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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Cultural Heritage—Possibilities for Land-Centered
Book SynopsisThis book includes multi-national research studies (social and natural science research, as well as more directly practical university-based knowledge) about cultural heritage, land, and societal development in varied countries. The book is particularly about land use (as a fundamental aspect of the environment) and its role in development (especially sustainable development). Many of the studies are about topics concerning the transition from more rural to more urbanized land areas. However, some studies concern other types of changes. This includes general attention to globalization and nation-state dimensions of change. Nonetheless, there are interpretations communicated of unique histories at differing scales in the researches here. There is often a focus on more uniquely local and regional territories (including attention to smaller-scale land use) and an interest in future possibilities that conserve positive features of past terrain.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- 1. The need to preserve cultural heritage; Karol Król et al.- 2. The Italian National Register of historical rural landscape; Mauro Agnoletti, Antonio Santoro.- 3. Cultural heritage in the region of Eastern Slovakia; Slavomír Marcinčák et al.- 4. Agricultural and food heritage of the Moravian region; Martin Král et al.- 5. Wine quality as a part of cultural heritage affected by different geographical origins; Martina Fikselová et al.- 6. Food and meals from a cultural-historical perspective; Josef Kameník.- 7. Regional gastronomy as transmitter of cultural heritage; Agnieszka Filipiak-Florkiewicz et al.- 8. Culinary traditions of the Lemkovyna; Marcin Łukasiewicz et al.- 9. Genetic uniqueness of local cattle populations as part of homeland heritage; Radovan Kasarda, Nina Moravčíková.- 10. Objectification of reliability of selected methods of identification and quantification of meat and its substitutes; Jozef Golian et al.- 11. Traditional cheeses from the Malopolska region; Dorota Najgebauer-Lejko, Jacek Domagała .- 12. Traditional unfermented and fermented liquid milk products from the Malopolska region; Domagała Jacek, Najgebauer-Lejko Dorota.- 13. Farm animals and traditional products of the Carpathian Mountains; Władysław Migdał et al.- 14. Traditional crops cultivated in southern Malopolska; W. Berski et al.- 15. Fruits of traditional varieties; Jacek Słupski et al.- 16. Edible mushrooms of the Polish Carpathians; Emilia Bernaś et al.- 17. Usage of wild growing plants as foodstuffs; Piotr Gębczyński et al.- 18. Ecological structure of cultural landscapes in suburban areas; Renata Różycka-Czas, Barbara Czesak.- 19. South African agriculture/viniculture, land ownership, and sustainable development; Betty J. Harris, Edward Sankowski.- 20. Metamorphosis of the Polish villages as a result of semi-urbanization; Magdalena Wilkosz- Mamcarczyk, Barbara Olczak.- 21. Assessment of land-use and land-cover changes in a rural cultural landscape: the case of a Polish municipality; Tomasz Noszczyk et al.- 22. Land use and landscape in rural China after 40 years of reform and opening up; Chen Gaiying et al.- 23. Rural areas in historical cities; Bohdan Cherkes.24. Sustainable economic development and cultural landscapes: some US-Poland comparisons and connections; Edward Sankowski.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Springer Handbook of Inorganic Photochemistry
Book SynopsisThe handbook comprehensively covers the field of inorganic photochemistry from the fundamentals to the main applications. The first section of the book describes the historical development of inorganic photochemistry, along with the fundamentals related to this multidisciplinary scientific field. The main experimental techniques employed in state-of-art studies are described in detail in the second section followed by a third section including theoretical investigations in the field. In the next three sections, the photophysical and photochemical properties of coordination compounds, supramolecular systems and inorganic semiconductors are summarized by experts on these materials. Finally, the application of photoactive inorganic compounds in key sectors of our society is highlighted. The sections cover applications in bioimaging and sensing, drug delivery and cancer therapy, solar energy conversion to electricity and fuels, organic synthesis, environmental remediation and optoelectronics among others. The chapters provide a concise overview of the main achievements in the recent years and highlight the challenges for future research. This handbook offers a unique compilation for practitioners of inorganic photochemistry in both industry and academia.Table of ContentsBackground/Fundaments.- Experimental Techniques (from steady-state to ultrafast methods).- Theoretical modeling.- Homogeneous systems.- Supramolecular systems.- Heterogeneous systems.- Biological Applications.- Photovoltaic Applications.- Applications on solar to fuel conversion.- Applications on organic synthesis.- Applications on environmental remediation.- Inorganic materials for optoelectronics.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Urban Ecology: A Case Study of Lima City, Perú
Book SynopsisThis book emphasizes the necessity of green spaces and landscape planning to achieve a liveable city. It will more specifically enquire on how to reach a better liveability from the current conditions of Lima. This book takes on the one hand classic concepts from urban agronomy as are soil, water and plants, and on the other hand emphasizes the resources, the plant adaptations and the urban ecosystems, according to the context of Lima. Comparisons are also made to landscape concepts from other cities of the word, contemporary methods of urban landscape research are explained in perspectives of agronomy and ecology. The ecological restoration of some natural spaces of Lima are proposed and related to the food security which impacts on the sustainability of the city. Finally, it describes representative Parks of Lima and previous research projects that have allowed to improve the urban landscape. Considering the city's cultural diversity, comparisons to the mountain and rainforest areas are also made.Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Carbon Dioxide Utilization to Sustainable Energy
Book SynopsisThis edited book provides an in-depth overview of carbon dioxide (CO2) transformations to sustainable power technologies. It also discusses the wide scope of issues in engineering avenues, key designs, device fabrication, characterizations, various types of conversions and related topics. It includes studies focusing on the applications in catalysis, energy conversion and conversion technologies, etc. This is a unique reference guide, and one of the detailed works is on this technology. The book is the result of commitments by leading researchers from various backgrounds and expertise. The book is well structured and is an essential resource for scientists, undergraduate, postgraduate students, faculty, R&D professionals, energy chemists and industrial experts.Table of ContentsTo be added
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Sustainability for 3D Printing
Book SynopsisWith advancement in modern technology human life span in 21st century has significantly improved as compared to past centuries. Indeed, the manufacturing and household wastes have also boosted in the same era, presenting a hazardous condition to the various living beings. However, through smart methodologies, it can be possible to recycle/reuse of the different types of wastes as a feedstock convenient for specialized manufacturing technologies, such as 3D printing. This means that through proper facilities the waste can be used as the raw material for the printing technologies with characteristic at par with the virgin feedstock. Furthermore, producing the feedstock using waste materials will help to reduce the cost of the processing material, productivity and eco-friendliness of this manufacturing technology. This book will cover a boarder aspect of such efforts wherein various applications and state of art solutions will be discussed in a comprehensive way. This book will be much interest for academics, research and entrepreneur who are working in the field materials science, 3D printing, and manufacturing because of its coverage of state of art solution in the field of commercial, industrial and healthcare products.Table of ContentsRecent innovations and applications of 3D printing.- Concept of waste to wealth through 3D printing.- Technological aspects for waste treatment.- 3D Printing Materials.- Waste to feedstock: An example to the various hows?- Implication of recycled waste materials with 3D printer.- Sustainability and life cycle assessment.- Practical application and success stories.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Industry 4.0: Exploring the Consequences of
Book SynopsisThis book reflects the futuristic scientific view of the consequences of transition to Industry 4.0 for climate change. The authors present a systemic overview of the current negative consequences of digitization for the environment, new outlines of the energy sphere in Industry 4.0 and the change of the environment pollution level in Industry 4.0. The book also analyses the ecological consequences of growth and development of Industry 4.0, and considers Industry 4.0 as an alternative to fighting climate change. The book presents a view on fighting climate change in Industry 4.0 from the positions of shifting the global community’s attention from environment protection to formation of the digital economy. A logical continuation of this book is a view from the opposite side, which would allow reflecting the contribution of Industry 4.0 into fighting climate change and the perspectives of harmonization of these top-priority directions of the global economy’s development. This book will be of interest to academics and practitioners interested in climate change and development of Industry 4.0, as well contributing to a national economic policy for fighting climate change and corporate strategies of sustainable development in Industry 4.0.Table of ContentsPart I. Energy sphere in Industry 4.0.- Chapter 1. Growth of energy consumption during automatization of production, distribution, and consumption in Industry 4.0.- Chapter 2. Energy crisis management in Industry 4.0.- Chapter 3. Renewable energy and evaluation of its applicability in Industry 4.0.- Chapter 4. Alternative sources of energy and perspectives of their development in Industry 4.0.- Chapter 5. Consequences of Industry 4.0 for the energy sphere in modern Russia.-Part II. Pollution of environment in Industry 4.0.- Chapter 6. Increase of production and consumption waste in the course of economic growth and digital modernization.- Chapter 7. Perspectives of decrease of production waste in the circular model of development of Industry 4.0.- Chapter 8. “Smart” consumption and its consequences for environment pollution.- Chapter 9. Environment pollution in Industry 4.0 in Russia’s regional economy: linear practices vs. circular initiatives.- Chapter 10. Macro-level consequences of digitization of the Russian economy for production waste and climate change.- Part III. Ecological consequences of growth and development of Industry 4.0.- Chapter 11. Consequences of transition to Industry 4.0 for economy’s resource efficiency: the specifics of developed and developing countries.- Chapter 12. Ecological consequences of development of “smart” productions in countries that implement the resource models of economic growth.- Chapter 13. Post-industrial economies on the path to Industry 4.0: consequences for fighting climate change.- Chapter 14. Consumer society in Industry 4.0: mass needs and individual limitations, dictates by the digital society, based on ecological responsibility.- Chapter 15. Ecological consequences of transition to Industry 4.0 for Russia: economic growth vs. environment protection.- Part IV. Industry 4.0 as an alternative to fighting climate change.- Chapter 16. Competition between “green” projects and projects in the sphere of Industry 4.0 in the global investments markets.- Chapter 17. Limited opportunities of financing of national projects in the sphere of Industry 4.0 and fighting climate change in the conditions of deficit of budget assets.- Chapter 18. Competition between initiatives of international organizations for supporting the practices of transition to Industry 4.0 and the practices of fighting climate change.- Chapter 19. Investment and innovative decisions of corporate structures during making a choice between transition to Industry 4.0 and “green” production.- Chapter 20. The alternative character of national projects in the sphere of Industry 4.0 and fighting climate change in modern Russia.- Part V. A systemic view at consequences of Industry 4.0 for climate change.- Chapter 21. The anthropogenic scenario of development of the global economy based on Industry 4.0: consequences for climate change.- Chapter 22. Scenario of moderate digitization of the global economy based on Industry 4.0 and delayed climate change fighting.- Chapter 23. Scenario of well-balanced development of Industry 4.0 and “green” economy in the global economy.- Chapter 24. Scenario analysis of the consequences of Industry 4.0 for climate change in modern Russia.- Chapter 25. The concept of limiting the negative influence of Industry 4.0 on environment in Russia.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Advances in Natural, Human-Made, and Coupled
