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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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Book SynopsisThis open access book provides insights into challenges, threats and opportunities of urban development in Africa. It discusses how and why African cities need localised urban planning concepts and theories to deal with challenges and threats of rapid urbanisation and climate change. The book delivers an in-depth view of the nature and gaps of the framework on which current planning practice and education in Africa are based. With that, it discusses the potentials of African cities to mobilise local knowledge, resources and capacity building for sustained and resilient urban growth.This work is addressed to educationists and practitioners in the field of urban development management, climate change adaptation and urban resilience. Specifically, such audiences include researchers, spatial planners, graduate students and member of civil societies working on urban development management.Table of ContentsPlanning cities in Africa – Current issues and future prospects of urban governance and planning: An introduction.- Part I: Planning theories and models - Application and local challenges.- The State, trust and cooperation: Local government-residents’ joint neighbourhood upgrading initiatives in Addis Ababa.- Street vending in downtown Rabat: In resistance to imported urban models.- Revisiting stokes’ theory of slums – Towards decolonised housing concepts from the Global South.- Part II: The state of planning education and planning capacity.- In a state of flux: Urban planning programmes in Asia and Africa.- Climate change adaptation and planning education in Southern Africa.- Is climate change knowledge making a difference in urban planning and practice: Perspectives from practitioners and policy makers in Tanzania Fehler! Textmarke nicht definiert.- Contributions of local authorities to community adaptive capacity to impacts of climate change; A case study of sea level rise in Pangani Division, Pangani District.- Part III: Participatory and multi-level governance approach toward current urban challenges.- Qualities of urban planning and the conflict between participatory planning and planning standards: Evidence from Ethiopia.- Complementing or conflicting rationalities? How self-production practices in collective space can shape urban planning. Insights from Maputo City.- Translating globalised ideals into local settings: The actors and complexities of post-settlement water infrastructure planning in urban Ghana.

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Book SynopsisThe world's population continues to grow year after year, putting pressure on all global resources. This book provides examples of how we can deal with all the challenges associated with aspects of population growth in the quest for sustainable development. It presents case studies on different areas of sustainability in the food industry, which includes food production and consumption. The collection of illustrative examples includes cases from agriculture and fisheries, the food refining sector, the supply chain, wholesale and retail channels, and other relevant aspects that enhance our understanding of how sustainability takes place in this global sector. The book will appeal to a wide readership, from practitioners to researchers, teachers and students worldwide.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Securing Sustainable Food Systems in Global Organic Agriculture, Attaining 40% by 2030 and 100% by 2040 – in Combination With Other Measures.- Chapter 2. Barrier to Supply Chain Sustainability Innovation Amongst Nigerian Entrepreneurs in the Food and Agriculture Industry.- Chapter 3. Sustainable Supply Chains in Bolivia: Between Informality and Political Instability.- Chapter 4. Why Chicken? Fileni (Italy): Between Taste, Circular Economy and Attention to the Territory.- Chapter 5. Development and Planning of the Strategy Against Food Waste in the Spanish Region of Cantabria.- Chapter 6. Food Security in South Africa: Lessons from Covid-19 Pandemic on Creating Sustainable Value Chains Through Corporate Social Responsibility.- Chapter 7. Reducing Negative Environmental Impacts in Conventional Agriculture, but Not the Amount of Harvest: A Multi-stakeholder Joint Project in Conventional Citrus Production in Spain.- Chapter 8. Challenges in Malaysian’s Sustainability Efforts: The Role of Traceability in the Food Industry.- Chapter 9. Food Waste in Romania from an Individual and a National Perspective.- Chapter 10. Sustainable Food Production in Serbia: An Exploration of Discourse/practice in Early 2020s.- Chapter 11. Sustainability Challenges and the Way Forward in the Tea Industry: The Case of Sri Lanka.

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Book SynopsisThis book investigates factors that contribute to the development of an efficient financial sector in Ghana. While sustainable finance has long been known to propel economic growth and development, and while many African countries have taken initiatives to develop integrated frameworks of their financial sectors that tackle developmental challenges, scholars and policymakers have always grappled with understanding of factors that enhance performance of the financial sector. In this book, an expert team of authors examines the financial landscape, central bank policies, competition, financial innovation, financial inclusion and banking stability in Ghana, while also exploring how financing models such as enterprise finance and microfinance can be more effective in sustaining financial markets. The authors discuss how Ghana can build fortified institutions, regulatory frameworks, and productive capacity to strengthen the financial sector and foster pathways that will enhance economic development. Empirical and scientific evidence give this book a unique approach that is both qualitative and quantitative.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. What Really Drives Financial Sector Development in Ghana?.- Chapter 3. Harnessing Financial Innovation for Financial Inclusion in Ghana.- Chapter 4. Financial Inclusion and Monetary Policy Effectiveness in Ghana.- Chapter 5. Gendered Financial Behaviour in Ghana: A Comparative Study with South Africa.- Chapter 6. Bank Competition and Financial Sector Stability in Ghana.- Chapter 7. Macroeconomic Determinants of Banking Instability in Ghana.- Chapter 8. Financial Dualism in Ghana: The Implications for Monetary Policy on Loan Variations.- Chapter 9. Revisiting MSMEs financing through banking reform processes: Assessing the Ghanaian legal experiences.- Chapter 10. Effectiveness of credit risks management policies used by Ghanaian commercial banks in agricultural financing.- Chapter 11. Evaluation of lending methodologies used by Ghanaian banks to extend credit to SMEs.

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Book SynopsisThis volume discusses topics of global sustainability involving sustainability indicators, stakeholders' participation, and technological and strategic advances with the goal of "thinking locally to act globally". Scientists, academics, policymakers, and planners are currently focused on escalating global socioeconomic and ecological issues, such as rising inequality, adverse anthropogenic impacts on the environment, and deficiencies in natural resources. These variables are pushing the earth system's resistance capacity past its breaking point, with additional pressures incurred by a global pandemic. Therefore, this book looks to impart knowledge on participatory learning action research for human and environmental health and well-being. Sustainable development planning and management are needed in these pressing circumstances, and they necessitate an analytical interpretation of ongoing processes, current and future challenges, and an understanding of available tools and technologies. The main sections of the book focus on challenges and management practices for global sustainability, promoting educational values, smart initiatives in urban contexts, and integrating emerging sustainability dimensions in policies and legislation. The primary audience for the work is policy makers, urban planners, social scientists, economists, NGOs, and students, researchers, and educators engaged in environmental social science and sustainability management. Table of ContentsChapter 1-Planning model to provide a practical understanding of sustainability perspectives.- Chapter 2-Local Sustainability: measuring the achievement of the urban indicators.- Chapter 3-Assessing regional sustainability by indicators: implications and emerging challenges.- Chapter 4-Integrated Water Resources Management and urban sustainability.- Chapter 5-Smart Cities and sustainability indicators: a structure proposal.- Chapter 6-Educational factors influencing higher education organizations.- Chapter 7-PRME signatory schools and the Interdisciplinary Approach at Education for Sustainable Development.- Chapter 8-Perspectives across education institution and role to sustainable competencies.- Chapter 9-Promoting stakeholders engagement to make feasible, sustainable development.- Chapter 10-The influence on sustainability practices by stakeholders.- Chapter 11-Managing stakeholders for regional sustainability: challenges and mechanisms.- Chapter 12-Understanding and participatory learning the social impact of sustainability perspectives.- Chapter 13-Corporate Social Responsibility and roles of developers for sustainability in companies.- Chapter 14-Waste management: extending beyond local boundaries.- Chapter 15-Observing technologies to environmental sustainability management.- Chapter 16-Access to sanitation services and human health and gender in emerging economies..- Chapter 17-Assessing sanitation conditions under the SDGs: assisting SDG 6.- Chapter 18-Risk management and pandemic moment: what is the role of sustainability management?- Chapter 19-Getting the global goals to sustainability in pandemic time: Are we out of track?- Chapter 20. Environmental management and sanitation: Perspectives on waste.

