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Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. What is a Landscape? -- Chapter 3. Drivers of Landscape Change -- Chapter 4. Landscape Trajectories -- Chapter 5. Options for Managing Landscape for Change -- Chapter 6. Barriers to Managing for Change -- Chapter 7. Social and Institutional Innovations -- Chapter 8. Technologies for Innovating Forward -- Chapter 9. Conclusions and Recommendation.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Some remarks on sustainable development -- Chapter2. Structure and operation of systems, models of the global earth system -- Chapter3. The global earth system at the beginning of the 21st century -- Chapter4. Steps towards realising global sustainable development.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 General Introduction -- Chapter 2 Understanding the Temporary Appropriation in Relationship to Social Sustainability -- Chapter 3 Between Assemblages and Temporary Appropriation: The Case of Mexico City -- Chapter 4 Temporary Appropriation and Informality -- Chapter 5 Ongoing Appropriation: Invisible Seattle and Red May -- Chapter 6 Temporary Appropriation and Public Space: Assessing the CPTED Principle of Activity Support -- Chapter 7 Temporary Appropriation of Public Spaces: The Influence of Outdoor Comfort -- Chapter 8 Origins of Informality: Examining the Historical and Spatial Roots of Informal Day-Labor Hiring Sites -- Chapter 9 Unsheltered Homelessness and the Right to Metabolism: An Urban Political Ecology of Health and Sustainability -- Chapter 10 Temporary Appropriation in Shanghai and Hong Kong: Two Study Cases Assessing the Resilience of Women Faced With the Lack of Affordable Housing -- Chapter 11 (Temporary) Appropriation (Of Space), Makassar, and Urban Kampung -- Chapter 12 Extending Temporary Appropriation Through Architecture: The Role of Adaptive Reuse in Shaping New Zealand’s Built Environment -- Chapter 13 Using the Street in Mexico City Centre: Temporary Appropriation of Public Space Vs Legislation Governing Street Use -- Chapter 14 Transforming Everyday Public Space: Human Appropriations in Search for Citizenship and Urban Well-Being -- Chapter 15 General Conclusion. .

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Urban Water and Sanitation (W+S) - Separating fiction from reality -- Chapter 1. Introduction to urban W+S in the developing world -- Chapter 2. Considerations for general W+S issues -- Chapter 3. Beyond the usual debate -- PART 2: Design and validation of the sector development model -- Chapter 4. An effective orientation and approach for development -- Chapter 5. What sector reforms in four countries teach us? -- Chapter 6. Reasons for the different reform outcomes in the four countries -- Part 3: At least full buckets and clear pits on the way forward -- Chapter 7. Ending the ‘urban W+S divide’ by serving the poor -- Chapter 8. Conclusions: The quintessence of W+S sector reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 9. Recommendations: Guidance to master the coming wave of challenges.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. The Status Quo: Observations on a Gentrified Harlem -- 2. Rise and Fall: Harlem Renaissance and Ghettoization -- 3. Urban Poverty in Theory -- 4. Public Housing -- 5. Listening to Harlem: Tenants, Activists, Experts -- Conclusion: Understanding Harlem: The Making of a Mixed-Income Neighbo.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1: Introduction: Localizing SDG Goals and empowering cities and communities in North America for sustainability -- SectionI: City & Regional Localization of SDGs -- Chapter2: Localizing the SGDs in Baltimore: Challenges and Opportunities of the USA Sustainable Cities Initiative -- Chapter3: Los Angeles: Measuring Its Ambition to Achieve the SDGs -- Chapter4: The Idea of Sustainability and the Houston Region -- SectionII: Programs and Tools to support the implementation of the SDGs -- Chapter5: Making the SDGs Relevant for Cities: Using the Community Capital Tool in British Columbia -- Chapter6: How Local Communities Can Align with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: A Santa Cruz County Case Study -- SectionIII: Mobilizing Local SDG efforts across North America -- Chapter7: Top-down and Bottom-Up Approaches to the SDG-Monitoring Challenge -- Chapter8: Data for Good for All – Enabling All Communities to Track Progress Towards SDG Implementation -- SectionIV: Developing new methods and data to localize SDGs -- Chapter9: Helping the Neighborhood Create Indicators for Sustainable Housing Planning, Sustainable Development Goal #11 Sustainable Cities & Communities -- Chapter10: How the Youth Social Enterprise (YSE) Model Supports the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal #8 Economic Growth and Decent Work in American Cities -- SectionV: Goals, Targets and Indicators for Localizing SDGs in the US -- Chapter11: Proposed Local SDG Indicators for US Cities and Communities.

Description / Table of Contents: Sustainable Living Spaces and Open Digital Innovation Hub -- Water -- Energy -- Food -- Enabling Technology: Internet of Things(IOT) -- Home Management System: Artifical Intelligence -- Demand Response and Smart Charging -- Blockchain and Peer-to-Peer Trading.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. COVID-19: An Opportunity for Smart and Sustainable Cities in India -- Chapter 2. Re-assessment of Urban Sustainability and Food Security in the light of COVID-19 -- Chapter 3. Disruptive Mobility in pre-and post-COVID times: App-based Shared Mobility in Indian Cities- a Case of Bengaluru -- Chapter 4. Finding the Long-Lost Path: Developing Environmental Awareness through the Pandemic -- Chapter 5. The Dual Impact of Lockdown on Curbing COVID-19 Spread and Rise of Air Quality Index in India -- Chapter 6. Aftermath of Industrial Pollution, Post COVID-19 Quarantine on Environment -- Chapter 7. Covid-19: Disaster or an Opportunity for Environmental Sustainability -- Chapter 8. COVID-19 and its Impact on Carbon Dioxide Emissions -- Chapter 9. Sustainable Attainment of Solar E-waste Recycling concerning to COVID-19 Crisis: A Review -- Chapter 10. Impact of Biomedical Waste Management System on Infection Control in the Midst of Covid-19 Pandemic -- Chapter 11. Sludge hygienisation – a novel technology for urban areas to deal with incursion of COVID-19 viral particles in wastewater -- Chapter 12. Trends and Innovations in Biosensors for COVID-19 Detection in Air -- Chapter 13. IoT Based Wearable Healthcare System: Post COVID-19 -- Chapter 14. Biodiversity Conservation: An imperial need in combatting pandemic and healthcare emergencies -- Chapter 15. COVID-19 Pandemic: an Unprecedented Blessing for Nature -- Chapter 16. Green Economy Approach to Develop Bioactive Dexamethasone Analogue Scaffold against SARS CoV-2.

Description / Table of Contents: Future of Smart Inclusive Livable Cities -- Smart Environmental Solutions in Future Cities -- Mobility & Infrastructure in Future Cities -- Smart Economic Solutions in Future Cities -- Governance and Community Development in Future Cities -- Saudi Cities Future.

Description / Table of Contents: An Overview of Modern Irrigation system in Egypt -- Irrigation: Water Resources, Types and Common Problems in Egypt -- Need for Irrigation System Evaluation -- Evolution of irrigation system, tools and Technologies -- Smart Sensing System for Precision Irrigation -- Development of Recent Information on Irrigation Technology and Management.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. The Housing and Technology Nexus: An Overview -- 2. The Context of Housing and Technology in Zimbabwe -- 3. Housing-Technology Differentiation and Typologies -- 4. Housing Delivery, Management and Technology -- 5. Socio-Cultural, Ecological and Economic Issues in Housing and Technology, and the Politics -- 6. Towards Sustainable Policies for Housing and Technology in Zimbabwe. .