Book SynopsisThis book is a collection of cutting-edge and cross-disciplinary studies on natural, human-made, and coupled human-natural systems, addressing the challenge of developing integrated knowledge from multiple disciplines. The authors explore the structure, function, and dynamic mechanisms of various systems, both natural and human-made, as well as analyze their reciprocal interactions under the concept of “coupled human-natural systems.” These interactions are used to understand feedback, nonlinearities, thresholds, time lags, legacy effects, and path dependencies, emerging across multiple spatial, temporal, and organizational scales. In other words, this book is a collection of advanced research on unique properties of natural and human-made systems, as well as human-environment dynamics, reciprocal relationships, and cross-scale interactions.The authors outline prospects on building a holistic view of social development and coherent sustainability. Among the topics covered are the following: human networks research; adaptation of local people to social and environmental challenges; coupled dynamics of socioeconomic and environmental systems; critical issues in social science climate change research; education for greater sustainability; peace, justice, and strong institutions; advances in cultural traditions and strategies for social stability; innovative development and barriers to sustainable development; economic systems in the age of digital changes and unstable external environments. The scholars analyze how more effective technologies can enhance resilience, reduce vulnerability, and minimize human impacts on natural systems, taking into consideration critical thresholds to prevent harmful feedback to human systems.The authors grasp the complexity of systems by integrating knowledge of constituent subsystems and their interactions. The framework developed by the authors is used to integrate human and natural systems for achieving greater sustainability, covering critical threats, challenges, and best governance approaches and practices. The research results obtained from studies on coupled human-natural systems are stronger, the authors argue, if compared with traditional (discipline) approaches. Table of ContentsPublic Opinion on Park Transformation Projects: The Case of the Oktyabrsky District in Barnaul, Russia.- Application of Polygraph in the Environmental Crimes Investigation.- Reproductive Attitudes of Young Women as a Potential Threat to Social Safety.- International Tourism Before and After the Pandemic.- A Novel Natural Strain of Bacillus Pumilus as a Biological Resource for the Microbial Preparations Development.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Smoking Environments in China: Challenges for
Book SynopsisThis book fills a major gap in research into smoking and tobacco control in China. In recent decades, few studies have explored the significance of geographical factors and the role they have played either in affecting the prevalence of smoking or in tobacco control responses to the smoking epidemic in China. In light of this, the book investigates the importance of national, regional and local environmental factors affecting smoking in China. It shows how geographical, social and institutional contexts have influenced the implementation and success of tobacco control initiatives, and situates smoking trends in China in a broader global context. The authors synthesize Chinese and western research on the smoking epidemic and uniquely focus on the importance of environmental factors and Chinese cultural perspectives in understanding smoking behaviour and the ineffectiveness of many tobacco control initiatives, especially how these conflict with Chinese economic policy. The book is aimed at academic and policy audiences both internationally and inside China, and will be of interest to a wide audience, not only geographers, but also epidemiologists, sociologists and others working in public health.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Epidemiological Transition of Smoking in China.- Chapter 3. The Rise of China Tobacco: From Local to Global Player.- Chapter 4. The Tobacco Industry: Marketing Strategies and Consumption.- Chapter 5. Geographical Context and Cultural Practices Affecting Smoking.- Chapter 6. Income Inequality, Urban Development and Smoking.- Chapter 7. Policy Environments for Tobacco Control.- Chapter 8. Evaluating China’s Record of Tobacco Control.- Chapter 9. Case Study: Smoking Bans and Secondhand Smoke.- Chapter 10. Conclusions: Environments and Smoking in China.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Transformational Change for People and the
Book SynopsisThis Open Access book deals with the pressing question of how to achieve transformational change that reconciles development with environmental sustainability. It particularly focuses on the role of evaluation in finding sustainable solutions. Environment and development are closely interlinked, as are human health and ecosystem health. The pandemic that began in 2020 demonstrated in no uncertain terms how destruction of habitats has allowed hitherto unknown pathogens spill over to humans wreaking havoc on people’s lives and livelihoods. We are already seeing the impacts of global climate change in terms of heatwaves, forest fires and increased storms. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) explicitly recognize the equal importance of the social, economic and environmental dimensions of development. In these turbulent times, when humankind faces multiple complex challenges it is essential to know that our responses are effective and that they make a positive difference. Evaluation can provide invaluable lessons to how we design policies, strategies and programs and how we allocate limited resources between competing priorities. This book brings together key thinkers and practitioners from the public and private sectors, from major multilateral organizations and from bilateral donor agencies, to present the latest knowledge and experience on how to evaluate interventions in the nexus of environment and development. The book does not promote any particular approach or methodology, but rather emphasizes the need for mixed methods to address the question at hand in the best and most suitable manner. It covers cases from a variety of fields, from climate change mitigation and adaptation, energy efficiency and renewable energy, natural resources management, biodiversity conservation and more.This book is not a conference proceedings although it has its roots in the Third International Conference on Evaluating Environment and Development organized by the GEF Independent Evaluation Office in October 2019. The conference brought together a larger number of established and upcoming evaluators, researchers and evaluation users from the Global North and South, representing a wide variety of organizations, to discuss the frontiers of environment and development evaluation. Following the conference, the editors identified and contacted the participants who made key contributions at the conference and asked them to develop their ideas and papers into book chapters according to a coherent plan. Table of Contents1. Introduction – Juha I. Uitto Section I: Transformational Change 2. Evaluation for Transformational Change: Learning From Practice – Indran A. Naidoo 3. Transformational Change for Achieving Scale: Lessons for a Greener Recovery – Geeta Batra, Jeneen R. Garcia, & Kseniya Temnenko Section II: Drivers of Sustainability – Introduction by Neeraj Kumar Negi 4. Sustainability After Project Completion: Evidence from the GEF – Neeraj Kumar Negi & Molly Watts Sohn 5. From the Big Picture to Detailed Observation: The Case of GEF IEO’s Strategic Country Cluster Evaluations – Carlo Carugi & Anna Viggh 6. Staying Small and Beautiful: Enhancing Sustainability in the Small Island Developing States– Geeta Batra & Trond Norheim 7. Assessing Sustainable Development Interventions – Ellen Fitzpatrick 8. Can We Assume Sustained Impact? Verifying the Sustainability of Climate Change Mitigation Results – Jindra Cekan & Susan Legro Section III: Evaluating Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation – Introduction by Anna Viggh 9. Using a Realist Framework to Overcome Evaluation Challenges in the Uncertain Landscape of Carbon Finance – Callum Murdoch, Lisa Keppler, Tillem Burlace, & Christine Wörlen 10. Evaluation’s Role in Development Projects: Boosting Energy-Efficiency in a Traditional Industry in Chad – Serge Eric Yakeu Djiam 11. Enabling Systems Innovation in Climate Change Adaptation: Exploring the Role for MEL – Robbie Gregorowski & Dennis Bours 12. Assessing the Evaluability of Adaptation-focused Interventions: Lessons from the Adaptation Fund – Ronnie MacPherson, Amy Jersild, Dennis Bours, & Caroline Holo 13. Evaluating Transformational Adaptation in Smallholder Farming: Insights From an Evidence Review, by Laura Silici, Jerry Knox, Andy Rowe, and Suppiramaniam Nanthikesan Section IV: Evaluation Approaches – Introduction by Carlo Carugi 14. Evaluation at the Endgame: Evaluating Sustainability and the SDGs by Moving Past Dominion and Institutional Capture – Andy Rowe 15. Importance and Utilization of Theory-based Evaluations in the Context of Sustainable Development and Social-Ecological Systems – Takaaki Miyaguchi 16. Pathway to the Transformative Policy of Agenda 2030: Evaluation of Finland’s Sustainable Development Policy – Mari Räkköläinen & Anu Saxén 17. Evaluating for Resilient and Sustainable Livelihoods: Applying a Normative Framework to Emerging Realities – Prashanth Kotturi 18. Measuring the Impact of Monitoring: How We Know Transparent Near-Real-Time Data Can Help Save the Forests - Katherine Shea 19. Application of Geospatial Methods in Evaluating Environmental Interventions and Related Socioeconomic Benefits – Anupam Anand & Geeta Batra
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Geo-societal Narratives: Contextualising geosciences
Book SynopsisThis book provides an accessible overview of the societal relevance of contemporary geosciences. Engaging various disciplines from humanities and social sciences, the book offers philosophical, cultural, economic, and geoscientific insights into how to contextualise geosciences in the node of Culture and Nature.The authors introduce two perspectives of societal geosciences, both informed by the lens of geoethics. Throughout the text core themes are explored; human agency, the integrity of place, geo-centricity, economy and climate justice, subjective sense-making and spirituality, nationalism, participatory empowerment and leadership in times of anthropogenic global change. The book concludes with a discussion on culture, education, or philosophy of science as aggregating concepts of seemingly disjunct narratives.The diverse intellectual homes of the authors offer a rich resource in terms of how they perceive human agency within the Earth system. Two geoscientific perspectives and fourteen narratives from various cultural, social and political viewpoints contextualise geosciences in the World(s) of the Anthropocene.Table of ContentsWhy Geo-Societal Narratives? Current Definition and Vision Of Geoethics Geo-Ethics Beyond Enmeshment: Critical Reflections on the Post-Humanist Position in the Anthropocene After the Permafrost: A Provisional Outline A Critique of (Weak) Anthropocentric Geoethics Exploring the Relevance of the Spiritual Dimension of the Noosphere in Geoethics Dealing with the Subjectivity of the Human-Earth Interdependence. How to promote responsible conducts towards the environment: A Semiotic Cultural Psychological Analysis A Copernican Moment: Engaging Economic Ethics in Orchestrating the Geocentric Turn in Economics Geoethics: A Reality Check from Media Coverage of the Anthropocene Geoethics vs. Geopolitics. Shoring up the Nation in the Anthropocene Cul-De-Sac Sustainable Small-Scale Fishing and Artisanal Mining Need Policies Favourable to a Level Playing Field Climate Change, Uncertainty and Ethical Superstorms GAIA’s Futures in The Anthropocene: A Call for Evolutionary Leadership Geo-Scientific Culture and Geoethics Humanistic Geosciences a Cultural and Educational Construction? Geosciences and Geoethics in Transition – Research Perspectives from Ethics and Philosophy of Science. A Commentary Index
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Asia-Pacific Fishing Livelihoods
