broad range of international science education studies, focusing on the interplay of teaching and learning science. It recognizes the complexity present in today’s education, associated with major science related issues faced by society, such as climate change, diseases and pandemics, global conflicts over energy, food and water.The studies discussed in this volume are focused on presenting different opportunities to teach these convoluted matters in order to find simplicity within the complexity and make it accessible to learners. They bring together the challenges of preparing the students of today to become scientifically informed citizens of tomorrow.Table of ContentsUsing Cogenerative Dialogue to Achieve Solidarity Towards Change for Physics Students in Madrasah - Mohamed Faizal Badron, Tang Wee Teo, Aik Ling Tan The Coastal Community as Context for Culture-Based Science Literacy: Framework For Community-Based Learning - Harold Buenvenida Teacher Retention; Supporting Early-Career Science Teachers to Stay in the Teaching Profession - Merryn Dawborn-Gundlach Nature and Technology as Dimensions of Science Teaching - Mareike Frevert, David-Samuel Di Fuccia Power to the People: The Simplicity of Solar - Lee Hally, Rosaleen Colless, Fran Quinn Learning to Teach Out-Of-Field Is Like Re-Inflating A Deflated Football - Linda Hobbs, Frances Quinn, Coral Campbell, Terry Lyons, Christopher Speldewinde, Rob Whannell, Colleen Vale, Russell Tytler Addressing Issues in Teaching Electricity to Year 6 Primary Students Using Representational Pedagogies - Peter Hubber, Christine Preston Characterising Pre-Service Science Teachers' Noticing of Different Forms of Evidence of Student Ideas - Sze Him Lam, Kam Ho Chan Victorian Teachers of Psychology Views: Connecting With the Victorian and Australian Science Curricula Via Teaching Of Psychology Concepts With Science Practices. - Karen Marangio, Deborah Corrigan, Debra Panizzon Science Education in Canada: A Meso Level Perspective - Todd Milford, Christine Tippett Student and Teacher Perceptions of the Effectiveness Of Vocabulary Strategies Taught in A Secondary Science Classroom - Chris Nielsen Edgar Fahs Smith (1854-1928), Chemical Researcher, Administrator, Educator, and Student of Chemistry’s History. - William Palmer Using Collaborative Inquiry Projects to Enhance Students’ Self-Efficacy and Self-Concept in Science: Patterns and Surprises in the Data - Debra Panizzon, Bruce White, Katrina Elliott, Alex Semmens Thinking Tools – Representations in Primary Science and Mathematics - Chris Preston, Jenni Way, Eleni Smyrnis Two Tools to Promote Deeper Understanding in Science - Mary Rafter How Do Out-Of-Field Geoscience Teachers Negotiate the Victorian Curriculum? - Emily Rochette, Christine Redman, Paul Chandler Using Dramatic Inquiry Conventions to Support Science Learning, Scientific Literacy and Literacy - Dr Carrie Swanson Learning Trajectory of a Science Undergraduate Working as an Intern in A Research Laboratory - Cassander Tan, Aik Ling Tan ‘Torn at the Genes’ – A Steam Approach to Teaching Year 10 Genetics Using Ethical Dilemma Story Pedagogy (EDSP) - Elisabeth Taylor, John Werth, Peter Charles Taylor
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Advances in Road Infrastructure and Mobility:
Book SynopsisThis volume focuses on recent advances in the planning, design, construction and management of new and existing roads with a particular focus on safety, sustainability and resilience. It discusses field experience through case studies and pilots presented by leading international subject-matter specialists. Chapters were selected from the 18th International Road Federation World Meeting & Exhibition, Dubai 2021. Table of Contents1. ITS & Smart Mobility Technologies1.1 Data & Information Technology1.2 Signal and Signal Systems1.3 Transportation Apps1.4 Mobility as a Service (MaaS)1.5 Response Planning1.6 ITS in Public Transport2. Equipping Roads for Autonomous Driving2.1 Deployment scenarios for CAVs2.2 City Street & Highway Design for CAVs2.3 Advances in Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) Communications2.4 CAV Architecture & Standards3. Highway Engineering & Construction3.1 Geometrical Design3.2 Emerging Design & Construction Technologies3.3 Project Management Methods3.4 BIM & digitalization applications for Roads3.5 AI for Highway Design & Management3.6 Innovation in stakeholder communications3.7 Value Engineering3.8 Hydraulics & Hydrology4. Transportation Planning & Traffic Operations 4.1 Planning & Forecasting4.2 Transport and land use management4.3 Advanced Travel Demand Management4.4 Public Transport Programs4.5 Freight Planning & Logistics4.6 Rural road connectivity programs4.7 Traffic Forecasting4.8 First and last mile transport5. Innovations in Road Materials5.1 Long term Pavement Performance5.2 Innovations in Concrete Materials5.3 Innovations in Asphalt concrete5.4 Fiber-reinforced polymers5.5 Curing compounds5.6 Nano-materials in road projects5.7 Innovations in Quality Control5.8 Signage & Markings6. Bridges & Tunnels6.1 Girder bridges with superior structural performance6.2 Arch bridges, suspension, and cable-stayed bridges6.3 New Technologies in Accelerated Bridge Construction6.4 Advances in tunnelling construction6.5 Tunnel program delivery6.6 Safety in road tunnels6.7 Urban and micro tunnelling7. Environmental Management & Climate Resilience7.1 Weather-resilient transport infrastructure7.2 Natural Disaster Recovery7.3 GHG reduction strategies in the transport sector7.4 Energy-efficient Roads7.5 Circular Economy / Recycled and waste materials7.6 Noise avoidance & mitigation strategies7.7 Alternative propulsion energies7.8 Greening transport national strategies & case studies8. Safe Roads by Design8.1 Road Safety Leadership8.2 Road Risk Diagnosis8.3 Roadside Safety8.4 Crash Forecasting & Investigation8.5 Incident Management & Response Planning8.6 Safety on Rural / Low-volume roads8.7 Speed Management & Enforcement8.8 Vulnerable Road Users8.9 Vehicle Safety8.10 Emerging Traffic Safety Issues8.11 Security measures for the protection of infrastructure8.12 National & local road safety programs9. Asset Management & Maintenance9.1 Pavement & Bridge management systems9.2 Non-destructive testing9.3 Life cycle cost analysis9.4 Total cost of ownership9.5 Maintenance, repair & replacement9.6 Seasonal / Winter maintenance9.7 New approaches to performance delivery9.8 GIS Solutions for Road Management10. Road Financing & Procurement10.1 Road financing policy10.2 Innovations in transport PPPs10.3 Road Pricing for freight and passenger transport10.4 Procurement Strategies10.5 Electronic Road Tolling Solutions & Case Studies11. Parking Strategies & Policies11.1 Parking & Mobility Planning11.2 E-Charging & Parking11.3 Role of Parking in MaaS deployment11.4 New technologies & business models12. Transportation & Society12.1 Roads and society12.2 Quantifying the impacts of infrastructure investment12.3 Social return on investment12.4 Transport modes working together12.5 Best practices in transport governance12.6 Collaboration across borders12.7 Gender in Transport12.8 Accessible Transport (People of Determination)12.9 Policies supporting non-motorized mobility12.10 Managing Mobility in Megacities12.11 Preparing the next generation of transportation engineers
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Sustainable Light Concrete Structures
Book SynopsisThe book presents new technologies for easy and economical construction of light concrete structures saving materials and CO2. The new super-light technology allows a designer to place forces, where it is optimal, and save material everywhere else. The book also supports this “Direct Engineering” principle with a number of new details and structural principles. The new pearl-chain technology makes it possible to design optimal shapes such as arches, vaults, cupolas, floating tunnels, and shells etc. from inexpensive, and mass-produced components. The new super-light deck-elements presented in the book are now produced in six factories in Denmark, Finland, and USA, and the number is increasing. The book will be of interest for all structural engineers, who would like to save materials, CO2 and optimize their structures, for students learning about the new technologies, and for contractors and architects, who want to investigate new building technologies.Table of ContentsHistory.- Materials.- Super-light structures.- Slabs and beams.- Columns and walls.- Pearl-chain structures.- Arch bridges and vaults.- Shells.- Structural detailing.- Sustainability.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Smart Technologies for Energy and Environmental
Book SynopsisAs the application of smart technologies for monitoring environmental activities becomes more widespread, there is a growing demand for solutions that can help analyze the risk factors and impacts on the environment by focusing on energy consumption, storage, and management. This book is designed to serve as a knowledge-sharing platform, focusing on the emerging models, architectures, and algorithms being developed for smart computational technologies that can lead to efficient energy conservation and environmental sustainability.Table of ContentsOrganic Semiconductors: Technology and Environment.- Defining, and Visualizing Smart Technologies for Energy and Environment.- Smartification of Energy Systems: Artificial Intelligence Approach.- Sensing, Communication With Efficient and Sustainable Energy: An IoT Framework for Smart Cities.- Existing Green Computing Techniques.- Renewable Energy: The Way Ahead.- Smart Home for Efficient Energy Management.- Solar Energy Radiation Forecasting Method: A Review.- Electric Vehicles for Environmental Sustainability.- Smart Grid: A Survey.- Green Buildings: the Future Ahead.- Reliable and Cost-Effective Smart Water Governing System for Industries and Households.- Adaptation of Smart Technologies and E-Waste: Risks and Environmental Impact.- Smart Technologies for Energy Conservation and Environment.- IoT in Agriculture.- The Environmental Implications of Economic Growth and Increasing Energy Consumption.- Assessment of IoT Based Smart Technologies for Sustainable Development.- Effect of Cryogenic Treatment on the Environment and Tool Life.- Evaluation of Energy Management System by Implication of Cleaner Technology in Cement Industry at Tamil Nadu.- Role of Governance.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Resource Management, Sustainable Development and
Book SynopsisThis book examines the relationship between natural resource management, sustainable development, and governance with case studies from India and other places covering disaster risk reduction, conflict resolution, capacity building, climate change adaptation and resilience, citizen engagement and ecological conservation. Though the studies focus mostly on cases in India, the volume discusses how governance can be employed to help develop and implement sustainable practices globally through the lens of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework. Readers will learn how to integrate concepts of resource management, sustainable development, and governance to improve human resilience to global environmental change, and to assess the proper development approaches to assist economically stressed and resource-deprived individuals. The book will be of use to graduate students and academics, policy makers, planners, and nonprofits.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Resource Management, Sustainable Development and Governance: Introduction and Overview.- Chapter 2. Bruce Mitchell: Professional Career and Contributions.- Chapter 3. Early and Modern Paradigms in Natural Resource Management: Global and Indian Experiences.- Chapter 4. Approaching the Collaborative ‘Turn’ in Water Governance: A Critical Re-Appraisal.- Chapter 5. Disaster Risk Governance and Management: An Asian Perspective.- Chapter 6. Reshaping Natural Resource Management in China.- Chapter 7. Regional Sustainable Development and Natural Resource Decision-Making in India: Methods and Implications.- Chapter 8. Rethinking Resettlement as a Development Opportunity: Need for Good Practices.- Chapter 9. Will the Water Revolution be Decentralized? Investigating the ‘Downscale’ and ‘Upscale’ Challenges of Urban Rainwater Harvesting.- Chapter 10. Rethinking Capacity Building in Water Governance: Factors Influencing Risk Interpretation and Decision-Making in Delhi.- Chapter 11. Regional Environmental Governance: An Analytical Framework for Conservation of Natural Resource Area.- Chapter 12. Groundwater Sustainability in Haryana: Challenges to Governance.- Chapter 13. Wetland Resources in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam: Characteristics, Use and Sustainable Development.- Chapter 14. Impact of Physical Factors on Transboundary Water Management and Governance in the Kosi Basin.- Chapter 15. Governance and Management of Teesta River Water Resources: A Geopolitical Appraisal.- Chapter 16. Governance Issues for Sustainable Water Management in Rapti River Basin, Uttar Pradesh.- Chapter 17. Social Transformation, Ecosystem Services and Resource Sustainability in Nepal Hills.- Chapter 18. Determinants of Land Use Dynamics and its Ecological Implications in India: A State Level Analysis.- Chapter 19. Land Use Change and its Impact on Ecosystem Services: Food, Livelihood, and Health Security in Kumaon Himalayas.- Chapter 20. Impact of Land Use Change on Livelihood Options: A Case Study of Upper Pasolgad Watershed, Uttarakhand.- Chapter 21. Rural Livelihood and Women: Glimpses from An Indian Tribal Village.- Chapter 22. Land Degradation and Agricultural Sustainability in Kendujhar District, Odisha.- Chapter 23. Diversification of Agriculture through Medicinal Plants in Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh.- Chapter 24. Recent Sanitation Challenges and Policy Options in Developing Countries.- Chapter 25. Solid Waste Management for Environmental Sustainability in India.- Chapter 26. Social Impact Assessment of Indian Water and Allied Policies and Programs.- Chapter 27. Challenges and Opportunities towards Management of Solid Wastes in Indian Cities: Beyond the Rhetoric of Convenience.- Chapter 28. Natural Resource Evaluation for Ecotourism and Geotourism Destination in Hong Kong.- Chapter 29. Climate Change Knowledge: Comparison of People and Scientists Perception in Shimla District, Himachal Pradesh.- Chapter 30. Climate Change Modeling for Ecosystem Services: A Method for Sustainable Development in Western Himalayan District.- Chapter 31. Urban Sustainability and Governance in Delhi Metropolitan Region.- Chapter 32. Investigating the Variability in Sanitation and Sustainability Issues: Evidence from Resettlement Colonies of Delhi.- Chapter 33. Water Governance in Thiruvananthapuram City, Kerala: Existing Practices and Alternative Paradigms.- Chapter 34. Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary, Odisha: People’s Attitude Towards its Conservation.- Chapter 35. Socio-Economic Development in Highway Corridor Zone of Bihar: A Case Study of Kuchai Kot-Muzaffarpur Section.- Chapter 36. Sustainable Resource Governance: Lessons for the Future.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Resilient Communities and the Peccioli Charter:
