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Advanced Studies in Efficient Environmental Design and City Planning
This book explains how learning from past mistakes in urban design can help to enhance sustainable cities and how the principles of Green Urbanism can yield more resilient urban settlements. Environmental design is a fundamental principle in shaping cities. However, environmental challenges like increased resource consumption, water degradation and waste-related issues are among the greatest pr…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-65181-7
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- xvi, 635p.:ill
- Series Title
- Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation
- Call Number
- 338.9 Adv
Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA)
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (ELCA) that was developed about three decades ago demands a broadening of its scope to include lifecycle costing and social aspects of life cycle assessment as well, drawing on the three-pillar or ‘triple bottom line’ model of sustainability, which is the result of the development of the Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA). LCSA refers to the eva…
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- 978-981-16-4562-4
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- vii, 201p.:ill
- Series Title
- Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes
- Call Number
- 338.9 Lif
Sustainable Development in the Anthropocene
In the Anthropocene sustainable development responds to socio-economic, environmental and political crises provoked by humankind due to global warming and the great acceleration of human intervention in ecosystems. This book introduces readers to current debates on sustainable development and to a holistic and multidisciplinary approach. Regional integration and supranational institutions are f…
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- 978-3-030-80399-5
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- LV, 384p.:ill
- Series Title
- The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science
- Call Number
- 338.9 Lui s
Geo-intelligence for Sustainable Development
Globally, concerns for the environment and human well-being have increased as results of threats imposed by climate change and disasters, environmental degradation, pollution of natural resources, water scarcity and proliferation of slums. Finding appropriate solutions to these threats and challenges is not simple, as these are generally complex and require state-of-the-art technology to collec…
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- 978-981-16-4768-0
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- xv, 227p.:ill
- Series Title
- Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences
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- 338.9. Geo
Data-driven Analytics for Sustainable Buildings and Cities
This book explores the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary fields of energy systems, occupant behavior, thermal comfort, air quality and economic modelling across levels of building, communities and cities, through various data analytical approaches. It highlights the complex interplay of heating/cooling, ventilation and power systems in different processes, such as design, renovation and o…
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- 978-981-16-2778-1
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- ix, 450p.:ill
- Series Title
- Sustainable Development Goals Series
- Call Number
- 338.9 Dat
Sustainable Packaging
Packaging plays a major role in the environmental footprints of products from any industrial sector, and thus is important to address the sustainability issues of packaging. Packaging and the packaging sector have to be eco-conscious as there are many types of packaging across various industrial sectors and so are their environmental impacts as well. Plastic packaging is one of the most common …
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- 978-981-16-4609-6
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- vii, 323p.:Ill
- Series Title
- Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes
- Call Number
- 338.9 Sus
Sustainable Development of Water and Environment
This book addresses the improvement and dissemination of knowledge on methods, policies and technologies for increasing the sustainability of development by de-coupling growth from natural resources and replacing them with knowledge-based economy, taking into account its economic, environmental and social pillars, as well as methods for assessing and measuring sustainability of development, reg…
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- 978-3-030-75278-1
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- x, 343p.:ill
- Series Title
- -
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- 338.9. Sus
Sustainability in Natural Resources Management and Land Planning
This book includes contributions from scientists and representatives from government and non-governmental organisations working in the field of land management and use and on management of fires. The book is truly interdisciplinary and has both a research and application-oriented dimension. The list of topics includes sustainability and water management; sustainability and biodiversity conserva…
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- 978-3-030-76624-5
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- x, 556p.:ill
- Series Title
- World Sustainability Series
- Call Number
- 338.9 Sus
Aligning Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies in Asia
This book provides policymakers, researchers, and other interested audiences with knowledge on how to quantify and integrate and advance co-benefits in their decisions. It begins with an introductory chapter that provides an overview of the concept of co-benefits. This followed by a section that details quantitative approaches to estimate co-benefits, particularly in cities. A third section pre…
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- 978-981-16-0135-4
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- viii, 185p.:ill
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- -
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- 338.9. Ali
Emerging Challenges to Food Production and Security in Asia, Middle East, and…
This book, as a part of a series of CERES publications, provides a multi-regional and cross-sectoral analysis of food and water security, especially in the era of climate risks, biodiversity loss, pressure on scarce resources, especially land and water, increasing global population, and changing dietary preferences. It includes both conceptual research and empirically-based studies, which provi…
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- 978-3-030-72987-5
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- xxxix, 330p.:ill
