Sustainability Books

Book SynopsisThe decisions a corporation makes affect more than just its stakeholders, for they can have wide social, environmental, and economic consequences. The relationship between marketing and corporate social responsibility is important to facing these consequences and providing organizational success. Strategic marketing is a tool that can help to defuse tension between companies and their wider stakeholders as well as fend off criticism.Corporate Social Responsibility and Strategic Market Positioning for Organizational Success is a critical scholarly resource that explores different approaches to understanding the nexus between business, marketing, technology, education, engagement, and sustainability. Featuring research on topics such as business strategy, marketing strategies, and organizational culture, this book is ideally designed for business managers and practitioners, commercial and corporate organizations, researchers, and academicians seeking coverage on the strategic importance of corporate social responsibility and marketing for commercial success.

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Book SynopsisOur progressive philosophy calls for more freedom and more prosperity for more people. Yet author Kevin Galalae says you can''t always have more. Overpopulation is making us victims of our own triumphs over nature. Lacking a popular consensus to control population, the ruling elite have resorted to covert means. Their depopulation project has had considerable success, but at a terrible cost. "Strict secrecy and deception have been necessary to prevent the masses from discovering the bitter truth that for the past 68 years they have been the object of a silent and global offensive, a campaign of attrition that has turned the basic elements of life into weapons of mass infertility and selective death." "The birth of nearly two billion people has been prevented and the death of half a billion hurried. While these goals have been intentional, the architects of the Global Depopulation Policy have unintentionally undermined the genetic and intellectual endowment of the human species and have set back eons of natural selection." We are adding a billion people every 10 - 15 years, while consumption per person has skyrocketed -- placing unsustainable demands on resources like water and fuel. The only decent alternative is voluntary population control to reduce world population. Here are the methods actually being used. Contraception and abortion. Chemical sterilisation: Flouridation, BPA-contaminated plastic and metal food packaging. Drawbacks: increase in chronic illnesses and lowering of IQ will lead to massive degeneracy in a couple generations. The coercive one child policy -- overall a success story for China; surgical sterilisation in India. Biological: synthetic HIV virus in Africa, flu viruses, GMO crops. Lowering human fertility, while weakening the immune system to increase mortality. Psychosocial: weakening the family, forcing women to work, high divorce rates, youth unemployment, countercultures, drug, tobacco and alcohol abuse, incarceration, accelerated urbanisation. Successful in Europe where population has started to shrink. Political drawbacks: a secret state conducting genocide against its own people; sham democracy; a culture of deception. Endangering the gene pool and the ecosystem. Even so, it is more humane than the alternative of another world war to reduce numbers. Social costs: economic decline, collapse of social safety nets. Sustainable development policies don''t mention the risks of covert sterilisation that underpin them. "Population control as a substitute to war is the progeny of the bipolar world order that followed World War II ... they agreed to wage a demographic war on their own people, and on those within their spheres of influence, rather than risk their mutually assured destruction in a nuclear confrontation." The way forward: broad popular understanding of the issues. Yet politicians don''t want to open up to a policy based on popular consensus, because that would undermine their power, which is based on manipulation. Aside from his writings, the author''s efforts to awaken the world have included hunger strikes, imprisonment and legal battles.

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Book SynopsisThis book by leadership and sustainability experts Giles Hutchins and Laura Storm provides an exciting and comprehensive framework for building regenerative life-affirming businesses. It offers a multitude of business cases, fascinating examples from nature’s living systems, insights from the front-line pioneers and tools and techniques for leaders to succeed and thrive in the 21st century.Regenerative Leadership draws inspiration from pioneering thinking within biomimicry, circular economy, adult developmental psychology, anthropology, biophilia, sociology, complexity theory and next-stage leadership development. It connects the dots between these fields through a powerful framework that enables leadership to become regenerative: in harmony with life, building thriving, prosperous organizations amid transformational times. The book is a combination of theoretical frameworks, case studies, tools & practices: Everything the leader needs to be successful in the 21st century.Regenerative Leadership – what’s it all about?While the future is uncertain, we clearly see an upward trend towards sustainable conscious business. And this is more than just a trend – we’re witnessing a new kind of organization emerging.An organization which is able to rapidly sense and respond to the ever-changing business climate by innovating how and why it creates and delivers value, and the way it engages internally and externally with its ecosystem of employees, customers, suppliers, resources, investors, society and environment.This new kind of organization is the organization-as-living-system that is designed on the Logic of Life: life-affirming businesses that thrive from the inside out, by cultivating conditions conducive for life, internally and externally. These organizations nurture flourishing cultures while focusing on products and services that enhance society and the environment.Regenerative organizations will be tomorrow’s success stories. Giles Hutchins is Chairman of The Future Fit Leadership Academy, keynote speaker, executive coach and author of three critically acclaimed business books, previously Director at KPMG and Global Head of Sustainability Solutions for Atos Origin. He is co-founding partner of Regenerators.Laura Storm has spent her entire career working in the intersection between business, leadership, sustainability, climate change policy and innovation. She has started and led multiple international organizations focused on the global transformation to sustainability - including Copenhagen Climate Council, World Business Summit on Climate Change and Sustainia. She has been awarded the title 'Worldchanger' by Greenbiz, is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and Sustainability Expert, sits on many boards and is founder of Regenerators.