Book SynopsisThis open access book explores fishing livelihoods within their wider contexts. Drawing on case studies from across the Asia-Pacific region, the book highlights how fishing livelihoods are shaped by globalisation, social relationships and governance. The book concludes by showing how better understanding these relationships can contribute to governance for healthier ecosystems and social wellbeing.This is an open access book.This is an open access book.Trade Review“Asia-Pacific Fishing Livelihoods shows what could be addressed in fisheries management, why it is important to address … . It is an easily accessible and concise synopsis to be considered by academics and practitioners alike as they continue to inform and shape policies that dramatically impact the health and well-being of millions involved in fisheries livelihoods and, more broadly, to the billions of socially and ecologically marginalized who rely on access and utilization of government-managed resources.” (David Fazzino, Maritime Studies, Vol. 21 (2), June, 2022)Table of ContentsChapter 1: Fishing livelihoods and fisheries governanceChapter 2: Responding to global changeChapter 3: Fishing livelihoods and social diversityChapter 4: Fisheries governanceChapter 5: Fishing livelihoods and wellbeing
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Addressing the Climate Crisis: Local action in theory and practice
Book SynopsisThis open access book brings together a collection of cutting-edge insights into how action can and is already being taken against climate change at multiple levels of our societies, amidst growing calls for transformative and inclusive climate action. In an era of increasing recognition regarding climate and ecological breakdown, this book offers hope, inspiration and analyses for multi-level climate action, spanning varied communities, places, spaces, agents and disciplines, demonstrating how the energy and dynamism of local scales are a powerful resource in turning the tide. Interconnected yet conceptually distinct, the book’s three sections span multiple levels of analysis, interrogating diverse perspectives and practices inherent to the vivid tapestry of climate action emerging locally, nationally and internationally. Delivered in collaboration with the UK’s ‘Place-Based Climate Action Network’, chapters are drawn from a wide range of authors with varying backgrounds spread across academia, policy and practice.Table of ContentsSection 1: Community and place in local climate praxis.- 1.Local climate praxis in practice: Community climate action in Belfast.- 2.Putting the ‘Place’ in place-based climate action: Insights from climate adaptation initiatives across Scotland.- 3.A commoner’s climate movement.- 4.The Envirolution Revolution: Raising awareness of climate change creatively through free and accessible community engagement festivals.- Section 2: The spaces of local climate action.- 5.How have climate emergency declarations helped local government action to decarbonise?.- 6.Developing a carbon baseline to support multi-stakeholder, multi-level climate governance at county level.- 7.Power in practice: reflecting on the first year of the Edinburgh Climate Commission.- 8.How can ‘ordinary’ cities become climate pioneers?.- Section 3: The agents of local climate action.- 9.Effective communication on local adaptation: considerations for providers of climate change advice and support.- 10.Diversifying the private sector in local climate commissions.- 11.Citizens’ assemblies and juries on climate change: Lessons from their use in practice.- 12.Rebecca WellsUniversities as living labs for climate praxis.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Nanotoxicology in Humans and the Environment
Book SynopsisThe book covers the area of ‘Nanotoxicology’ but primarily from the point of view of nanotoxicology at the interface with other disciplines including human toxicology; environmental toxicology; characterization, dose and transformations; regulation; public and elite group perceptions; and interactions with innovation.Nanotoxicology in Humans and the Environment is written for researchers in nanotoxicology in academia, industry, government, and research students. Given the rapid development, the maturing of the discipline and its importance in current regulation and industry development (eg REACH, TSCA), the book is very timely.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Overview of nanotoxicology in humans and the environment; developments, challenges and impacts Stephen J. Evans, Paul M. Vecchiarelli, Martin J. D. Clift, Shareen H. Doak, Jamie R. Lead, Chapter 2 The potential adverse effects of engineered nanomaterial exposure to human health following pulmonary, oral and dermal exposure Ali Kermanizadeh, Flemming R. Cassee & Wim de Jong Chapter 3 Nanotoxicology in the environment Yueyang Zhang and Greg Goss, University of Alberta Chapter 4 Nano-enabled consumer products – inventories, release, and exposures. SF Hansen, A Makevica, MS Hull Chapter 5 Factors affecting nanoparticle dose–exposure and cell response Sandor Balog, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, and Alke Petri-Fink Chapter 6 Mapping Exposure onto Nanoscale Toxicity Measures D. Vallero, Duke University Chapter 7 Nanotoxicology and risk perception among public and elite groups Barbara Herr Harthorn, Terre Satterfield, Nick Pidgeon Chapter 8 EU Regulations and Nanotechnology Innovation.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Asymmetric Environmental Governance in
Book SynopsisThis book examines why authoritarian governments are willing to address environmental problems that have an international impact, such as CO2 emissions, but are reluctant to address problems that have only a domestic impact. In a case study of Azerbaijani oil politics, it demonstrates how the incumbent Azerbaijani regime has taken important measures trying to address CO2 emissions while ignoring the damage caused by oil pollution on the Caspian coast. The book argues that resource-rich authoritarian governments are eager to join international environmental initiatives to improve their image, but they address domestic environmental issues mainly if they threaten their hold on power.This book is an important contribution to scholarship on environmental governance in the post-Soviet space, an area that is poorly researched. Therefore, it is a must-read for researchers and scholars interested in post-Soviet studies, as well as in the nexus between mineral-rich regions and how social policy is created, e.g., environment, education, and healthcare. In addition, this book will be of tremendous importance for policymakers and international organizations as it looks into the motivation of authoritarian states in the post-Soviet space for environmental measures.Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Research overview, context and problematization.- Chapter 2 - Overview of environmental governance in Azerbaijan.- Chapter 3 - Oil contamination: policy prioritization and un-politics of pollution?.- Chapter 4 - Corruption and weakened civil society: impact on environmental governance.- Chapter 5 - Explaining path dependent patterns in Azerbaijan’s environmental governance.- Chapter 6 - Reduction of GHG emissions: a comparative success?.- Chapter 7 - International pressure and domestic legitimacy.- Chapter 8 - Discussion on Findings.- Chapter 9 - Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Internet of Things for Indoor Air Quality Monitoring
Book SynopsisThis book provides a synthesis for using IoT for indoor air quality assessment. It will help upcoming researchers to understand the gaps in the literature while identifying the new challenges and opportunities to develop healthy living spaces. On the other hand, this book provides insights about integrating IoT with artificial intelligence to design smart buildings with enhanced air quality. Consequently, this book aims to present future scope for carrying out potential research activities in this domain.Over the past few years, the Internet of Things (IoT) is proven as the most revolutionizing invention in the field of engineering and design. This technology has wide scope in automation and real-time monitoring. Indoor air quality assessment is one of the most important applications of IoT which helps in the development of smart and healthy living spaces. Numerous methods have been developed for air quality assessment to ensure enhanced public health and well-being. The combination of sensors, microcontrollers, and communication technologies can be used to handle the massive amount of field data to access the condition of building air quality.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Understanding the Energy Transition: Civil
Book SynopsisThe transformation of the dominant model of centralized energy production from fossil fuels to renewable energies is at the center of the public and scientific debate, as well as the subject of national and European policies, as it is connected to highly topical issues such as climate change, emissions reduction and natural disasters, security of supply and sustainability of the current economic development model.Up to now this topic has been mainly addressed by the economic and engineering sciences, with a research focus on the hardware rather than on the human and social software.However, energy systems, and the possibilities of change, are not only economic or technological but involve also patterns of social life, representations, organizational models and relational structures. In order to generate the social preconditions for the transition to a low-emission society, focused on a growing production of energy from renewable sources and on a greater sustainability of consumption, it is therefore urgent to reaffirm the centrality of a sociological approach to energy.This book focused on three core research areas which are crucial to understand what is at stake with the energy transition: conflicts over the construction and location of renewable energy production plants; collective action on renewable sources that promote a new model of energy system in which consumers are also producers; and the social-territorial impact of energy policies.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The emergence of the sociology of energy.- Chapter 3. Civil society and conflicts over renewable energies beyond the NIMBY syndrome.- Chapter 4. The social and spatial (in)justice of the energy transition policies.- Chapter 5. Community renewable energies between social enterprises, social movements and hybrid networks.- Chapter 6. Some lessons on energy transition learned from the Italian case.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Resilience of Informal Areas in Megacities –
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the socio-economic and sustainability challenges facing megacities in dealing with the dramatic population increases of informal areas and settlements (or slums), especially when coupled with the impacts and risks of climate change. The authors examine informal urban areas globally and in developing countries utilizing strategic environmental assessment (SEA) as a tool to solve the sequence of upgrading steps concerning slums and shanty towns, and also establish essential guidelines for local governments and stakeholders to create a balance and quality of life for slums dwellers, particularly in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic, through applying sustainability indicators that enhance the upgrading process. Coverage includes recent statistics and mapping of informal areas worldwide and assessment of the GIZ and Sir Norman Foster models in terms of energy demands and consequential emission of CO2 and air pollution from slums. Three models of Maspero’s Triangle are also studied and assessed. The book is essential reading for a wide range of researchers, students, policymakers, governments, and professionals as well as a good source for research centers and academicians working in energy, climate change, urban environments, and sustainable urban development.Table of Contents1) Global informal settlements and urban slums in cities and the coverage 2) Comprehension of informal settlements: An outlook on sprawl factors, challenges, and upgrading process – Role of policies for slums’ resilience and governance3) Informal urban settlements and slums’ upgrading – Global case studies4) Sustainable development principles for upgrading informal urban areas – Sustainability assessment of selected models 5) Understanding the challenges and potentials of people living in slums – Developing Countries6) Assessment of one of the slum areas in developing countries: Maspero’s Triangle – Cairo as a case study7) New Proposed Models for Maspero’s Triangle – Assessment8) Informal settlements and urban slums’ upgrading in megacities – Conclusions and recommendations
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference
Book SynopsisThis book features a selection of works presented in the 3rd International Conference on BioGeoSciences in a unified framework. It focuses on the physical and mathematical modelling of natural processes and environments at different spatial and temporal scales. This interdisciplinary book presents a comprehensive collection of case studies grouped according to the planetary ‘’spheres’’: lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, magnetosphere and biosphere. It serves as a valuable resource for scientists engaged in natural and exact sciences.Table of ContentsThe Litosphere 1. Development of a preliminary model of infiltration of pollutants in rocks (Cesar Medero) 2. Analysis of daily seismicity and mass removal using radar interferometry (Luciana Silva) 3. Automated simulation of synthetic earthquakes for vulnerable reservoirs in the central region of Cuba (Miguel Hernandez) 4. Forcing factors and space pattern of territorial transformations. The role of environmental and social variables in the dynamics of soil use (Mauricio Aguayo) 5. Effect of coverage / use of the soil on the hydrological response in basins of the southern center of Chile (Rebeca Martinez) The Hydrosphere 6. Study of the hydrodynamic transport of nitrate as a contaminant of rivers (Roxana Perez) 7. Effects of large-scale climatic variability on the flow of the central watersheds of Chile (Laura Perez) 8. Groundwater drought and land use/land cover changes in central Chile (Iongel Duran) 9. Productivity variability an Andean Lake of Chile through sedimentary records (Lien Rodriguez) 10. Analysis of the surface temperature trend of the lakes of the South Central of Chile by remote sensing for the period 2000-2016 (Roberto Urrutia) 11. Monitoring Program of Biobio Region (Chile) (Ricardo Figueroa) 12. Use of remote sensing tools applied to the spatial dynamics of the shoreline of the Rancho Luna beach in Cienfuegos, Cuba (Laura Castellanos) 13. Seasonal and interannual variability of sea surface temperature in the southern Cuban platform, based on remote perception (Alain Muñoz) The Atmosphere 14. Application of deep learning for the construction of synthetic physical models (Vladimir Mochalov) 15. Description of solar and terrestrial radiation incident on urban and rural surfaces (Amari Pereira) 16. Ground-based measurements and statistical analysis of UVER and IG solar radiation in Santiago, Chile (33.5°S) (Lisdelys Gonzalez) 17. Coastal hydrodinamics during tropical cyclones on the North coast of Ciego de Avila, Cuba. Case study: Hurricane Irma (2017) (Maibelin Castillo) 18. Hurricane Irma in Ciego de Avila: associated coastal floods and comparison with other risky scenarios (Felipe Matos) 19. Paleotempestology in central northern coast of Cuba (Beatriz Beltran) The Biosphere 20. On the planetary potential for subsurface life (Rolando Cardenas) 21. Impact of the Chicxulub asteroid: potential implications on phytoplankton and anammox bacteria (Noel Perez) 22. Entropic Approach to Primitive Cells (Manuel Fundora) 23. Darwinian evolution from a generational point of view (Osmel Martin) 24. Perspectives for spatially explicit individual-based modelling of spiny lobster populations in nursery areas of Cuba (Daile Avila) 25. Study of water and sediment of the Bay of Manatí, for the use of simulation models (Gustavo Arencibia)
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Asset Management for Infrastructure Systems:
Book SynopsisThis book offers a broad overview of asset management processes for different utilities, with a special emphasis on energy and water. It provides readers with important practical considerations concerning the development of new competitive structures and procedures for guaranteeing a sufficient supply of energy and water in a regulated environment, using clearly defined technical and economic cornerstones. On the one hand, asset owners expect suitable interests from their investment and business growth; on the other hand, regulators focus more on a reliable and cost-effective customer supply. This book shows how to take into consideration these different perspectives in the process of designing new structures, and how to guarantee organizational transparency. It describes essential principles and boundary conditions for ensuring the optimal use of resources in a network, covering issues relating to equipment service life, IT landscape and computer programs, operational costs management, and investment and maintenance strategies, highlighting their impact on the organization of the company. This thoroughly revised and updated second edition, includes extensive information about IEC standard (IEC/TS 63060), and cover operation research methods focusing on the optimization of the maintenance tasks. Furthermore, a discussion on the political environment has been included, with a special emphasis on the European situation and the “Green Deal”: specifically, some measures to cope with the topic of energy transition are presented. Last, but not least, a brand-new chapter on condition assessment has been included.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Tasks of the Asset Management.- Control functions.- Integration into the business organization.- System landscape in the area of Asset management.- Statistic.- Condition assessment.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Food Insecurity & Hydroclimate in Greater Horn of
Book SynopsisThis book will benefit users in food security, agriculture, water management, and environmental sectors. It provides the first comprehensive analysis of Greater Horn of Africa (GHA)’s food insecurity and hydroclimate using the state-of-the-art Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and its Follow-on (GRACE-FO)’s, centennial precipitation, hydrological models’ and reanalysis’ products. It is here opined that GHA is endowed with freshwater (surface and groundwater) being home to the world's second largest freshwater body (Lake Victoria) and the greatest continental water towers (Ethiopian Highlands) that if properly tapped in a sustainable way, will support its irrigated agriculture as well as pastoralism. First, however, the obsolete Nile treaties that hamper the use of Lake Victoria (White Nile) and Ethiopian Highland (Blue Nile) have to be unlocked. Moreover, GHA is bedevilled by poor governance and the ``donor-assistance” syndrome; and in 2020-2021 faced the so-called ``triple threats’’ of desert locust infestation, climate variability/change impacts and COVID-19 pandemic. Besides, climate extremes influence its meagre waters leading to perennial food insecurity. Coupled with frequent regional and local conflicts, high population growth rate, low crop yield, invasion of migratory pests, contagious human and livestock diseases (such as HIV/AIDs, COVID-19 & Rift Valley fever) and poverty, life for more than 310 million of its inhabitants simply becomes unbearable. Alarming also is the fact that drought-like humanitarian crises are increasing in GHA despite recent progress in its monitoring and prediction efforts. Notwithstanding these efforts, there remain challenges stemming from uncertainty in its prediction, and the inflexibility and limited buffering capacity of the recurrent impacted systems. To achieve greater food security, therefore, in addition to boosting GHA's agricultural output, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs suggest that its “inhabitants must create more diverse and stable means of livelihood to insulate themselves and their households from external shocks”. This is a task that they acknowledge will not be easy as the path ahead is “strewn with obstacles namely; natural hazards and armed conflicts”. Understanding GHA’s food insecurity and its hydroclimate as presented in this book is a good starting point towards managing the impacts of the natural hazards on the one hand while understanding the impacts associated with extreme climate on GHA's available water and assessing the potential of its surface and groundwater to support its irrigated agriculture and pastoralism would be the first step towards “coping with drought” on the other hand.The book represents a significant effort by Prof Awange in trying to offer a comprehensive overview of the hydroclimate in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA). Prof Eric F. Wood, NAE (USA); FRSC (Canada); Foreign member, ATSE (Australia).Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Water, Food and Human Health in the Galapagos,
Book SynopsisIn this book, we bring together interdisciplinary scholars and clinicians in medicine, public health, anthropology, nutrition, environmental sciences, and geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, the Ministry of Health and the Hospital Oskar Jandl. Together, these authors provide a comprehensive description of the factors shaping water quality, food availability, and health services on the islands, their implications for human health and well-being, and potential avenues for intervention.Table of ContentsPreface (Amanda L. Thompson, Valeria Ochoa-Herrera, Enrique Teran).- Chapter 1. Introduction (Margaret E. Bentley and Jaime Ocampo).- Part I: Water Environment.- Chapter 2. Analysis of water supply and demand management strategies for overcoming water scarcity in Santa Cruz (Maria Fernandes Reyes).- Chapter 3. Galapagos’ Water Management Evaluation under a Changing Climate and Current Covid-19 Pandemic (Cristina Mateus, Diego Quiroga).- Chapter 4. Water quality and access in Isabella: results from a household water survey (Nicholas Badwha, Donald Fefjar, Rodrigo Pozo, Khristopher Nicholas, Alyssa Grube, Jill Stewart, Amanda Thompson and Valeria Ochoa-Herrera).- Chapter 5. Tourists’ Willingness to Fund Improvements of Local Water Services: A Contingent Valuation Study from The Galapagos (William F. Vásquez).- Part II: Food Environment.- Chapter 6. Syndemic water and food insecurity: impacts on the dual burden of disease in Galapagos (Amanda L. Thompson, Enrique Teran and Margaret E. Bentley).- Chapter 7. Overweight and obesity in Galapagos:Food consumption patterns and globalization in the Encantadas (William F. Waters and Wilma B. Freire).- Chapter 8. Spatial and social dimensions of Galápagos food environments (Khristopher Nicholas, Paul Delameter, and Amanda Thompson).- Part III: Environment, Animals and Human Health.- Chapter 9. One Health in the Galapagos Social-Ecological System: Not Just the Absence of Disease (Alyssa Grube and Jill Stewart).- Chapter 10. A One Health Approach to Understanding Human Companion Animal Interactions and Parasitic Infections in San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands (Leigh-Ellyn Preston, Colon J. Grijalva & Enrique Teran).- Chapter 11. Surprising absence of antibiotic resistance in Salmonella enterica isolates from Galapagos Marine Iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) (Belen Carrillo, Cristina Chavez, Gabriel Trueba).- Chapter 12. Mosquitoes in Galapagos: The risk for arboviruses transmission and the need for a better vector surveillance and control program (Renato León, Leonardo Ortega, Carolina Molina, William F. Waters).- Part IV: Health Problems and Services.- Chapter 13. Health Across the First 1000 Days in the Galápagos Islands (Johanna R. Jahnke, Amanda L. Thompson, Norman T. Archer, Margaret E. Bentley, Kelly M. Houck, María Francisca Murgueitio Fuentes, Juan Ochoa).- Chapter 14. Galapagos Islands, a captive territory with unique characteristics for Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection (Ana María Gómez Jaramillo, Juan Ochoa, Isabel Hernandez and Enrique Terán).- Chapter 15. Understanding the lived experience of type 2 diabetes in San Cristobal (C. Hunter Davis, Paulina Lara Marchena, Humberto Gonzalez Rodriguez, Clare Barrington).- Chapter 16. Health seeking behavior and perceptions of care: A qualitative study investigating the underutilization of public health care on the Galápagos Islands (Johanna R. Jahnke, Norman T. Archer, Amanda L. Thompson, Jaime Ocampo, Margaret E. Bentley).- Chapter 17. Facilitating evidenced based nursing and humane health care through professional development (Julee Waldrop, Alasia Ledford, Betty Martinez, Johanna R. Jahnke, Gwen Sherwood).- Index.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Energy Justice: Climate Change Mitigation and
Book SynopsisThis book offers an insight into climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies and discusses energy justice issues within this framework. The concepts of sustainability and sustainable development have become popular among local communities, international policymakers, and researchers. In addition to these important topics, themes such as climate justice, environmental justice, global energy justice, ecological justice, sustainable justice, and procedural justice remain attractive to scholars and researchers internationally. In this book, scholars elaborate on various responses to human-induced climate change, calling for action, mitigation, and adaptation, and encouraging further thorough analysis and research in the field. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Energy and Environmental Justice. By Elena V. Shabliy and Dmitry Kurochkin.- Chapter 2: The Forgotten Impacts of Waste Disposal and Intergenerational Justice. By Kelly Tzoumis and Cynthia Boyer.- Chapter 3: Nomadic Power: The Case of Solar Panels in Mongolia. By Allison Hahn.- Chapter 4: Semantics of Cleanliness. By Atsuhide Ito.- Chapter 5: Destined for Coal? A “Hierarchy of Harms” and the Prospects of Renewable Energy in Kosovo. By Bengü Aydın Dikmen and Didem Buhari Gülmez.- Chapter 6: Appraising the Sustainability Aspect in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Discourse: The Case of Uganda.- By Alex Ronald Mwangu.- Chapter 7: Brazil’s Green Energy: Today and Tomorrow. By Eugene M. Khartukov and Ellen E. Starostina.- Chapter 8: Trade Justice, Human Rights, and the Case of Palm Oil. By Irene Hadiprayitno and Sine Bağatur.- Chapter 9: Energy Justice Across Generations. By Chaitanya Motupalli.- Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Agriculture, Livestock Production and