Book SynopsisThis book explores urban resilience through significant, original and rigorous academic research, utilising the experiences of town planners, architects and decision makers to create a charter on resilient communities. The second part of the book presents mini-essays discussing the strategic points of the paper, and enabling more casual readers with the ability to access information on urban resilience. The book then explores urban resilience through the work and understanding of the institutions responsible for regulating the professions of urban planner, educators, professionals, and those involved in communication. Providing numerous illustrations and examples, Resilient Communities and the Peccioli Charter will be of interest to researchers, postgraduates, architects, urban designers and planners alike.Table of ContentsPart I: Urban Resilience in Times of Environmental Crises.- Introduction.- The Periphery Does Not Exist.- From Circular Design to Circular Dynamics.- Part II: The Charter of Peccioli.- Preamble to the Charter of Peccioli. A Vision for Italy: A Nation of Resilient Communities.- The Peccioli Charter, or the New Constitution of the Nation of the Italian Resilient Communities.- Part III: Contributions of the Steering Committee Members.- Introduction.- No More Masterplan! Resilient Communities Require Incremental, Adaptive and Generative Processes.- Building the Space of a Resilient.- The Reslient Landscape of a Community.- The Role of Cultural and Built Heritage as Drivers for the Ecological and Social Regeneration of Suburbs and Minor Urban Centers Toward Future Resilience.- Investing in Human Capital. Towards a New Paradigm of Urban and Social Resilience, Beyond the Notion of Profit.- Farming the Contemporary City: Resilience and Adaptation Strategies from the Past.- Urban Socio-Psychological Resilience.- Designing Material Cultures.- Urban Metabolism: Towards a Holistic Practice of Resilience.- The Right Distance. Forms of Representation for Resilient Communities.- Part IV: From the Charter to the Perspectives of Resilience: Impacts.- Introduction.- A Charter of Resilience: Methodologies and Impact. From a Manifesto in Seven Points to the International Symposiums and Workshops.- Homo Resilience: Cultural Diversity in the Time of the Novacene.- Resilient Cities for Resilient Communities.- The Era of Eco-Responsibility.- The Architecture of the New Century, Interpreter of Chance Through Continuity.- Active Communities for Resilient Cities. Urban Agenda for Italy: Industrial Districts as Resilient Economic, Social and Cultural Communities.- Resilient Padua.- For the Common Good: Courage and Resilience.- Women Architects of Resilience.-"Spatial Drawings": Towards Becoming Aware of Living.- Guidelines for a Resilient Urban Landscape.- For an Ethics of Becoming.- Part V: Conclusions.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Green Economy in the Transport Sector: A Case
Book SynopsisThis open access book is interdisciplinary and provides cross-sectoral and multi-dimensional exploration of sustainable development and transportation in South Africa. Drawing on work from different disciplines, the book contributes not only to academia but also seeks to inform urban and regional policy with the view of contributing to the national aspirations of South Africa as espoused in the National Development Plan (NDP), 2030, National Spatial Development Framework (NSDF) Draft (2019), National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (NCASS) Draft (2019), Green Transport Strategy for South Africa (2018–2050), and National Transportation Plan (NATMAP), 2050. Adopting a multi-dimensional assessment, the book provides a background for co-production concerning climate change, sustainable development, and transportation in the Global South. The book contributes in its analysis of the institutional and legislative framework that relates to the climate change, skills and knowledge transfer, sustainable development, and transportation in South Africa, as these are responsible for the evolution of the green economy and transport sector in the country. The connections among different sectors and issues such as environment, transport modes, technology innovation, vehicle management and emission control, skills and knowledge transfer, legislative and policy framework, and the wider objectives of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), especially goals 11 to 13. The success stories relating to climate change, sustainable development, and transportation in South Africa are identified together with the best possible practices that may inform better environmental, urban and regional planning, policy, practice, and management.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Environment, climate change and the green economy.- 3. Transport modes and the green economy.- 4. Technology innovations in green transport.- 5. Vehicle management and emission control and maintenance.- 6. Skills and knowledge transfer for transitioning into the green economy.- 7. Regulatory frameworks, policies, norms and standards.- 8. Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Green Economy in the Transport Sector: A Case
Book SynopsisThis open access book is interdisciplinary and provides cross-sectoral and multi-dimensional exploration of sustainable development and transportation in South Africa. Drawing on work from different disciplines, the book contributes not only to academia but also seeks to inform urban and regional policy with the view of contributing to the national aspirations of South Africa as espoused in the National Development Plan (NDP), 2030, National Spatial Development Framework (NSDF) Draft (2019), National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (NCASS) Draft (2019), Green Transport Strategy for South Africa (2018–2050), and National Transportation Plan (NATMAP), 2050. Adopting a multi-dimensional assessment, the book provides a background for co-production concerning climate change, sustainable development, and transportation in the Global South. The book contributes in its analysis of the institutional and legislative framework that relates to the climate change, skills and knowledge transfer, sustainable development, and transportation in South Africa, as these are responsible for the evolution of the green economy and transport sector in the country. The connections among different sectors and issues such as environment, transport modes, technology innovation, vehicle management and emission control, skills and knowledge transfer, legislative and policy framework, and the wider objectives of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), especially goals 11 to 13. The success stories relating to climate change, sustainable development, and transportation in South Africa are identified together with the best possible practices that may inform better environmental, urban and regional planning, policy, practice, and management.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Environment, climate change and the green economy.- 3. Transport modes and the green economy.- 4. Technology innovations in green transport.- 5. Vehicle management and emission control and maintenance.- 6. Skills and knowledge transfer for transitioning into the green economy.- 7. Regulatory frameworks, policies, norms and standards.- 8. Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Sustainable Technologies and Drivers for Managing Plastic Solid Waste in Developing Economies
Book SynopsisThis book discusses sustainable waste management technologies for managing end-of-life (EoL) post-consumer and packaging plastic solid waste (PSW) from domestic and commercial waste streams. It does so particularly in the context of providing a way forward for developing economies.Treating recycling and composting of, and energy recovery from, plastics, the book is directed at individuals who are responsible for or have a significant role in solid waste management. Academics and students in solid waste management pursuing research or study in solid waste management with particular interest in plastics will find this book useful. Sustainable options for managing PSW are presented with reference to the scientific, engineering, and management standpoints to enable decision makers and relevant stakeholders in industry arrive at the best decision for achieving sustainable resource management. The book further integrates waste management and technologies so that PSW recycling can be viewed from environmental, economic, and social perspectives. Greener technologies for PSW management are addressed so as to provide drivers that will influence key stakeholders and policy-makers achieve sustainability in this field.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Post-Consumer Plastic Solid Wastes.- Technologies for Managing Plastic Solid Wastes.- Sustainability in Post-Consumer PSW Management Technologies.- Drivers to Sustainable Post-Consumer PSW Management in Developing Economics.- Policy-Makers' Responsibilities.- Contributions.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Biorights: The Neo-economic Conservation Paradigm
Book SynopsisThis book evaluates local conservation successes of global south in the climate milieu, as an empirical evidence of ‘Bio-rights’ of commons at community-ecosystem interface for sustainable intensification of nature’s goods and services. Bio-rights is a right-based neo-economic conservation paradigm that compensates the opportunity costs incurred in conservation efforts by the marginal communities, living near globally important ecosystems and dependent on it for their livelihood, through payments from environment services. The book would bring forth the true value of circular economic interventions in socio-ecological conservation, shaped through sustainable human interactions with nature. This multilevel study of conservation science serves an interdisciplinary academia, consistent with conventions on climate change, bio-diversity and sustainable development, to establish links between conservation priorities and development objectives. Herein, Bio-rights is introduced as a ‘design approach’ for production linked sustainable development, supplemented with case studies from the east.Table of ContentsPrefaceList of ContributorsList of AbbreviationsChapter 1. Introduction to Biorights (Malancha Dey (Roy))Chapter 2. Rights Based Approach in Conservation (Malancha Dey (Roy))Chapter 3. Biorights of Commons (Dipayan Dey)Chapter 4. Biorights as a Financial Mechanism (R. Gopichandran, Dipayan Dey)Chapter 5. Economics of Biorights (Joyashree Roy and Dipayan Dey)Chapter 6. Biorights in Local Context (Dipayan Dey)Chapter 7. Biorights in the Climate Milieu (Dipayan Dey et. al.)Chapter 8. Biorights in Pandemic Crisis (Amitava Aich et. al.)Index
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Sustainable Finance: Using the Power of Money to
Book SynopsisThis book provides a detailed yet succinct overview of sustainable finance, with a specific focus on its origins, its policy focus and the practitioner dimension. With fossil fuel companies still attracting investment and subsidy across the world, the book describes how we can reverse these incentives, using the power of finance to tackle the climate and ecological crises. The world of finance is moving beyond the era of ethical investment and into a future where all financial companies will have to report the climate impact of their investments. This is the first stage towards full-scale ESG reporting (Environmental, Social and Governance). Since financial reporting depends on information provided by companies who receive investment, this has huge implications for non-financial reporting by all large companies. The timeline for these legal changes is short for what will be a transformation of financial accounting and investment. The book also covers the related issues of climate finance and the role of central and public banks in funding the transition to sustainability, and how we can ensure accountability for countries bearing the brunt of the impact from those with the largest responsibility for historic emissions. This book will enable those working in these fields to update their knowledge and skills, and brings together the author’s practical experience as an MEP with her academic insight as the first professor of green economics.Table of Contents1. Why Sustainable Finance? Why Now?.- 2. What Puts the Sustainable into Sustainable Finance.- 3. The Chequered History of Climate Finance.- 4. Sustainable Finance: The Policy Framework.- 5. Measuring and Reporting Sustainability Impacts.- 6. The Role for Central and Public Banks.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Post-Pandemic World: Sustainable Living on a