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the the integration between tourism and heritage and strategies to achieve sustainability in the tourism sector. The book adds innovative insights into the development of new practices solving challenges of sustainability in this sector and promoting responsible tourism. The book in hands also offers solutions and discusses sustainable tourism environment, social and economic impacts of tourism, and policies and mechanisms for heritage preservation. The primary audience of this book will be scholars, planners, architects, and stakeholders interested in sustainable tourism. This book is a culmination of selected research papers from IEREK’s third edition of the International Conference on Cultural Sustainable Tourism (CST) held online in collaboration with the University of Maya, Portugal (2021).Table of ContentsRe-looking through Ian Mc Harg's perspective on landscape planning: Watershed Management of cultural landscapes of Orchha, Madhya Pradesh, India.- Heritage Tourism: The Case Study of I Benedettini (BARI).- From the paradise of Beit Shean Valley to the contested landscape of the Valley of Springs; water amenities, environmental justice and sustainable development.- Religious tourism during the Covid-19 period: the case of Our Lady of Agony Festival, Viana do Castelo, Portugal.- Visitors' perception of tourist attractions in a green protected area: The case study of the Peneda-Gerês National Park.- Solidarity Tourism in a Multicultural Society in Southern Italy.- Tourism impacts on heritage sites in Japan: from government’s view to local people’s awareness.- Exploring the unlimited and unexplored Rural Tourism in Meghalaya, North East India.- Effects of market intelligence generation, online reviews, and management response on the business performance of rural accommodation establishments in France.- The Fortress of Santa Catarina de Ribamar (Portimão) as a proposal for Good Practices of Military Heritage Preservation.- Sustainable tourism in natural territories that have suffered from catastrophes: the perception of public and private stakeholders of the Alva Great Route.

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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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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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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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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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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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Book SynopsisThis open access book presents multiple disciplinary perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for sustainable development in the South African mountain city of Phuthaditjhaba. These challenges are embedded in the complex environmental, socio-cultural and political contexts of the region. Established as the capital of the QwaQwa ‘homeland’ under Grand Apartheid, this city is now home to between 400,000 – 700,000 people but in many areas lacks formal infrastructure and services. Each chapter of this volume addresses a different aspect of the city’s development and all take the UN Sustainable Development Goals as a common framework to guide their reflections on potential sustainable futures for Phuthaditjhaba. While the circumstances in Phuthaditjhaba will be familiar to many researchers of informal and growing cities in developing regions, the mountain setting of the city brings its own set of challenges and opportunities linked to the rugged and steep terrain, remoteness and natural resources. This book serves to showcase the diverse research taking place in this emerging mountain city and provide reflections on how a sustainable future can be ensured for its environment and inhabitants. Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: the “invention” of an African mountain town by the editors 1. The rise and fall of a homeland capital Lochner Marais 2. Urban sustainable development in the Global South. A resilience-based approach Marco Morandotti 3. Phuthaditjhaba communities - the future sustainable city Louw van Biljon 4. Human settlement growth and socio-economic development: a geographical analysis Okello, TW., Adelabu, SA., Onaolapo TF. 5. Internal and international migration in a mountain border town Andrea Membretti 6. Virtual disclosures and self-emancipations: the female body and self-identity on online platforms Loice S Nzombe, Rodwell Makombe & Oliver Nyambi 7. Socio-economic resilience in a mountain community: the role of cultural value orientations Mudzingiri, C., Guvuriro, S. & Gomo, C. 8. Education for sustainable development in local schools through preservice teacher preparation: a need for practice models Maria Tsakeni 9. Surviving on the margin of a collapsing social-ecological system: mountain livelihood sustainability in rural communities Mukwada, G., Mutana S., Zondo, SA., & Msimanga, L. 10. Harnessing livelihood trade-offs and synergies in informal settlements: Agricultural Development research in the era of Sustainable Development Goals Neo Mathinya 11. The feasibility of sustainably creating an urban tree canopy as a climate change adaptation measure Susan Jean Taylor 12. Sustainable Development Goals and small-town tourism in the Drakensberg region. A discourse analysis of literature Mutana S. & Mukwada G. 13. The role of commons and of commoning practices with respect to access to the land and its administration Ioanni Del Sante 14. Transforming Agro-Social Development Cias T. Tsotetsi & Bunmi I. Omodan 15. Analysis of project initiatives aimed at achieving sustainable development Nomcebo Dlamini & Jesse Lutabingwa 16. Can insect pollination ameliorate soil fertility during soybean production under marginalized farming system? Adelabu Dolapo Bola, Emile Bredenhand & Johan Van Niekerk 17. Geophagia, mineral deficiency and popular education Van Onselen 18. Energy and transport (to be confirmed) 19. The use and usefulness of spatial biodiversity plans for local application towards the Sustainable Development Goals Falko Buschke, Aliza le Roux, Toka Mosikidi & Lefu Mofokeng 20. Dependence on the highlands for water and climate change nexus Ntebohiseng Sekhele 21. Progress in water and sanitation access and management strategies M. Mamera, J.J. van Tol & M.P. Aghoghovwia 22. Stakeholders’ perspectives on Tourism Norman Mokoena 23. Conclusion 24. Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis book provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in Operations Research (OR) and Management Science (MS) as applied to sustainability. Its goal is to identify and describe ways in which OR and MS have been applied to and influenced the development of sustainability. Many of the issues we face today stem from the interconnectivity of the economy, society, and the environment, and from how both the economy and society are affecting the environment. In response, there have been a range of local and global efforts to advance society without harming the natural environment. The book showcases how OR/MS can help to address these issues, specifically with regard to renewable energy, smart industry, smart cities, transportation, smart homes and devices, etc. This book is intended for professionals in the fields of energy, engineering, information science, mathematics and economics, and for researchers who wish to develop new skills in connection with sustainability, or whose work involves sustainability.Table of ContentsSustainability. Cases and Studies in Using Operations Research and Management Science Methods.- What is Sustainability? A Layman Perspective.- Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Definition, Bibliometrics, Applications and Future Directions.- Applications of Machine Learning Algorithms in Data Sciences.- The machine learning model for identifying bogus profiles in social networking sites.- Support Vector Machine and K-fold cross validation to detect false alarms in wind turbines.- A Hybrid Neural Network Model Based on Convolutional Cascade Neural Networks: An Application for Image Inspection in Production.- A multi-objective sustainable traffic signal control for smart cities under uncertainty.- Multi Criteria Decision Making for Sustainable Transport: A Case Study on Traffic Flow Prediction Using Spatial-Temporal Traffic Sequence.- A Robust Prognostic Indicator for Renewable Energy Fuel Cells: A Hybrid Data-Driven Prediction Approach.- An Assessment of Electricity Markets in Turkey: Price Mechanisms, Regulations, and Methods.- The role of DevOps in Sustainable Enterprise Development.- Practices and indicators of waste and resource management in commercial buildings.- A descriptive comprehension study on solar energy, solar products, and solar product marketing in Indian context.- Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) Systems – Improving Sustainability and Efficiency of Animal Production.- Environmental Assessment of Rural Road Construction in India.- Perspectives on the sustainable steel production process: a critical review of the carbon dioxide (CO2) to methane (CH4) conversion process.- Exergy, Anergy and Sustainability.- Simulating complex relationships between pollutants and the environment using regression splines: A case study for landfill leachate.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a collection of insightful conceptual and empirical works that situate transport and mobility challenges in the unique context of individual countries and cities while highlighting commonalities across the African continent. Written from an interdisciplinary perspective, the book covers important themes in transport and mobility including the links between urbanization, urban structure, and accessibility; transport equity and poverty, non-motorized transport, public transport, and the challenges and opportunities of new and emerging transport technologies, and ICT-mediated mobility solutions. Each chapter engages with the normative imperatives that are critical to improving the transport and mobility situations of African urban areas now and in the future.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Transport and mobility situations of African cities.- Part 1: Urban form, accessibility and travel demand.- Urban form, accessibility and travel demand in African cities: An introduction.- Urban form and access to public transport in Accra, Ghana.- Disparities in public transport coverage and bus service quality in Algiers.- An Analysis of transportation demand Patterns in Ghana.- Part 2: Transport poverty, equity and inclusion.- Transport poverty and social divisions in African cities: An introduction.- Mobility regimes and equity in urban transport: Examining women’s mobility experiences in Accra.- Community severance in urban Africa.- Transport poverty, distance covered to access to basic infrastructures and modal choice in urban areas in Cameroon.- Conceptualizing an urban transport framework for enhanced residential quality of life in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case study of Ghana and Namibia.- Part 3: Public transport policy and governance.- Public transport policy and governance in African cities: An introduction.- Bus rapid transit implementation in African cities: The case for a more incremental reform approach.- Pricing transport services in urban Ghana – The politics and socio-spatial conflicts between transport operators and the state.- Safe, inclusive public transport in Africa - Challenges and opportunities identified in Ghana and Namibia.- Part 4: Non-motorized transport and traffic safety.- Non-motorized transport and traffic safety in African cities: An introduction.- Planning for walkability in Johannesburg.- Exploring barriers and prospects of bicycle transportation: A case study of a Ghanaian University campus.- The provision of NMT in the City of Lusaka: An analysis of policy and practice.- The future of non-motorized transport in Urban Africa.- Part 5: ICT, platforms and new technologies.- ICTs, digital platform mobility services, and transport de-carbonization in African cities: An introduction.- Opportunities and challenges for addressing personal safety concerns on public transport through ICTs in South African cities.- Smart mobility in urban Africa: Geography of diffusion, user characteristics and emerging impacts of digital platform/app-based mobility services.- e-Quantum leap: Planning for electric minibus taxis in sub-Saharan Africa’s paratransit system.- Conclusion: What futures for transport and mobility in African cities?