Book SynopsisThis two-volume set discusses recent approaches and technological innovations for sustainable agriculture in smallholder farming systems impacted by climate change. The systems covered include crop-based agricultural production, as well as aquaculture and livestock production as related systems using similar techniques to combat food security issues brought about by climate change and resource overuse. The chapters detail innovations involving crop diversification, soil resilience management, geoinformatics and land suitability monitoring for smart farming, information technology in livestock production, and nutrient resource management in fishery aquaculture. Researchers, practitioners and industries will be able to use this information to implement socially and economically sustainable practices to achieve food security in impoverished areas vulnerable to climate change, while also learning about the rapid evolution in information technology that is applicable for and available to small holder farmers. Volume 2 focuses on trends and technologies in food security within the context of sustainable practices, drone technology, microwave data, molecular farming, machine learning, agricultural economics, spatial modeling and agricultural policy. These chapters discuss advancements in fishery resource and aquaculture practices, and also the challenges facing these areas due to climate change. Table of ContentsChapter1. Drone Technology in Sustainable Agriculture: The future of farming is precision agriculture and mapping.- Chapter2. Revolutionizing Crops and Soil Resources’ Resilience to Climate Change. A case for Best-fit Agronomic Practices in Low and High Input Systems.- Chapter3. Drought-resilient climate smart sorghum varieties for food and industrial use in marginal frontier areas of Kenya.- Chapter4. Optimizing nitrogen management for improved productivity, nitrogen use efficiency, food and nutrition security: African context perspectives.- Chapter5. Soil carbon pools under different farming practices.- Chapter6. Effect of conservation agriculture on energy consumption and carbon emission.- Chapter7. Plant Molecular Farming: A Marvelous Biotechnological Approach in Agricultural Production.- Chapter8. Examining the outcome of coupling machine learning with dual Polarimetric SAR for rice growth mapping.- Chapter9. Mapping prominent cash crops employing ALOS PALSAR-2 and selected machine learners.- Chapter10. Crop assessment and decision support information products using multi-sensor and multi-temporal moderate resolution data.- Chapter11. Agriculture, Livestock Production and Aquaculture: Advances for Smallholder Farming System.- Chapter12. Mobilizing Pig Resources for Capacity Development and Livelihood Security.- Chapter13. Agricultural Value Chains: A Cardinal Pillar for Future Development and Management of Farming.- Chapter14. Climate Smart Eco-management of Water and Soil Quality as a Tool for Fish Productivity Enhancement.- Chapter15. Advances in nutrient resource management for fisheries and aquaculture.- Chapter16. Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Rapid Refrigeration and Water Protection: Next
Book SynopsisThis book provides a cross-disciplinary, multi-scale assessment of the development of adsorption-based refrigerants and super-adsorbent-based wastewater purification. The book covers two major aspects from the 21st century, including the development of an environmentally benign adsorption cooling system and the preparation of a super-adsorbent for water purification. Although work has been published on these topics, the authors present the latest findings and introduce some new perspectives. The book is written as a reference book with contributions from global field experts and will appeal to water engineers, chemists, environmentalists, physicists, material scientists, nano-technologists, and environmental technologists.Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Sustainability, Energy and City: Proceedings of
Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 1st Congress in Sustainability, Energy and City (CSECity’21) held in Ambato, Ecuador, on June 28–29, 2021, proudly organized by Universidad Tecnológica Indoamerica in collaboration with GDEON. The CSECity brings together experts that promotes the dissemination of advances in sustainability, urbanism, energy, and industry research through the presentation of keynote conferences. In CSECity, theoretical, technical, or application works that are research products are presented to discuss and debate ideas, experiences, and challenges. Presenting high-quality, peer-reviewed papers, the book discusses the following topics: Energy sustainability Information and knowledge management Information technologies Innovation, technology, and society Software and systems modeling Software systems, architectures, applications, and tools Sustainable energy and the city.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Legends in Gandhian Social Activism: Mira Behn
Book SynopsisThis book is about Madeleine Slade (1892-1982) and Catherine Mary Heilemann (1901-1982), two English associates of Mohandas K. (Mahatma) Gandhi (1869-1948), known in India as Mira Behn and Sarala Behn. The odysseys of these women present a counternarrative to the forces of imperialism, colonialism, capitalism, and globalized development. The book examines their extraordinary journey to India to work with Gandhi and their roles in India’s independence movement, their spiritual strivings, their independent work in the Himalayas, and most importantly, their contribution to the evolution of Gandhian philosophy of socio-economic reconstruction and environmental conservation in the present Indian state of Uttarakhand. The author shows that these women developed ideas and practices that drew from an extensive intellectual terrain that cannot be limited to Gandhi’s work. She delineates directions in which Gandhian thought and experiments in rural development work and visions of a new society evolved through the lives, activism, and written contributions of these two women. Their thought and practice generated a new cultural consciousness on sustainability that had a key influence in environmental debates in India and beyond and were responsible for two of the most important environmental movements of India and the world: the Chipko Movement or the movement against commercial green felling of trees by hugging them, and the protest against the Tehri high dam on the Bhagirathi River. To this day, their teachings and philosophies constitute a useful and significant contribution to the search for and implementation of global ideas of ecological conservation and human development. Table of ContentsBridging Divides: Mira Behn and Sarala Behn in Gandhian Social Activism 1) General Introduction PART I: The Road Taken: Early Life and Work in India with Gandhi 2) Mira Behn: When the Spirit Becomes the Guide 3) Sarala Behn: She Who Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways ) PART II: Gandhian Sarvodaya and the Challenge to Development 4) Gandhi and Science?: Rethinking Science, Technology, and Development the Gandhian Way 5) Off the Beaten Path: Mira Behn and Himalayan Environment and Development 6) From Reform to Revolution: Sarala Behn, Nai Talim, and the Rise of Local Women’s Power Part III: The Battle for the Hill Environment: The Behns in Gandhian Activism 7) Saving the Forests: Ecology in Sarvodaya 8) Protesting the Dam: Vision of a Permanent Economy Part IV: The Bridge Builders: The Integrative Worldviews of Mira Behn and Sarala Behn 9) Beauty Wonder, and Sustainability: Reconnecting Humans to Nature for “Durable Harmony” 10) Holistic Education and Practical Spirituality for Human-Nature Harmony 11) Bridging Divides: The Living Legacies of the Behns new outline structure Bridging Divides: Mira Behn and Sarala Behn in Gandhian Social Activism 1) General Introduction PART I: The Road Taken: Early Life and Work in India with Gandhi (with introduction text – former Chapter 2) 2) Mira Behn: When the Spirit Becomes the Guide (former Chapter 3) 3) Sarala Behn: She Who Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways (former Chapter 4) PART II: Gandhian Sarvodaya and the Challenge to Development (with Introduction text - former Chapter 5) 4) Gandhi and Science?: Rethinking Science, Technology, and Development the Gandhian Way (former Chapter 6) 5) Off the Beaten Path: Mira Behn and Himalayan Environment and Development (former Chapter 7) 6) From Reform to Revolution: Sarala Behn, Nai Talim, and the Rise of Local Women’s Power (former Chapter 8) Part III: The Battle for the Hill Environment: The Behns in Gandhian Activism (with Introduction text - former Chapter 9) 7) Saving the Forests: Ecology in Sarvodaya (former Chapter 10) 8) Protesting the Dam: Vision of a Permanent Economy (former Chapter 11) Part IV: The Bridge Builders: The Integrative Worldviews of Mira Behn and Sarala Behn (with Introduction text - former Chapter 12) 9) Beauty Wonder, and Sustainability: Reconnecting Humans to Nature for “Durable Harmony” (former Chapter 13) 10) Holistic Education and Practical Spirituality for Human-Nature Harmony (former Chapter 14) 11) Bridging Divides: The Living Legacies of the Behns (former Chapter 15)
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Producing Green Knowledge and Innovation: A
Book SynopsisThe knowledge and innovation meant for knowledge-based economies (KBEs) are branded as green knowledge and innovation/ethical human capital, blended with the natural system as modeled by the Quintuple Helix Model of Innovation. However, due to bureaucratic challenges and myths, conventional universities produce knowledge and innovation in the sense of traditional disciplinary knowledge, which are not adequate to meet the goals of sustainable development.This book provides a model for greening a university which in turn can produce green knowledge and innovation in the mainstream knowledge production process. This model, which is based on research, can be adopted by the conventional universities in other regions. Such a process results in providing benefits to stakeholders of the university at the micro-level. At the macro-level, it blends with the other knowledge systems—namely, the natural environment of society, economic system, media-based and culture-based public and civil society, and political system—to create a sustainable knowledge economy.Table of Contents1. Associated Problem with Greening Universities.- 2. Scope for Green Knowledge & Innovation.- 3. Ethics For Greening Universities.- 4. Institutional Change For Greening Universities.- 5. In Search of a Framework for Greening University-Document Analysis.- 6. In Search of Framework for Greening University-Thematic Analysis.- 7. Processes of Green Knowledge and Innovation at Universities.- 8. Green University- Management theory: Process approach.- 9. Green University-Management Theory: Systems Approach.- 10. Methodology.
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Springer International Publishing AG Air Quality Networks: Data Analysis, Calibration
Book SynopsisThis volume offers expert contributions proposing new and recently set scientific standards for smart air quality (AQ) networks data processing, along with results obtained during field deployments of pervasive and mobile systems. The book is divided into 5 main sections; 1) future air quality networks, 2) general data processing techniques, 3) field deployments performances, 4) special applications, and 5) cooperative and regulatory efforts. The authors offer different sources of data for the production of trustworthy insights, including spatio-temporal predictive AQ maps meant to boost citizen awareness, and informed participation in remediation and prevention policies. Readers will learn about the best and most up-to-date practices for measuring and assessing air quality, while also learning about current regulatory statuses regarding air quality technology design and implementation. The book will be of interest to air quality regulatory agencies, citizen science groups, city authorities, and researchers and students working with air quality sensors and geostatistics. Table of Contents1. Future air quality networks.- 2. General data processing techniques.- 3. Fields deployments performances.- 4. Special applications.- 5. Cooperative and regulatory efforts.