Book SynopsisThe Covid-19 pandemic is a repeating biophysical shock yet one for which our current socio-economic structure was not prepared. Climate change, scarcity, depletion of natural resources, and the inevitable transition to renewable energy are one time events. Taken together, they present an existential threat to human society. This book is a guide to navigating these megatrends, which confront us now but whose consequences will unfold over decades. By presenting clear options on the path to a renewable energy future, this book gives readers a broad perspective as well as detailed, well-illustrated examples to weigh in making decisions which will secure stability and prosperity for their families, their communities and their nations.Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Learning
Book SynopsisThis book presents the current causes and effects of implementing sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) as well as green supply chain management (GSCM) strategies in the automotive industry. The reader is provided a detailed scientific review on SSCM and GSCM and presented the advantages of sustainable development concepts as well as factors causing the implementation of SSCM such as buyers’ behavior, governmental regulations, and competitiveness. The book then analyses the current situation of SSCM development, particularly in the automotive industry. It shows challenges, barriers, successes, and benefits that automotive companies obtain from implementing GSCM. Through case studies on leading German car manufacturers VW, BMW, and Daimler, the necessary activities of these companies to implement green development in the entire supply chain, including green supplier selection, green materials, green transportation, and reverse logistics, are defined. Moreover, a benchmark with companies from Asian markets such as Toyota from Japan and Geely from China is performed.Table of Contents1. Introduction of Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Learning from the German Automotive Industry.- 2. Traditional Supply Chain Management.- 3. Sustainable Supply Chain Management.- 4. Green Supply Chain Management.- 5. Scenarios and Concepts for the Future Development.- 6. Conclusion of Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Learning from the German Automotive Industry.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Sustainable Global Resources of Seaweeds Volume
Book Synopsis Marine plant life is an abundant source of nutrients that enhance the daily diet. In recent years, consuming diets rich in seaweeds or their extracts have been shown to provide health benefits due to being rich in macronutrients, micronutrients and nutraceuticals. The commercial value of seaweeds for human consumption is increasing annually, and some countries harvest several million tons annually. The seaweeds industry is valued at around $12 billion in 2017, and supports millions of families worldwide. Seaweeds production grew globally by 30 million tons in 2016. Seaweeds have seen increasing usage in the food industry due to their abundance of beneficial nutrients, vitamins and ω–3 fatty acids. To date there have been no books that comprehensively cover up-to-date information on seaweeds cultivation, processing, extraction and nutritional properties. This text lays out the properties and effects of seaweeds from their use as bioresources to their use in the feed industry to their applications in wastewater management and biofuels. Sustainable Global Resources of Seaweeds Volume 2: Industrial Perspectives offers a complete overview of the application of seaweeds into food, pharmaceuticals and other health-based applications. The first section focuses on the various foods derived from seaweeds, including extensive insight into the beneficial nutrients these plants contain. The many functional foods derived from sea plants are covered in detail, including foods from tropical seaweeds, macroalgae, Monostroma, Caulerpa, Palmaria, Gracillaria, Porphyra, Laminaria, Fucus, Undaria, and many more. The chapters delve further into the nutritional makeup of these foods, their health benefits and chemical makeup. A second section is dedicated to the pharmaceutical applications of seaweeds and their many health benefits. With chapters devoted to vitamin sources, health properties and pharmaceutical applications, this section acts as a single source for researchers exploring the pharmaceutical applications and possibilities of seaweeds. Research, development, and commercial applications are explored, plus a complete picture of the multitude of health benefits derived from these plentiful and beneficial plants. For researchers in search of a comprehensive and up-to-date source on the application of nutrient-rich seaweeds from across the world into novel foods and pharmaceuticals, look no further than this volume. Table of ContentsI USEFUL CONSTITUENTS INCLUDING BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM SEAWEEDS FOR FOOD AND HEALTH APPLICATIONS 1. Macroalgae as food: composition, nutritional value and healthy attributes: Garcia-Vaquero, Marco; School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4. Email: marco.garciavaquero@ucd.ie 2. Seaweeds foods and their nutritional value; Ana M. M. Gonçalves1,2,*, Ana Valado1,3, João C. Marques1, Leonel Pereira1; 1University of Coimbra, MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, CalçadaMartim de Freitas, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal; 2 Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; 3 Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, ESTeSC-Coimbra Health School, Department of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences, Rua 5 de Outubro, S. Martinho do Bispo, Apart. 7006, 3046-854 Coimbra, Portugal.; *Corresponding author email: amgoncalves@uc.pt 3. Gracilaria: An Emerging source of agar feedstock – with special reference to industrially important species” Kanchan Sambhwani, Mudassar Anisoddin Kazi and Vaibhav A. Mantri; Principal Scientist & Divisional Chair, Applied Phycology and Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, GijubhaiBadhekaMarg, Bhavnagar – 364002, Gujarat, India; email: vaibhav@csmcri.res.in 4. . Nutritional value of tropical Seaweeds for functional food applications: An Overview; Suhaila Mohamed;Laboratory of UPM-MAKNA Cancer Research, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia . 5. Seaweeds: Potential applications to augment the nutritional composition and health benefits of food and food products; Jesmi Debbarma1*, Viji P1., MadhusudanaRao B.1 and Ravishankar C. N2; 1ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), Visakhapatnam Research Centre, Visakhapatnam, India2 ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (ICAR-CIFT), Cochin, India; * Corresponding author: jessmi.cife@gmail.com 6. Seaweeds as a functional food: a comprehensive review of its antioxidants and therapeutic merits against oxidative stress-mediated chronic diseases; Mostafa I. Waly* Food Science and Nutrition Department, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Muscat, Sultan Qaboos University; *Correspondence Email Address: mostafa@squ.edu.om 7. Nutritional Composition and Phytochemical Profile of Brown Seaweeds: An Overview; *1Hema Vijayan P .U, 1Geena George and 2Lizzy Mathew;1R& D Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore; 2Department of Botany, St.Teresa’s College (Autonomous), Ernakulam; Corresponding author: *gourijayan@gmail.com; Red seaweeds: a contribution for nutraceutical food productsDiana Pacheco1, Adriana Leandro1, Glacio Araújo2, João Cotas1, Ana Marta Mendes Gonçalves1,3, Leonel Pereira1,*1 University of Coimbra, MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, CalçadaMartim de Freitas, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal.2 Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará – IFCE, Campus Aracati, CE 040, km 137,1, 62800-000, Aracati,Ceará, Brazil.3Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.*Corresponding author email: leonel.pereira@uc.pt 8. Laminariaceae: Its use in food and health implications; Prof. Dr. OlesyaMalyarenko and Dr. RozaUsoltseva; The Laboratory of Enzyme Chemistry, G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia Federation; E-mail: vishchuk87@gmail.com 9. Sargassum species: its use in food and health implications;Elena M. Balboa1, Mª Cristina Taboada2, Herminia Domínguez1; 1Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Vigo (Campus Ourense), EdificioPolitécnico, As Lagoas, 32004 Ourense, Spain; email: herminia@uvigo.es; 2Department of Physiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela. 15786 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; email: mariacristina.taboada@usc.es 10. Food applications and health benefits of the genus Gigartina (Rhodophyta) ; João Cotas1,Sara García-Poza 1, Diana Pacheco 1, Adriana Leandro 1, Glacio Araújo 2, Ana M. M. Gonçalves1,3, Leonel Pereira1,* 1University of Coimbra, MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, CalçadaMartim de Freitas, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal.2 Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará – IFCE, Campus Aracati, CE 040, km 137,1, 62800-000, Aracati, Ceará, Brazil.3 Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal. *Corresponding author email: leonel.pereira@uc.pt 11. Red seaweeds: a contribution for nutraceutical food products;Diana Pacheco1, Adriana Leandro1, Glacio Araújo2, João Cotas1, Ana Marta Mendes Gonçalves1,3, Leonel Pereira1,*1University of Coimbra, MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, CalçadaMartim de Freitas, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal.2Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará – IFCE, Campus Aracati, CE 040, km 137,1, 62800-000, Aracati,Ceará, Brazil. 3Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.*Corresponding author email: leonel.pereira@uc.pt 12. Gracilaria as the major source of agar for food, health and biotechnology applications;Wei-Kang Lee, Yi-Yi Lim, Chai-Ling Ho*; Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM-Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia Email addresses: Wei-Kang Lee:leeweikang@outlook.com; Yi-Yi Lim:limyiyi1109@hotmail.com; Chai-Ling Ho:clho@upm.edu.my (Corresponding author). 12. Marine algal colorants for the food industries ; Prof. Laurent Dufosse ; University of LaReunion, Biotechnologylab, email : laurent.dufosse@univ-reunion.fr 13. The new products from brown seaweeds: Fucoxanthin and phlorotannins;Xiaojun Yan1, Jinrong Zhang1, Shan He1, Wei Cui2, Fengzheng Gao3 ; 1Ningbo University, Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Ningbo, 315211, China; 2Ningbo University, School of Medicine, Ningbo, 315211, China; 3Wageningen University, Bioprocess Engineering, AlgaePARC, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, Netherlands; Correspondence: Xiaojun Yan, E mail: yanxj@zjou.edu.cn; yanxiaojun@nbu.edu.cn; email: gaofengzheng@outlook.com 14. Seaweed: their role in gut health; Mauricio Alfredo Ondarzabiochem93@hotmail.com; Red de Glicociencia en Salud (CONACYT). Investigador y Divulgador. Irapuato, Guanajuato, México. 