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Book Synopsis'[It] reminds us that history can be a treasure trove - if one looks in the right places and asks the right questions' Peter Frankopan, author of Silk Roads 'A must-read' Lyndal Roper, Regius Professor of History at Oriel College, OxfordFishing quotas on Lake Constance. Common lands in the UK. The medieval answer to Depop in the middle of Frankfurt.These are all just some of the sustainability initiatives from the Middle Ages that Annette Kehnel illuminates in her astounding new book, The Green Ages. From the mythical-sounding City of Ladies and their garden economy to early microcredit banks and rent-a-cow schemes, Kehnel uncovers a world at odds with what we might think of as the typical medieval existence.Pre-modern history is full of inspiring examples and concepts that open up new horizons. And we urgently need them as today's challenges - finite resources, the twilight of consumerism, growing inequality - threaten what we have come to think of as a modern way of living sustainab

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Book SynopsisJanis Birkeland presents the innovative new paradigm of 'Positive Development' in which the built environment provides greater life quality, health, amenity and safety for all without sacrificing resources or money. With a different form of design, development itself can become a 'sustainability solution'. A cornerstone of this new paradigm is the eco-retrofitting of the vast urban fabric we already inhabit. The author presents a revolutionary new tool called SmartMode to achieve this end. This book challenges everyone working in or studying the areas of sustainable development, planning, architecture or the built environment to rethink their current ideas and practices.Trade Review'One of the best books on sustainability I've read in a long time ... clear, compelling, and dead on.' - David Orr, Oberlin College, author of The Nature of Design and Ecological Literacy 'Birkeland's book takes the next step ... it argues that design for nature, or 'design for eco-services', is long overdue, and explains how we can do it.' - Hunter Lovins, President and Founder of the Natural Capitalism Solutions 'A heralding work of how a positive and innovative design agenda for the built environment, underlined by an uncompromising valuation of ecology and nature's services, can mobilize our efforts in becoming native to the planet.' - Michael Braungart, Professor of Material Flow Management at University Luneburg, Germany and co-author of Cradle to Cradle 'What a great book! Thank you so much and congratulations on its great feat in effortlessly combining erudition with simplicity.'- Senator Bob Brown, Leader of the Australian Greens 'Invaluable not just to designers but to all those whose work impinges on the environment.' - Ken Yeang, Architect, Llewelyn Davies Yeang, UK 'An unusual, and heartening, combination of the radical and the realistic.' - Clive Hamilton, former Executive Director of The Australia Institute, author of Growth Fetish and co-author of Affluenza'Birkeland is one of the world's leading thinkers on sustainable built environments. In this book she distils her wealth of experience into a very accessible text on how we can achieve net positive development.' - The Natural Edge Project, authors of The Natural Advantage of Nations 'Birkeland convincingly argues that we can 'develop' in a way that replenishes and increases the planet's life-giving services. I urge that this book be read and championed by our infrastructure designers as well as all others.' - David A Hood, Chairman, Australian Green Infrastructure Council 'Birkeland brings a fertile and inventive mind to bear on the critical problem of how to cope with the planet's disappearing carrying capacity.' - David R. Godschalk, University of North Carolina in Urban Land'This is a wonderful book that should be on the desk of every architect and planner.' - Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe, President, Australian Conservation Foundation 'I highly recommend Professor Birkeland's book...a required text for IGP's course on 'Sustainable Architecture' that is a partial prerequisite for the Member (MIGP) or Fellow (FIGP) designations.' - Grant W Austin, President of the Institute for Green Professionals 'This book made me think. It will be a book that I will come back to on many occasions as it questions the conventional approach to sustainable development and goes far beyond, offering advice towards positive development. I will keep it to hand in order to stimulate thinking and to provoke debate.' - International Journal of Sustainable Engineering 'The author is a known champion for sustainability in built environment with excellent critique and good solution and best practice examples, the book gives new ideas in 54 boxes. This book can be read again and again.' - Built Environment'As a handbook for architects and planners willing to embrace those ecological principles and wanting to reflect more deeply on what is involved in making the transition, this is a book that can be warmly recommended.' Frank Stilwell, International Journal of Water Table of ContentsIntroduction: Sustainability versus Negativity * Section A: Redefining the Problem and Goals * Design for Eco-services * The Case for Eco-retrofitting * Sustainable Urban Form * Section B: Critique of Methods,Tools and Processes in Building Design * Development Standards and Criteria * Building Rating Tools * Design Methods * Section C: Critique of Methods, Tools and Processes in Environmental Management * Urban Sustainability Assessment * Regional Sustainability Audits * Sustainability Reporting * Section D: Critique of Trends in Strategies, Incentives and Planning * Futures Thinking Tools * Eco-service Trading Schemes * Bioregional Planning * Section E: A framework for Eco-governance and Management * Constitution for Eco-governance * Reversing Resource Transfers * The SmartMode Process * Index