Description / Table of Contents: Linking Corporate Social Responsibility of Chemical Industries to Sustainable Development -- Integrating Responsible Care into Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety Management System -- Adopting and Implementing Product Stewardship for Sustainable Industrial Management -- Developing Nanotechnology for the Public Wellbeing towards Sustainable Development -- Streamlining Non-Governmental Organization’s Programs towards Achieving Sustainable Development Goals -- Integrating Sustainability Concept into Chemistry Curriculum for Education for Sustainable Development -- Shifting the Paradigm of Urban River towards Integrated Stormwater Management.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Planning model to provide a practical understanding of sustainability perspectives -- Chapter 2-Local Sustainability: measuring the achievement of the urban indicators -- Chapter 3-Assessing regional sustainability by indicators: implications and emerging challenges -- Chapter 4-Integrated Water Resources Management and urban sustainability -- Chapter 5-Smart Cities and sustainability indicators: a structure proposal -- Chapter 6-Educational factors influencing higher education organizations -- Chapter 7-PRME signatory schools and the Interdisciplinary Approach at Education for Sustainable Development -- Chapter 8-Perspectives across education institution and role to sustainable competencies -- Chapter 9-Promoting stakeholders engagement to make feasible, sustainable development -- Chapter 10-The influence on sustainability practices by stakeholders -- Chapter 11-Managing stakeholders for regional sustainability: challenges and mechanisms -- Chapter 12-Understanding and participatory learning the social impact of sustainability perspectives -- Chapter 13-Corporate Social Responsibility and roles of developers for sustainability in companies -- Chapter 14-Waste management: extending beyond local boundaries -- Chapter 15-Observing technologies to environmental sustainability management -- Chapter 16-Access to sanitation services and human health and gender in emerging economies. -- Chapter 17-Assessing sanitation conditions under the SDGs: assisting SDG 6 -- Chapter 18-Risk management and pandemic moment: what is the role of sustainability management?- Chapter 19-Getting the global goals to sustainability in pandemic time: Are we out of track?- Chapter 20. Environmental management and sanitation: Perspectives on waste.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Preface -- 2. Acknowledgment -- 3. Part I: Water Availability 1 Overview of the water condition in México -- 4. 2 Hydrological watersheads in Mexico. Division and legal definition -- 5. 3 The Groundwater condition in Mexico -- 6. 4 Runoff simulation under future climate change and uncertainty -- 7. 5 Hydraulic fracking of not conventional reservoirs in Mexico: The issue of water and waste control -- 8. Part II. Water Quality 6 Pollution in wastewater used for irrigation in the Mezquital Valley, México: case study -- 9. 7 Mining industry in Mexico: Recycling of flotation effluents to the process using anaerobic sulfate-reducing consortia in UASB reactors for the elimination dissolved metals -- 10. 8 Water body trophic state determinations. Case study Tecocomulco lagoon, Hidalgo, Mexico -- 11. 9 Water quality management for a sustainable supply. The diagnosis of the State of San Luis Potosi, Mexico -- 12. 10 The wetland of Cajititlán Lake severely deteriorated and in danger of dying out -- 13. 11 Water quality of the Nexapa River: a diagnosis -- 14. 12 Impacts on the groundwater quality that supplies the Puebla City by the effect of aquifer intensive exploitation -- 15. Part III: Water Allocation 13 Water resources allocation with supply and demand uncertainties -- 16. 14 An overview of aquaculture activity in Hidalgo state -- 17. 15 Drinking Water Services Situation by the Region in the State of Nuevo León, Mexico -- 18. 16 Population and tourism dynamics, its effects on the future demand for water. Case study from Los Cabos, Baja California Sur -- 19/ Part IV: Water Governance 17 Water governance in 16 Mexican National Parks -- 20. 18 Conflict in border condition: the dispute over the use of water in the Mexicali valley -- 21. 19 The institutional challenges of the municipalities of Zacatecas in the wastewater treatment -- 22. Part V: Water Management 20 The institutional challenges of the municipalities of Zacatecas in the wastewater treatment -- 23. 21 Improving environmental services of Candelaria River basin by restoring ecological connectivity -- 24. 22 Transdisciplinary approach to assessing socio-hydrological resilience in urban metropolitan environments: a Mexican perspective -- 25. 23 The 80% paradigm: An appointment with the sewage in Cuernavaca.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to Marine Litter in Africa -- Chapter 2. Marine litter sources and distribution pathways -- Chapter 3. Impacts and Threats of Marine Litter to Africa Chapter -- Chapter 4. Legal and Policy Frameworks to address marine litter through improved livelihoods -- Chapter 5. The way forward, building upon-the-ground innovation.

Description / Table of Contents: About the Editors -- Preface -- Keynotes -- Track 1: Nexus framework and governance -- Track 2: Advanced technologies and nature-based solutions for the environmental sustainability of the water sector -- Track 3: Control of hazardous substances and recovery of renewable/valuable resources -- Track 4: Energy-saving technologies and future clean energy solutions -- Track 5: Implementation and best practices.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Use of The Nexus Approach as a Tool for Resources Management in Resilient Cities and Multi-functional Land Use Systems (Hülsmann and Jampani) -- Chapter 2. How to Best Apply Information Technology to Realize a Transdisciplinary Water-Soil-Waste Nexus Approach (Bouma) -- Chapter 3. Nutrient Recovery for Use in Agriculture: Economic Assessment of Decentralized Compost Business Model in Nairobi (Gebrezgabher, Taron and Amewu) -- Chapter 4. Sustainable and Safe Reuse of Wastewater for Food Production in Peri-urban Areas of Karnataka, India (Ramakrishna and Hanisch) -- Chapter 5. Multi-functional Historical Data for Improved Management of Reservoirs (Sang and Maina) -- Chapter 6. Usefulness of Surface Water Retention Reservoirs Inspired by 'Permaculture Design'. A Case Study in Southern Spain Using Bucket Modelling (Fiebrig and Van De Wiel) -- Chapter 7. Economic Valuation of Environmental Services Associated with Agriculture in the Watershed of Lake Lagdo, Cameroon (Nje and Ayuk) -- Chapter 8. he Energy-Water Nexus in Iran: The Political Economy of Energy Subsidies for Groundwater Pumping (Jaghdani and Kvartiuk) -- Chapter 9. Political Economy of Energy Subsidies for Groundwater Irrigation in Mendoza, Argentina (Riera, Brümmer and Gennari) -- Chapter 10. Rural Resources (Including Forestry) in the Local Development of Low Carbon Economy: a Case Study of Poland (Wiśniewski) -- Chapter 11. Opportunities and Challenges to Adopt Sustainable Watershed Management Interventions: An Overview of Experiences from Ethiopia (Tesfahunegn and Ayuk) -- Chapter 12. The Potential Contribution of Cultural Ecological Knowledge in Resources Management of a Volcanic River Basin (Ariyanti, Scholten and Edelenbos) -- Chapter 13. Nexus-Oriented Approach for Sharing Water Resources: Development of Eco-industrial Parks in the Catchment of Zayandeh Rud River, Iran (von Koerber, Raber and Schneider) -- Chapter 14. City-to-City Learning within City Networks to Cater City Needs to Climate Adaptation - Results of a Preliminary Study (Haupt, Zevenbergen and van Herk) -- Chapter 15. A Participatory Multi-stakeholder Approach to Implementing the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development: Theoretical Basis and Empirical Findings (Eichhorn, Hans and Schön-Chanishvili).