15. Investigation on the beneficial use of seaweed in bread and the broader food industry. James A. Griffin , Technological University, Dublin, james.griffin@dit.ie 16. Emerging trends on protein extraction from seaweeds: Challenges and opportunities; Tejal K. Gajaria1,2,C.R.K. Reddy3&Vaibhav A. Mantri*1,2 ; 1Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad-201002, Uttar Pradesh, India; 2CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar-364002, Gujarat, India; 3Indian Centre for Climate and Societal Impact Research, Ari Vivekanand Research and Training Institute, Mandvi, Katchchh-370465, Gujarat, India; *Correspondence to be addressed to: vaibhav@csmcri.res.in 17. Sustainable and biodegradable active films based on seaweed compounds to improve shelf life of food products; Marlene A. Trindade1, Cláudia Nunes2,3, Manuel A. Coimbra3, Fernando J. M. Gonçalves1,4, João C. Marques5 and Ana M. M. Gonçalves1,4,5*; 1Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; 2CICECO, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; 3LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; 4CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; 5University of Coimbra, MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal; *Corresponding author email: anamartagoncalves@ua.pt; amgoncalves@uc.pt 18. Toxicity and Food Safety of "Novel Foods": Seaweeds; Lydia Ferrara1 Monica Gallo2 Daniele Naviglio3; 1University of Naples Federico II, Department of Pharmacy, Naples, Italy;; 2University of Naples Federico II, Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, Naples, Italy; 3University of Naples Federico II, Department of Chemical Sciences, Naples, Italy; email: lyferrar@unina.it 19. Seaweed as food: Ways to guarantee their quality.Pedro Monteiro 1, JoãoCotas 2, Adriana Leandro 2, Diana Pacheco 2, Artur Figueirinha 3,4, Gabriela Jorge Silva 1, Leonel Pereira 2, Ana M. M. Gonçalves 2,5,*; 1University of Coimbra, Faculty of Pharmacy and Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, Health Sciences Campus, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal; 2University of Coimbra, MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, 3001-456 Coimbra, Portugal; 3University of Coimbra, LAQV, REQUIMTE, Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Coimbra, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal; 4University of Coimbra, Faculty of Pharmacy of University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal; 5Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; *Corresponding author email: amgoncalves@uc.pt 20. Global trade of seaweed foods; Sara García-Poza1, Adriana Leandro1, João Cotas1, Tiago Morais2, Diana Pacheco1, Leonel Pereira1, João C. Marques1, Ana M. M. Gonçalves1,3,*; 1University of Coimbra, MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal; 2Lusalgae, Lda, Incubadora de Empresas da Figueira da Foz, Rua das Acácias N° 40-A, 3090-380 Figueira da Foz, Portugal; 3Department Glof Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; *Corresponding author email: amgoncalves@uc.ptSeaweed based polymers for various commercial applications: An overview.Prof. Dr. Adriana N. Mauri, Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos (CIDCA), CONICET CCT La Plata y Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 47 y 116 S/N°, B1900JJ La Plata, Argentina.e-mail: anmauri@quimica.unlp.edu.ar;Prof. Yolanda Freile-Pelegrin, Departmento de Recursosdel Mar. CINVESTAV-IPN, Unidad Merida, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Email:yolanda.freile@cinvestav.mx TO INCLUDE SEAWEED RECEIPES TO INCLUDE NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS OF SEAWEED RECEIPES II PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS OF SEAWEEDS AND HEALTH BENEFITS: 21. Vitamin B12 sources and seaweeds; Fumio Watanabe and Tomohiro Bito; Department of Agricultural, Life, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8553, Japan; E-mail address: watanabe@tottori-u.ac.jp, bito@tottori-u.ac.jp 22. Health properties of seaweeds;Conrad O. Perera* 1 , Anne D. Perera 2 and Mona Al-Zahrani1; *Corresponding author’s email: conradperera@gmail.com School of Chemical Sciences, Food Science Program, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand 23. Pharmaceutical applications of Porphyra; Prof. Dr.Saurabh Bhatia, Amity University, Gurgaon, India; email:sbsaurabhbhatia@gmail.com;Prof. Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Professor of Organic Chemistry Vice Chancellor for Research, Graduate Studies and External Relations Chair Professor: Chair of Oman’s Medicinal Plants and Marine Natural Products; 24. Seaweeds as prospective marine resources for the development of bioactive pharmacophores and nutraceuticals; Dr. Kajal Chakraborty; Senior Scientist, Bioprospecting Section of Marine Biotechnology Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute; Ernakulam North P.O., P.B. No. 1603, Cochin-682018, Kerala, India. E-mail: kajal.chakraborty@icar.gov.in; kajal_cmfri@yahoo.com 25. Research, development and commercial applications of seaweed derived fibrous materials Dr. Yimin Qin1,2; 1College of Material and Textile Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang Province, China; 2State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Seaweed Substances, Qingdao, China; email: yiminqin1965@126.com 26. Challenges and recent progress in seaweed polysaccharides for industrial purposes; Guilherme Augusto Colussea,b, Maria Eugênia Rabello Duarteb, Ranga Rao Ambatic, Gokare Aswathanarayana Ravishankard, Júlio Cesar de Carvalhoe, and Miguel Daniel Nosedab; aPostgraduate Program in Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology, Federal University of Paraná, PO BOX 19011, CEP 81531-990, Curitiba, Brazil. bBiochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Federal University of Paraná. PO BOX 19046, CEP 81531-980, Curitiba, Brazil. cDepartment of Biotechnology, Vignan`s Foundation of Science, Technology and Research (Deemed to be University), Vadlamudi-522213, Andhra Pradesh, India. dC. D. Sagar Centre for Life Sciences, DayanandaSagar College of Engineering, DayanandaSagar Institutions, Kumaraswamy Layout, Bangalore-560078, Karnataka, India.Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology Department, Federal University of Paraná. PO BOX 19011, CEP 81531-990, Curitiba, Brazil. 27. Therapeutics properties of Seaweeds in Cardiovascular disease: an Overview; SuparnaRoy; Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamilnadu, India; Correspondence:roysuparnacasau@gmail.com; suparna09roy@gmail.com 28. Industrial potential of Seaweeds in Biomedical applications: Current trends and Future Prospects; Ratih Pangestuti1,2*, Puji Rahmadi1,2, Evi Amelia Siahaan1, IdhamSumarto Pratama1, and Yanuariska Putra1; 1Research and Development Division for Marine Bio-Industry, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), West Nusa Tenggara 83552, Republic of Indonesia; 2Research Center for Oceanography, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta 14430 Republic of Indonesia; *Correspondence: pangestuti.ratih@gmail.com 29. Anti-Viral compounds from Seaweeds: An Overview, João Cotas 1, Diana Pacheco 1, Adriana Leandro 1, Ana M. M. Gonçalves 1,2, Leonel Pereira 1,*1 University of Coimbra, MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Department of Life Sciences, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal.2 Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.*Corresponding author email: leonel@bot.uc.pt 30. Antiviral applications prospect of macroalgae; Maushmi S. Kumar*; SVKM’S NMIMS, ShobhabenPratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy and Technology Management, V. L. Mehta Road, Vile Parle (west), Mumbai- 400056, India. 31. Chemical composition and phytopharmaceuticals: An overview of the Caulerpa and Cystoseira genera;Gonçalo P. Rosa1,2, Maria do Carmo Barreto2 Ana M. L. Seca1,2, Diana C. G. A. Pinto1; 1LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; goncalo.p.rosa@uac.pt; ana.ml.seca@uac.pt; diana@ua.pt; 2cE3c–Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/ Azorean Biodiversity Group and Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Azores, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal; maria.cr.barreto@uac.pt 32. Skin brightening with Seaweeds: Will it be a turning point in natural cosmeceutical market? Dr. AyseKose; Ege University Faculty of Engineering Department of Bioengineering, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey; e-mail : aykoseay@gmail.com
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Transformation Literacy: Pathways to Regenerative
Book SynopsisThis open access book brings science and practice together and inspires a global movement towards co-creating regenerative civilizations that work for 100% of humanity and the Earth as a whole. With its conceptual foundation of the concept of transformation literacy it enhances the knowledge and capacity of decision-makers, change agents and institutional actors to steward transformations effectively across institutions, societal sectors and nations.Humanity is at crossroads. Resource depletion and exponential emissions that not only cause climate change, but endanger the health of people and planet, call for a decisive turnaround of human civilization. A new and transformative paradigm is emerging that advocates for regenerative civilizations, in which a narrative of systemic health as much as individual and collective vitality guide the interaction of socio-economic-ecological systems. Truly transformative change must go far beyond technical solutions, and instead envision what can be termed ‘a new operating system’ that helps humankind to live well within the planetary boundaries and partner with life’s evolutionary processes. This requires transformations at three different levels:· Mindsets that reconnect with a worldview in which human agency acknowledges its co-evolutionary pathways with each other and the Earth.· Political, social and economic systems that are regenerative and foster the care-taking for Earth life support systems.· Competencies to design and implement effective large-scale transformative change processes at multiple levels with multiple stakeholders.This book provides key ingredients for enhancing transformation literacy from various perspectives around the globe. It connects the emerging practice of stewarding transformative change across business, government institutions and civil society actors with the most promising scientific models and concepts that underpin human action to shape the future collectively in accordance with planetary needs.Table of ContentsIntroduction and conceptual framing – transformation literacy as a future-making skill Mindsets in service of wellbeing on a healthy planet Setting the scene: How to connect with a world as an interconnected whole The same tone, but a new sound – understanding the story of the soul as pathway to regenerative civilizations Possible futures Transformative literacy as the ability to look forward from within Chinese cultural treasures as contributions to a mindset of interconnectedness for global transformations The systems aliveness approach - from navigating emergency to stewarding wellbeing on a healthy planet Systems that enable and safeguard wellbeing on a healthy planet Setting the scene: Viewing the world as interconnected systems Everything is connected - envisioning how a regenerative world looks like Managing forestry in a sustainable manner, the importance of system´s analysis Sustainable community transformation process The role of capacity-building in Sumba, Indonesia Towards transformation to a wellbeing economy in an African country: A case study from Namibia A not-for-profit economy for a regenerative sustainable world Politics, systems thinking and building the wellbeing economy: The example of Wales Processes for stewarding transformations towards wellbeing and a healthy planet Setting the scene: How to enhance the knowledge and practice of transformation literacy Turning mindshifts into transformation leadership Models of Change: Strategies to make the socio-ecological transformation a success Red Snow - when the Climate Bleeds: A Nordic art and science project Collaborative transformations: Circular economy strategies in Europe Small scale and large scale – why networks are the cornerstone of transformations Collective stewardship towards economies in service to life Memories of our collective future
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Proceedings of International Conference on
Book SynopsisThis volume presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development (ICITCSD – 2021), held at the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research and Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, India. It covers several important aspects of sustainable civil engineering practices, dealing with effective waste and material management, natural resources, industrial products, energy, food, transportation and shelter, environmental impact mitigation, waste minimization and management, sustainable infrastructure, and geospatial technology for sustainable and clean environment. Emphasis is placed on conserving and protecting the environment and the natural resource base essential for future development. The book includes case studies and ongoing research work from various fields related to civil engineering presented by academicians, scientists, and researchers. The book also discusses engineering solutions to sustainable development and green design issues. Special emphasis is given on qualitative guidelines for the generation, treatment, handling, transport, disposal, and recycling of wastes. The book is intended as a practice-oriented reference guide for researchers and practitioners. It will be useful for anyone working in sustainable civil engineering and related fields.Table of ContentsChapter1. Effect of Lime And Brick Ash Inclusion on Engineering Behaviour of Expansive Soil.- Chapter2. Know your Daily Rainfall in any Location in India- A Web-based Approach Developed in Google Earth Engine.- Chapter3. IoT- Based Innovative Technological Solutions for Smart Cities and Villages.- Chapter4. A Review on Utilization of E-Waste in Construction.- Chapter5. Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) for Treatment of Storm water Runoff.- Chapter6. Textile Industry Wastewater Treatment using Eco-friendly Techniques.- Chapter7. Sustainable Treatment of Metal-Contaminated Soil by Electrokinetic Remediation.- Chapter8. Eco-Restoration of lakes and water sustainability in urban areas.- Chapter9. Microplastics: Environmental Issues and their Management.- Chapter10. Elucidating the Effect of Cement Dust on Selective Soil Parameters around J&K Cements Limited, Khrew.- Chapter11. Development of Correlation between Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity and Rebound Hammer Test Results for Condition Assessment of Concrete Structures for Sustainable Infrastructure Development. Chapter12. Alternative Fine Aggregates to Produce Sustainable Self Compacting Concrete: A Review.- Chapter13. Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Column Using Diamond Tie Configuration under Elevated Temperatures for Sustainable Performance: A Review.- Chapter14. Reusable and Recyclable Industrial Waste in Geopolymer Concrete.- Chapter15. Infrared Thermography Parameter Optimization for Damage Detection of Concrete Structures Using Finite Element Simulations.- Chapter16. Eco-friendly Concrete Admixture from Black Liquor Generated in Pulp and Paper Industry.- Chapter17. Behavioural study on concrete with organic materials for CO2 absorption.- Chapter18. An Efficient Design and Development of IoT based Real-Time Water Pollution Monitoring and Quality Management System.