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Book SynopsisIn From Me to We: The Five Transformational Commitments Required to Rescue the Planet, Your Organization, and Your Life, systems change expert Bob Doppelt reveals that most people today live a dream world, controlled by false perceptions and beliefs. The most deeply held illusion is that all organisms on Earth, including each of us, exist as independent entities. At the most fundamental level, the change needed to overcome our misperceptions is a shift from focusing only on "me" – our personal needs and wants – to also prioritizing the broader "we": the many ecological and social relationships each of us are part of, those that make life possible and worthwhile. Research shows that by using the techniques described in this book this shift is possible – and not that difficult to achieve. From Me to We offers five transformational "commitments" that can help you change your perspective and engage in activities that will help resolve today's environmental and social problems. Not coincidentally, making these commitments can improve the quality of your life as well. Bob Doppelt's latest book is a wake-up call to the creed of individualism. He calls for recognition of the laws of interdependence, cause and effect, moral justice, trusteeship, and free will. The book will be essential to all of those interested in how we can create and stimulate a sea change in how to enable the necessary behavioral change we need to deal with the myriad environmental and social pressures consuming the planet.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. "Me" to "We" throughout history2. The first commitment: See the systems you are part of3. The second commitment: Be accountable for all the consequences of your actions4. The third commitment: Abide by society's most deeply held universal principles of morality and justice5. The fourth commitment: Acknowledge your trustee obligations and take responsibility for the continuation of all life6. The fifth commitment: Choose your own destiny7. Conclusion: It is up to you

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Book SynopsisJean Russell's inspiring and visionary new book challenges the 'breakdown thinking' that focuses only on defensive reactions to the economic, social, political, and environmental crises we face. In its place she proposes 'breakthrough thinking': an approach that recognizes the gritty reality we face but enables us to envision and co-create a world of wellbeing and health. Part I - Perceiving - looks at the stories we tell about our world and our limited ways of perceiving it. It shows how we can look at the bigger picture, recognise our blinkers/blinders and introduces the key ideas of systems and complexity thinking in this area. Part II - Understanding - outlines new tools for understanding ourselves and the social and data revolutions we are part of. It looks in particular at behavioural economics, human irrationality, leadership, organisational and social structures and data metrics. Part III - Doing - sets out ways we can take action together to create the world of the possible, a thriving world, a world that works. This section focuses on creativity, game dynamics (how to gamify the tasks we need to accomplish as individuals and as a society) and the Action Spectrum - a way of understanding how we can most effectively make interventions in any situation. The book is peppered with references, practical questions and exercises to bring thriving to your organization and way of life.Trade Review"This is a game changing book, literally - it moves us from a finite game world to an infinite game world. Jean Russell offers an inspiring and energizing call to action - daring us all to become thrivability agents. Her book shows us the profound limitations of threat-based narratives and calls all of us to collaboratively construct a new and powerful opportunity based narrative . Thrivability pulls us to work (and play) together in ways that generate exciting new possibilities and potential." John Hagel, Co-Chairman of the Center for the Edge and co-author of The Power of PullTable of ContentsIntroduction Thrivability Movements Part I: Perceiving Chapter 1: The Great Unfolding: Crisis and Opportunities The Economic Reality The Political Reality The Social Reality The Environmental Reality Chapter 2: Stories Perspectives Challenging Breakdown Thinking Stories That Inspire Greatness The Human Condition Chapter 3: How to See a Very Big Picture Zooming Context Cultivate Multiple Perspectives Time, Focus, and Values Chapter 4: Interconnected Systems and Patterns The Cynefin Framework Emergence Power Laws Part II: Understanding Chapter 5: Irrational People Care Refreshing our Models Behavioral Economics Positive Psychology Predictors Multiple Intelligences Chapter 6: Social Revolutions Communication Revolution Social Business Leading and Leaderless Organisms Network Organisms Diversity Governance in an Era of Connectivity Education in a Social World Chapter 7: Metrics and Data Evolutions Feedback Loops Data Collection Data Formats Data Presentation and Visualization The New Panopticon Part III: Doing Chapter 8: Creativity Serendipity Play Randomness Trust and Safety Chapter 9: Creating Together With Games Zero-Sum Games and Non-Zero-Sum Games Partially Rival Goods Game Dynamics Data Design and Incentives Chapter 10: Action Spectrum Limits to Causation The Action Spectrum Model