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Part One: The essence of sustainability: definitions, interpretations and applications -- Part Two: The challenges of the economic development model -- Part Three: Embracing utopian thought -- Part Four: Sustainability in the current economic paradigm -- Part Five: Barriers to sustainability -- Part Six: Future perspectives - a new beginning? -- Part Seven: Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Does the University Have a Future? -- Humanizing Higher Education: University of the Future -- Role of Universities in Transforming Society: Challenges and Practices -- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and University Transformation -- How to Include SDGs in the Teaching Curricula -- Social Innovation in Advancing SDGs -- Gender-Related and Women Empowerment Challenges -- Knowledge-Based, Innovation, and Entrepreneurial Driven Research and Teaching -- Towards Sustainable Smart Campuses: From AI-Based Platforms for Distance Learning to Virtual Teaching -- Impact of the Industry 4.0 on the University and on Cooperative Education -- Preparing Students for Industry 4.0 -- University 4.0: Social Aspects.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Functional Unit Definition Criteria in Life Cycle Assessment and Social Life Cycle Assessment: A Discussion (Arzoumanidis) -- Chapter 2. Towards a Taxonomy For Social Impact Pathway Indicators (Weidema) -- Chapter 3. A New Scheme For The Evaluation Of Socio-Economic Performance Of Organizations: A Well-Being Indicator Approach (di Cesare) -- Chapter 4. Structure of a Net Positive Analysis For Supply Chain Social Impacts (Norris) -- Chapter 5. Weighting and Scoring In Social Life Cycle Assessment (Telles do Carmo) -- Chapter 6. Beyond a CSR Context Towards Methodological Pluralism in S-LCA: Exploring Alternative Social Theoretical Perspectives (Baumann) -- Chapter 7. Sustainable Guar Initiative, Social Impact Characterization of an Integrated Sustainable Project (vuaillat). Chapter 8. Generation, Calculation and Interpretation of Social Impacts with the Social Analysis Of Seebalance® (Saling) -- Chapter 9. Proposal of Social Indicators to Assess The Social Performance of Waste Management Systems in Developing Countries: A Brazilian Case Study (Ibañez-Forés) -- Chapter 10. Social Assessment in the Design Phase of Automotive Component Using the Product Social Impact Assessment Method (Zanchi) -- Chapter 11. Social Life Cycle Assessment in Agricultural Systems – U.S. Corn Production as a Case Study (Frank).

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1: State of the planet -- Chapter2: The challenge of a changing environment -- Chapter3: The importance of a sustainable future -- Chapter4: Sustainability, ecological systems, and climate change -- Chapter5: Beyond sustainable development: regenerative-adaptive futures -- Chapter6: Origins of advanced knowledge -- Chapter7: Interconnections between people and their natural environments -- Chapter8: A regenerative pattern language -- Chapter 9: Case study: application of the regenerative pattern language -- Chapter10: Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Physical settings and water challenges -- Chapter 2. Water resources management framework -- Chapter 3. Water resources management institutions -- Chapter 4. River basin management -- Chapter 5. Water resources allocation and regulation -- Chapter 6. Water rights system -- Chapter 7. Water pricing -- Chapter 8. Groundwater management -- Chapter 9 Water quality management -- Chapter 10. Recycled water use management -- Chapter 11. The strictest water resources management strategy and three redlines -- Chapter 12 River and lake leadership system -- Chapter 13. Water resources asset management -- Chapter 14. Water resources allocation and regulation in Yellow River basin -- Chapter 15. Agricultural water management in northern China -- Chapter 16 Integrated urban and rural water affair management reform: Shanghai and Beijing -- Chapter 17 -- Environmental flow definition and management: a case study of Jiaojiang River -- Chapter 18. Climate change and water resources -- Chapter 19 Conclusions and outlook.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Part I Reductive Technologies -- Geochemical Principles of Reductive Remediation Processes -- Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron Particles for Water Treatment: from Basic Principles to Field-Scale Applications -- Other Chemical Reductive Methods -- Combination of Electrokinetics and nZVI Remediation -- Field Study I: In Situ Chemical Reduction Using Nanoscale Zero-valent Iron Materials to Degrade Chlorinated Hydrocarbons -- Field Study II: Pilot Application of nZVI/DC-combined Methods at Aargau Site -- Part II Oxidative Technologies -- Introduction to Oxidative Technologies for Water Treatment -- Ferrates as Powerful Oxidants in Water Treatment Technologies -- Radical Reactions and Their Application for Water Treatment -- Photo-oxidation Technologies for Advanced Water Treatment -- The Use of Nanomaterials in Electro-Fenton and Photoelectro-Fenton Processes -- Field Study III: Evidence Gained from Site Studies for the Performance of Ferrate(VI) in Water and Wastewater Treatment -- Field Study IV: Arsenic Removal from Groundwater by Ferrate with the Concurrent Disinfecting Effect—Semi-pilot on-site Application -- Field Study V: Combined Oxidation Technology using Ferrates (FeIV–VI) and Hydrogen Peroxide for Rapid and Effective Remediation of Contaminated Water—Comprehensive Practically Focused Study -- Part III Biotechnologies for Water Treatment -- Biotechnologies for Water Treatment -- Enzyme-Based Nanomaterials in Bioremediation -- Bioelectrochemical Processes for the Treatment of Oil-Contaminated Water and Sediments -- Field Study VI: The Effect of Loading Strategies on Removal Efficiencies of a Hybrid Constructed Wetland Treating mixed Domestic and Agro-Industrial Wastewaters -- Field Study VII: Field Study of Three Different Injectable Oxygen Sources to Enhance Mono-Aromatic Solvents in situ Biodegradation -- Field Study VIII: Nano-bioremediation: nZVI for Inorganic and Organic Contamination -- Part IV Biotechnologies for Soil Treatment -- Biotechnologies for Soil Treatment -- Mycoremediation of Contaminated Soils -- Composting Practices for the Remediation of Matrices Contaminated by Recalcitrant Organic Pollutants -- Modern Bioremediation Approaches: Use of Biosurfactants, Emulsifiers, Enzymes, Biopesticides, GMOs -- Field Study IX: Pilot-Scale Composting of PAH-Contaminated Materials—Two Different Approaches -- Field Study X: Oil Waste Processing Using Combination of Physical Pretreatment and Bioremediation -- Part V Ecotoxicology of Both Environmental Pollutants and Nanomaterials Used for Remediation -- Ecotoxicology of Environmental Pollutants -- Ecotoxicity of Nanomaterials Used for Remediation -- VI Future Prospects -- Future Prospects for Treating Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Water and Soils/Sediments -- Part VII Technical Chapters -- Tool I: Characterization of nZVI Mobility in 1D and Cascade Columns by Ferromagnetic Susceptibility Sensor -- Tool II: Membrane Interface Probe -- Tool III: Fracturing for Enhanced Delivery of In situ Remediation Substances in Contaminated Sediments -- Tool IV: Monitoring of nZVI Migration and Fate in the Groundwater Conditions -- Tool V: Microbiological Methods for Monitoring nZVI Performance in Groundwater Conditions.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction – overview and relevant background, including published (cross-disciplinary) research that provides a context and justification for the study -- Chapter 2: The Ecological Footprint – tracking the evolution of this sustainability metric -- Chapter 3: Biocapacity accounting – used to develop a context for carrying capacity set against the Ecological Footprint -- Chapter 4: Case study – national scale case consideration of Costa Rica as an example of a developing country set amid the contemporary context of sustainable development -- Chapter 5: Implications – examines the contribution for sustainable development, using the Sustainable Development Goals as a springboard for discussion -- Chapter 6: Quality Analysis – presents caveats of the methodology based on the National Footprint Accounts -- Chapter 7: Conclusion – summary of the findings and contribution of the brief, including address of path dependency and final consideration given to sustainability metrics and sustainable development.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Chapter 1. Moving towards sustainable agriculture through higher education -- Chapter 2. Balancing Sustainable Livelihoods and Conservation in the Marine environment -- Chapter 3. Linking Biodiversity and Human Health to Achieve Sustainability -- Chapter 4. Understanding scale in wicked problems of sustainable development: Who needs dedicated courses in higher education? -- Chpater 5. Presenting an interdisciplinary teaching approach to involve university students in issues of sustainable development -- Chapter 6. Methods of transdisciplinary collaboration within sustainable research and development projects -- Chapter 7. Universities as ‘global citizens’: reflections and learning from a project on female leadership for sustainable development of fishing communities in Colombia -- Chapter 8. Geography of Food Summer School: International exchange for sustainable food value chains.