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- -
- Call Number
- 338.9. Eme
Sustainable Design in Textiles and Fashion
This book highlights the Eco-design or Sustainable design in textiles and fashion, aimed at reducing their environmental impact throughout their life cycle. Sustainable design is one of the core elements practiced in various industrial sectors. The textiles and fashion sector, is also creating a huge environmental brunt in terms of various fibres, processes, consumption of various resources inc…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-981-16-2466-7
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- ix, 104p.:ill
- Series Title
- Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry
- Call Number
- 338.9. Sus
The Home of the Future
This book presents an in-depth study to show that a sustainable future urban life is possible. To build a safer and more sustainable future, as humankind, we would like to use more renewable energy, increase energy efficiency, reduce our carbon and water footprints in all economic sectors. The increasing population and humans’ ever-increasing demand for consumption pose another question wheth…
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- 978-3-030-75093-0
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- xiii, 258p.:Ill
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- -
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- 338.9. Kuf t
Sustainable Development Goals for Society Vol. 2
This book profiles various cases that are emerging in addressing global challenges in the context of SDGs for society in the era of climate change and covers case studies of projects being undertaken to tackle biodiversity, food security, climate change, energy and water security. The book is written by 37 authors, and will appeal to various stakeholders including academics working within the i…
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- 978-3-030-70952-5
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- XXIII, 312p.:ill
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- -
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- 338.9. Sus
Sustainable Development Goals for Society Vol. 1
Written by 43 authors from Africa, Europe and Latin America, this book presents 19 topics addressing poverty in the context of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), leadership in implementing SDGs, and SDGs in service delivery and local government. As the world has gone past five years of implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the intertwined 17 SDGs, new opportunities in …
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- 978-3-030-70948-8
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- XXII, 301p.:ill
- Series Title
- Sustainable Development Goals Series
- Call Number
- 338.9. Sus
Management and Development of Agricultural and Natural Resources in Egypt's D…
This book reviews the economic potential of various natural resources found in the Egyptian deserts that could help fill the food gap in Egypt, e.g., the date palm, olives, and domestic animals. Bearing in mind that the entire country is subject to arid or hyperarid climatic conditions, only a small portion (3% of total area) is agriculturally productive in comparison, the dominant deserts. The…
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- 978-3-030-73161-8
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- xi, 552p.:ill
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- -
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- 338.9. Man
Sustainability in the Maritime Domain
This volume explores options for a sustainable maritime domain, including maritime transportation, such as, Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP), maritime education and training, maritime traffic and advisory systems, maritime security. Other activities in the maritime domain covered in the book include small-scale fisheries and sustainable fisheries, and greening the blue economy. The book aims to …
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- 978-3-030-69325-1
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- xviii, 525p.:ill
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- -
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- 338.9. Sus
China's Sustainability Transitions
This book considers the impact of global climate change, advocating to promote sustainable development from the perspective of low carbon and climate resilience, by reducing carbon emissions in different aspects of urban and regional development. As the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide, China is continuously exploring a sustainable path to achieve the momentous goal of 2060 carbon neut…
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- 978-981-16-2621-0
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- xviii, 215p.:ill
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- -
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- 338.9. Che c
COVID-19: Paving the Way for a More Sustainable World
This book gathers and disseminates opinions, viewpoints, studies, forecasts, and practical projects which illustrate the various pathways sustainability research and practice may follow in the future, as the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and prepares itself to the possibilities of having to cope with similar crisis, a product of the Inter-University Sustainable Development Researc…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-69284-1
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- xv, 480p.:ill
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- -
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- 338.9 Cov
Environmental Resilience
This book discusses the production, distribution, regulatory and management frameworks that affect food in urban settings. It plugs a gap in knowledge especially in the sub-Saharan Africa region where food, despite its critical importance, has been ignored as a ‘determinant of success’ in the planning and management of cities and towns. The various chapters in the book demonstrate how urban…
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- 978-981-16-0305-1
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- x, 202p.: ill
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- -
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- 338.9 Env
Universities, Sustainability and Society: Supporting the Implementation of th…
In order to yield the expected benefits, sustainability initiatives need to be undertaken by means of a close cooperation between universities on the one hand, and societal partners on the others. The principle of co-creation and co-execution of sustainability initiatives increases the value for all by mutual learning, and the sharing of expertise and resources. But pursuing sustainability init…
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- 978-3-030-63399-8