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Book SynopsisIn 1972, a book changed the world.The Club of Rome commissioned a report that shifted how we see what humans are doing to the planet. Looking back five decades later, what happened next, what did we do and not do, what did we learn, and what happens now?In The Limits to Growth, a team from MIT studied the way humans were using the resources of the earth. Using sophisticated computer modelling, the researchers developed scenarios to map out possible paths for humanity, the global economy and the impact on the planet.Were their models right? What did the rest of the world do about it?Now, in 2022, the Club of Rome have brought two of the original authors from the 1972 book, Dennis Meadows and Jorgen Randers, along with an array of other world-renowned thinkers, scientists, analysts and economists from across the globe to answer these questions and grapple with the most acute issue of our time.In the first section, "Echoes of a Great Book", Ugo Bardi sets the scene with an in-depth examination of the original report and the effect it has had on how we might think about what humanity is doing to the world.Jorgen Randers and Dennis Meadows then ask what the first book actually said and answer the most common questions that people ask about the book and progress since. Further explorations of the impact and consequences of the ground-breaking original book follow.Next, in the "Still the Economy, But What Kind?" section, the contributors examine the economic ideas that have informed and arisen from The Limits to Growth in the following decades and critique those assumptions and notions. They ask what must change if we are to stay within the limits set by nature.In the "New Lenses for a Different Future" section, thinkers from continents and cultures across the globe expand on their unique experiences of acting in and observing a world that may use all its resources before we wake up and act.The "Did We Learn? Will We?" section ponders where we go from here. Has humanity taken in the lessons of The Limits to Growth? What have we learned in the meantime? And, most importantly, what can we do about it now?Limits and Beyond: 50 years on from The Limits to Growth, what did we learn and what''s next? reaches back half a century to when the original report shook the world into realising that we live on a finite planet, brings it sharply up to date, and looks clear-eyed into the future.Limits and Beyond focuses the mind on the pressing issues of sustainability, global economics, ecology that global politics and institution need to grapple with to ensure the survival of the human race.Limits and Beyond is the book that will shape the conversation about our place on the earth for the next 50 years and beyond.

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Book SynopsisDesign for Sustainable Change explores how design thinking and design-led entrepreneurship can address the issue of sustainability. It discusses the ways in which design thinking is evolving and being applied to a much wider spectrum of social and environmental issues, beyond its traditional professional territory. The result is designers themselves evolving, and developing greater design mindfulness in relation to what they do and how they do it. This book looks at design thinking as a methodology which, by its nature, considers issues of sustainability, but which does not necessarily seek to define itself in those terms. It explores the gradual extension of this methodology into the larger marketplace and the commercial and social implications of such an extension.Trade ReviewAn invaluable reference guide to the major ethical design themes of our time. With its lively format and succinct overview of concepts, ideas and case studies, this book is essential reading for anyone wishing to grasp the complexities of sustainability and the role of design. * Stuart Walker, Professor of Design, Lancaster University, UK; author of Sustainable by Design: Explorations in Theory and Practice. *Design is undergoing a revolution, and this book is an essential guide for tomorrow's design revolutionaries. Design thinking, service design and design activism are among the new ideas that are transforming the processes and practices of design today. Students of design require a clear guide through these radical new territories of creative practice to help them develop sustainable futures - for themselves and for the world they live in. This extremely timely book is essential reading for design students in all disciplines. * Professor Mike Press, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design University of Dundee, Scotland *This book helps designers of all persuasions to re-imagine their own design futures. It suggests that this re-orientation involves fresh ways of perceiving, thinking and practicing. It believes that design for sustainable change helps everyone to re-pattern their behaviour towards more sustainable ways of living. Importantly, it adds another significant step in the negotiation of Design's own transitional journey. * Alastair Fuad-Luke, design educator, enabler, writer & activist; author of The Eco-design Handbook and Design Activism *This well-researched, clearly written book is refreshingly to the point. Using a wide range of pertinent and up-to-date case studies it guides the reader to see design as an ethical, considered practice for the benefit of all rather than a consumer driven indulgence. This book will prove particularly vital reading for those who are carefully picking their way through the plethora of different perspectives the