Description / Table of Contents: Dedication -- Citations -- Foreword by Felix D. Dakora -- Foreword by Daniel Nyanganyura -- Preface -- Acknowledgement to Peer Reviewers -- Authors and Contributors -- About the Editors -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Water Resource Management within the Climate Change Context in Africa: Synthesis, Key Findings and Future Challenges -- Chapter 2: Africa-wide trends in development and water resources through a climate change lens -- Chapter 3: Water Resource Availability and Quality in the North Africa Region under Climate Change -- Chapter 4: Climate Change and Water Resources in West Africa: A Case Study of Ivory Coast, Benin, Burkina Faso and Senegal -- Chapter 5: Climate change impact on hydrological regimes and extreme events in southern Africa -- Chapter 6: Historic climatic variability and change: the importance of managing Holocene and Late Pleistocene groundwater in the Limpopo River Basin, southern Africa -- Chapter 7: A framework for IWRM in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus for the Senegal River Delta -- Chapter 8: Cumulative Impacts of Climate Change Variability around the Goronyo Dam in the Iullemmeden Basin, Northwest Nigeria -- Chapter 9: Lentic-Lotic Water System Response to Anthropogenic and Climatic Factors in Kenya and their Sustainable Management -- Chapter 10: Hydrology and climate impacts on streamflow and sediment yield in the Nyando River Basin, Kenya -- Chapter 11: Saharan agriculture in the Algerian oasis: limited adaptation to environmental, social and economic changes -- Chapter 12: Water management policy for freshwater security in the context of climate change in Senegal -- Chapter 13: Assessment of Hydrological Impacts of Climate Change on the Diarha Watershed -- Chapter 14: Water resources in the Sahel and adaptation of agriculture to climate change: Burkina Faso -- Chapter 15: Impacts of climate change on water resources in the Volta River Basin: reducing vulnerability and enhancing livelihoods and sustainable development -- Chapter 16: Potential Transboundary Impacts of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam under Climate Change and Variability -- Chapter 17: Strengthening flood and drought risk management tools for the Lake Chad basin -- Chapter 18: Developing a Framework for the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in South Africa -- Chapter 19:Mainstreaming Climate Change into Transboundary River Basins: a SADC Regional Case Study -- Chapter 20: Does the use of local knowledge in complex systems reduce vulnerability to climate change? Insights from nexus water management in the Niger basin -- Chapter 21: Proposed research, science, technology and innovation to address current and future challenges of climate change and water resource management in Africa -- Index. .

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Characterization of fresh market wastewater and solid wastes -- 2. Fresh market wastes Management Practices and Their Impact on Human Health -- 3. Treatment Technologies of fresh market wastewater -- 4. Generation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Microalgae Biomass of fresh Market Wastewater Phycoremediation -- 5. Application of Natural Coagulants for fresh market wastewater Treatment -- 6. Anaerobic Digestion of fresh solid wastes -- 7. Electricity production from fresh solid wastes using microbial fuel cells -- 8. Remediation of xenobiotics in fresh market wastewater using nanotechnoogy -- 9. Biofilter Aquaponic system for nutrients removal from fresh market wastewater -- 10. Reduction of poultry slaughterhouse wastewater pollutants using sequencing batch reactors (SBR) enhanced by composite fibre for safe disposal.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Chapter I, Sierra Leone: First impressions and experience in Africa -- Chapter II, Ghana: a model Colony and the only Sub-Sahara African Country without a civil war -- Chapter III, Madagascar: An Island Nation seeking to end its isolation and update the education system -- Chapter IV, A Peoples’ Liberation in South Africa -- Chapter V, Pakistan: leading from the topChapter VI, Afghanistan: Thought on rebuilding Afghanistan -- Chapter VII, Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Business Perspectives of Sustainable Development Goals 2030: An Introduction -- Part I: African Business Perspectives of Agenda 2030 -- Part II: European Business Perspectives of Agenda 2030 -- Part III: Asian Business Perspectves of Agenda 2030.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Introduction to the concepts and use of Era Acute -- Environmental Risk Management Applications of Era Acute -- An Era Acute Model Overview -- Testing and Validating against Historic Spills -- Handling uncertainty and Sensitivity of Era Acute towards input Parameters -- Supplementary Information 1.