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Springer International Publishing AG Consumption, Sustainability and Everyday Life
Book SynopsisThis open access book seeks to understand why we consume as we do, how consumption changes, and why we keep consuming more and more, despite the visible damage we are doing to the planet. The chapters cover both the stubbornness of unsustainable consumption patterns in affluent societies and the drivers of rapidly increasing consumption in emerging economies. They focus on consumption patterns with the largest environmental footprints, including energy, housing, and mobility and engage in sophisticated ways with the theoretical frontiers of the field of consumption research, in particular on the ‘practice turn’ that has come to dominate the field in recent decades. This book maps out what we know about consumption, questions what we take for granted, and points us in new directions for better understanding—and changing—unsustainable consumption patterns.Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction Foreword: Remembering Hal Wilhite Rick Wilk 1. Consumption, sustainability and everyday life Arve Hansen and Kenneth Bo Nielsen 2. Capitalism, consumption, and the transformation of everyday life: The political economy of social practices Arve Hansen Part II: Energy, technology and everyday consumption 3. Household Energy Practices in Low-energy Buildings: A qualitative Study of Klosterenga Ecological Housing Cooperative Karina Standal, Harold Wilhite, and Solvår Wågø 4. Solar water heating: informing decarbonization policy by listening to the users Mithra Moezzi, Harold Wilhite, Loren Lutzenhiser, and Françoise Bartiaux 5. Sufficiency in China’s energy provision. A service understanding of sustainable consumption and production Marius Korsnes 6. Practices, provision and protest: Power outages in rural Norwegian households Ulrikke Wethal Part III Consuming mobility 7. The rise and fall of the ‘people's car’: middle-class aspirations, status and mobile symbolism in ‘New India’ Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Harold Wilhite 8. Practical aeromobilities: making sense of environmentalist air-travel Johannes Volden and Arve Hansen Part IV: Wellbeing and sustainable consumption 9. Everyday life and how it changes: studying ‘sustainable wellbeing’ with students during a pandemic Marlyne Sahakian 10. Towards sustainable transport practices in a coastal community in Norway. Insights from human needs and social practice approaches Mònica Guillén-Royo, Amsale Temesgen, Bjørn Vidar Vangelsten 11. Value Mapping: Practical Tools for Wellbeing and Sustainable Consumption Chris Butters and Ove Jakobsen Part V: Making consumption more sustainable 12. Can economics help to understand, and change, consumption behaviour? Desmond McNeill 13. Towards sustainable consumption: reflections on the concepts of social loading, excess, and idle capacity Dale Southerton and Alan Warde Afterword: Capitalism, climate, consumption and Corona Thomas Hylland Eriksen
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Springer International Publishing AG Environmental Governance in Indonesia
Book SynopsisThis open access book presents the state-of-the-art environmental governance research and practices in Indonesia. It offers a wide scope, covering different sectors (e.g., forestry, mining) and geographical landscapes (e.g., inland and coastal areas). This book engages with existing theories and frameworks, including Earth System Governance, Adaptive and Interactive Governance, among others to trigger a debate regarding the operationalization of such concepts, which are mostly developed for the Global North context. It is also our ambition to incorporate more empirical knowledge from local contexts to indicate research gaps and future directions for environmental governance research agenda to be more diverse, inclusive, and facilitate the incorporation of inter-and transdisciplinary knowledge. This book will be useful for researchers, students, practitioners, and policymakers who are interested in the field of environmental governance, especially in Indonesia. Indonesia is one of the countries with the fastest-growing economies in Asia. Indonesia is rich in natural resources but also suffers from overexploitation and environmental threats exacerbated by climate and human pressures. Along with the growing global ambitions for achieving sustainable development and capacity to adapt to current and future threats, including climate change impacts and disaster risk, Indonesia's commitments to balance development while safeguarding a good environmental status are also increasing. The challenge is on how to govern complex and systemic natural, social and governance systems while adhering to the principle of equity and justice? As it will require more than traditional hierarchical modes of governance and current regulatory instruments (i.e., law and regulations).This is an open access book.Table of ContentsTable of content Foreword Dodik Ridho Nurrochmat, Arun Agrawal Chapter 1 Introduction Annisa Triyanti, Mochamad Indrawan, Laely Nurhidayah, Muh Aris Marfai PART I: emerging concepts and perspectives Chapter 2 Introducing the Pluriverse of the Anthropocene: Toward an Ontological Politics of Environmental Governance in Indonesia Rangga Kala Mahaswa and Min Seong Kim Chapter 3 Earth System Governance in Indonesia: An Initial Investigation Erwin Nugraha, Mahesti Okitasari, Annisa Triyanti, Yanuardi Yanuardi Chapter 4 Post-politicizing the Environment: Local Government Performance Assessments in Indonesia Yogi Setya Permana, Septi Satriani, Imam Syafi’i, Pandu Yuhsina Adaba, Sari Seftiani, and Dini Suryani PART II: Wetlands Chapter 5 Gender and Climate Change Vulnerability: A Case Study of a Coastal Community in Pramuka Island, The Seribu Islands Tri Saputro and Priya Kurian Chapter 6 Coastal Forest Re-Grabbing: A Case from Langkat, North Sumatera, Indonesia Dedi S. Adhuri, Imam Syafi’i, Atika Zahra Rahmayanti, Intan Adhi Perdana Putri, and Mochammad Nadjib Chapter 7 Towards Sustainable Lake Ecosystem-Based Management– Lessons Learned from Interdisciplinary Research of Cage Aquaculture Management in Lake Maninjau Ivana Yuniarti, Clare Barnes, Klaus Glenk, and Alistair McVittie PART III: Land and forest Chapter 8 Community-Based Fire Management and Peatland Restoration in Indonesia Laely Nurhidayah, Rini Astuti, Herman Hidayat, and Robert Siburian Chapter 9 Assessing the Governance Modes of Indonesia’s Forest Management Unit Ramli Ramadhan, Sutrisno Karim, Micah Fisher, Harsanto Mursyid, Mochamad Indrawan Chapter 10 Biofuels Development and Indirect Deforestation Rizky Ramadhan, Akihisa Mori, and Oekan S. Abdoellah Chapter 11 The Dynamics of the Green Policies in Papua Land: A Political Economy Study Yulia Indrawati Sari Chapter 12 Environmental Governance as Knowledge Co-Production: the Emergence of Permaculture Movements in Indonesia Maharani Hapsari Chapter 13 Aggregation and Representation in Knowledge Coproduction: Lesson Learned from the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil Scheme Faris Salman and Akihisa Mori Part IV: Urban Chapter 14 The Conceptual Models of Dynamic Governance Toward Sustainable Urban Water Management in Metropolitan Area Wahyu Mulyana, Eko Prasojo, Emirhadi Suganda, dan Setyo Sarwanto Moersidik Chapter 15 Governance by Accident:The Role of Civil Society in Shaping Urban Environmental Governance Benny D. Setianto and Budi Widianarko Chapter 16 Water Resources Governance in Indonesia Towards Environmental Sustainability Along with Social and Economic Development Andi Setyo Pambudi and Trikurnianti Kusumanto Chapter 17 Coordination Challenges Facing Effective Flood Governance in the Ciliwung River Basin Georgina Clegg, Richard Haigh, Dilanthi Amaratunga, and Harkunti Rahayu Chapter 18 Transformative Solutions in the Global South: Addressing Solid Waste Management Challenges in Jakarta through Participation by Civil Society Organizations? Abeer Abdulnabi Ali, Yuliya Golbert, Abdul Fikri Angga Reksa, Michael M. Kretzer, and Stefan Schweiger PART V: Climate Chapter 19 Should Climate Actions Stay Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic? A Crisis Management Governance Perspective Nur Firdaus and Atika Zahra Rahmayanti Chapter 20 Climate Action in a Far-Flung Archipelagic Nation: Outlining Challenges in Capacity-Building Mahawan Karuniasa, Mochamad Indrawan, Joko Triharyanto, Dudi Ruliadi, Dicky Edwin Hindarto, Emilia Bassar, Alin Halimatussadiah, Impron, Edvin Aldrian, and Andre Wahyudi Atmoko Chapter 21 Strategy for Sustainable Urban Climate Mitigation: Kupang City Climate Risk Assessment Muhammad Ridwansyah, Christopher Bennett, Franky. M. S. Telupere, Philiphi de Rozari, Fadwa. R. Asfahani, Utari N. Qalbi, Achmad. F. Kanzil Chapter 22 Local resource governance: Strategies for adapting to change Skye-Turner Walker Part VI: Social and technological Interventions Chapter 23 Local Governance of Sustainability Transition in Community-scale Solar Water Pumping Systems in Indonesia Sita Rahmani, Takehiko Murayama, Shigeo Nishikizawa, and Muhammad Sani Roychansyah Chapter 24 Building a Sustainable Photovoltaic Innovation System in Indonesia Through Network Governance Perspective Anugerah Yuka Asmara, AR. Rohman Taufiq Hidayat, Badrudin Kurniawan, Hideaki Ohgaki, Toshio Mitsufuji, and Jordi Cravioto Caballero Chapter 25 Conceptual Design of Sustainable Governance by VIDEL (Virtual Dashboard of Environmentally Logistics-Port-City): a Case Study of Jakarta and Tanjung-Priok Port M. Iman Santoso, Djoko Santoso Abi Suroso, Muhammad S. Fitriyanto, Muhammad S.P.A. Suroso, Klaus Krumme, Ani Melkonyan-Gottschalk, and Bernd Noche
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Springer International Publishing AG Interdisciplinary Environmental Solutions: Using
Book SynopsisThis textbook presents a clear and accessible argument for sustainable planning and development. The book discusses multiple environmental issues and examines how potential solutions can and should be addressed in the context of space and place. The book also offers an invaluable discussion on the need for a framework for system-based thinking where various disciplines should work together to find innovative solutions. Students are provided with an appreciation of the need for an interdisciplinary approach to these issues combined with an underlying sense of space, an appreciation of cultural diversity and differences, as well as associated insights into human relationships. These core attributes put space at the heart of environmental and natural resources management, in terms of policy, planning and on-the-ground initiatives.This book will be an invaluable reference for advanced undergraduate, graduate students and researchers working in the field looking for an accessible overview of this interdisciplinary approach to the topic.Table of Contents
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Springer International Publishing AG Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Resource
Book SynopsisThis book highlights the different ways of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) practices that conserve natural resources sustainably. Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), along with synonymous or closely related terms like indigenous knowledge and native science, originates in the literature on international development and adaptive management. Against the backdrop of unprecedented global degradation and reduction in ecosystem services with impacts on human well-being over the last 50 years, there is a growing interest in the role of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) practices and systems of local communities in ensuring the sustainable utilization and management of resources. In this context, this book comprehensively analyzes the important aspects of natural resources in Asia. This book covers a detailed study of the different aspects of natural resources. It is divided into three sections, which deal with varying dimensions of indigenous ecological knowledge of resource management in Asia. The first part reflects upon the concept of traditional ecological knowledge, the second part analyzes the systematic documentation of TEK practices, and the third part deals with policy for governance. This book critically describes and explains the indigenous knowledge about resource management. This book is the ideal text for undergraduate, postgraduate, and research scholars in India and abroad. This book is designed in such a manner that it covers all the aspects of natural resources. It also helps the administrator and policymakers use indigenous knowledge in resource management.Trade Review“The book is full of figures and flowcharts allowing an easy grasp of topic and sub-topics. … This edition will be a valuable resource for academicians, students, researchers, practitioners, environmentalist, policymakers and all those who are looking for a well-structured information on TEK concepts and their usage. The book deserves appreciation for the contribution of editors and various authors for making this timely, cost-worthy and outstanding edition.” (Tanu Kumari, Anthropocene Science, Vol. 2 (2), 2023)Table of Contentssee attachments
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Springer International Publishing AG Advances in Research on Water Resources and
Book SynopsisThis book composes the proceedings of the international Conference on Geo-Spatial Technologies and Earth Resources (GTER 2022) which was co-organized by Hanoi University of Mining and Geology and the International Society for Mine Surveying (ISM) held at Hanoi city on October 13–14, 2022.GTER 2022 is technically co-sponsored by Vietnam Mining Science and Technology Association (VMST), Vietnam Association of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing (VGCR), Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited (VINACOMIN), and the Dong Bac Corporation (NECO).GTER 2022 aims to bring together experts, researchers, engineers, and policymakers to discuss and exchange their knowledge and experiences in recent advances research water resources and environmental systems.Table of ContentsApplication of MODFLOW-based SEAWAT code for seawater intrusion forecasting into the Upper Pliocene coastal aquifer in the Ca Mau Peninsula, Southern Vietnam.- Seawater Intrusion Processes along the Tien river Mouth in the Period 2000-2020.- Developing software package for 2D modeling hydrodynamics and salinity transport in Cu Lao Dung, Mekong Delta.- An Assessment of Some Algorithms for Modeling and Forecasting Horizontal Displacement of Ialy Dam, Vietnam.- Simulation of The Hydrodynamic Regime of Aquaculture Development Zones within Binh Dinh, Vietnam.- Prediction of Suspended Sediment Concentration By Artificial Neural Networks At The Vu Gia-Thu Bon Catchment, Vietnam.- Criteria affecting groundwater potential: A Systematic Review of Literature.- Pumped Storage Power Plant, Solutions to Ensure Water Sustainability and Environmental Protection.- Modelling the influences of river water level on the flooding situation of urban areas: a case study in Hanoi, Vietnam.- 188 Assessing the current characteristics of concrete in some parts Hoa Binh hydropower plant.- Hydraulic Performance of a Sand Trap in The Flushing Period to Support The Maintenance of The Pengasih Irrigation Network, Indonesia.- Identification of hydrogeochemical processes and controlling factors in groundwater and surface water using integrated approaches, Tuul River basin (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia).-Application of plant endogenous microorganisms (endophytes) in the treatment of heavy metal pollution in soils.- Evaluation of Density Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in Southern Part of Vietnam.- Assessment of Lead (Pb) Accumulation in Native Plants Growing on Coal Mine Site in Northeastern Vietna.