world of design presents. * Dr Paul Atkinson, Reader in Design, Sheffield Hallam University, UK *Design for Sustainable Change is timely, clear and compelling. It's the ideal roadmap for any designer seeking an alternative to business as usual. * John Thackara, Doors of Perception *Students in all the design professions should read this admirable and wise book by Chick and Micklethwaite ... it is a fascinating explication of the philosophy of design that offers a vision of how designers should think and work and what design should be ... The accompanying case studies, a fascinating collection of local, national, and global solutions, show how design can address ecological and social problems ... This beautiful book is superbly illustrated. * Choice review, R. M. Labuz, Mohawk Valley Community College, USA *Chick and Micklethwaite do an excellent job of explaining issues surrounding design and sustainability. Although the book is geared toward professional and aspiring designers, anyone with a curiosity for design and sustainability will find this book fascinating. -- Tina Chan * Art Libraries Society of North America *For anyone wanting a clear overview of the different approaches that designers might take toward a more sustainable future, this is a must read. * Guy Julier, University of Brighton, UK *This book is an excellent general overview of how the global ecological crisis impacts the nature of design. * Louise St Pierre, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Canada *This is a good compilation of material ... a readable introduction to this subject for architectural and design students. * John Napier, University of Lincoln, UK *This is a great book for demystifying some of the woolly topics surrounding sustainability. The book is well written and the authors tackle some big themes within the text, yet these these topics are succinctly explained in manageable chunks along with numerous case studies, each of which are clearly explained. As such it makes it an ideal undergraduate text. The chapter on Design Thinking and collaborative approaches to design is particularly interesting and relevant to a new generation designers. * Tim Bones, K College, UK *Table of ContentsContents. Introduction. About the authors. How to get the most out of this book. From design to design thinking to design activism: Design is to design a design to produce a design: Design as a field; Design as an action or process; Design as a concept or proposal; Design as an outcome; Design is an attitude not a profession; Design innovation and the innovation of design. Design thinking: Societal challenges are design challenges; From problem-solving to problem-setting; Service design: maybe we don't need a product?; Participatory design: from designing for to designing with; Open source design; There's nothing new about design thinking?. Design activism: Design activism; Activism through design; Design altruism. Sustainability: The 'S' word: What do we want to sustain?; Models of sustainability; Measuring sustainability; Sustainability is not about single issues; Types of capital in sustainable development; Should we use the 'S' word?. Design for sustainable change: Sustainability and design: Green design: a single-issues approach; Ecodesign: life-cycle thinking; Corporate social responsibility(CSR)and design; Design for sustainability: radical innovations. Design for sustainable living: Designing sustainable behaviour; Designing sustainable systems; Designing sustainable lifestyles; Designing sustainable cities; Designing sustainable regions. Design for development: Designing against inequality; Designing for needs, not wants; Approaches to designing for development. Conclusion. Bibliography. Further resources. Index. Picture credits. Thanks. Working with ethics.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book addresses the issue of diffusing sustainable energy access inlow- and middle-income contexts.Access to energy is one of the greatest challenges for many people living in low-income and developing contexts, as around 1.4 billion people lack access to electricity.Distributed Renewable Energy systems (DRE) are considered a promising approachto address this challenge and provide energy access to all. However, even if promising,the implementation of DRE systems is not always straightforward.The book analyses, discusses and classifies the promising Sustainable Product-ServiceSystem (S.PSS) business models to deliver Distributed Renewable Energy systems in aneffective, efficient and sustainable way. Its message is supported with cases studies andexamples, discussing the economic, environmental and socioethical benefits as wellas its limitations and barriers to its implementation. An innovative design approach isproposed and a set of design tools are supplied, enabling readers to create and developSustainable Product-Service System (S.PSS) solutions to deliver Distributed RenewableEnergy systems.Practical applications of the book’s design approach and tools by companies andpractitioners are discussed and the book will be of interest to readers in design, industry,governmental institutions, NGOs as well as researchers.Table of ContentsPART I – Sustainable Energy for All (SE4A).- 1. Energy and Sustainable Development.- 2. Distributed Renewable Energies.- 3. Sustainable Product-Service System.- 4. Sustainable Product-Service System applied to Distributed Renewable Energies.- PART II – Design for Sustainable Energy for All.- 5. Design for Sustainability.- 6. Human-Centred Design and Universal Design.- 7. System Design for Sustainable Energy for All (SD4SEA).- PART III – Method for System Design for Sustainable Energy.- 8. Method for SD4SEA.