Description / Table of Contents: Solar Thermal Energy Production in DSF Applied in the Human Comfort Improvements -- Hydraulics Geometry Analysis of UPNM Channel -- Productivity Enhancement of Solar Still Distillation System Using Immersion-Type Water Heater -- Stability Analysis of a Man-made Slope: A Case Study on the UPNM Campus, Sg Besi, Kuala Lumpur -- Comparison of the Full-Scale Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Designs Consisting of Modified Bardenpho Process with and without Membrane Bioreactor for Nutrient Removal: Cost Analysis -- Numerical Evaluation of the Temperature Distribution in a Tree Trunk in a Forest Fire Environment -- Analysis of Soluble Organic Polar Fractions from Sea Salt by GC-MS -- Spatial-temporal variationan alysis on ecosystem service values in a typical inland river basin, northwest China -- Collaboration Mapping in Sustainable Development: A case study from haze in Chiang Mai -- Effect of Current and Electrodes Area to Color Removal Efficiency and Energy Consumption by Electrocoagulation Process -- Key Technology and Economic Analysis of Using Fujiang River Water as the Cooling and Heating Sources for Air Conditioning System -- Statistical analysis of water and sediment research in Heilongjiang River Basin -- Analytical approach for sustainable multi-objective management of sediment-algae dynamics -- Integration of experimental and numerical methods to investigate the effect of hydraulic retention time on ultrafiltration membrane fouling -- Study on the Model of Construction Safety Risk Evaluation Coupling Multiple Factors in Navigable Waters -- Distribution Characteristics of Plastic Particles in Coastal and Beach of Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Valuing Heritage as A Public Good: An Application of Zonal Travel Cost Method (ZTCM) in Hoi An, Vietnam -- Chapter2. The Effects of Human Resource Management Practices on Organizational Commitment – The Case of Viettel Group -- Chapter3. Impacts of Economic Freedom on Economic Growth in Developing Countries -- Chapter4. The Effect of Government Size on Economic Growth and Technical Change -- Chapter5. Assessing Effects of FDI on Economic Growth via Impact on Domestic Firms in Vietnam -- Chapter6. The Kien Nguyen. Analysis the Factors Affecting Satisfaction of the Quality of Seafood Logistics in Vietnam -- Chapter7. Fight against Counterfeit Goods Related to IP Infringement: Criminal Perspective and Judiciary Role in Vietnam -- Chapter8. Vietnam and “Non-market economy” in the U.S Anti-dumping Law -- Chapter9. An Analysis of Supply Response of Black Tiger Shrimp Production Using Nerlove Model: A Case Study of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta -- Chapter10. Highly-Skilled Migration, Recognition and Motivation towards Knowledge Share with the Indigenous Co-Workers: Empirical Findings from the Vietnamese in the Laos Construction Sector -- Chapter11. Is Public Debt Good or Bad for Economic Growth? Fresh Evidence in Emerging Economies -- Chapter12. Factors Affecting Depositors’ Behavior at commercial Banks in Northern Vietnam -- Chapter13. Determining the Impact of Financial Development on the Environment based on Biquadratic Equation in ASEAN Countries -- Chapter14. A Study on the Factors Affecting Intention Using Online Banking Services in Vietnam -- Chapter15. The Research on Interpolation Methods and Fitting Models for the Lorenz Curve -- Chapter16. Analyze the Differences in the Impact of FDI and Exports on Labor Productivity of Enterprises: the case of Vietnam -- Chapter17. A Fuzzy Logic Approach to Career Orientation for Students: A Case Study in Human Resource Management -- Chapter18. Downstream Market Equilibrium and Optimal Policy for the Conventional Food Distribution System in Vietnam: An Industrial Organization Analysis -- Chapter19. Compensation Policies and Employee Perceptions of Pay Equity in a Transitional Economy: The Case of Vietnamese State-Owned Enterprises -- Chapter20. Sustainable Agriculture for Hanoi City: An Application of Thünen’s Agricultural Rings based on the Gravity Model -- Chapter21. Building a New Management Model for Vietnamese Higher Education Institutions based on the Made in Vietnam Lean Management -- Chapter22. Key Factor in the Made in Vietnam Lean Decision Making Method -- Chapter23. Empirical Research on the Influence Factors of Ecommerce Adoption among Ecommerce Companies in Vietnam -- Chapter24. Antecedents of Social Media Adoption: A Case Study of Individual Online Retailers in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City -- Chapter25. Contribution of Industry to Labor Productivity Growth in Vietnam -- Chapter26. Improving the Competitiveness for Enterprises in Brand Recognition Based on Machine Learning Approach -- Chapter27. The Role of Official Development Assistance on the Development of Economic Infrastructure in Vietnam.-Chapter28. Relationship between Organizational and Employee Work Innovation: Mediation Role of Brand Support Behavior and Psychological Capital (Hotels in Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam) -- Chapter29. Improving the Managerial Performance in the Context of Financial Autonomy: An empirical investigation in public education sector -- Chapter30. The Strategy of Vietnamese Business Associations in Knowledge Sharing for the Sustainable Development of Vietnam Businesses Community -- Chapter31. Macroeconomic Factors Affecting Merger and Acquisition (M&A) Activity in Vietnam -- Chapter32. A Comparative Analysis of Market Definition in Antitrust Law and WTO Law: Some Suggestions for Vietnam -- Chapter33. Website Marketing Activities in Healthcare Service Sector - A Case in Danang, Vietnam -- Chapter34. Valuing tourism landscapes in Ba Vi National Park (Vietnam) -- Chapter35. An Empirical Analysis of the Factors Influencing the Switching Intention from Cash Payment to Mobile Payment in Vietnam -- Chapter36. Trade facilitation and its impacts on Vietnam’s trade. Chapter37. Value Chain Financing Approach: A Good Way to Sustainable Agricultural Growth in Vietnam -- Chapter38. Improving the Position of Ethnic Minority Women through the Policy of Credit Support for Poor Households: A Case Study of Northern Mountains of Vietnam -- Chapter39. Factor Affecting Financial Sustainability of People’s Credit Fund in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta Region -- Chapter40. In Search of Solutions for the Governance of the Rights of Migrant Workers in Southeast Asia: Regulatory Regionalism as a Reasonable Approach -- Chapter41. Towards Responsible Tourism in Vietnam: Critical Review and Implications for Future Research -- Chapter42. Fostering Sustainable Development by Eliminating Gender Stereotypes in Career Choice -- Chapter43. The Impact of Tourism Development on the Life of Residents in Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Justice is Needed in Three Governance Orders -- Chapter 1: Small-Scale Fisheries in the Blue Economy -- Chapter 2: Justice in Three Orders -- Part 2: Justice Issues Have Deep Historical Roots -- Chapter 3: Coastal Small-Scale Fisheries in Brazil: Resentment against Policy Disarray -- Chapter 4: Social (In)Justice for Small-Scale Fisherfolk in the Turks And Caicos Islands: Struggling to Stay Afloat in a Tax Haven -- Chapter 5: Governance for Blue Justice: Examining Struggles and Contradictions in Atlantic Canada’s Small-Scale Fisheries -- Part 3: Justice Issues Stem from Old and New Conflicts -- Chapter 6: Conflicts in the Artisanal Fishing Industry of Ghana: Reactions of Fishers to Regulatory Measures -- Chapter 7: Blue Justice and Small-Scale Fisher Migration: A Case Study from Sri Lanka -- Chapter 8: Marginalization and Reinvention of Small-Scale Fisheries: A Finnish Case Study of Social Justice -- Part 4: Justice is Systemic and Multi-Dimensional -- Chapter 9: An Evaluation of Multidimensional Conflicts in Small-Scale Fisheries in Nigeria -- Chapter 10: Perception and Reality of Justice in the Small-Scale Fisheries of Nigeria -- Chapter 11: Making Sense Of Multidimensional Injustice for Creating Viable Small-Scale Fisheries in Chilika Lagoon, Bay of Bengal -- Part 5: Justice Is a Territorial and Spatial Issue -- Chapter 12: Legalized Injustices: Old Providence Island (Colombia) Small Scale Fisheries in the Context of Geopolitical Disputes and State Power -- Chapter 13: Social Conflicts and Fishery Governance Systems in the Estuary and Coast of Pará, Amazonia, Brazil -- Chapter 14: Flagging Justice Matters in EU Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs) -- Part 6: Justice is Competitive in Alternative Livelihoods -- Chapter 15: Adopting a Blue Justice Lens for Japanese Small-Scale Fisheries: Important Insights from the Case of Inatori Kinme Fishery -- Chapter 16: Feeling the Pinch: Perceived Marginalization of Small-Scale Commercial Crab Fishers by an Expanding Recreational Sector -- Chapter 17: Making Pescatourism Just for Small-Scale Fisheries: The Case of Turkey and Lessons for Others -- Part 7: Justice is an Imminent Issue for Inland Fisheries -- Chapter 18: Exploring Challenges of “Blue Justice” in Landlocked Mountainous Countries: The Case of Nepal -- Chapter 19: Blue Justice and Inland Fisheries: How Justice Principles Could Support Transformative Knowledge Production in the Mekong Region -- Chapter 20: Navigating Conflicts to Improve Livelihoods of Traditional Communities Impacted by Hydroelectric Dams -- Part 8: Justice Issues Are More Evident when in Crisis -- Chapter 21: The 2019 Brazilian Oil Spill: Perceptions of Affected Fishers -- Chapter 22: Small-Scale Fishers in the Time of Covid-19: Reinforcing the Inequalities in the Food, Economic and Governance Systems in South Africa and Zimbabwe -- Chapter 23: Vulnerability and Social Justice among Fishing Households Headed by Women in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka -- Part 9: Justice is a Priori Condition for Sustainable Development -- Chapter 24: Understanding Vulnerability of Urban Waterfront Communities to Rapid Development: the Case of Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria -- Chapter 25: Mariculture Parks in the Philippines Push Small-Scale Fishers out of, or far into, the Waters -- Chapter 26: Incentives to Mariculture Development in Brazil: Environmental Injustice on Traditional Fishing Communities -- Chapter 27: Pescastemic Rights for Blue Justice: Aquaculture and Coal Power Complexes in Chile -- Part 10: Justice Is about Going beyond Claims -- Chapter 28: Institutionalizing Injustice? Aligning Governance Orders in Swedish Small-Scale Fisheries -- Chapter 29: Navigating Institutional Change in the French Atlantic Fishing Sector: How do Artisanal Fishers Obtain and Secure Fishing Opportunities? -- Chapter 30: Blue Justice and Small-Scale Fisher Mobilizations in Istanbul, Turkey: Justice Claims, Political Agency and Alliances -- Part 11: Justice Needs a Strong Knowledge Foundation -- Chapter 31: Transdisciplinarity and Blue Justice: The Alianza Nuquí, a Research-Action Platform for Wellbeing and Reflexive Governance in the Colombian Pacific Coast -- Chapter 32: Strengthening Capabilities of Individuals and Communities through a Small-Scale Fisheries Academy -- Chapter 33: Understanding Gender Equality in Small-Scale Fisheries and its Role in Enhancing Blue Justice -- Part 12: Justice is Better Understood from Experience -- Chapter 34: Collective Experiences, Lessons and Reflections about Blue Justice -- Chapter 35: Towards Blue Justice for Small-Scale Fisheries.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Approaching place naming narratives -- Part I: Challenging conceptual and theoretical approaches to place naming -- Assessing the validity of critical toponymy perspectives for understanding human perception of places: An analytical framework -- Legacies and place naming: Perspectives from Korea and Japan -- Place naming and neotoponymy: French experiences through the lens of a Theoretical Framework -- Geographical Names in Argentina: Present and Challenges -- Toponymy, Scale and the Change of Scale. A Geographical and Linguistic Challenge -- The mystery of hydronomy in the land of Israel -- United Nations capacity building in toponymy -- Part II: Approaches to implementing standardization of place names -- Standardization of geographical names on land and sea in Slovenia -- The New Zealand geographic board and the contested nature of place names in New Zealand -- Theorising multiple place names in Southern Africa -- Conflicts and challenges in the standardisation of geographical names in Spain -- Language policies in the field of toponymy: Perspectives on Spain -- Urban toponymy in Turkey -- Cultural crossroads in toponymy: Case study of Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Part III: Geo-histories, legacies, and toponymy transitions -- Giving identity to space through (re)naming: Practice of village renaming in the period of the republic of Turkey -- Geo-history of the toponymy of Mohács Plain, SW Hungary -- Recreating the future: Modern residential neighbourhood and existing toponyms in Sarajevo -- Street-naming in Malta as a geo-cultural and political exercise as seen from local sources -- Toponymic study of the map of New Lusitania: A Portuguese cartographic monument from the 18th century -- Names and naming of collective farms in (the) Soviet Estonia -- Part IV: Toponymy: Narratives, languages, culture, and education -- Reading Ireland’s colonial and postcolonial toponymic landscapes -- Translating topographies: Brian Friel’s approach to language, landscape, and toponymy in Ireland -- The overlaid past: The politics of space and memory in Gibraltar’s ‘Doubling’ street naming principle -- From historical to new place names. The case of Italy -- Geographical names represent a memory of places: Case study in Bandung Basin, West Java, Indonesia -- The vital question of placenames and naming of places in geographical education: Concepts, activities, and questions for reflection -- Part V: The relationship between geographical naming and cultural politics -- The nexus between geographical naming, place, and the politics of power.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. The Sustainable Development of Green Space in the Tourism Zone of Moc Chau Mountains (Son La, Vietnam) -- Chapter2. Wooden Funeral Sculptures of the Jrai and Bahnar in the Vietnam Central Highlands: Conservation or Destruction?- Chapter3. Traditional Concepts on "Sustainability" in Vietnamese Culture and the Impacts on Forming Modern Values of Sustainable Development -- Chapter4. Educational Renovation in a Restructuring Society: Vietnam’s Case Study -- Chapter5. Tourism Climate Indicators (TCI) Applied in Moc Chau District (Son La, Vietnam). Chapter6. Carbon Footprint of Vietnam’s Small Urban Areas (A Case Study of Ha Dong District, Hanoi) -- Chapter7. Agriculture Land Conversion and Its Implications for Food Requirements and Farming in Vietnamese Northern Mountains -- Chapter8. Urban Exclusion: Theoretical Approaches and Emerging Trajectories for Vietnam -- Chapter9. Applying Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to Analyze Factors Affecting the Entrepreneurial Intention of the Students of Vietnam National University, Hanoi -- Chapter10. Creating an Added-Value Capital of Forest Based on the Local Knowledge of Tai in Tuong Duong (Nghe An, Vietnam) -- Chapter11. Minimizing the Negative Effects of Irrigation and Hydropower System on Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection in the Huong River Basin -- Chapter12. Socio-Economic Development towards Sustainable Ecological Model in Vietnam -- Chapter13. Perennial Cropping System Development and Economic Performance of Perennial Cropping System in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam -- Chapter14. Sustainable Agriculture Development in Vietnam -- Chapter15. Community Participation in Urban Planning in Vietnam towards Sustainable Development - Prospects and Challenges -- Chapter16. Current Status and Impact of Imbalance of Sex Ratio at Birth in the Son La Province, Vietnam -- Chapter17. Obstacles in the Sustainable Development of Industry in Ethnic Minorities’ Areas of Vietnamese Mekong Delta (Kien Giang and Can Tho) -- Chapter18. Integrating Sustainable Development into National Policy: The Practice of Vietnam -- Chapter19. Building Human Capital for Sustainable Development: Experience from Some East Asia Countries and Policy Implications for Vietnam -- Chapter20. Mapping Marine Functional Zoning for the Northern Tonkin Coastal Zone, Vietnam -- Chapter21. Rainfall Regime and Its Impact on Water Resources on Ly Son Island, Central Vietnam -- Chapter22. Factors Affecting Community Forest Management in Ha Giang Province, Vietnam -- Chapter23. Impacts of Urban Expansion on Landscape Pattern Changes: A Case Study of Da Nang City, Vietnam -- Chapter24. An Assessment of Pollution Load Capacity of Son La Hydropower Reservoir in the Northwest Mountains of Vietnam 40 -- Chapter25. An Approach for Prioritising Climate Change Mitigation Measures: A Case Study in Ho Chi Minh City -- Chapter26. Developing Agricultural Production of Ethnic Minority Households in the Context of Climate Change (Lak District, Dak Lak Province, Central Highland of Vietnam) -- Chapter27. Detecting Flash Flood Susceptible Areas Using Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model: A Case Study of Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam -- Chapter28. Implementing Agricultural Land Use Solutions to Adapt Climate Change in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta -- Chapter29. Geothermal Renewable Energy in Vietnam: A Current Status Overview and Proposing Solutions for Development -- Chapter30. Study on stand structure of secondary mangrove forest; Sonneratia caseolaris - Aegicerus corniculatum stand for introducing silvofishery systems to shrimp-culture ponds -- Chapter31. Evaluation the effectiveness of sheath blight disease controlling on rice caused by Rhizoctonia solani in green house condition by applying some biofungicides -- Chapter32. Consideration on the Use Sentinel-1 Radar Image and GIS for Flood Mapping in the Lai Giang River Basin of Binh Dinh Province (Central Coast Vietnam) -- Chapter33. Studying Shoreline Change in Ky Anh Coastal Area of Ha Tinh Province during 1989-2013 based on the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) -- Chapter34. How Do Yao Farmers Cope with Extreme Weather Events with Their Indigenous Knowledge? A Case Study of Mo Vang Mountains (Yen Bai, Vietnam) -- Chapter35. Multilevel Governance Roles in Land Use Change: Lessons for REDD+ from the Case Study in Nghe An Province, Vietnam -- Chapter36. Technical Efficiency of Irrigation Water Use of Robusta Coffee Production in the Dong Nai river basin (Vietnam): A case study of Lam Dong province -- Chapter37. Climate Change Vulnerability of Agriculture in Coastal Communes of Quang Tri Province, Vietnam -- Chapter38. A GIS Application in Optimizing the Collection and Transportation Route of Domestic Solid Waste in Hue City, Vietnam -- Chapter39. Water-Food-Energy Nexus in the Context of Climate Change: Develop a Water Security Index for Water Resources Management in Vietnam -- Chapter40. An Integrated Approach for Saltwater Intrusion Monitoring based on Remote Sensing combined with Multivariable Analysis: A Case Study of Coastal Zone in Southern Vietnam -- Chapter41. Diversity of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in the Hoang Lien - Van Ban Nature Reserve (Lao Cai, Vietnam): Implications for Local Livelihood Improvement and Biodiversity Conservation -- Chapter42. Quantify Forest Stand Volume Using SPOT 5 Satellite Image -- Chapter43. Evaluating Impact of Climate Change to Fishing Productivity of Vietnam: An Application of Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Regression Model -- Chapter44. An Experimental Study on Using Biogas Slurry to Improve the Water Quality of Aqua-Culture Systems in Acid Sulfate Soil Areas -- Chapter45. Assessment of Saltwater Intrusion Vulnerability in the Coastal Aquifers in Ninh Thuan, Vietnam -- Chapter46. Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Urban Planning of Vietnamese Coastal Towns toward Sustainable Development -- Chapter47. Mike Flood Application for Solving Inundation Issues for Ho Chi Minh City in The Context of Climate Change: A Case Study in the District 1 -- Chapter48. Enhancing the Efficiency of Land Dispute Mediation for Ethnic Minorities in Van Canh district (Binh Dinh, Vietnam) -- Chapter49. A Stakeholder Delphi Study on Local Communities Adaptation to Climate Change in the Coastal Area: Case Study in An Duong District (Hai Phong, Vietnam) -- Chapter50. Assessing Flash Flood Risks based on Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Geographic Information System (GIS): A Case Study of Hieu Catchment (Nghe An, Vietnam) -- Chapter51. Analysis and Prediction of Noise Pollution from Wind Turbines: A Case Study of Loi Hai Wind Power Plant (Ninh Thuan, Vietnam) -- Chapter52. An Environmental Zoning for Sustainable Development in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam -- Chapter53. Climate Change Vulnerability of Urban Development in the Phanrang-Thapcham (Ninh Thuan, Vietnam).