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Springer International Publishing AG Computational Intelligence Methods for Green
Book SynopsisThis book provides readers with peer-reviewed research papers presented at the 6th International Conference on Green Technology and Sustainable Development (GTSD) held in Nha Trang City, Vietnam, from July 29 to 30, 2022. The book is original work of researchers from academia and industry focusing on the theme “Green technology and sustainable development in Industrial Revolution 4.0” not only to raise awareness of the vital importance of sustainability in education, technology, and economic development, but also to highlight the essential roles of technology innovation for the green future. The book presents a wide range of research aspects including energy engineering, electric power systems, renewable energy systems, automatic control engineering, robotics, vehicle engineering, material engineering, construction engineering, mechanical engineering, vibrations, computational analysis, numerical investigation, system failure, technological solutions in health care, and so on. Through thorough research basing on both experimental and numerical methods, the authors feature either solutions for existing problems or optimization and improvement for performance of existing methods. The collected research results could be useful alternatives and implications for industry experts, research institutions, universities, and all others who share a common interest in the future global sustainable development.
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Springer International Publishing AG Green Crime in the Global South: Essays on
Book SynopsisThis book presents a socio-criminological study of environmental crime in the global South. It gathers contributors from all the regions of the geographical global South (Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Latin America) to discuss instances of environmental crime and conflict. Overall, it seeks to further decolonise the knowledge production of green criminology. It considers the legacy of colonisation, North-South and the core-periphery divides in the production of environmental crime, the epistemological contributions of the marginalised, impoverished, and oppressed, and the unique contexts of the global South. This book has three sections: drivers of green crime in the global South; responses to environmental harm in the global South; and global dialogues about crime and destruction in the global South. The first two sections represent the breadth of the topics that green criminologists have historically studied but from unique perspectives. The third section explores ethical and decolonial ways for Southern green criminology to collaborate with Western academia. This book speaks to scholars in criminology, political ecology, decolonial theory, along with the many readers interested in the interactions between humans and nature. Table of ContentsTable of contents 1. Southern green criminology: Fundamental concepts. I. Drivers of green crime in the global South. 2. The state-corporate crime of extractive industries. 3. Mass extraction and green crime victimization in Turkey. 4. Environmental exploitation and violence against Indigenous people in Mexico. 5. Appropriating the commons: Tea estates and conflict over water in southern Malawi 6. Political Economy and the Government Attack on Sharks – a non-speciesist Southern green criminology II. Responses to environmental crime in the global South. 7. Green Potential in the Global South: The Phulbari Movement in neoliberal Bangladesh. 8. Latin American green Criminology and the limits of restorative justice: An analysis of the Samarco case 9. Beyond retributive justice: Listening to environmental victims’ demands in Brazil 10. Pop culture as environmental education in Japan: The case of Hayao Miyazak’s Kaze-no-tani-no-Naushika III. Global dialogues about crime and destruction in the South. 11. Revisiting Rosa: Eco-bio-genocide, drug wars, and Southern green criminology. 12. Colonialism, Knowledge, and the White Man’s Burden.
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Springer International Publishing AG Smart Cities: Social and Environmental Challenges
Book SynopsisThis edited volume discusses the socioeconomic, environmental, and policy implications of smart cities. Written by international experts in energy economics and policy, the chapters present wide range of high quality theoretical and empirical studies at the nexus of social, entrepreneurial, governmental and ecological transformation. The book covers a wide range of topics, with a view towards providing empirical evidence of the benefits of smart cities as well as practical frameworks for smart city initiatives. Topics discussed include: smart city transition pillars, innovation for smart and sustainable cities design and implementation, smart city governance, smart mobility within cities, and smart cities in emerging economies. This volume will be of use to students and researchers interested in resource economics, energy economics, sustainability, ICT, and governance, as well as policymakers working on smart city initiatives.This is an open access book.Table of Contents1. Innovation and Smart Cities Research: A Review and Future Directions.- 2. The role of the fourth industrial revolution technologies in driving smart cities.- 3. Finance and economic return of smart city projects.- 4. Cities transformation and benefits of Smart Cities.- 5. Cities: the new form of international environmental governance.- 6. Smart Energy Cities: The Role of Behavioral Interventions in Reducing Electricity Demand in Buildings in Principality of Monaco.- 7. Back to the future: tapping into ancient knowledge toward human centered smart cities.- 8. Environmental retrofitting, a mandate for NEZ livable and sustainable GCC cities.- 9. A comprehensive smart system for social housing.- 10. Smart Modelling for Greener Urban Environments: The Digital Twin of the City of Imola.- 11. MUST-B: a multi-agent model to envisage the future challenges of sustainable urban development.- 12. A Systematic Literature Review on an Expansion of Transit-Oriented Development’s Station Areas.- 13. Ergonomics of access: a new, broad and inclusive vision to better understand the links between the urban context on the conditions of access, accessibility and appropriation of resources of daily life in active modes.- 14. Mobility hubs, an innovative concept for a sustainable urban mobility? State of the art, guidelines and assessments of two European experiences.- 15. Micromobility in urban areas: Evaluation of several scenarios with respect to detailed characteristics of the city.- 16. Smart Cities initiatives and perspectives in emerging economies.- 17. Data driven urban management for Saudi cities: Practices, challenges, and opportunities.- 18. Smart Cities: GCC and Kuwait Experience.- 19. Smart Cities from an Indian Perspective: Evolving Ambitions and Incorporating Sustainable Practices
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Springer International Publishing AG Environment Impact on Reproductive Health: A
Book SynopsisThis open access book focuses on of the impact of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) on human reproduction. It comprehensively discusses the three most important topics in the field: the basic biology of EDCs; the effects of EDCs on human reproduction and human reproductive systems; and potential interventions and practical advice for dealing with the problems caused by EDCs.Presenting a translational approach to endocrine disrupting chemicals research, spanning both basic biology and clinical applications, the book provides a critical link between laboratory investigations and clinical practice. Written by international experts in the field, it is a valuable reference resource for gynaecologists, obstetricians, endocrinologists and experts in reproductive medicine, and a useful tool for anyone interested in the impact of the environment on human reproduction.Table of ContentsIntroduction to Environmental Pollutants and Human Exposure.- Cellular Mechanisms of Endocrine Disruption.- Endocrine Disruptors, Epigenetic changes and Transgenerational Transmission.- Introduction to Environmental Pollutants and Human Reproduction.- Endocrine Disruption in the Female (PCOS, Early puberty, Endometriosis).- Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Female Cancer.- Endocrine Disruption in the Male.- Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Reproductive Outcome.- Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and the Offspring (Prenatal exposure).- Policy Implication and Community Interventions to reduce EDCs Exposure.- Talking with patients and the public about EDCs (+ Video).
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Springer International Publishing AG Transforming Bangladesh: Geography, People,
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the transformation of Bangladesh in respect to its people, geography, economy and environment. The authors discuss current problems such as vulnerability caused by environmental degradation in Bangladesh but also opportunities of this rapidly changing country. The book explains how the country is rapidly transforming from a rural subsistence agrarian based economic system to a new economic partner contributing to global processes. Bangladesh is presented as an example for the changes in the Global South, where a mismatch is often observed in linking resources and activities with environmental sustainability, possibly due to insufficient base-line knowledge. As faster growth is marginalizing resources to increase the GDP, the sustainability of resource exploitation is being questioned. The authors describe the vulnerable situation caused by possible sea-level rise, soil degradation, biodiversity loss, climate extremities, urbanization, and population displacement. This volume offers comprehensive knowledge about the geography and environment of Bangladesh and aims to help readers further investigate the issues and work on solutions. The book appeals to academics, professionals and students at all levels interested in Bangladesh as well as environmental problems and geographical issues in a rapidly transforming country. Table of ContentsPart 1 : Geo-Physical Dynamics (Gregor, Hugh Brammer, Shitanshu, Raquib)• Geological structure and the formation of Bengal Basin• River shifts and its impact on the surface modifications of the flood plain• The Pleistocene Terrace: a unique landform with different environment• The active and moribund deltas and their features• Climate pattern in Bangladesh and climate fluctuationsPart 2: Bio-Physical Aspects (M.P. Rana)• Soil as a natural resource under stress• Forest resources and its degradation• Threats to the Sundarban mangrove forest and aspects of its stakeholdersPart 3 : Changes in Society (Philip Gain)• Origin of the ethnicity of Bangladesh• Historical transformation and political changes• Ethnic conflicts and the question of ethnic minorities (Adivasis)Part: 4: Land Resource and Land Use Pattern: (Raquib, Boris…..)• Land use pattern and land use change in Bangladesh• Land management and land use zoning for environmentPart 5 : Towards Food Security and Food Self-sufficiency (Prof. Abdus Sattar, Agri University, Kathi)• Agriculture pattern and modernization of practices• Crop diversity, introduction of GM breeds and sustainable food supply• Irrigation, pesticide and fertilizer – and the other side of environment• Inland and off-shore fish resources – solution for mass protein• Shrimp farming and the question of land and social environment• Food security and future of food productionPart 6: Changing Population Dynamics• Pattern of demographic characteristics and prevailing trends in Bangladesh• Population migration pattern – internal and externalPart 7: Rural Settlement Pattern (Prof. Baqee ….)• Rural houses of Bangladesh and its spatial architectural aspects• Rural settlement pattern and rural housing in BangladeshPart 8: Urbanization: A Future Challenge (Raquib, Boris, Tibor, Prof. Nazrul Islam)• Urbanization pattern in Bangladesh• Urban informal sectors – a place of socio-economic adaptation• Urban environment problems and government policies• Mega city and mega challenge – a review of Dhaka cityPart 9: Trade, Communication and Industries for Economic Growth (Boris ….)• Pattern of internal and international trade• Garment industries and its impact on economic growth• The foreign remittance sector: a question of sustainable contributor in economic growth• Railway communication – a ignored cheap means of transport• River transports and their problems• Prospects of Indo-Bangladesh transport corridor – a possibilityPart 10: Bangladesh in Growing International Sharing (Raquib …)• Bangladesh’s international relations in change – a historical review• Bangladesh’s bi-lateral and multilateral international conflictsPart 11: Natural Hazards and Changes in Livelihood Pattern (Chandan Roy, Shoeb)• Flood management and water-logging in Bangladesh• Coastal cyclones: Sidr and Ayla and the cyclone of November 1970 – historical reviews• Drought in north-western Bangladesh and management• Coastal salinity increase and its impact on coastal environment• Changes in the livelihood pattern in coastal BangladeshPart 12: Environmental Problems and Policies for Sustainable Living (Boris, Gregor, Raquib, Mehedi Azam)• Major environmental problems in Bangladesh• Bangladesh’s position in the international environment protocol• Surface water crises and management for eco-friendly development• Ground water crisis and its impact on environment and healthPart 13: Bangladesh Under Climate Change Threat (Raquib)• Bangladesh under possible climate change threat • Government policies on climate change adaptation/mitigation and its role in international dialogues• Education curriculum and policy for environment and climate awarenessPart 14: Development Policies and Future of Bangladesh• Selected Master Plans – Dhaka, Chittagong and Khulna – their strength in urban land use and environment management• Bangladesh’s agriculture policy and the question of self-sufficiency• Micro-credit and poverty reduction: question of long term sustainability and social development• NGOs role in national development
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Springer Nature Switzerland Trends and Challenges in Multidisciplinary
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Springer Forest Management for Climate Change Mitigation
Book SynopsisPractices of APFNet Project Activities in Addressing Climate Change.- Effects of Changing Fire Regimes and Post-Fire Salvage Logging on Forest Ecosystems.- The impact of climate change on forest hydrology.- The Effect of Harvest on Forest Soil N2O Fluxes: A Review.- Effects of forest management on soil organic carbon stability and Dynamics in Chinese fir plantation.- Forest soils and greenhause gas emissions: In natural forest, degraded and plantation ecosystems.- Strategy of forest management in relation to climate change- case study in SFA Forest Pilot Sites.- Typical Mathematical and Statistical Methods in the Cycle of Carbon and Nitrogen in Forest Soil.- The impact of nitrogen deposition on Forest soil respiration.- Forest Management Systems and Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorous Cycling.- Managed Forests and Methane: Recent Research and Prospects for Best Management Practices.- Impact of the 2008 ice storm on forests in southeast China.