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Book SynopsisThis volume describes the thinking on sustainable development and a variety of initiatives across Europe, illustrating regional efforts to foster sustainable communities and ecological and social innovation. It contains various contributions which showcase examples of thinking, economic and social structures and in consumption and production patterns needed, to implement the SDGs.This book is part of the "100 papers to accelerate the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals initiative".Table of ContentsHot and Cold Extreme Temperature Risk and Resilience in Baltic Sea Region: agricultural aspects.- Optimal Control Approaches to Sustainability under Uncertainty.- Impact of Recreants on the Destruction of Aeolian Complexes: Vistula (Baltic) Spit, Kaliningrad Region.- Conservation and Restoration of Coastal Lagoons in the Northern Baltic Sea.- SDG 8, Decent Work and Post-Covid Recovery: Policy Implications, Challenges and Opportunities in the UK.- Slowing Down the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and COVID-19 Pandemic.- Collateral Damage: War in Ukraine Endangers Food Security in Africa.- Urban Sustainability and SDGs Implementation between Regional Strategy and Local Practice: Case of Sardinia.- Peripheral Euro-Regions Job Challenges: Administra.- Duty of Legal Eco-Innovation for Sustainability.- Decolonising Regional Perspectives for Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.- Passivhaus Standard as a Social Housing Model in the UK: Barriers and Opportunities.- Multi-Level Governance of Sustainability Transition in the European Union.- Sustainable Food Chains to Achieve SDG-12 in Europe: Perspectives from Multi-stakeholders Initiatives.- Brands and Consumers with a Purpose: Evidence from Türkiye.- Nature-based Solutions for Flood Risk Reduction: North Sea Region, flat coasts and estuaries.- Geographies of Marginality in Europe: Space, People and Politics.- Sustainably Driven Telemedicine for Chronic Illness Patient Satisfaction: Pre and Post Pandemic.- Carbon Dioxide Removal in SDGs and Nationally Determined Contributions.- Education for Sustainable Development: Policy and Practice in Wales.- Empowering the academic community towards a sustainable environment in the post-pandemic period.- Commitment of Universities in Poland to Sustainable Development.- Investing in Children for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Turkey: Case of Eco-School Program.- Sustainable Development in Higher Education: Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences.- Skyros Project, Testbed for an Innovative Environmental Communication Services Model.- Democratia-Aqua-Technica Initiative: Cross-Media Approach for Developing Sustainable Projects.- No transition without transformation: Educating Sustainability.- Sustainable Development in Higher Education: Promoting Mental Wellbeing during and beyond Covid-19.- Clinical Legal Education in Europe and Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals.- Tertiary Education Accessibility and Affordability: SDG 4.3 in Visegrad Countries.- Tackling Sustainable Development issues via Theatre and Performing Poetry.- Renewable Energy transition in Portugal, Balance and Perspectives: Opportunities for SDG7.- European Healthcare and Biotechnology Related Mutual Funds and Sustainable Development during COVID-19.- Unplanned Railway Maintenance of High-speed railway systems Exposed to Extreme Weather Conditions.- Environmental Monitoring: European and Belarusian Experience.- Illustration of how industry and institutions in Germany impact the SDGs.- Towards Sustainable Infrastructural Megaprojects.- Kaliningrad Region as Sustainable Destination for Rehabilitation and Medical Tourism.- Financing Sustainability Change in Germany: SDG Implementation in UmweltBank AG.- Stress Testing the Climate: SDGs scenarios for Financial Services in Europe.- Slovak Waste Management Aspects and European Union Strategies.- Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development in Sparsely Populated Areas.- Social Capital’s Role in SDG 3 of 2030 Agenda: Promoting Health and Well-being.- "Sustainable Maritime Transport; European Policy Perspective and Potential Impact.- Sustainable Transportation in Finnish-Russian context via Road Infrastructure Development.- Extremadura’s Small and Medium Livestock Enterprises and Sustainable Development Goals.- SDG Advocacy on the Isle of Man: Business vs Biosphere Perspective.- Implementation of SDGs 5 and 8 of the 2030 Agenda in the Tourism Industry in the Countries of the European Union.- New solar photovoltaics trends towards Sustainable Development Goals.- Hybrid Technologies and Formats as Innovative Drivers for CO2 Reduction of a Global Event Industry.- Application of the 2030 Agenda in the Principality of Asturias (Spain).- Food for Reducing Inequalities: Urban food sharing and migrant integration in Italy.- Sustainable Urban Heritage: Localization of SDGs.- Policy Implementation on Waste Management and Achievement of related SDGs.- Empowering Organisations to Embrace UN Sustainable Development Goals: Post-Covid-19 Scotland.- Regional Action, Global Benefits: Central Elements of HELCOM’s Contribution to UN Sustainable Development Goals.- Barriers to Effective Construction and Demolition Waste Management in Latvia.- Challenge for Port Cities in the New Geopolitical Scenario.- Urban Renewal: Turkey’s Solution for Housing Problems for Low-Income Groups and Disaster Resilient Urbanization.- UN Sustainable Development Goals in the European Periphery via Rural Tourism: Madeira.- Co-creation for the Implementation of SDGs in a French Municipality.- Pioneers of sustainable development: women shell fishers on the Galician coast.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a collection of double-blind peer reviewed papers under the scope of sustainable and resilient approaches for rebuilding displaced and host communities. Forced displacement is a major development challenge, not only a humanitarian concern. A surge in violent conflict, as well as increasing levels of disaster risk and environmental degradation driven by climate change, has forced people to leave or flee their homes – both internally displaced as well as refugees. The rate of forced displacement befalling in different countries all over the world today is phenomenal, with an increasingly higher rate of the population being affected on daily basis than ever. These displacement situations are becoming increasingly protracted, many lasting over 5 years. Therefore, there is a need to develop more sustainable and resilient approaches to rebuild these displaced communities ensuring the long-term satisfaction of communities and enhancing the social cohesion between the displaced and host communities. Accordingly, chapters are arranged around five main themes of rebuilding communities after displacement. Response management for displaced communities The Built environment in resettlement planning Governance of displacement Socio-Economic interventions for sustainable resettlement Table of ContentsOpening Introduction Session 1: Understanding and managing for better response provision for displaced communities Session 2: Governance of displacement/ Efforts to prevent and respond to internal displacement Session 3: Understanding and managing for better response provision for displaced communities Special Session: Cultural Complexities and Displacement Session 4: Understanding and managing for better response provision for displaced communities Session 5: Resilience and Environmental consideration of resettlement planning Session 6: Social cohesion between displaced and host communities Session 7: Economic and policy interventions for sustainable resettlement Conclusions and Outlooks