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Introduction -- Chapter 2-National and international developments -- Chapter 3-Climate change and built environment -- Chapter 4-Energy and carbon emission -- Chapter 5-Materials and water -- Chapter 6-Sustainable waste management -- Chapter 7-Resilience and adaptation in buildings -- Chapter 8-Sustainable building design -- Chapter 9-Urban sustainable developments -- Chapter 10-Regional sustainable developments.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2: Pesticides in our food -- Chapter 3. The plastics revolution -- Chapter 4. Toxic metals -- Chapter 5. The Indestructibles -- Chapter 6. Air pollutants -- Chapter 7. Chemicals from paper manufacture and use -- Chapter 8. Chemical exposure in the workplace -- Chapter 9. Fluorocarbons -- Chapter 10: Radiation -- Chapter 11. How do our bodies deal with chemicals? -- Chapter 12: Genetic variability and the risk of disease – the advantages and disadvantages of being different -- Chapter 13. Environmental chemicals and our genes -- Chapter 14. Environmental chemicals and mitochondria -- Chapter 15. Environmental chemicals and our immune system -- Chapter 16: Just because the amounts are small, does it mean they are safe? -- Chapter 17. What can we do for a better future?.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 – Introduction -- Chapter 2 – Culture’s divergence -- Chapter 3 – Culture’s convergence -- Chapter 4 – The cultures framework -- Chapter 5 – Cultural stability -- Chapter 6 – Cultural change -- Chapter 7 – Using the cultures framework for policy analysis -- Chapter 8 – Using the cultures framework for research -- Chapter 9 – Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Death Valley of Impacts Why in Agriculture, how to Cross it with Scaling-up Strategy to Achieve Impacts?- Chapter 2. Agro-ecologies- Soils and Water Regimes and Impacts of Climate Change as Challenges for Impacts of Scaling-up. -- Chapter 3. Empowerment of Stakeholders an Essential Component for Effective and Efficient Service Delivery in Rural Areas. Tapas Bhattacharya and Suhas P. Wani -- Chapter 4. Seeing is Believing- Participatory Integrated Demonstrations of Improved Technologies for Scaling-up through Building Partnerships for Impacts -- Chapter 5. Journey of Neglected Underutilised Crops to Future Smart Crops for Achieving Zero Hunger Challenge -- Chapter 6. Pulses Production Revolution in India Through Rice-Fallows Management -- Chapter 7. Sustainable Intensification of Food systems through lentil and Grass Peas in Asia -- Chapter 8. Environment -friendly Direct Seeding Rice Technology to Foster Sustainable Rice Production -- Chapter 9. Sustainable Intensification of Potato Production in Asia through Scaling-up -- Chapter 10. Scaling-up Technology Adoption for Enhancing Water Use Efficiency in India -- Chapter 11. Scaling-up of Conservation Agriculture for Climate Resilient Agriculture in Indo Gangetic Plains -- Chapter 12. Enabling Institutions, Policies, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Mechanism: A Must for Scaling-up for Impact -- Chapter 13. Success Stories from Scaling-up Initiatives with State Governments and Corporates in India, China and Thailand -- Chapter 14. Lessons Learnt and Way Forward to Benefit Millions of Farmers.