- Chapter19. Numerical Study of Composite Wrapped Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to Close-in Blast.- Chapter20. Evaluation of conventional red bricks with compressed stabilized earth blocks as alternate sustainable building materials in Indian context.- Chapter21. Experimental Study on Alternative Building Material using Cement and Stone Dust as Stabilizers in Stabilized Mud Block.- Chapter22. Utilizing the Potential of Textile Effluent Treatment Sludge in Construction Industry: Current Status, Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions.- Chapter23. Identification of Suitable Solid Waste Disposal Sites for the Arba Minch Town, Ethiopia, Using Geospatial Technology and AHP Method.- Chapter24. Framing Conceptual Design of Adopting Interlocking Bricks Technology in Construction.- Chapter25. Arriving Factors in the Conceptual Design Framework of 3D Printing Techniques for Building construction.- Chapter26. Scenic Evaluation of the Hills for Tourism Development - A Study on the Hills Of Tamilnadu, India.- Chapter27. Influence of Groundnut Shell Ash and Waste Plaster of Paris on Clayey Soil for Sustainable Construction.- Chapter28. Influence of Metakaolin and Steel Fiber on Strength of Concrete - A Critical Review.- Chapter29. Decadal monitoring of Coastline shifts and recommendation of Non-structural Protection measures along the coast of Rameshwaram, Tamilnadu, India.- Chapter30. Development of sustainable concrete using slag and calcined clay.- Chapter31. Assessment of the impact of bacillus cereus bacteria on strength and water absorption capacity of sustainable concrete.- Chapter32. Design and Development of Corona-19 Pandemic Situation-based Remote Voting System.- Chapter33. Waste Pozzolanic Material as a substitute of Geopolymer Mortar.- Chapter34. Study of the carbon emissions from construction of a house in plain region using standard construction material and eco-friendly/ alternative materials.- Chapter35. Experimental investigation of the impacts of partial substitution of cement with rice husk ash (RHA) on the characteristics of cement mortar.- Chapter36. A Mini review on Current Advancement in Application of Bacterial Cellulose in Pulp and Paper Industry.- Chapter37. Effect of agro-waste as a partial replacement in cement for sustainable concrete production.- Chapter38. Analysis and Evaluation of Geopolymer Concrete from Mechanical standpoint.- Chapter39. Municipal Waste Management in India: A Critical Review of Disposal System and Model Implementation.- Chapter40. Experimental Study on Light Weight Geopolymer Concrete Using Expanded Clay Aggregate.- Chapter41. Seismic Response of Composite Bridges: A Review.- Chapter42. Assessing and Correlating the Flow Duration Curve and Drought Index for the Environmental Flow Requirements.- Chapter43. Effect on Rheological and Hardened properties of Fly ash-GGBS based High Strength Self Compacting Concrete with inclusion of Micro and Nano Silica.- Chapter44. Mechanical Property study on Glass fibre concrete with partial replacement of fine aggregate with steel slag.- Chapter45. Mechanical Properties of Geopolymer Concrete Partial Replacement of Fine Aggregate with Waste Crushed Glass.- Chapter46. A Performance Study on Lithium based admixture in the properties of concrete.- Chapter47. Self-Curing Concrete Made By Using Hemp: A Review.- Chapter48. Research Progress of India in Waste Management at Global Level: A Bibliometric Evaluation.- Chapter49. Performance Evaluation of Acrylic Based Coating on Carbonation Depth on Different Grades of Concrete.- Chapter50. Cost Benefit Analysis of Retrofitting for Existing Building as Net Zero Energy Building: A Case Study in Composite Climate Zone.- Chapter51. Advances in Building Materials Industry by Annexation of Nano Materials.- Chapter52. Experimental Investigations on Utilization of Electroplating Waste Sludge in Manufacturing of Polymer Based Checkered Tiles.- Chapter53. Alccofine as a partial substitute of cement with scrap iron slag as a coarser material in high strength non-conventional concrete as an experimentational representation. Chapter54. Water Pollution: “Dal Lake a case study”.- Chapter55. Durability Properties of Admixture of Fly ash, Bottom Ash And GBFS.- Chapter56. Comparative Studies of Compressive Strength on Different Brick Masonry Prisms.- Chapter57. Monitoring and Management of Construction Sites Using Drone.- Chapter58. Experimental Investigation on Buckling Behaviour of Transmission Tower using Cold Formed and Hot Rolled Steel.- Chapter59. Assessment of indoor air quality of buildings made of bricks developed from paper pulp waste.- Chapter60. Review on Shear Strengthened RC Rectangular beams with FRP Composites.- Chapter61. Machine Learning Based Quality Prediction of Reuse Water in Sewage Treatment Plant.- Chapter62. "Prediction, Impact and Mitigation of Ambient Air Quality Pollutant Concentrations in Chandigarh" A Review.- Chapter63. A Review of Environmental Flow Evaluation Methodologies – Limitations and Validations.- Chapter64. Sustainable development of Scheduled caste and Scheduled tribes’ population in select villages of Himachal Pradesh, India: A Cross Sectional Study.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Sustainable Design for Global Equilibrium
Book SynopsisThis 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. It presents a series of solutions based on innovative research and applications for building a sustainable Earth for future generations. The goal of this book is to define the context of instigation for thinking through the scientific theories and practical applications of sustainability mechanisms to confirm a global equilibrium by the implementation of the following main practices: Sustainable Energy, Sustainable Architectural and Engineering Design Technology, Sustainable Environment and Society, and Sustainable Earth. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Sustainable Energy.- Sustainable Architectural and Engineering Design Technology.- Sustainable Environment and Society.- Sustainable Earth.- Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Water Management: A View from Multidisciplinary
Book SynopsisThis book brings together a selection of best papers from The International Conference on Water and Flood Management, Bangladesh, 2021. The book chapters are based on contributions from multidisciplinary fields, such as nature-based solutions, hydro-meteorological forecasting, river restoration, coastal risk, episodic natural hazards, water risk and resilience, climate-resilient infrastructure, blue economy, and water management during the COVID-19 pandemic.With changing physical and socioeconomic risks due to changes in climate and anthropogenic interventions, integrated approaches to analyzing these processes and their interactions, along with integrating nature-based solutions, are gaining traction. With this special focus on science, policy, and practice to ensure sustainability in the water sector, the conference provided a platform for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to exchange their knowledge and experience.Table of ContentsCauses and Management of Damaging Flood Incidences in Rapidly Urbanizing Areas of Kathmandu Valley: A Case Study of Flood Event in Bhaktapur District, Nepal.- Urban Drainage Study for Gopalganj Pourashava Considering Future Climate Change Impacts.- Flood Propagation Processes in The Jamuna River Floodplain in Sirajganj.- Co-Creation of Flood Mitigation Technologies in Bangladesh to Strengthen Community Resilience.- Risk Profiling for Waterlogging Using Mathematical Model and Gis Techniques for an Urban Area: The Case of Khatunganj Wholesale Commodity Market, Chattogram.- A Remote Sensing Based Approach for Analysis of Dry and Wet Periods of Bangladesh Based on Standardized Precipitation Index During.- Indigenous Knowledge And Practices of The Small Ethnic Communities of Asia-Pacific Island Countries in Facing Hydro-Meteorological Hazards.- Driving Factors of the Migration System Due to Riverbank Erosion Along The Brahmaputra River.- Bivariate Frequency Analysis of Droughts Using Multivariate Standardized Drought Index in Marathwada Region, India.- High-Quality Historical Flood Data Reconstruction Using Hidden Markov Models.- Impact of Coriolis Force on the Flow Field and Sedimentation in Ideally Shaped Tidal Basins.- The Impact of Small Tributaries Flood in the Braided Plain of Large River.- Hybrid Coast Protection Approach in Bangladesh: A Case Study on Effectiveness of Small-Scale Forest in Reducing Surge Induced Inundation and Supporting Local Livelihoods.- Assessing The Consequences of Large-Scale Stabilization of the Padma River on its Flow Hydraulics Using a Combined 1d-2d Hydrodynamic Model.- A Sustainability Index for Assessing Village Tank Cascade Systems (Vtcs) in Sri Lanka.- Agent Based Model of Mangrove Socio-Ecological System for Livelihood Security Assessment.- Drought Management by Integrated Approaches in T. Aman Rice Season to Escalate Water Productivity in Drought Prone Regions of Bangladesh.- Actual Evapotranspiration Estimation Using Remote Sensing: Comparison of Sebal and Metric Models.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Parametric Experiments in Architecture: A
Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive overview of the use of bamboo in the building industry. It systematically demonstrates bamboo’s utility in terms of its properties, describing the material properties of typical industrial bamboo products, and discussing their performance evaluation and optimization as building components and in the creation of building envelopes. The book presents the recent developments regarding the innovative ways to design and represent architecture through parametric survey tools, and describes the experimental geometrical-generative design process of a connection joint for free-form lightweight structures employing beams made of bamboo culms. It examines algorithmic-generative design themes, through processes of optimization, analysis, and geometrical-spatial verification, employing the potential of digital form-finding design and digital manufacturing techniques to validate the defined technological solution. This book appeals to scientists and professionals and is a valuable resource for civil engineers, designers and students interested in this unique plant material and its application in the building industry. Videos via app: download the SN More Media app for free, scan an image or a link with play button and access the videos directly on your smartphone or tablet.Table of ContentsAlgorithmic-generative Architecture.- Bamboo as building material.- Algorithmic modelling and prototyping of a joint for reticular space structures.- Structural patterns for free-form surfaces.- Different possibilities of experimentation Design.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Green Chemical Analysis and Sample Preparations:
Book SynopsisThis volume focuses on the most recent trends for greening analytical activities beginning with an introduction to green analytical chemistry followed by a discussion of green analytical chemistry metrics and life-cycle assessment approach to analytical method development. The chapters discuss two main topics; first is the most recent techniques for greening sample pretreatment steps, and second is modern trends for tailoring analytical techniques and instrumentation to implement the green analytical chemistry concept. The role of different kinds of green solvents, such as ionic liquids, supercritical fluids, deep eutectic solvents, bio-based solvents, and surfactants, as well as nanomaterials and green sorption materials in greening sample extraction steps is also a focus of this book. Furthermore, different approaches for greening chromatography as a key analytical technique are discussed. The applications of nanomaterials in analytical procedures are deeply reviewed, and miniaturization of spectrometers is also discussed as a recently evolved approach for efficient green on-site analysis. This book will appeal to a wide readership of academic and industrial researchers in different fields. It can be used in the classroom for undergraduate and postgraduate students focusing on the development of new analytical procedures for organic and inorganic compounds determination in different kinds of samples characterized by complex matrices composition. The book will also be useful for researchers that are interested in both chemical analysis and environment protection.Table of Contents1-Introduction to green analytical chemistry.- 2-Green analytical chemistry metrics and Life-cycle assessment approach to analytical method development.- 3-Greening analytical Chemistry by chemometrics.- 4-Integration and automation of analytical processes and operations.- 5-In situ measurements and on line measurements for greener analysis.- 6-Liquid-phase microextraction as a greener extraction tool.- 7-Ionic liquids as greener solvents for sample pre-treatment of environmental, pharmaceutical, and biological samples.- 8-Ionic liquids for greener extraction of precious metals.- 9-Deep eutectic solvents, bio-based solvents, and surfactants for green sample pretreatment and determination.- 10-Applications of nanomaterials for greener sample extraction.- 11-Green sorption materials used in analytical procedures.- 12-Recent approaches for greening sample derivatization.- 13-Green chromatography techniques.- 14-Applications of nanomaterials for greener determination of environmental contaminants.- 15-Applications of nanomaterials for greener determination of pharmaceutical and biological molecules.- 16-Applications of nanomaterials for greener food analysis.