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Book SynopsisThis open access book represents a journey documenting the development of tools and methodologies over 3 decades and asks where the future lies. It further develops seminal work carried out under the auspices of the Capacity building in Sustainability and Environmental Management (CapSEM) project co-funded by the EU Erasmus programme from 2016-2019 as well as research projects such as IGLO-MP2020, SUSPRO, and SISVI. It gathers existing paradigms of environmental management within the relevant frameworks which have driven the way in which this discipline has developed. It seeks to both challenge and support the way in which business sectors have approached this previously, with a more holistic and overarching model being provided, moving through four very distinct levels. It therefore provides not only a different approach, but a different way of thinking. Systems thinking is characterized by four levels: Process, Product Value Chain, Organisational and Systemic which combines Material Flow Analysis (MFA), Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Industrial Ecology (IE) principles. In its practical application, Corporate Social Responsibility, for example, thus becomes an integral part of a much wider business strategy and impacts on all business activity, not added value for its own sake, but a valuable component in a wider toolbox as a fundamental part of any business strategy and plan, changing, flexing and developing over the years. The book is divided into 4 parts: moving from context and background, to the theoretical model or toolbox, onto its practical application in case studies and culminates in looking at the future and potential developments. It represents the multi-disciplined collaboration at NTNU and beyond, exemplifying its use in a wealth of business sectors and a range of stakeholders from construction to textiles to wind power as outlined in the European Circular Action Plan.Table of ContentsPart I Sustainability: challenges and opportunities Chapter 1: Business Challenges in the Transition to Sustainability Annik Magerholm Fet and Martina Keitsch Chapter 2: The CapSEM Model Annik Magerholm Fet and Haley Knudson Chapter 3: Sustainable Development Goals and CapSEM Annik Magerholm Fet, Haley Knudson and Martina Keitsch Part II The Toolbox: Methodologies and Theories Chapter 4: Input-output Analysis and Cleaner Production Annik Magerholm Fet, Cecilia Haskins and Magnus Sparrevik Chapter 5: Looking Beyond the Factory Gates Annik Magerholm Fet, Luitzen de Boer and Martina Keitsch Chapter 6: Communicating Product Life Cycle Performance through Labels and Declarations Christofer Skaar Chapter 7 : Environmental Management Systems Annik Magerholm Fet and Ottar Michelsen Chapter 8: Analytical frameworks, indicators and performance evaluation Annik Magerholm Fet Chapter 9: Reporting Schemes Annik Magerholm Fet and Magnus Sparrevik Chapter 10: Business Models for Sustainability Haley Knudson Chapter 11: Closing the loop: Industrial Ecology, Circular Economy and Material Flow Analysis Annik Magerholm Fet and Paritosh Deshpande Chapter 12: Systems Engineering. Introduction, Methods and Tools Annik Magerholm Fet and Cecilia Haskins Part III From Theory to Practice: Case Studies Chapter 13: Introduction to the Case Studies Annik Magerholm Fet Chapter 14: From Waste to Value – a story about Life Cycle Management in the Furniture Industry (Case study 1) Ottar Michelsen, Christofer Skaar, Annik Magerholm Fet Chapter 15: The Role of Public Sector Buyers: Influencing Systemic Change in the Construction Sector (Case Study 2) Shannon Truloff, Luitzen de Boer, Xinlu Qiu and Annik Magerholm Fet Chapter 16: CapSEM Applied to the Construction Sector (Case Study 3) Magnus Sparrevik, Luitzen de Boer, Ottar Michelsen and Christofer Skaar Chapter 17: Material Flow Analysis: Mapping Plastics within the Fishing Sector in Norway (Case Study 4) Paritosh C Deshpande and Arron W. Tippett Chapter 18: Environmental Management at Fiskerstrand Verft AS: a 30 year Journey (Case Study 5) Rolf Fiskerstrand and Annik Magerholm Fet Chapter 19: A Transportation Planning Decision Support System (Case Study 6) Dina Margrethe Aspen Chapter 20: First Steps towards Sustainable Waste Management (Case Study 7) Øystein Peder Solevåg Part IV The Road Ahead Chapter 21: Transition to Sustainability Annik Magerholm Fet and Martina Keitsch Chapter 22: Helping business contribute to a sustainability transition: Archetypes of business models for sustainability Haley Knudson and Martina Keitsch Chapter 23: Building Decision Support Systems for Sustainable Transformation Dina Aspen and Christina Carrozzo Hellevik Chapter 24: The Way Forward? Annik Magerholm Fet and Martina Keitsch

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Book SynopsisThis book gathers research and best-practices concerning the achievement of sustainable development goals in both community generation and business growth. It highlights the organizational aspects relating to the realization of green innovation. It covers models for optimizing the use of both natural and human resources. It reports on assessment methods and advanced models to analyze community and business performance in the context of sustainable development. Further, it proposes solutions to reduce the effects of environmental pollution, increase energy efficiency, and managing resources and waste, to foster sustainable development. Gathering the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable, Circular Management and Environmental Engineering (ISCMEE 2022), held on October 19-20, 2022, as a hybrid event from İzmir, Turkey, this book offers a timely snapshot on circular business management knowledge and methods for both researchers and professionals in the field of engineering management, business and economics, and energy and environment.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a critical theoretical framework for understanding the implementation and development of smart cities as innovation drivers, with long-term effects on productivity, livability, and the sustainability of specific initiatives. This framework is based on an empirical analysis of 21 case studies, which include pioneer projects from various regions. It investigates how successful smart city initiatives foster technological innovation by combining regulatory governance and private agency. The typologies of smart city-making approaches are thoroughly examined. This book presents the holistic approach of smart cities, which start from current issue and challenges, advanced technological development, disaster mitigation, ecological perspective, social issue, and urban governance. The book is organized into five major parts, which reflect interconnection between theories and practice. Part one explains the introduction which reflects the diversity and challenges of the urban commons and its regeneration. Part two covers the current and future situation of urban growth, anglomeration agglomeration, and urban infrastructure. This section includes rethinking urban sprawl: moving towards sustainable cities, drivers of urban growth and infrastructure, urban land use dynamics and urban sprawl and urban infrastructure sustainability and resilience. Part three describes climate crisis, urban health, and waste management. This section includes climate change and health impacts in urban areas, green spaces: an invaluable resource for delivering sustainable urban health, health and wellbeing and quality of life in the changing urban environment, urban climate and pollution—case study, sustainable urban waste management and urban sustainability and global warming and urban heat Island. Part four covers the ecological perspectives, advanced technology, and social impact for i.e., smart building, ecosystem services, society and future smart cities (SSC). This section includes urban ecosystem services, environmental planning, and city management, artificial intelligence and urban hazards and societal impact, and using geospatial application and urban/smart city energy conservation—case study. Part five covers urban governance, smart solutions, and sustainable cities. It includes good governance, especially e-governance and citizen participation, urban governance, space and policy planning to achieve sustainability, smart city planning and management and Internet of things (IoT), advances in smart roads for future smart cities, sustainable city planning, innovation, and management, future strategy for sustainable smart cities and lessons from the pandemic: the future of smart cities.Table of ContentsPart I. Introduction.- 1. Diversity and Challenges of the Urban Commons.- 2. Urban Commons and Regeneration.- Part II. Urban Growth, Agglomeration and Urban Infrastructure.- 3. Rethinking Urban Sprawl: Moving Towards Sustainable Cities.- 4. Drivers of urban growth and infrastructure.- 5. Urban Land Use dynamics and sustainable urban management.- Part III. Climate crisis, Urban Health and Waste Management.- 6. Climate Change and Health Impacts in Urban Areas.- 7. Green Spaces: An Invaluable Resource for Delivering Sustainable Urban Health.- 8. Health and wellbeing and Qualityof Life in the changing urban environment.- 9. Sustainable Urban Waste Management and urban sustainability-case study.- 10. Global Warming and urban heat Island.