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- x, 560p.:ill
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- -
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- 338.9. Uni
The Politics of Bioeconomy and Sustainability
This book addresses the underexposed political dimensions of bioeconomy promotion. Who wins and who loses? How are institutions being shaped, and by whom? Drawing from experiences since the earlier days of biofuels promotion, it explores in unprecedented detail the global drive away from fossil fuels and towards a biomass-based economy. Multipurpose agriculture gains ever more traction as co…
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- 978-3-030-66838-9
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- XVI, 227p.:ill
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- -
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- 338.9 Lim t
Integrating Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development
This book is a truly interdisciplinary publication, useful to scholars, social movements, practitioners and members of governmental agencies and private companies, undertaking research and/or executing projects focusing on social responsibility and sustainability from across the world. Sustainable development has become a matter of central concern to both public institutions and enterprises. …
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- 978-3-030-59975-1
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- xii, 687p.:ill
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- -
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- 338.9 Int
Resource Use and Sustainability of Orang Asli
Comprising of 18 sub-ethnic groups the indigenous communities, or better known as the Orang Asli, located in the Peninsular Malaysia, is a unique community in terms of their culture, lifestyle, and heritage. The life of the Orang Asli, popularly referred to as the Forest People, is highly intertwined with forest resources which makes the community a great source of information and traditiona…
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- 978-3-030-64961-6
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- xix 243p.:ill
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- -
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- 333.8 Res
Strategic Decision Making for Sustainable Management of Industrial Networks
This book presents a diverse set of decision-making methodologies to solve some of the most important decisions that most organizations face today. It is an excellent demonstration of some great challenges in our society in the area of sustainability. These great challenges, ranging from sustainability in logistics to the use of renewable energies, needs to be urgently addressed. Sustainability…
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- 978-3-030-55385-2
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- xv, 174p.:ill
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- -
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- 338.9 Stra
A Nexus Approach for Sustainable Development
This book explores how integrated management of environmental resources via a nexus approach can help in achieving the respective Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It provides conceptual considerations but mainly practical examples on how to implement a nexus approach in cities and multifunctional land-use systems to increase resource use efficiency and develop a low carbon economy. Afte…
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- 978-3-030-57530-4
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- vi, 256p.:ill
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- -
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- 338.9. Ane
Sustainable Bioeconomy
Sustainable development is the most important challenge facing humanity in the 21st century. The global economic growth in the recent past has indeed exhibited marked progress in many countries. Nevertheless, the issues of income disparity, poverty, gender gaps, and malnutrition are not uncommon in the global landscape, in spite of the upward growth of the economy and technological advances. Th…
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- 978-981-15-7321-7
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- XIII, 337p.:ill
- Series Title
- -
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- 338.9. Sus
Nordic Perspectives on the Responsible Development of the Arctic: Pathways to…
This book investigates the multifaceted nature of change in today’s Nordic Arctic and the necessary research and policy development required to address the challenges and opportunities currently faced by this region. It focuses its attention on the recent efforts of the Nordic community to create specialized Centers of Excellence in Arctic Research in order to facilitate this process of scien…
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- 978-3-030-52324-4
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- xxv, 448p.:ill
- Series Title
- Springer Polar Sciences
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- 338.9. Nor
Regenerative-Adaptive Design for Sustainable Development
In this book, the author tests a regenerative-adaptive pattern language theory towards investigating the possibilities of a holistic, integrated design and planning method for sustainable development that incorporates the principles of regenerative design, as well as an adaptive pattern language that re-establishes our wholeness with nature, and considers the vulnerabilities of a changing lands…
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- 978-3-030-53234-5
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- xxv, 247p.:ill
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- -
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- 338.9. Roo r
Transformational Change for People and the Planet
This 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 uncerta…
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- 978-3-030-78853-7
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- xix, 289p.:ill
- Series Title
- Sustainable Development Goals Series
- Call Number
- 339.5 Tra
Developing Sustainability Competences Through Pedagogical Approaches
This book is aimed at developing sustainability competences through pedagogical approaches by comparing 15 case studies from 12 countries in 4 continents (Africa, America, Australia, and Europe) analysing how Sustainable Development (SD) is being taught in their courses, which competences are being developed, and which pedagogical approaches are being used to develop the competences. The book b…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-64965-4
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- xiv, 283p.:Ill
- Series Title
- -
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- 333.707 1 Dev
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