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Springer International Publishing AG Investor Relations and ESG Reporting in a
Book SynopsisInvestor Relations and ESG Reporting in a Regulatory Perspective is a comprehensive and detailed practical guide for financial market participants, focusing on the stock market, written for practitioners by practitioners. The main themes of the book include the challenging integration of investor relations (IR) and the non-financial reporting of environmental, social and governance (ESG). Further, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the complex regulatory framework of the European Union (EU) related to the financial markets, including the expected global trends in this area. This includes financial legislation such as MiFID II, MiFIR and MAR along with non-financial legislation like the EU’s taxonomy, CSRD and SFDR. In addition, this book explores the non-financial reporting standards of GRI, TCFD, CDSB, IBC, SASB, IRRC and the upcoming ISSB, and discusses the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In addition, the book provides a practical guide regarding IR in special situations, e.g. in connection with takeover response manuals, M&A, investor activism, initial public offerings (IPOs), as well companies’ collaboration with e.g. investment banks and corporate finance advisers, financial PR and IR advisers in such situations. The suggested audience of the book includes board members and senior management of in particular listed companies, and companies considering an IPO; professionals working in the fields of IR, ESG and communications; institutional and retail investors; private equity executives; venture capitalists; investment bankers; legal practitioners; accountants and auditors; financial journalists; and politicians. Finally, university and business students may benefit from an insight into the dynamics of the financial markets and the direction they are moving, a possible inspiration for choosing a future career. Table of ContentsOverview of main sections1. The financial markets – an overview 2. The participants of the financial markets 3. Major legislation themes related to the European financial markets 4. Optimizing the investor relations department, and a fair valuation of the company through good investor relations 5. Investor relations in special situations 6. ESG-reporting for listed companies 7. Future trends in financial and non-financial reporting Section 1: The financial markets – an overview [including the benefits of a stock market listing, how stock prices are formed, and understanding the valuation methodology of investors, equity analysts, and corporate finance professionals] Chapter 1.1: The benefits and drawbacks of a stock market listing · Why is a company listed on the stock exchange? [a summary of the main motivations, including access to capital, liquidity, ownership transition, credibility, marketing, transparency, and employee engagement] · The terminology of the financial markets [with an emphasis of the importance of distinguishing the different participants and stakeholders of the financial markets, including their motivation, and why tailoring communication improves the company’s standing with the stock market] Chapter 1.2: The formation of stock prices · What determines the price of a stock? [a framework on the social interactions within the financial markets between different participants, and how information volatility forms stock prices - based on the works of e.g. Robert J. Schiller (1984/2003) and Ho & Lyke (2017)] · The social interaction within the financial markets [the interaction between buyers and sellers, and the deviation between market price volatility and intrinsic value] · Information is king [defining types of information (asymmetric/symmetric, disclosed/undisclosed, grey areas) and types of markets (perfect/imperfect/hybrid) Chapter 1.3: Ethics on the financial markets: Why a solid IR framework is key · Important considerations on ethics in the financial markets [Outlining insider information, including DOs & DONTs] · Understanding the difference between forward-looking views and investor communication with material sensitive information Chapter 1.4: Understanding valuation methodology · Introduction to different valuation methods of investors, equity analysts, and corporate finance professionals [qualitative and quantitative methods, including their use, input and limitations] · The importance of the financial accounts [identification of the most relevant ‘lines’ of the profit & loss account, the balance sheet, and the cash flow statement) · Enterprise multiples [different earnings/sales/cash multiples, including in combination, with selected growth rates and earnings margins] · Discounted Cash Flows (DCF) [description of mythology, assumptions and inputs] · Others (e.g. M&A multiples, subscriptions) Chapter 1.5: ESG and other non-valuation methods (inspiration from ‘Beating the Market with ESG, Silvalo, H. and Landau, T.) · Motivation and methods for sustainable investing · Active ownership · Qualitative and quantitative methods · The investment trends of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) in the investment community Chapter 1.6: Valuation methodology from the perspective of different investors · Investors and their valuation preferences [integrating the valuation methods with the social context of the financial markets, before exploring the relevant stakeholders in detail] Summary of advice and best practices [brief and operational] Section 2: The participants of the financial markets [including understanding their respective interests, and the collaboration between them] Abstract [of section content] Chapter 2.1: Understanding the financial markets’ stakeholders and their motivation · The dynamics between the various stakeholders of the financial markets [incl. an illustrative diagram connecting all stakeholders] Chapter 2.2: The buy-side - from institutional to retail investors · Investors (the ‘buy-side’) [including an illustrative diagram connecting risk profile, investment tenure and return expectations – and typical shareholder composition of various investor types in listed companies] Chapter 2.3: Understanding the role of institutional investors · Portfolio managers [tier 1 and 2, who are they, including e.g. the internal process with institutional investors which leads to a decision to invest in a certain company, including investment focus, investment themes, valuation, and selected 'political' considerations] · Buy-side analyst [identifying thematic investments themes (asset classes and equity classes) over the investment cycle] · Other investor groups, including private equity and proprietary trading Chapter 2.4: How to communicate with retail investors · Traditional retail investors · High net-worth individuals · Exchange traded funds (ETFs) (passive investors) [types of fund specifications, incl. traditional such as index, size, region, industry, factors to new such as ESG-compositions, investment themes and SRI)] Chapter 2.5: The sell-side - brokers, corporate access, equity analysts, and corporate finance [including an illustrative diagram of the collaboration framework] · Sell-side analysts [including an illustrative diagram of sell-side analysts’ role among the financial markets’ participants, types of equity research (comprehensive research reports, analyst notes and chat commentary and ESG reporting), financial modelling and maintenance, external data] · Sales and trading [client relationship management (client onboarding and maintenance), as intermediate between institutional investors, trading and institutional investors, and research analysts - interpreting analyst reports, and qualitative analysis for example management composition and ESG-trends] · Corporate access [managing roadshows and ad hoc investor events] · Broker reviews and ratings [including what dictates the distribution of investors’ commission among brokers] · Credit/debt analysts [including brief explanation of the different focus of equity analysts and credit/debt analyst] · Corporate finance advisers [types of financial market-related corporate finance transactions, and the collaboration between the various financial market participants on the one side, and the corporate finance advisers on the other side of the ‘wall’] Chapter 2.6: Considering the role of other non-financial market stakeholders · Other stakeholders in the financial markets [e.g. competitors, customers, external IR advisors (elaborated in chapter [5]), employees, media etc.] · How does regulatory and legislation influence the stock markets [bridging to the following chapter] Summary of advice and best practices [brief and operational] Section 3: Major legislation themes related to the European financial markets [including the wave of new regulations and laws which have flooded the on financial markets in recent years; their impact; as well as ESG and mitigation methods] Abstract [of section content] Chapter 3.1: How is regulation implemented on the European financial markets? · Introduction to, and a legislative overview of, the legal framework governing the EU financial markets [including an illustrative diagram and timeline of the comprehensive regulatory framework governing the participants of the financial markets] · Relevant EU legislation and its context [including how are EU laws encapsulated into EU jurisdictions (via. legislation and directives) and how does EU legislation generally tie in with the local legislation of the different EU jurisdictions. Inclusion of illustration of overall financial market legal framework in the EU and table related to local laws] · MiFID II (the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) [including a summary of legal framework, and overview of implications] · MIFIR (Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation) [including a summary of legal framework, and overview of implications] · MAR (Market abuse regulation) [including a summary of legal framework, and overview of implications] Chapter 3.2: Learning from the impact on financial markets of recent regulation · MiFID II’s motivation to outline stakeholders and increase transparency · The more detailed regulatory impact on the financial markets [EU’s impact of MIFID II on SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) and fixed income] · Research coverage [the separation of research and trading remuneration has lowered the flexibility of research, consolidating it towards larger companies] · Road shows and other event services [the increasing difficulty of broker facilitated events due to the required remuneration] · Liquidity [overall lower attention from brokers has resulted in reduced stock liquidity] · Chinese walls and organisational silos [increase of internal compliance, bureaucracy, and procedures to navigate ‘the regulatory framework’ in an optimal, efficient best-practice ethical manner] Chapter 3.3: Best-practice mitigation methods to increase investor interest · Possibilities to mitigate the adverse impact of selected regulatory framework · Sponsored research [the difference vs. traditional research (e.g. no recommendation and public distribution); examples from the market; the buy-side’s perception] · Event relationships [e.g. paid roadshows; motivating the sell-side; the buy-side’s perception] · Digital IR [e.g. marketing through social media; addressing private investors and the retail market] · Selected proactive media relations [incl. the impact on retail investors] Chapter 3.4: The new wave of regulatory framework [ESG may be a central topic] · MIFID II / EU Commission ‘Financing Sustainable Growth’ · EU Classification system ‘Taxonomy’ and changes in international politics and legislation (Silvola, H. et al.) · What may the future bring on the regulatory side? [potential themes of MiFID III; optimising IR activities as introduction to new chapter] Summary of advice and best practices [brief and operational] Section 4: Optimizing the investor relations department, and a fair valuation of the company through good investor relations [including the purpose, role, toolbox and transformative role of IR] Abstract [of section content] Chapter 4.1: The purpose of IR · Strategic management · Two-way communication · The goal of achieving a fair value of the share price Chapter 4.2: Deciding on IR ambitions and its success factors · The basics of IR ambitions · Best practice · IR practicalities (central IR tasks) · What characterizes good IR? Chapter 4.3: IR within the organisation · Organizing IR · The operational responsibility of IR · Management’s role · Board of Directors’ role · Collaboration with communication and ESG leads · Internal IR reporting · Internal collaboration · Competitor intelligence Chapter 4.4: IR’s responsibilities of implementing policies and planning ahead · Quarterly reporting cycle [including silent periods, management priorities, pre-close calls] · Internal process and planning (the IR-wheel) · IR in a corporate governance context · IR policy · IR strategy · IR plan Chapter 4.5: Tools to engage a company’s stakeholders · Website · Investor presentation · Annual report · Quarterly reporting · Q&A · Investor targeting · Investor meetings, roadshow and other IR activities o Webcasts o Psychical / video meetings o Group meetings o One-on-one meetings o Capital markets days · Financial targets [incl. pros and cons] · Perception studies [an under-rated IR tool] Chapter 4.6: Managing investor expectations · Meetings with investors and analysts o Institutional investors [and buyside analysts] o Private investors (distinguishing between high-net worth and retail) o Equity analysts o Credit/debt analysts · Expectations management [without challenging existing legislation] Chapter 4.7: Embracing the digital world of IR activities · The use of social media · Digital platforms facilitating contact between companies and investors · Potential pitfalls · Leveraging IR through the financial media · The IR function’s interaction with different stakeholders [external and internal] · Leveraging IR at the executive management and board of directors’ levels Summary of advice and best practices [brief and operational] Section 5: Investor relations in special situations [including contingencies, engagement, monitoring and Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)] Abstract [of section content] Chapter 5.1: IR preparation of difference types in contingencies · The importance of contingencies [including the role of IR] · IR’s role if a crisis emerges · Designing a comprehensive contingency · Balancing investor communication and transparency · The use of external advisers [e.g. IR and communications