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Book SynopsisEURECA-PRO is the global educational core hub and interdisciplinary research and innovation leader in qualitative environmental and social framework development for responsible consumption and production.Through its novel approach, on the one hand, it holistically contributes to the highly topical issue of Sustainable Consumption and Production under the umbrella of Sustainable Development Goal 12, and on the other hand it effectively contributes to the development of the European Higher Education Area complimentary to Sustainable Development Goal 4.In this book readers will find the discussion results among professionals, academics and scientists on responsible consumption and production, regarding the latest advances to achieve a sustainable society. This book contents 5 chapters focused on: Smart and healthy societies, Recycling, reused and longer lasting products, fresh air, clean water, healthy soil and biodiversity, cleaner energy and cutting-edge clean technological innovation, and industry 4.0.This book also intends to show the current and future challenges, and innovative solutions considering the technological, humanistic, educational, economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainabilityTable of ContentsSmart and healthy societies · Smart healthy· Healthy cities and quality of life · Smart cities: energy systems, buildings, mobility and transportation · Data security and privacyies Recycling, reuse, and longer lasting products · Societal, economic, and technological change for improvement, recovery and reuse of materials and products · Technical, societal, economic, business and policy aspects and strategies to improve sustainability and productivity of resources use · Circular plastics/ sustainable packaging · Sustainable built environment: natural, ecological, waste-based or recycled content Fresh air, clean water, healthy soil and biodiversity · Socio-ecological processes and impacts: knowledge for human well-being and environmental sustainability · Global change and environmental disturbances · Biodiversity in the air of modeling and artificial intelligence · Soil and water conservation and impacts Cleaner energy and cutting-edge clean technological innovation · CCUS - Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage · Green hydrogen in the global energy system · Renewable energy transition · Decarbonizing the global economy Industry 4.0 · Sensors for the smart manufacturing environment, healthcare and other applications · Industrial applications of the Internet of Things · Educating the Industry 4.0 generation Artificial intelligence for industrial applications

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Book SynopsisSub-Saharan Africa grapples with many public health issues such as food insecurity, increased prevalence of infectious diseases, limited access to clean water supply, poor nutrition and lack of improved health services for its populace (IMF, 2021). Of all these challenges, the inaccessibility of clean water supply for both the rural and urban populace is the most pressing challenge, which has been exacerbated by extensive pollution and climate change crises. The issue of water access and supply affects both rural and urban populations. At rural areas water is accessed in yard taps and in arid regions through water kiosks managed by private owners. Among the urban poor, water access is compromised by poor supply infrastructure especially among informal settlers and risks such as contamination during the supply chain are imminent This book therefore seeks to close this knowledge gap by 1) generating a water resources inventory for Sub-Saharan Africa region, 2) exploring the water crises in both its urban and rural settings, 3) understanding the causatives of the crises and 4) suggesting viable solutions to manage the water challenges using named case studies. The aim is to improve understanding on the region’s water problems and advise scholars and policymakers on priority research areas and action plans to better water management for sustainable development. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction to Water Resources of Sub-Saharan Africa · Available surface water resources · Available groundwater resources Chapter 2: Water Challenges in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter 3: Water Challenges in Urban Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter 4. Management of Water Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa 4.1 Climate and Runoff Variability 4.2 Increased Costs of Water Access, Infrastructure and Sanitation 4.3 Low Coverage of Water Services 4.4 Water Pollution 4.5 Water Conflicts 4.6 Water Management Problems 4.7 Paucity of Water Resources Information Chapter 5. Progress towards attaining SDG target on universal access to clean water in Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter 6: Recommendations to Improve Management of Water Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisWith contributions from a wide range of thematic areas, this book provides a diverse perspective on the contemporary environmental challenges of Brazilian agriculture. Assessing existing experiences of governance interventions, implementation of inclusive and sustainable production practices, as well as technical innovations, this edited volume presents the reader with a nuanced perspective on sustainable future pathways for Brazilian agriculture. In many cases, actors within the agricultural sector stand in a key position to address environmental concerns, which often has generated important breakthroughs and improvement of production practices. Drawing on contributions from authors within a variety of fields, this contribution presents a trans-disciplinary perspective on the problems and pathways through which multi-level interventions can lead to sustainable solutions within the Brazilian agricultural and livestock sector. This book hereby constitutes an informed and timely contribution to the important debates about Brazil’s potential role in confronting environmental problems. More broadly, this volume also sheds light on the process of agricultural transitions in the Global South, and how food security concerns may be reconciled with sustainable production. Table of ContentsContents Introduction: The Sustainability Challenges of Brazilian Agriculture .................... 1 Niels Søndergaard, Camila Dias de Sá and Ana Flávia Barros Platiau Part I The International Dimension of Sustainability The Shanghai Connection: Governing the Sustainability Impacts of Brazilian Agri-exports to China ........................................................................................................... 17 Niels Søndergaard, Victor Thives and Cristina Inoue Sustainability Governance of Soybean Trade Between Brazil and Europe: The Road Travelled and the Challenges Ahead ………………………………………... 44 Aske S. Bosselmann and Sarah E. N. Dolmer Brazilian Agriculture and the International Political Economy of Climate Change ……………………………………………………………………………….. 64 Matias A. Franchini, Eduardo Viola and Julia S. Guivant Brazilian Agriculture and the Global Environmental Agenda …………………... 84 Rodrigo C. A. Lima and Fernanda K. Lemos Carbon Markets and the Financing of Forestry, Agricultural, and Livestock Activities ………………………………………………………………….….……... 105 Ronaldo Seroa da Motta Part II Technical Challenges and Innovation Effects of Land Use Changes on Soil Biodiversity Conservation ………………. 121 Mercedes M. C. Bustamante, Francisco Calaça, Vinicius T. Pompermaier, Maria Regina S. S. Silva and Rafaella Silveira The Brazilian Way of Farming: Potential and Challenges to Agricultural Decarbonization……………………………………………………………………. 143 Camila D. de Sá, Niels Søndergaard, Luiz G. Barioni and Renato C. Camargo Crop-Livestock-Forest Integration Systems as a Sustainable Production Strategy in Brazil …………………………………………………………………... 162 Renato de A. R. Rodrigues, Isabel G. M. Ferreira, Júlia G. da Silveira, Jacqueline J. N. da Silva, Felipe M. Santos and Marcela C. G. da Conceição Land Sparing and Sustainable Intensification within the Livestock Sector …… 182 Marcelo C. C. Stabile, Leila Harfuch, Wilton L. da Silva, Victor R. M. Couto and Gabriela Mota da Cruz Green Digitalization? Agriculture 4.0 and Slow Environmental Governance in Brazil …………………………………………………………………...…...…… 208 Vinícius Mendes and Eduardo Viola Part III The Challenge of Inclusion The (Un)Feasibility of Inclusive Rural Development in Brazil ……….…...……. 228 Zander Navarro and Maria Thereza M. Pedroso Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Brazilian Agriculture: Constraints and Opportunities to Sustainability ……………………….…...…… 249 Carolina Pinheiro Bioeconomy: Brazilian Potential and Challenges …...………………….…...…… 272 Claudia C. König and Vanessa C. Pinsky Part IV Public Governance The Brazilian Forest Code: The Challenges of Legal Implementation …....…… 294 Joana Chiavari, Cristina L. Lopes and Lourdes de A. Machado Brazilian Biofuel Governance: The Case of Brazilian Ethanol and Renovabio ……………………………………………………………………… 314 Luciano Rodrigues and Leandro Gilio Land Governance: Getting the Incentives Right …………………………....…… 338 Paulo Barreto and Brenda Brito Part V Private Governance Jurisdictional and Landscapes Approaches to Sustainability: Principles and Experiences from the Field in Brazil …………...…………………………....…… 370 Fernando Sampaio Tracing and Monitoring to Achieve Deforestation-Free Supply Chains in Brazil ……………………………………….….…………………………....…… 398 André M. Nassar and Taciano M. Custódio Private governance: Multistakeholder Initiatives and Moratoriums …………... 426 André L. Guimarães, Marcelo C. C. Stabile and Paulo Moutinho