Description / Table of Contents: Green Infrastructure (GI) -- Urban Green Infrastructure and Sustainability -- Climate Change and Built Environment -- Sustainable Urban Planning -- Green Buildings -- Assessment, Quantification, and Valuation of Green Infrastructure -- Urban Climate Resilience -- Multi-functionality of Green Resilient Arena -- Policies -- Challenges and future perspectives.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Origin and Continuity -- Chapter 2. Flowing spaces, Flowing forms -- Chapter 3. Urban space, a comparative look -- Chapter 4. The concept of space, aesthetic aspects -- Chapter 5. Design of urban block -- Chapter 6. Lesson.

Description / Table of Contents: Part One. Conceptualising competences -- Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. The Competence Turn: Historical perspective -- Chapter3. Educators’ competence frameworks in education for sustainable development -- Chapter4. What do key competencies in sustainability offer and how to use them -- Chapter5. The Rounder Sense of Purpose (RSP) model set into perspective and the extent to which this represents a pedagogy for transformation -- Chapter6. On the educational difference between being able and willing -- Chapter7. Complexity and criticality in relation to ESD competences -- Chapter8. Post-Normal Science, transdisciplinarity and uncertainty in relation to educators’ competences: a conversation with Silvio Funtowicz -- Chapter9. ESD competences for deep quality in education -- Part Two. Integrating competences -- Chapter10. The highs and lows of working education for sustainable competences into HEI framework -- Chapter11. Breaking the mould: educators as agents of change -- Chapter12. Framing the frames: integrating an ESD approach into an existing national framework -- Chapter13. The rise of competence-based learning in The Netherlands and its impact on the implementation of ESD at Marnix Academie -- Chapter14. Working on ESD teacher competences in Switzerland: a case study at the University of Teacher Education Vaud -- Chapter15. Development and assessment of ESD competences: staff training at the University of Vechta -- Chapter16. ESD competences and teacher educators’ professional development: Findings and implications of the Cyprus example -- Part Three. Pedagogy and competences -- Chapter17. Connections between sustainable development competences and pedagogical approaches -- Chapter18. Art and connectedness within sustainability: educating through aesthetic pedagogies -- Chapter19. Gamification for sustainability: a possible renaissance of role-playing game mechanics in pedagogy -- Chapter20. Outdoor and sustainability education: how to link and implement them in teacher education. An empirical perspective -- Chapter21. Assessing sustainability competences – a discussion on what and how -- Part Four. Conclusions -- Chapter22. Lessons learned and future research directions in educating for sustainability competencies -- Chapter23. Closing thoughts – the role of educator competences for ESD in times of pandemic.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The compact city in a local area -- Chapter 3. Chinese spatial planning and management system -- Chapter 4. Rapid growing cities in western China – the case study of Yinchuan -- Chapter 5. Urban planning and urban expansion control -- Chapter 6. Public programs and housing developments -- Chapter 7. Specific zoning and land use pattern -- Chapter 8. Build a compact city in inland China -challenges and opportunities.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Sustainable renovation of buildings and methodologies to quantify environmental and economic impact -- Chapter 2. Spanish regulations and European standardization: Driving transformation -- Chapter 3. Methods -- Chapter 4. Method application -- Appendix.