advisers, investments banks, legal] · Takeover response manuals [i.e. detailed contingencies in a takeover situation to ease the pressure on the company, and to obtain the best offer price for the shareholders] Chapter 5.2: Valuation in a take-over situation and strategic alternatives · Overview of thresholds · The approach of investments banks [the investment banks works with management to perform a thorough valuation review, focusing on share price performance, broker outlook, SOTP (Sum-Of-The-Parts) intrinsic value, and comparable company valuation analyses] · Assess strategic value to competitors [e.g. synergies] · Understand the company’s weaknesses · Assess possible attack themes and responses · Review strategic alternatives as routes to value [e.g. acquisitions, capital returns, licensing, other collaborations, etc.] Chapter 5.3: Shareholder engagement and monitoring market activity · How to stay close to and communicate with shareholders · Review list of major shareholders in detail and know them [investor perception, satisfaction, trust] · Continue developing the company’s equity story and communicate it effectively to the investor community; make sure guidance is both robust and credible, and that shareholders have proper visibility with respect to the company’s value drivers · Track trading flows in order to decipher whether or not stake accumulation is taking place · Monitor trading activity relative to historical averages · The implications of voting rights and dual voting right structures · Maintain awareness of short positions and related derivatives trading as indicia of potential activist activity, or a potential acquirer building a major shareholding Chapter 5.4: Developing a comprehensive take-over response manual · Develop a comprehensive take-over response manual that can be relied upon by the board of directors and executive management in the event of an unsolicited approach from a third party [i.e. a document that illustrate the steps each party needs to take in the event of an unsolicited approach] · Prepare detailed ‘leak protocol’ and ‘aide-mémoire’ to ensure formal framework in place · Rehearsing the board of directors, and management, on a ‘situation simulation’ [i.e. where a possible takeover scenario is conducted on a ‘war games’ basis] · White knight analysis [i.e. understanding who friend is, and who is foe] · Compile list of possible acquirors and analyse their financial capabilities and borrowing/financing potential · Create short-list of ‘white knights’ and what steps might be taken to cultivate them in advance of a potential third-party bid approach Chapter 5.5: A checklist for prober IR strategy during an IPO · A company’s collaboration with investment banks, lawyers and other advisers · IR, financial PR and media relations in an IPO process [i.e. the IPO process from an IR perspective] · Creating a new IR function [summary considerations] · Guidelines and procedures for onboarding new equity analysts · Public-to-private transactions, including contested take-overs [the role of IR] Summary of advice and best practices [brief and operational] Section 6 ESG-reporting for listed companies [including integrating the growing strong focus and understanding of ESG within the relevant reporting structures among the stakeholders] Abstract [of section content] Chapter 6.1: A detailed insight to the importance of integrating ESG in the business and IR · The new world of business, and the financial markets, are dictated by ESG. ESG must be an integrated part of a company’s business strategy · The ESG stakeholders [illustration of a Stakeholder and ESG model by Kay I., et. al. (2020)] and how the IR and ESG departments can collaborate · Aligning the company’s internal actors (board of directors, management, and general senior staff) to embrace ESG · Why the importance of ESG has increased in the financial market [e.g. the fundamental, climate, business, political and emotional arguments to embrace ESG] Chapter 6.2: The importance of good ESG-reporting [vis-à-vis the financial markets] · Investor attention: Better ESG performance relative to peers · Cost of capital: Companies with a focus on ESG provide more transparent financial information; may lower their cost of capital by attracting long-term institutional investors; and are superior in attracting equity analyst coverage · Raising capital - a long-standing focus on ESG has a positive impact on the ability to raise new capital, including the magnitude hereof · The stance of institutional investors · Pressure from stakeholders · Screening criteria’s and ESG investment strategies · The stance of equity analysts · Onwards – lack of good ESG will dry out companies’ access to new capital Chapter 6.3: Setting the standards of ESG-reporting · ESG rating agencies [who are they and what do they do?] · What value do investors put into ESG rating agencies? · How do investors evaluate the ESG progress of companies? · The financial stakeholders’ demands to ESG-reporting, for both institutional investors, retail investors, equity analysts and other stakeholders Chapter 6.4: ESG-reporting [how to approach and prepare it] · Where to start · Select the main audience · What do the financial stakeholders prioritise · Creating the right reporting framework · Select your focus areas [e.g. among UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to transform the world] · Develop relevant and realistic plans and reporting targets · Typical challenges [e.g. collecting the relevant data] · Integrating the financial and ESG-related/non-financial reporting Summary of advice and best practices [brief and operational] Section 7 Future trends in financial and non-financial reporting [summarizing a series of reporting trends related to financial and non-financial stakeholders] Abstract [of section content] Chapter 7.1: The next generation of EU budgets and policy · Outlining the inflow of capital into best-in-class companies, and the reporting challenges remaining · A monumental legislative and investment shift into best-in-class companies [outline the European Green deal (EGD), the NextGen EU Budgets and 2050 Co2 neutrality targets] · Motivation and challenges remaining for financial and non-financial reporting [EU evaluation study: Lack of comparability, reliability, and relevance – with strong support of simplification, stick audit requirements, digitalization and materiality assessment] Chapter 7.2: Financial reporting · Relevant legislation in this context [international financial reporting standards (IFRS) and International accounting standards board (IASB)] · Forecasting [balancing transparent financial guidance with competition concerns] · Communicated non-recurring items [restructuring, write-offs, impairments, purchase price allocations (PPA), severance and variable compensation] · Short-term and long-term [liquidity status and risks] · Internal controls [physical inventory, cyberattacks, segregation of duties] Chapter 7.3: Non-financial reporting · Relevant legislation in this context [The 2018 EU non-financial reporting directive (NFRD), the EU sustainability goals (SDG), the Paris agreement and sustainable goals, taxonomy eligibility and science-based targets, proposal of corporate sustainability reporting directive (CSRD)] · Defining impact, risk, and objectives among related disclosures: o Climate-related non-financial reporting [SDG performance (products), operational performance (climate and energy / environmental management / waste and recycling)] o Other non-financial reporting [operational performance (safety and social / corporate governance (including anti-corruption) / diversity and inclusion / wage gap] · Communicating a transparent supply network in accordance with taxonomy targets and objectives · Assuring forward-looking quality and relevant information [taking current and future challenges into account on a micro and macro level, using case examples, relative calculations and communicating ongoing progress/achievements] Chapter 7.4: Global investment and financial reporting trends · Comparability, benchmarking and transparency · SFDR2 and technical screening of comparisons · Standardisation of data and rating disclose of companies on an EU level (a potential screening criterion for institutional investors) Summary of trends [brief and operational] * * * * *
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Springer International Publishing AG Planning Cities in Africa: Current Issues and
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Springer International Publishing AG Chemmotological Aspects of Sustainable
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Springer International Publishing AG Consumption, Sustainability and Everyday Life
Book SynopsisThis open access book seeks to understand why we consume as we do, how consumption changes, and why we keep consuming more and more, despite the visible damage we are doing to the planet. The chapters cover both the stubbornness of unsustainable consumption patterns in affluent societies and the drivers of rapidly increasing consumption in emerging economies. They focus on consumption patterns with the largest environmental footprints, including energy, housing, and mobility and engage in sophisticated ways with the theoretical frontiers of the field of consumption research, in particular on the ‘practice turn’ that has come to dominate the field in recent decades. This book maps out what we know about consumption, questions what we take for granted, and points us in new directions for better understanding—and changing—unsustainable consumption patterns.Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction Foreword: Remembering Hal Wilhite Rick Wilk 1. Consumption, sustainability and everyday life Arve Hansen and Kenneth Bo Nielsen 2. Capitalism, consumption, and the transformation of everyday life: The political economy of social practices Arve Hansen Part II: Energy, technology and everyday consumption 3. Household Energy Practices in Low-energy Buildings: A qualitative Study of Klosterenga Ecological Housing Cooperative Karina Standal, Harold Wilhite, and Solvår Wågø 4. Solar water heating: informing decarbonization policy by listening to the users Mithra Moezzi, Harold Wilhite, Loren Lutzenhiser, and Françoise Bartiaux 5. Sufficiency in China’s energy provision. A service understanding of sustainable consumption and production Marius Korsnes 6. Practices, provision and protest: Power outages in rural Norwegian households Ulrikke Wethal Part III Consuming mobility 7. The rise and fall of the ‘people's car’: middle-class aspirations, status and mobile symbolism in ‘New India’ Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Harold Wilhite 8. Practical aeromobilities: making sense of environmentalist air-travel Johannes Volden and Arve Hansen Part IV: Wellbeing and sustainable consumption 9. Everyday life and how it changes: studying ‘sustainable wellbeing’ with students during a pandemic Marlyne Sahakian 10. Towards sustainable transport practices in a coastal community in Norway. Insights from human needs and social practice approaches Mònica Guillén-Royo, Amsale Temesgen, Bjørn Vidar Vangelsten 11. Value Mapping: Practical Tools for Wellbeing and Sustainable Consumption Chris Butters and Ove Jakobsen Part V: Making consumption more sustainable 12. Can economics help to understand, and change, consumption behaviour? Desmond McNeill 13. Towards sustainable consumption: reflections on the concepts of social loading, excess, and idle capacity Dale Southerton and Alan Warde Afterword: Capitalism, climate, consumption and Corona Thomas Hylland Eriksen
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Springer International Publishing AG Transforming Entrepreneurship Education:
Book SynopsisThis open access book provides selected teaching approaches, supporting methods, concrete examples of curricula as well as extracurricular teaching formats, which are predominantly tailored to both African and German requirements. These approaches were developed by the YEEES Training and Research Centers, an international interdisciplinary network of university teachers and researchers from Germany and southern Africa, and combine the fields of management, entrepreneurship, information and communication technologies (ICT), and sustainability. The book shows how current scientific results can be integrated into teaching, how students can contribute to research while learning, and how research can contribute to the development and evaluation of new formats. It is thus relevant for university teachers, researchers, students as well as practitioners who want to educate and act as future change agents.Trade Review“This book is easy to understand and suitable for beginners in entrepreneurship education, providing step-by-step guidance and further help. … this publication is a valuable resource for anyone interested in entrepreneurship education. Its interdisciplinary approach, focus on innovation, and practical guidance make it a must-read for scholars, educators, and practitioners in the field. The book provides abundant content … workable practices, and accessible experiences, making it highly suitable for students and those interested in the new entrepreneurial educational formats.” (Yiwei Wu, Entrepreneurship Education, Vol. 6 (1), 2023)Table of ContentsPart 1. Teaching Approaches and Support.- Chapter 1. Teaching Transformative Service Learning.- Chapter 2. Challenge-based Learning: How to Support the Development of an Entrepreneurial Mindset.- Chapter 3. Developing Responsible and Sustainable Innovations in Entrepreneurship Education - Introducing the Sandbox Approach.- Chapter 4. Using Moodle to Teach Computer Literacy to First Time Computer Users: A Unam Case Study.- Part 2. Formats.- Chapter 5. Transformational Sustainability Entrepreneurship: Encouraging Students to Become Change Agents.- Chapter 6. Insights Into an Action-oriented Training Program to Promote Sustainable Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 7. Introducing an Innovative International Format for Experience-based Sustainability Entrepreneurship Education: The YEEES Sustainability Camps.- Chapter 8. Transdisciplinary Learning Experiences in an Urban Living Lab: Practical Seminars as Collaboration Format.- Chapter 9. Using Unplugged Tools to Introduce Coding to South African Learners.- Part 3. Research.- Chapter 10. I Would Help the Lecturer with Marking: Entrepreneurial Education Insights on Academic Resilience from the Perspectives of Engineering Students in South Africa.- Chapter 11. Measuring the Success of Innovative Entrepreneurship Education in Universities: Impact Clusters and the Importance of Entrepreneurial Intention.