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Book SynopsisThis is an open access book. This book contains research papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Futures (ICESF), which took place at Coventry University, UK, in 2022. The ICESF is an annual conference organised by the UK-based Doctorial Training Alliance (DTA) programme. It is a multidisciplinary conference focused on addressing the future challenges and opportunities for meeting global energy targets and sustainable development goals. The conference brought together academic researchers, industry experts and research students to showcase the latest innovations and research on a wide range of topics in the areas of energy and sustainability, including • renewable energy; • ICT and control; • computational fluid dynamics; • optimization; • conventional energy sources; • energy governance; • materials in energy research; • energy storage and • energy access.Table of ContentsInvestigating Energy Cost Impact on Private Residential Buildings in the West Midlands Region of the UK.- Towards an Effective Artificial Intelligence Systems for Condition Monitoring of Off-Shore Wind Turbines: The Application of Sensor Fusion.- CFD Based Aerodynamics conjugate Heat Transfer and Airgap Fluid Flow Thermal Analysis to a Wheel Hub Motor for Electric Scooters.- Learning from the past fora sustainable future: Environmental monitoring and 3D modeling to assess the thermal performance of heritage buildings.- Oil and gas supply chain: Analysing stakeholder sustainability risk perception.- using machine learning to predict synthetic fuel spray penetration from limited experimental data without computational flluid dynamics.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book conveys attention to the theme of transition towards resilience and sustainability and its evolutionary perspective that emphasizes the complexity and uncertainty that governments and society are called to address in response to the ongoing challenges. "New Metropolitan Perspective Post COVID Dynamics: Green and Digital Transition, between Metropolitan and Return to Villages’ Perspectives”, 25–27 May 2022, Reggio Calabria, Italy. The papers included in the book are grouped around the following main topics: the envisaged transition towards resilience and sustainability; the relevance of the planning dimension for defining sustainable development pathways and managing complexity; and the green and digital transition by glimpsing at approaches, experiences, and cases that outline innovative solutions in cities and inner areas. The book primarily targets the academic and policymaker communities involved in managing the complexity of the transition for regions and cities.

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Book SynopsisRoadmapping is a structured visual approach for supporting strategic technology and innovation management, providing strategic navigational support (hence the “roadmap” metaphor) for technologists, designers, entrepreneurs, programme managers, executives, policy makers, other stakeholders involved in the formulation and implementation of strategy. This book brings together the latest developments in roadmapping, covering a range of practical issues and conceptual aspects. First, the book delves into the critical topic of strategic alignment within organizations, encompassing the interdependencies and synchronization of horizontal and vertical systems, connecting innovation priorities to strategic objectives, and the integration of key performance indicators. Then, the book concentrates on practical techniques and tools for roadmapping, including a template-based approach for technology venture funding. Social and digital aspects of roadmapping are explored, including workshop methods, considering how quantitative (analysis) and qualitative (expert) knowledge can be combined for improved strategic planning. Finally, a series of new case studies focusing on energy systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and Turkey illustrate the practical application of technology roadmapping and also provide useful insights. Roadmapping continues to evolve, as it is adapted to apply to new domains and strategic challenges, propagates to new sectors, and as new digital technologies such as AI emerge that radically affect strategy and innovation processes. The need for structured and engaging approaches such as roadmapping for navigating towards the future is essential.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Roadmapping for Strategic Alignment, Integration and SynchronizationSukrit Vinayavekhin and Robert Phaal Chapter 2 Technological Roadmaps as an Instrument for Operationalizing Innovation Strategies of Large Corporations Alexey Bereznoy and Alexander Snegirev Chapter 3 Technology Roadmapping: KPI Management Process Robert Amalishiya, Tugrul Daim Chapter 4 Value-oriented roadmapping for early-stage venture funding Polle-Tobias Taminiau and Robert Phaal Chapter 5 Digitalization of roadmapping processes: insights and opportunities Prof. Dr Maicon G. Oliveira and Dr Robert Phaal Chapter 6 Technology Roadmapping Approach Based on Engineering Science, Technology Knowledge Graph and Expert Interaction Yufei LIU, Yuhan LIU, Yuan ZHOU (corresponding author) and Jie TANG Chapter 7 Technology Roadmapping: Cooling and Heating in Sub Saharan Africa Victor Oyedele, Tugrul Daim, Cornelius Herstatt Chapter 8 Roadmapping of biogas production technology in Sub-Saharan Africa: waste to energy Egwu Chidinma Onyekaozuoro, Tugrul U Daim, and Cornelius Herstatt Chapter 9 Demand Response Technology Roadmap for Electricity Transmission And Distribution in Turkey Üner Çolak, R. Tayfun Kılıç, Özcan Akbıyık, Mustafa Sinan Mustafaoğlu, Tugrul Daim Chapter 10 Demand Response in Generation Capacity Planning Technology Roadmap: Turkey’s Quest Gülgün Kayakutlu, M. Ozgur Kayalica, İrem Düzdar Argun, Alper Acartürk, Kaan Deveci, Şura Atmaca, Denizhan Güven, İdil Su Terzi, Eren Deliaslan, Tugrul Daim Chapter 11 Demand Response in Grid Operations İlhan Kocaarslan, Berat Berkan Ünal, Oğulcan Durmuşoğlu, Adil Çakmak, Alper Emre Özden, Simay Akay, Tugrul Daim Chapter 12 Designing A Technology Roadmap through Demand Response Management in Energy Hatice SÖZER, Atilla KILINÇ, Leyla SÖNMEZ, Fadime Özge ÖZKAN, Tugrul DAIM Appendix 1 Exploring Airbnb Appendix 2 The AutoFac Technology Roadmap Appendix 3 EV Energy Storage Technology Roadmap Appendix 4 Farmers Business Network (FBN) Appendix 5 Pandemic Passports -Technology Roadmap Appendix 6 Accelerated Vaccine Production Roadmap Appendix 7 Technology Roadmap for Portland Metro Water Supply Chain

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the access to water in the building and its surroundings, to infer the mutual interaction and the complex interconnection of green/blue infrastructures. This book is a tool for understanding the multifunctional functionality of urban waste water to recognize their efficient and strategically useful potential in the form of aesthetic and functional architectural elements—vertical gardens, waterproof roof systems, rain gardens, retention rainwater recirculation tanks, biomarkers for wastewater treatment, and other progressive technologies and technical solutions. The originality of the proposed book and the innovation of the proposed objectives lies in the complexity and interdisciplinary of the problem solved, with clear continuity and utilization in professional building, environmental, and psychosocial practice. Understanding the quality of life as a category influenced by several objective and subjective conditions, this manuscript draws up recommendations on how to build “green buildings”—progressively supplied with water, connecting infrastructures—from existing buildings (administrative or training).Table of ContentsState of Art, Definition of New Concepts of Sponge City and Blue Green Infrastructures.- Sustainable Water Management and Hybrid Infrastructures.- Analysis of Climatic Parameters in Urban Area.- Measuring Selected Physical Parameters of Hybrid Infrastructure.- Subjective Indoor Environmental Quality in Green Office Buildings.