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Book SynopsisThis will be the first textbook on the integration of food, energy and water systems (FEWS). In recent years, the world has seen a dramatic rise in interdisciplinary energy and environmental courses and degrees at the undergraduate and graduate levels. In the US for instance, the number and variety of such programs has increased significantly over the past decade, Simultaneously, national and international initiatives that integrate food, energy and water systems have been launched. This textbook provides a substantive introduction to the food-energy-water nexus suitable for use in higher level undergraduate and graduate level courses and for scholars moving into the field of nexus studies without a strong background in all three areas and the many aspects of nexus studies.Table of ContentsPart I Framing the Nexus Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Structure of the Book 1.2 Why food, energy, and water? 1.3 Systems science 1.4 Integrating systems 1.5 Scientific challenges at the nexus 1.6 Human challenges at the nexus Chapter 2. Demographics, Supply, Demand and Sustainable Development Goals 1.1 Demographics and geography 1.2 Evolving demands for food, energy, and water 1.3 Geographical variations and their consequences 1.4 Sustainable Development Goals 1.5 The nexus and implementation of the SDGs Chapter 3. Ecosystems at the Nexus 3.1 Introduction to ecosystem services 3.2 Valuing ecosystems and ecosystem services 3.3 Relationship to sustainable development goals (SDGs) 3.4 Case study: Erosion and agriculture Chapter 4. Infrastructure 4.1. Introduction to Infrastructure Integration 4.2. Hard and Soft Infrastructures 4.3. Infrastructure Networks 4.4. Cascading Failures 4.5. Case Studies: Energy, Water, Food Chapter 5. Climate 5.1. Climate change basics 5.2. Climate change stress at the nexus: Slow systemic changes, extreme events, cascading effects, climate risks at different scales 5.3. Climate modelling and the nexus 5.4. Climate policies vs. nexus policies 5.5. Climate adaptation strategies Chapter 6. Economics 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Economic aspects of the nexus (demand & supply; rebound effect; non-market valuation) 6.3. Transferring results 6.4. Case studies: water 6.5. Economic influences (general influences; induced innovation, limits; incentives; welfare) 6.6. Broader items (externalities; income distribution and income inequality; incorporating dynamic concerns; uncertainty and risk aversion; private-public issues; cost-benefit) 6.7. Conclusions Part II Scientific Tools at the Nexus Chapter 7. Questions and Scales 7.1. Framing the nexus 7.2. Scale issues 7.3. Time issues 7.4. Addressing Risk 7.5. Addressing human behavior 7.6. Scientific tools at nexus 7.7. Challenges and Applications Chapter 8. Metrics 8.1. Introduction 8.2. Metric characteristics 8.3. Metrics and models 8.4. Data constraints 8.5. Computing constraints 8.6. Methodological frameworks (life cycle assessment; metric scale; metric taxonomy) 8.7. Case studies: Two Texas river basins; use of metrics to improve drought management Chapter 9. Data 9.1. Introduction 9.2. Data Structure 9.3. Data quality 9.4. Metadata 9.5. Spatial resolution 9.6. Temporal resolution 9.7. Process resolution Chapter 10. Modeling 10.1. Introduction to modeling 10.2. Modeling needs at the nexus 10.3. Challenges for FEWS modeling 10.4. Some key questions (food-energy; energy-water; water-food; FEWS-climate) 10.5. Moving forward Chapter 11. Computing 11.1. Introduction to Computer Science 11.2. Computer Science Background 11.3. Computer science as a tool 11.4. Challenges and tools 11.5. Case Studies: Precision agriculture; geodesign on large farms-landscape level; GEOGLAM (Global Agricultural Monitoring) Chapter 12. Questions and Scales revisited 12.1. Pulling the lessons from chapters 7-11 Part III: Human dimensions Chapter 13. Human Behavior and Adaptation 13.1. Introduction 13.2. Social science perspectives of coupled human-natural systems (decision science; economics; sociology; human motivations, perceptions and beliefs; individuals and communities) 13.3. Data and methods used to model decisions at individual and community scales. 13.4. Case study 1: Migration 13.5. Modeling challenges Chapter 14. Conflict, Mediation, and Dispute Resolution 14.1. Introduction: Existing conflicts over food, energy and water systems 14.2. Conflicts at Different Scales (individual, community, regional, national, international) 14.3. Opportunities to address and manage conflicts (Alternative Dispute Resolution methods) 14.4. Ways of bring the science into the decision-making process 14.5. Case studies (individual, community, regional, national, international) 14.6. Conflict resolution toolkit 14.7. Conclusion Chapter 15. Global and International Policy and Law 15.1. Introduction 15.2. International water law 15.3. International energy law 15.4. International food law 15.5. Conclusions Chapter 16. U.S. Policy and Law 16.1. Introduction (framing international and U.S. law at the nexus; federalism) 16.2. The U.S. Regulatory Framework (water, energy, food) 16.3. Innovation from below (state regulations) 16.4. Pathways for increased integration 16.5. Conclusion Part IV: Two Approaches to the Nexus Chapter 17. Cities 17.1. Introduction 17.2. Drivers: The Socio-Political Context 17.3. Supply Chain: The Biophysical context 17.4. City Types and Case Studies (Portland, Detroit, Curitiba, Tianjin) Chapter 18. Watersheds 18.1. Introduction 18.2. The Great Lakes Region of North America 18.3. The Amazon river basin of South America 18.4. Lake Victoria Basin of East Africa 18.5. Conclusions Part V: The Future of the Nexus Field Chapter 19: A Community of Science and Practice 19.1. Introduction 19.2. An integrated approach to resource management 19.3. A Community of Science and Practice 19.4. Conclusion Chapter 20: Opportunities at the Nexus 20.1. Looking forward 20.2. Opportunities in science 20.3. Opportunities in practice 20.4. Sustainable societies 20.5. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis textbook presents students with a systematic approach for the quantification and management of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and provides best practices for optimal carbon management and quantification. The book begins with an overview of climate change basics and goes on to discuss carbon footprint measurements, carbon management concepts, and concludes by presenting carbon reduction solutions with applications for green buildings, smart transportation, waste management, and carbon trading and offsetting. The author provides practical examples and carbon management models that support innovative reduction solutions and presents a roadmap for the implementation and development of carbon management strategies, making it a useful resource for both upper undergraduate and graduate students as well as practitioners seeking a comprehensive framework to conduct carbon management. Table of ContentsClimate Change Basics.- Carbon footprint measurement.- Carbon trading and offsetting.- Carbon management concepts.- Total carbon management.- Carbon management maturity model.- Innovation solutions.

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Book Synopsis​​This book discusses urban microclimate and heat-related risks in urban areas, brought on by the combination of global climate change effects and local modification of climate determined by extensive urbanization such as the ‘Urban heat island’ phenomenon. This matter is relevant to almost all urbanized areas in the world, where the increase of urban population and air temperature is expected to endanger both the overall health of the population and the energy supply for the functioning of urban systems. The book details the inter-relationship between urban morphology, microclimate and building energy performance and presents a multidisciplinary approach that brings together Urban Climatology, Engineering and Architectural knowledge to support the development of reliable models and tools for research and practice. This book is a useful tool for architects and building energy modelers, urban planners and geographers who need a practical guide to realize basic urban microclimate simulation for use in both academic research and planning practice.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Anthropocene or Urbanocene? .- Part 1. Urban climate and sustainability: energy performance and thermal comfort in cities .- Chapter 2. The city as a complex thermodynamic system.- Chapter 3. The energetic basis of the urban heat island.- Chapter 4. Outdoor thermal comfort.- Chapter 5. Energy implications of urban microclimate in high latitudes.- Chapter 6. Climate and Energy performance of Mediterranean compact cities.- Chapter 7. Enhancing energy performance and comfort of built environment in tropical climates.- Chapter 8. Urban thermal comfort in arid climates.- Chapter 9. Integrating urban climate knowledge: The need for a new knowledge infrastructure to support climate responsive urbanism.- Part 2. Urban climate modelling and simulation: physics and tools.- Chapter 10. Air circulation in urban areas.- Chapter 11. The coupling of the weather research and forecasting model with the urban canopy models for climate simulations.- Chapter 12. The Urban Weather Generator model: Physics-based microclimate simulation for performance-oriented urban planning.- Chapter 13. The Solene-microclimate model: potentiality for comfort and energy studies.- Chapter 14. Comparing ENVI-met and Grasshopper modelling strategies to assess local climates and urban heat island effect.- Chapter 15. Urban microclimate and building energy simulation coupling techniques.- Chapter 16. RayMan and SkyHelios model.- Chapter 17. A methodology for assessing the impact of climate change on building energy consumption.- Part 3. Applying urban climate modelling in policy, planning and design: case studies.- Chapter 18. Spatial metrics to investigate the impact of urban form on microclimate and building energy performance: an essential overview.- Chapter 19. Green infrastructures to mitigate extreme temperatures in cities.- Chapter 20. Urban morphology as a mitigation strategy of urban warming in oasis cities of arid regions.- Chapter 21. Human biometeorogical models – existing and future reflections for Lisbon.- Chapter 22. Impact of local urban climate on building energy performance: case studies in Mendoza, Argentina.- Chapter 23. Green infrastructure to reduce the energy demand of cities.- Chapter 24. Cool materials for passive cooling in buildings.