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Springer International Publishing AG Quality Innovation and Sustainability: 3rd ICQIS,
Book SynopsisThis book provides various approaches to complex industrial problems in sustainability, operations management and industrial engineering. It features in-depth research presented by academics, scholars, researcher and professionals at the 3rd International Conference on Quality Innovation and Sustainability (ICQIS) in the fields of quality, innovation, sustainability and operations management. It addresses topics such as quality management systems; Lean and Six Sigma; information systems for quality management; data management and industry 4.0; innovative solutions for quality challenges; environmental quality policies and standards; circular economy and life cycle costing; occupational health; safety and welfare in manufacturing; and smart systems, among others.Table of ContentsCosts and learning factories Agile 8D problem-solving framework in a Renewable Energy sector The transfer process of lean approach within multinational companies’ network. The Schnell S.p.A. case study Lean Healthcare: a critical analysis Road freight transport in Europe: alternatives for increasing capacity Knowledge management: an overview of roadmaps for additive manufacturing Life Cycle Inventory of Additive Manufacturing Processes: A Review Critical Success Factors of TQM for Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions – A theoretical contribution Customer loyalty in hospitality: can the quality perception be a key factor? The role of enabling technologies from Industry 4.0 in the formulation of public policies for smart cities Impact of TQM and Industry 4.0 on sustainable performance: an empirical study on the Bangladeshi garment industry Academic Community Perceptions of Open Innovation: An Exploratory Study Green Human Resource Management: The performance of women researchers based on bibliometric indicators Innovative responses to the covid-19 pandemic in primary health care: the case of the arte nova family health unit Competitive and Business Intelligence: A Bibliometric Analysis Integrated Management System Role-Play Simulation: Training and Development Tool Towards a Conceptual Framework for Agroforestry Residual Biomass Sustainable Business Models Environmental and economic sustainability of electric vehicles vs combustion engine vehicles fueled with B15 and B30 blends of biodiesel The influence of consumer optimism and pessimism on purchasing intention of eco-friendly clothing by generation Z: model proposal Persistence in Innovation. Do low-tech sectors differ much from the high-tech? Industrial Symbiosis Applied to Oil Refineries: Drivers and Barriers Towards a More Sustainable Use of the Portuguese Road Network: The A25 and IP5 Case Study Improvement of a Porcelain Baseboard Production Line Capacity Using Simulation: A Case Study Multifunctional furniture for tiny houses - Design, Quality, Innovation and Sustainability in Advanced Materials Angolan Cement Industry: marketing channel and distribution channel strategies How can customer experience improve retail operations sustainability? Optimization of last mile logistics process combining passenger and freight flows Analysis of pharmacy stock management and laboratory reagents in a Portuguese public hospital: a case study Towards Digital Transformation: A Case Study to Identify and Mitigate COVID-19 in the Retail Industry Technician Routing and Scheduling Problem – a case study Application of Fuzzy Methodologies in Navy Systems Maintenance
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Springer International Publishing AG Transforming Education for Sustainability:
Book SynopsisThis book investigates how educators and researchers in the sciences, social sciences, and the arts, connect concepts of sustainability to work in their fields of study and in the classrooms where they teach the next generation. Sustainability, with a focus on justice, authenticity and inclusivity, can be integrated into many different courses or disciplines even if it is beyond their historical focus. The narratives describe sustainability education in the classroom, the laboratory, and the field (broadly defined) and how the authors navigate the complexities of particular sustainability issues, such as climate change, water quality, soil health, biodiversity, resource use, and education in authentic ways that convey their complexity, the sociopolitical context, and their hopes for the future. The chapters explore how faculty engage students in learning about sustainability and the ways in which working at the edge of what we know about sustainability can be a significant source of engagement, motivation, and challenge. The authors discuss how they create learning experiences that foster democratic practices in which students are not just following protocols, but have a stake in creative decision-making, collecting and analysing data, and posing authentic questions. They also describe what happens when students are not just passively receiving information, but actively analysing, debating, dialoguing, arguing from evidence, and constructing nuanced understandings of complex socioscientific sustainability issues. The narratives include undergraduate student perspectives on what it means to engage in sustainability research and learning, how students navigate the complexities and contradictions inherent in sustainability issues, what makes for authentic, empowering learning experiences, and how students are encouraged to persevere in the field.This is an open access book.Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Framing and reframing sustainabilityChapter 1: Sustainability, research, and the undergraduate science curriculumMaria S. Rivera Maulucci, Barnard College, Education Chapter 2: Ecology’s White nationalism problemRalph Ghoche, Barnard College, Architecture; Unyimeabasi Udoh, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Part II: Environmental justice and the undergraduate science curriculumChapter 3: Teaching chemistry in context: Environmental lead exposure – quantification and interpretation. Rachel Narehood Austin1, Ann McDermott2, Katrina Korfmacher3, Laura Arbelaez1, Jamie Bousleiman1, Arminda Downey-Mavromatis1, Rahma Elsiesy1, Sohee Ki1, Meena Rao1, Shoshana Williams1 (1: Department of Chemistry, Barnard College; 2: Department of Chemistry, Columbia University; 3: Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center) Chapter 4: What does cell biology have to do with saving pollinators?Jonathan Snow, Barnard College, Biology Chapter 5: Finding the most important places on Earth for birdsTerryanne Maenza-Gmelch, Barnard College, Environmental Science Chapter 6: Brownfield action: A web-based active learning simulationPeter Bower, Barnard College, Environmental Science; Sedelia Rodriguez, Barnard College, Environmental Science Part III: Undergraduate students, sustainability, and health in the urban environmentChapter 7: What We Make and What We Use: Environmental Impacts of Reuse in Design and ProductionSandra Goldmark, Barnard College, Theater Chapter 8: It turned into a BioBlitz: urban data collection for understanding and connectionKelly O’Donnell, Macaulay Honors College, CUNY; Lisa Brundage, Macaulay Honors College, CUNY Chapter 9: Going up: Incorporating the local ecology of New York City green infrastructure into biology laboratory coursesMatthew Rhodes; Krista McGuire, Chapter 10: The everyday action project: Teaching hygiene through artEmma Ruskin, Barnard College; Tal Danino, Columbia University Part IV: Climate change, politics, students, and the undergraduate curriculumChapter 11: Perspectives on teaching climate change: Two decades of evolving approachesStephanie Pfirman, Barnard College, Environmental Science; Gisela Winckler, Columbia University, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory Chapter 12: Moved to teach beyond political and geographic polarizationDeborah Becher, Barnard College, Sociology Chapter 13: Volcanoes, climate change, and societySedelia Rodriguez, Barnard College Chapter 14: Teaching about climate change from an astronomical perspectiveLaura Kay, Barnard College, Physics and Astronomy Chapter 15: Barnard’s fossil fuel divestment decision: Aligning endowments with institutional valuesRobert Goldberg, Barnard College, Chief Operating Officer; Stephanie Pfirman, Barnard College, Environmental Science; Rajiv Sethi,, Barnard College, Economics; Sandra Goldmark, Barnard College, Theatre Part V: Ecojustice pedagogies and enhancing college accessChapter 16: The UNPAK project: fostering friendships in scienceHilary Callahan, Barnard College, Biology; Michael Wolyniak, Hampden-Sydney College, Biology Chapter 17: Inclusive Pedagogy: Marching from Classroom to CommunityJoshua Drew, Columbia University, Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology; Jonathan Richardson Providence College, Biology; Laura Williams, Providence College, Biology Chapter 18: Collaboration, communication, and creativity: Practicing scientific values and skills in Environmental Science classroomsMary Heskel, Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory Chapter 19: Lamont-Doherty Secondary School Field Research ProgramRobert Newton, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Susan Vincent, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Chapter 20: The Intercollegiate Partnership: Fostering Future Scientists and Responsible Citizenship through Experiential and Collaborative Learning in SciencePaul E. Hertz, Barnard College; Kyoko M. Toyama, LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York
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Springer International Publishing AG Ecological Footprints of Climate Change: Adaptive
Book SynopsisThis book explores global implications of human activities that trigger changes in climate and the appropriate scientific, adaptive, and sustainable approaches as a proven information tool. It reveals that the ecological, social, and economic dynamics of the changing earth encompasses huge uncertainties coupled with its ability to be linked to other forms of global change. From a scientific perspective, multiple efforts are expedient to integrate the many aspects of global changes. Increases in science and technology have afforded nations the ability to plan for the future by investing in adaptive and mitigative measures to monitor present and future changes. Just as the climatic and ecological impacts of climate change are unequally distributed, so is the adaptive capacity to cope with these impacts in different nations. Considering that wealth, infrastructure, and political stability all contribute to a nation's capacity to anticipate and respond to change. So, global South nations who are disadvantaged in these areas are faced with more inequalities and more unique adaptive strategies. There is need for increased aggregate efforts and interaction between scientists, stakeholders, and policy makers to improve both decision-making and global change in science. Scientists and researchers need to work on expanding the range of polices that are proposed, debated, and implemented. This way, novelty, new ideas and methodologies are infused into the society. At this point of multiple climate footprints, there is an immense need to explore all ideas evaluating their possibilities in presenting alternative futures, developing alternative policies, and adaptive options to solve the intractable ecological footprints of climate change.Table of Contents
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