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Book SynopsisWith this open access book, delve into the insights of respected leaders from academia and industry as they unravel the intricacies of sustainability-driven business transformation. This meticulously curated edited volume reflects on The Road To Net Zero, underscoring the need for pioneering pathways. Embark on a collaborative learning journey and explore key issues along the road to transformation, such as crafting corporate sustainability strategies, new forms of corporate disclosure, transforming value chains, and harnessing the power of technological innovation. Packed with guiding questions and distilled findings from research, this book is a must-read for all decision-makers, strategists, engaged citizens, educators, and learners committed to driving change and shaping a more sustainable future.Table of ContentsPioneering Pathways.- Setting the Course for Net Zero.- Crafting Corporate Sustainability Strategy.- The Future of Corporate Disclosure.- Creating Sustainable Products.- Transforming Value Chains for Sustainability.- Sustainability in Manufacturing Transforming.- The Power of Technological Innovation.- The Road to Net Zero and Beyond.

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Book SynopsisResponsible investment is going through a period of rapid change, from voluntary to mandatory, with regulators working to tackle greenwashing, investors responding to client and savers' demands, a proliferation of new sustainability themes and increased focus on real-world impact. Responsible investment is also ‘growing up’. And part of growing up is acknowledging limits and complexities, and making difficult decisions. Responsible investment has got this far by sticking to the script and not talking about the awkward bits in public. But this is no longer an option, and so it’s not surprising that it draws its critics. Part textbook, part briefing, part storytelling, this book is a personal and accessible account about the growth of an industry, what it’s got right, what it’s got wrong and if responsible investment is to matter, where we go next.Trade Review“Martindale’s book, Responsible Investment: An Insider’s Account of What’s Working, What’s Not and Where Next, covers a broad swathe of responsible investment topics … . Martindale’s book offers a good overview of the responsible investment landscape and its history, as well as a verdict on the future of ESG. ... For those newer to the industry, the book provides a comprehensive and accessible history of responsible investment and many of the initiatives and standards it uses.” (Dominic Webb, responsible-investor.com, January 5, 2024)Table of Contents1. A blueprint for the future of responsible investment.- 2. It started with an idea: the term ESG, the Principles and what happened next.- 3. Fiduciary duties: the thorn in the side of responsible investment.- 4. The wilderness years, and the plod plod plod of responsible investment.- 5. The cheerleaders: The ESG influencers of Lady Rothschild, Al Gore, Mark Carney and Michael Bloomberg.- 6. The new regulation and the end of the beginning.- 7. Climate first: COP 21 and TCFD.- 8. The EU leads (helped by Trump and Brexit), HLEG and new partnerships.- 9. Mandatory ESG is the new normal.- 10. Climate Action 100+: Collective stewardship.- 11. Tackling greenwashing and the new taxonomies: DWS is only the start.- 12. COP 26 and Net Zero.- 13. Impact and beyond.- 14. What responsible investment means for me.

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Book SynopsisSustainable Engineering: Concepts and Practices provides insights into current perspectives on sustainable engineering research. It highlights the drivers, motivations, and challenges affecting the development and adoption of sustainable engineering in various sectors of the economy and how they impact sustainable development. Contributions from researchers representing multiple branches of engineering in academia, government laboratories, and industry present alternative approaches to traditional engineering practices. These approaches effect change, making the design, construction, production, and management of products, processes, and systems more environmentally friendly, socially beneficial, and economically profitable. The book will be a trusted reference for graduate students, practicing engineers, and other professionals interested in developing or using sustainable products and systems.Table of ContentsBiotechnology and Sustainable Engineering.- Sustainable Engineering in the Construction Industry.- Design, Manufacturing and Sustainable Engineering.- Sustainability in Process, Materials, Mining and Metallurgical Engineering.- Food-Water-Energy Nexus and Sustainable Engineering.- Nanotechnology and Sustainable Engineering.- Facilities and Infrastructural Aspects of Sustainable Engineering.- Socio-economic Aspects of Sustainable Engineering.- Political and Institutional Aspects of Sustainable Engineering.- Educational Aspects of Sustainable Engineering.- Fourth Industrial Revolution and Other Aspects of Sustainable Engineering.

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Book SynopsisPart 1: Creative Designs for Sustainable Architecture.- Part 2: Creative Industries and Cultural Heritage Preservation in the Context of Sustainability.- Part 3: Integrating Creative Design in Urban Planning: Technology, Sustainability, and Human-centered Solutions.

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Book SynopsisL. Otto and A. Menzel, Maritime Security and Sustainability: An Introductory Note.- A. Menzel and L. Otto, Understanding Security and Sustainable Development in the Maritime Domain: A Framework.- B. Germond, J. Hindley, and J. Brennan, The Impacts of Climate Change on Maritime Security and Ocean Sustainability.- S. Edwards and A. Malik, Maritime Security and the Governance of Sustainable' Fisheries: Aligning Stakeholders around Ecological Protection.- A. Menzel, Blue Finance, Sustainability, and Maritime Security: Insights from Seychelles.- J. Dvorak and V. Burkšiene, Sustainability Factors Shaping Port Security: A Case Study of Baltic Ports.- Xuefei Shi, Sea-locked: The Cascading Effects of Seaborne Challenges to Human Security in Madagascar.- L. Otto, Climate Migration from Small Island Developing States: The Case of the Maldives.- J. H. Prasetya, Andreas Aditya Salim, Grace Gabriella Binowo, and Imam Prakoso, The Impact of Inter-State Disputes on Environmental Sustainability and Human Security: The Case of the North Natuna Sea.- J. Tallis, M. Maddox, and L. Otto, Sustainability, Maritime Security, and Great Power Dynamics in the Arctic.- L. Otto and A. Menzel, Maritime Security and Sustainability: An Outlook.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction The global Challenge.- Fundamentals - Holistic Life Cycle Thinking.- Typical life cycle performance differences.- Sustainable Strategy Development and Planning.- Sustainable Product Development.- Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Purchase.- Sustainable Goods Transportation.- Sustainable Production.- Sustainable Consumption and Use.- Sustainable End-of-Life Operations.- Sustainable Digitalization.- Sustainable employee relations.- Sustainable Stakeholder relations.- Sustainable Finance.- Sustainable Policy Making, Judiciary and Advocacy.- Sustainable Actions by Everybody.- Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisThreatened medicinal plants: Population assessment.- Threatened medicinal plants: Threat assessment.- Impact of tourism on diversity of threatened medicinal plants.- Impact of climate change on threatened medicinal plants.- Impact of excessive livestock grazing on the threatened medicinal plants.- Market and illegal trade of threatened medicinal plants.- Dependency and role of local communities in medicinal plant conservation.- Sustainability conservation strategies of threatened medicinal plants.- Sustainability challenges in threatened medicinal plant conservation.- Sustainable management of threatened medicinal plants.- Sustainability policy and planning for conservation of medicinal plants.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Dissecting vernacular Ivatan stone houses: lessons from the past on green living.- Chapter 2.  Harnessing Data For Landscape Flood Resilience In Norway; Development And Testing Of Urban Landscape Design Strategies For Climate Change Adaptation In The Case Study Of Kvinesdal-Norway.- Chapter 3.Investigating The Benefits And Barriers On The Cooling Effect Of Green Open Spaces: Narratives About Parks In Ghent (Belgium).- Chapter 4. Effect Of Water Surfaces On Urban Heat Island: A Case Study in the City of Elazig, Türkiye.- Chapter 5. Urban forestry and biodiversity in green plans, regulations and programs: a screening in central italy and islands.- Chapter 6. Climate adaptation of the schoolyards: A case study of two secondary schools in Florence, Italy. Chapter 7. School Facilities As A Driver And Tool Of Urban Climate Strategies. The Green Schools Of Lucca Initiative As A Case Study.- Chapter 8. Multi-functional Sheltering Facility for Tourism and Disaster Risk Reduction.- Chapter 9. Exploring Cultural Traditions: Uncovering Place Attachment and Urban Identity trough Local Communities in Bali. Chapter 10. Rejuvenation of Yamuna River Precinct - Case of Delhi Region.-...Etc.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. The Values Trilogy Design Philosophy: Integrating Sustainability, Cost-Effectiveness, and Artistic Expression in Architectural Design.- Chapter 2.DIGIT-ACCESS: DIGITal gateway for low ACCESSible heritage architectures.- Chapter 3.Influences of Biomimicry and Biophilia on Sustainable Urban Planning: A Conceptual Framework.- Chapter 4. The Use of Biomimetic Approaches to Enhance Sustainability in The Design of Smart Cities.- Chapter 5. An Exploration of Biomimicry in Traditional Design and Architecture in Saudi Arabia: A study of the Asir region.- Chapter 6. Analytical study to examine opportunities for applying zero-energy concepts in high buildings in dense and non-dense urban areas.- Chapter 7.Contrasting the Thermal Performance of Four Insulation Systems Retrofitted to a Multi-storey Heritage Building in Hot-Desert Climate.- Chapter 8. The Role of Interior Design in Performance Arts Academies for Fostering Creativity, Collaboration, and Cultural Enrichment.- Chapter 9.User perception & Experience towards Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) Low Income housing Schemes An architectural appraisal.- Chapter 10. Peak Average Power Ratio Reduction in OFDM System with Smart Jamming for Cognitive Radio.- Chapter 11. Nonlinear buckling analyses of double corrugated steel plate shear walls.- Chapter 12.Accelerated marine atmospheric corrosion testing of S235 grade carbon steel: Predicting material behaviour for sustainability.- Etc...