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Springer Air Quality Management and Research in Southeast Asia
Book Synopsis1. Introduction.- 2. Southeast Asia.- 3. Air pollution in Southeast Asia.- 4. Air quality data sources.- 5. Ambient air quality monitoring .
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Springer Sustainable Cooperation for the Creation of Green Supply Chains Based on Environmental Technologies and Responsible Innovations
Book SynopsisPart 1. Corporate Social Responsibility in Sustainable Cooperation and Green Supply Chains.- Chapter 1. The Prospects for Developing Green Supply Chains Based on Implementing Environmental Technologies and Responsible Innovations in Sustainable Cooperation (Elena G. Popkova).- Chapter 2. Corporate Social Responsibility of Cooperatives in Contemporary Legislation (Andrey A. Zhukov).- Chapter 3. Implementation of the Ideas of Green Economy and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Activities of Cooperative Organizations (Elena O. Kolokolova).- Chapter 4. How Cooperative Leaders Influence Economic Growth (Olga V. Kaurova).- Chapter 5. Corporate Social Responsibility Through the Prism of Balanced Management (Alina V. Makhiyanova).- Chapter 6. Civil Morality and Responsibility of Entrepreneurship in the Field of Consumer Cooperation (Nellya I. Orfanidi).- Chapter 7. Rationalization of Social Production and Devaluation of Morality as Indicators of the Age of Consumption (Anna S. Petrakova).- Chapter 8. Corporate Ethics as an Indicator of Environmental Friendliness of Social Relations in the Organizational Environment (Anna S. Petrakova).- Chapter 9. Analysis of the Use of Labor Resources in Agricultural Organizations (Svetlana A. Chernyavskaya).- Chapter 10. Sustainable Development and Green Growth of Business, Markets, and Economy (Andrey A. Bukhtayarov).- Part II. Industry-specific Features of Sustainable Cooperation and Formation of Green Supply Chains.- Chapter 11. Corporate Social Responsibility of Commercial Credit Organizations in the Green Economy (Olga L. Alekseeva).- Chapter 12. Place and Role of Farms and Consumer Cooperatives in the Green Economy (Iraida V. Grigoreva).- Chapter 13. Solving Stefan's Problem for Frozen Soil Using New Ecological Methods (Andrei G. Ivanov).- Chapter 14. Role of Crop Production for Sustainable Agricultural Development (Olga V. Kaurova).- Chapter 15. Green Growth of the Sports Media Business and Competitive Analysis (Evgeniy P. Maevsky).- Chapter 16. Features of the Strategy for Promoting Lighting Products for Agricultural Enterprises in the Russian Market (Ludmila V. Marabaeva).- Chapter 17. Features of Staff Motivation in the Hospitality Industry (Larisa B. Nyurenberger).- Chapter 18. Specifics of Advertising Text in the Green Economy as the Main Unit of Marketing Communications in Russian and English (Liliya R. Sakaeva).- Chapter 19. Effectiveness of Public Health Care as a Sustainable Development Factor (Tatyana Yu. Serebryakova).- Chapter 20. Environmental Audit as a Factor in Socially Sustainable Development (Tatyana V. Bulycheva).- Chapter 21. Impact of Green Bond Issuance on the Company's Efficiency (Mikhail A. Panfilov).-Part III. Digital Technologies for Sustainable Cooperation and Formation of Green Supply Chains.- Chapter 22. Directions for Developing Digital Banking Using Marketing Tools (Pavel V. Gorlachev).- Chapter 23. Impact of the Development of Digital Economy on Economic Growth and International Cooperation (Sergei B. Zainullin).- Chapter 24. Digitization of Business Processes in Consumer Cooperation (Elena V. Zotova).- Chapter 25. Digital Innovations for the Development of Cooperation in Russia (Dmitry A. Shevchenko).- Chapter 26. Simulation Modeling as an Element of Increasing Economic Security in E-trade (Alexander N. Maloletko).- Chapter 27. Economic Effects of Establishing Digital Ecosystems for Participants in Wholesale Food Markets (Liliia V. Mcatraeva).- Chapter 28. Digital Innovation as the Essence of Authenticity and Quality of Industrial Products (Oksana A. Moskalenko).- Chapter 29. Analysis and Modeling of the Use of Fixed Assets in the Digital Economy (Svetlana A. Chernyavskaya).- Part IV. Legal Regulation of Environmental Technologies and Responsible Innovations in Sustainable Cooperation.- Chapter 30. Theoretical and Legal Aspects of Organization of Social Protection of Workers in Cooperative Organizations (Tatyana V. Abdulmyanova).- Chapter 31. Implementation of International Principles of Legal Regulation of Wages as a Factor of Environmentally Friendly Activities of Contemporary Cooperatives (Maryana V. Arkhipova).- Chapter 32. On Some Issues of Legal Regulation of Corporate Social Responsibility and Green Economy (Mikhail P. Belyaev).- Chapter 33. Protection of Property Rights by Criminal-Legal Means in the Conditions of Economic Growth (Artem I. Berestnev).- Chapter 34. Legal Regulation of the Use of Natural Resources as a Factor of Green Economic Growth (Victoria B. Gorbunova).- Chapter 35. Justice as a Basis for Evaluating and Improving Law as an Element of Legal Awareness (Olga N. Gorodnova).- Chapter 36. Analysis of Problems and Solutions in Legal Regulation of Cooperative Entrepreneurship (Liudmila A. Evseeva).- Chapter 37. Green Economy in the Sustainable Development Concept: Historical and Legal Aspects (Olga N. Zamotaeva).- Chapter 38. Social Responsibility and Sustainability of Cooperative Business in Russia: Legal Aspect (Natalya N. Kalugina).- Chapter 39. Issues of Procedural Succession in Corporate Disputes Regarding the Recovery of Losses Caused to a Legal Entity (Irina I. Romashkova).- Chapter 40. Assessment of Justice in Crimes Against Property and Punishments (Olga N. Gorodnova).- Part V. Application of Environmental Technologies and Responsible Innovations in Corporate Management of Sustainable Cooperation.- Chapter 41. Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Development of International Financial Reporting Standards (Tatyana V. Bulycheva).- Chapter 42. Forming an Effective Mechanism for Managing Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable (Alexander A. Voronov).- Chapter 43. Methodological Support for the Integration of Green Principles into Current Business Activities (Nadezhda S. Zhminko).- Chapter 44. Implementation of the Green Growth Concept in the Context of Strengthening Russia's Position in the World Economic Space (Natalya A. Banko).
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Palgrave Macmillan Strengthening European Climate Policy
Book SynopsisChapter 1.Introduction.- Chapter 2.Considering the Cross-Boundary Environmental and Social Implications of the EU's Carbon Dioxide Removal Strategy in Brazil.- Chapter 3.Weaving a Transformative Circular Textile Policy through a Socio-Environmental Justice Lens.- Chapter 4.Adapting to Heatwaves: Reframing, Understanding, and Translating Strategies from India to the EU.- Chapter 5.Advancing Epistemic Justice with Local Knowledge: A Process Indicator for EU Climate Adaptation Policymaking.- Chapter 6.Linking vulnerability to heatwaves and public health: Indicators for EU policies on energy renovation of residential buildings.- Chapter 7.Reforming carbon accounting mechanisms around justice-based principles to promote societal sustainability.- Chapter 8.Leave no one behind: Engaging communities in the just transition process towards climate neutrality.- Chapter 9.Developing Equitable Maritime Spatial Planning in the EU: Case studies from Portugal and Norway.- Chapter 10.Bringing in Eth
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Springer Embracing the Future Powering Growth An Energy System Renewed for China
Book SynopsisAn Economic, Social and Energy Blueprint for Carbon Neutrality.- Industry.- Buildings: Controlling Carbon Emissions Effectively.- Transport: The Transition to Electric Vehicles.
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Springer Advances in Environmental Sustainability Energy
Book SynopsisPart I: Circular Economy and Resource Recycling.- Automated Segregation of Plastic Wastes: Pioneering a Greener Frontier in Waste Management.- Investigations on Water Pollutant Load Reduction Using Inverse Fluidized Bed Bioreactor.- Energy Sustainability by Adopting Resource Recycling: A Case Study in Coir Industry.- Micro-Crystalline Cellulose: A Sustainable Alternative to Combat Heavy Metal Pollution in Soil.- Sustainable Recycling of PPE Biomedical Waste for Eco-Friendly Brick Production.- Assessment of financial risk associated with integrated project delivery using BIM.- Part II: Green Technologies for Sustainable Solutions.- Feasibility Study on Utilization of Incinerated Solid Waste Ash for Mitigating Swell-Shrink and Consolidation Characteristics of Expansive Soil.- Evaluating bitumen mix with a blend of RHA and Synthetic material: A comparative perspective.- Demand forecasting of highway construction materials using machine learning model.- A review on liquefaction analysis
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Springer Sustainable Strategies for Air Pollution
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Springer Climate Change and Environmental Degradation in
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