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the relevance of new sources, dimensions, and characteristics of knowledge for supporting creative and cultural organizations and initiatives.Special emphasis is placed on cultural heritage, participatory approaches, and entrepreneurship in the cultural and creative sector. The role of cultural heritage and contemporary culture as a source of economically effective, socially sustainable development is also discussed. The authors examine new ways of developing and testing new and innovative models of management for cultural heritage assets. In line with the participatory approaches in culture heritage governance promoted by the EU, the authors analyze participatory approaches to cultural and creative initiatives. The role of public and private actors, as well as the way they interact with each other in order to achieve collective outcomes, is of particular interest in this section of the book. With regard to cultural and creative entrepreneurship, the book adds an innovative view of cultural ventures, offering some clues from an entrepreneurial ecosystem perspective.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Connecting the dots: a proposal to frame the debate around cultural initiatives and sustainable development.Part I: The micro level of analysis.Chapter 2: Aligning Market Strategies, Digital Technologies, and Skills: Evidence from Italian Museums.Chapter 3: Exploring the Financial Strategies of Private Museums. The Case of the Opera Di Santa Maria Del Fiore in Florence.Chapter 4: Through the Public's Lens: Are Museums Active Members of Society? An Investigation During The COVID-19 Pandemic.Chapter 5: The Leadership Dance in a Performing Arts Organization.Chapter 6: Interpretive Innovation in the Performing Arts: The Role of Organization.Chapter 7: 'Start me up’. The challenge of sustainable cultural entrepreneurship for young cultural workers.Chapter 8: Organizing academic entrepreneurship drawing on cultural knowledge. The puntOorg experience.Part II: The meso level of analysis.Chapter 9: Promoting collaboration through creative networks. The Puglia music industry.Chapter 10: Change in Perspectives in Cultural Tourism: A Sustainable Managerial Model for Cultural Thematic Routes Creating Territorial Value.Chapter 11: Detecting the Social and Economic Impact of Cultural Initiatives: a Case Study of the Taormina Film Fest.Chapter 12: A struggle of capitals over the identity and the cultural offering of Festivaletteratura: the organizational impact of audience development.Chapter 13: Participatory event platforms in the urban context: the importance of stakeholders’ meaning of “participation”.Chapter 14: Cultural Heritage through the “youth eyes”: towards participatory governance and management of UNESCO sites.Chapter 15: Entrepreneurial cultural ecosystems in rural contexts: some insights from rural cultural centers in France.Part III: The macro level of analysis.Chapter 16: Culture Indicators for Sustainable Development.Chapter 17: The digitalisation of cultural heritage for sustainable development: the impact of Europeana.Chapter 18: The contribution of crowdfunding regulation to cultural entrepreneurship in a supportive ecosystem.

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Book SynopsisThis book surveys state-of-the-art and prospective practices, methods and technologies in agri-food and forestry sectors to document the potential measurable improvements in areas of environmental management, food security, economic growth, social cohesion and human health at the local and global scale. With a focus on the ecosystems-resources-climate-food-health nexus as a framework towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals applicable in these sectors, the book offers a portfolio of guidelines and standards that assesses the affordability, potential profitability and possible unintended consequences of interventions. The areas of intervention covered in the study include global and local forest resources management, safe wastewater reuse for irrigation, sustainable crop and plant protection (e.g. biopesticides, bioherbicides), carbon sequestration and emission reduction strategies, and safe processing methods for food and food waste (e.g. sustainable food preservatives and healthier food). The book is primarily intended for academics, professionals, and policymakers. The professional audience, including enterprises in the forestry, farming, food processing, healthcare and waste management sectors, will take advantage of the updated knowledge basis concerning the innovations in the respective practices, methods and technologies, including their feasibility, affordability and profitability, and policymakers will find useful the comprehensive review of these innovations which could be strategically promoted and deployed in the next decade, with the aim of achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Sustainability in a highly interconnected world.- Chapter 2. Technological sustainability: efficient and green process intensification.- Chapter 3. Forest management for climate protection.- Chapter 4. Forest ecosystem service for human health.- Chapter 5. Sustainable crop protection and farming.- Chapter 6. Water conservation and resources efficiency in agriculture.- Chapter 7. Sustainable and affordable technologies for food processing.- Chapter 8. Sustainable exploitation of agro-food waste.

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