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Book Synopsis1 Introduction to the Book.- 2 Environmental Sustainability in Textile and Apparel Global Value Chain.- 3 Analysis of Challenges to the Circular Economy Model of Textile Supply Chain Management Using TOE-TBL Approach.- 4 Adaptability of UN SDGs by Worldwide Fashion Brands.- 5 Challenges for the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in the South American Andean Camelid Chain.- 6 Batik and Textile Supply Chain Management Based on United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.- 7 The Development and Challenges of Infant Diapers Ensuring Good Health with Sustainability Aspects.- 8 Curbing Carbon Emissions.- 9 Aligning Apparel and Textile Sector Practices with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Circular Supply Chain Management: An Introduction.- Chapter 2. Closing the loop through Circular Supply Chain.- Chapter 3. Transitioning of Traditional Supply Chain to Circular Supply Chain.- Chapter 4. Barriers of Supply Chain.- Chapter 5. The Smart Manufacturing Concept.- Chapter 6. Understanding the Risk Associated in Implementing Circular Economy.- Chapter 7. Circular Supply Chain Business Models to Incorporate Circularity Concept.- Chapter 8. Decision Making Models in Circular Supply Chain.- Chapter 9. Role of Industry 4.0 in the future circular supply chain management.- Chapter 10. Closing the Loop: Unlocking Sustainable Development Goals through Circular Supply Chains.-  Chapter 11. Investigating Circular Supply Chain Strategies and Industry 4.0 Implementation: A Case Analysis of a Paper Manufacturing Company.- Chapter 12. Exploring Circular Supply Chain Practices and Industry 4.0 Integration: A Case Study in a Pump Manufacturing Organization.

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Book Synopsis1. Algal-derived Biochemicals of Industrial Importance.- 2. Algal Biorefinery for the Extraction of Bioactive Compounds:  Unlocking a Sustainable Treasure Trove.- 3. Historical development and progression in the algal biochemical extraction techniques.- 4. Diversity, bioprospect and downstream processing of freshwater microalgae: emerging trends in biotechnology.- 5. Microalgae-based Bioplastics: A Sustainable Alternative towards Circular Economy.- 6. Current prospectives of Algal Bioplastics Polyhydroxybutyrate production: A Sustainable approach.- 7. Astaxanthin in Microalgae: Occurrence, Biosynthesis, Extraction and Enhancement, Current and Future Prospects.- 8. β-carotene from algae: Technical aspects and current trends.- 9. Bioactive compounds from algae: Biosynthetic pathways and their applications.- 10. Algal bioplastics: Algal bioplastics: current market trends and technical aspects.- 11. Diversity, Biosynthetic Pathways, Unit Operations, Current Prospects, and Market Trends in Algal Bioplastics Production.- 12. Algal Bioplastics.- 13. Algae as a Promising Source of Vitamins and Protein: Current Prospects and Challenges.- 14. Multifaceted applications of diatoms: Recent advancements and Prospects.- 15. Phycocyanin- Technical Aspects and Current Prospects.

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Book SynopsisThe chemistry of wax formation, agglomeration and deposition in crude oils.- Challenges during production, storage and transportation of waxy and heavy crude oils due to organic deposition.- Renewable and eco-friendly biosurfactants for potential applications in enhanced oil recovery: current state and future perspectives.- Microbial oxidation mechanism and their application to inhibit and degrade petroleum hydrocarbons depositions in an environment friendly aspect.- Selectively isolated biodegradable bacteria for deprivation of organic deposits in oil and gas industries.- Potential ecological paraffin and wax degrading bacterial strains and their characterizations.- Isolated recyclable environmental friendly surfactants for potential degradation of waxes and paraffins in oil and gas industries.- Applications of recyclable environmental friendly fungi in the degradation of paraffin, waxes and asphaltenes in oil and gas industries.- Use of environmentally-safe microalgae for the degradation of organic deposit in crude oil pipelines and equipments.- Mitigation and degradation of organic deposit in crude oil pipelines and equipments by aerobic and anaerobic microorganism in an environmental friendly and ecological manner.- Organic deposits in oil and gas industries as significant flow assurance problem and their enzyme-assisted eco friendly biodegradation.- Advanced environmental nanotechnology for the degradation waxes, asphaltenes and paraffins in oil and gas industries.- Application of non-pathogenic fungi in enhanced oil recovery.- Production impact due deposition of hydrocarbons in oil and gas industries.- The relation of different operating, climatic and chemical parameters with organic deposition in pipelines and equipments in oil and gas industries and their impact on the environment.

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Book Synopsis1 Introduction.- 2 Environmental Footprints of Luxury Textile Manufacturing.- 3 Sustainable Practices in Clothing Supply Chain.- 4 Functional Longevity and Reusability of Luxury Textile Products.- 5 Biodegradable Elegance.- 6 Waste Management Excellence in Luxury Textile Industry.- 7 Pollution Abatement in the Luxury Textile Sector.- 8 Recycled Elegance.- 9 Consumer Behaviour in Sustainable Luxury Textiles.- 10 Eco Design Principles in Luxury Clothing and Apparel.- 11 Sustainable Polymers, Fibres, and Textile Chemicals in Luxury Textile Manufacturing.- 12 Green Chemistry and Clean Technology in Luxury Textile Manufacturing.- 13 Eco-Production of Apparel.- 14 Summing Up.

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Book SynopsisSection I: AI in Supply Chain and Logistics.- 1. A Comparative Study of HBOS and Isolation Forest Anomaly Detection Models: An Experimental Analysis.- 2. Recurrent Neural Models for Retail Supply Chain Stock Prices Forecasting.- 3. The Trend of Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chain: A Bibliometric Review.- 4. Artificial Intelligence Approach for Enhancing Vehicle Routing Problem Solutions Integrating Smart Lockers for Dynamic Delivery and Pickup Operations.- 5. Understanding Customer Experiences in the Logistics Sector: Insights from Individual Cargo Companies.- Section II: Digital Transformation in Education and Industry.- 6. Towards a Pedagogical Revolution: Intelligent Learning Systems in the Service of Higher Education.- 7. Preparing for Industry 5.0: Inclusive Curricular Approaches and Digital Empowerment.- 8. Production Leveling Implementation Methodologies: Comparison and Review.- 9. Enhancing Candidate Evaluation in Recruitment Interviews Based on ResNeXt-101 for Facial Expression Recognition Section III: AI and Machine Learning Applications.- 10. Bayesian Deep Learning for Multi-Disease Detection in Retinal Imaging with Uncertainty Quantification.

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