Description / Table of Contents: An approach from ecovillages and ecocities to Tirana, Albania -- Tirana the capital of Albania. A brief history of regulatory plans, anti-bombing hideouts and its climate conditions -- Leed and Breeam building standards and Albanian law related to building thermal performance -- Social impact in a specific neighborhood in Tirana, Albania -- In the traces of bioclimatic architecture -- Existing site conditions. Building thermography and U-Value measurements. Case study Tirana, Albania -- Bioclimatic eco-renovation concept design and strategies. The use of different materials -- Bioclimatic eco-renovation. Case study Tirana, Albania.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Inequality As A Historical Problem. The Pre-Statistical Stage(Daniel Santilli) -- Chapter 2. Quality Of Life In Argentina In The First National Census (1869)(Guillermo Velázquez, Hernán Otero) -- Chapter 3. Quality Of Life By Departments And Regions In Argentina At The End Of The 19th. Century(Guillermo Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín) -- Chapter 4. Quality Of Life In Argentina. Analysis From The Third National Census (1914)(Guillermo Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín) -- Chapter 5. Quality Of Life In Argentina. Analysis From The Fourth National Census (1947)(Guillermo Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín, Fernando Ariel Manzano) -- Chapter 6. Quality Of Life In Argentina In 1960(Guillermo Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín) -- Chapter 7. Quality Of Life In Argentina (1970)(Guillermo Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín) -- Chapter 8. Quality Of Life In Argentina (1980)(Guillermo Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín) -- Chapter 9. Quality Of Life And Fragmentation In The Argentina Of The Nineties(Guillermo Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín) -- Chapter 10. Quality Of Life In Argentina In 2001(Guillermo Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín, Sebastián Gómez Lende, Fernando Manzano, María Eugenia Arias) -- Chapter 11. Quality Of Life In Argentina In 2010(Guillermo Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín, Sebastián Gómez Lende, Fernando Manzano, Claudia Mikkelsen, María Eugenia Arias) -- Chapter 12. Quality Of Life Differentiating Factors: Migratory Dynamics, Entrality/Accessibility, Urban Categories And Geographic Gross Product(Guillermo Velázquez, Santiago Linares) -- Chapter 13. Geography And Quality Of Life In Argentina. Analysis According To Census Radius (2010)(Guillermo Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín, Santiago Linares, Adela Tisnés, Fernando Manzano, Claudia Mikkelsen, Lorena La Maccchia, María Eugenia Arias) -- Chapter 14. The Well-Being Of Rural Population Of Argentina(Claudia Mikkelsen, Sofía Ares, Matías Gordziejczuk, Natasha Picone, Mariana Bruno).

Description / Table of Contents: Urban Metabolism and Global Climate Change: An overview -- Interlinkages between Urban Metabolism and Sustainability: An overview -- Urban Metabolism - An Analytical approach for enhancing resilience -- Urban metabolism to understand changes in urban ecology: a case of Bengaluru -- City core and Urban sprawl -- Adaptive reuse of historic buildings: an ecological indicator -- Integrating ecological and social concepts for urban metabolism studies -- Sustainable urban metabolism and urban planning -- Urban metabolism in the circular bio-economy of tomorrow -- Closing the Urban Waste Loop: Delivering Environmental and Financial Sustainability -- Transitioning Urban Agriculture to a Circular Metabolism at a Neighbourhood Level -- Eight years to go, to meet the SDG targets: Waste management as enabler and enabled -- Emerging approaches for sustainable urban metabolism -- Species Selection in Urban Forestry - towards Urban Metabolism -- Geospatial analyses for urban metabolism and climate change work -- Smart Urban Metabolism: A Big-data and Machine Learning Perspective -- Policy initiatives on urban metabolism in Ghana (2002-2021). .

Description / Table of Contents: Engieered Nanoparticles (ENPs) in Agricultural Revolution: An Enticing Domain to Move Carefully -- Nanotechnology: Advancement for Agricultural Sustainability -- Nanotechnology for sustainable crop production: recent development and strategies -- Interaction of Titanium dioxide nanoparticles with Plants in Agroecosystems -- Interaction of nano-TiO2 with plants: Preparation and translocation -- Plant physiological responses to engineered nanoparticles -- Engineered nanoparticles in agro-ecosystems: implications on the soil health -- Effect of engineered nanoparticles on soil attributes and potential in reclamation of degraded lands -- Advances of Engineered Nanofertilizers for Modern Agriculture -- Nano-fertilizers and Nano-pesticides as Promoters of Plant Growth in Agriculture -- Bio-nanosensors: Synthesis and their substantial role in agriculture.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Towards the Development of Compact and High Efficiency Adsorption Heat Pumps -- Chapter 3 Synthesis and Characterization of Various MOFs and MOFs-Zeolite Com-posites: Water Adsorption and Rapid Cooling Production -- Chapter 4 Specific Heat Capacity of Carbon-based Composites for Adsorption Heat Pump and Desalination Applications -- Chapter 5 Characterizing Adsorbent Materials Employing Atomic Force Microscopy -- Chapter 6 Advanced Adsorbents for Ecological Applications: Water Harvesting from the Atmosphere and Recuperation Heat and Moisture in Ventilation Systems -- Chapter 7 Thermochemical Conversion of Lignocellulosic Waste to Activated Carbon: A Potential Resource for Industrial Wastewater Treatment -- Chapter 8 Carbon Nanomaterial-based Adsorbents for Water Protection -- Chapter 9 Nanoparticles-based Adsorbents for Water Pollutants Removal.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. WEF nexus in cities: Opportunities for innovations to achieve sustainable development goals in the face of climate change -- Chapter 2. The importance of Water-Energy and Food Nexus in the promotion of Sustainable Cities in the perspective of the Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter 3. What Can Cities Do to Enhance Water-Energy-Food Nexus as a Sustainable Development Strategy? -- Chapter 4. Water–Energy–Food nexus under climate change: analyzing different regional socio-ecological contexts in Brazil -- Chapter 5. How can the Water - Energy - Food Nexus approach contribute to enhancing the resilience of Amazonian cities to climate change? -- Chapter 6. The water-energy-food nexus and the micro-politics of everyday: a view from institutional bricolage -- Chapter 7. WEF Nexus Innovations: the institutional agenda for sustainability -- Chapter 8. Innovations towards 'the nexus' in the science-politics-society interface: What transformations do we really seek? -- Chapter 9. The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Latin America and the Caribbean: Priority Interconnections -- Chapter 10. Methods for evaluating Food-Energy-Water Nexus: Data Envelopment Analysis and Network Equilibrium Model approaches -- Chapter 11. Learning about the nexus from vulnerable urban communities -- Chapter 12. Urban gardens and composting: effective governance for strengthening urban resilience and community waste management -- Chapter 13. WEF Nexus and Sustainable Investments in West Africa: The Case of Nigeria -- Chapter 14. The Food-Water-Renewable Energy Nexus Resource-Security examples for Asian-Pacific cities -- Chapter 15. Urban Living Labs and the water-energy-food nexus: experiences from the GLOCULL Project in São Paulo, Brazil. -- Chapter 16. The challenges of the food, water, and energy nexus and potential interlinkages with instruments to tackle climate change: cases of Brazilian cities -- Chapter 17. Food waste redistribution and implications for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: the case of a food bank in Sao Paulo Municipality, Brazil.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Organizing Committee Members -- Keynote Speakers and International Scientific Committee -- Conference Sponsors -- Papers from the invited keynotes speakers -- Water -- Energy -- Agrifood -- Sustainability.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Appropriation of disaster risk reduction in Brazil: relations between civil defense and urban planning as a social process leading to sustainability -- Chapter 2. Social Advancement as a Critical Success Factor in a Model of Translation and Control of Strategy in Agro-industrial Cooperatives -- Chapter 3. Architecture-oriented agile approach for sustainability reporting -- Chapter 4. Sustainable Procurement Process: A Case Study at a Public Higher Education Institution in Brazil -- Chapter 5. How the perception of employees can help to address management and operation challenges towards more sustainable sanitary landfills: a case study of Curitiba and Metropolitan Area -- Chapter 6. Comparative analysis of the sustainable practices based on social responsibility guidelines of personal hygiene, perfumery and cosmetics companies in Brazil -- Chapter 7. Sharing economy: Sensegiving of strategic decisions towards sustainability.

Description / Table of Contents: Neoendogenous rural development in mountain areas. Dax -- Social innovation and rural development. Bosworth -- The role of rural development policy in European territorial cohesion. Copus -- Territorial governance and rural development, challenge or reality? -- Public action and territorial development. Lacquement -- Territorial distribution of projects with LEADER approach in Andalusia and Extremadura -- Social capital and innovation in Italy and Spain -- Transnational cooperation experiences with LEADER approach in rural areas of Spain and Finland -- The role of agriculture in rural development in Spain and Italy -- The importance of tourism in rural development in Spain and Germany -- Women and young people entrepreneurs in neoendogenous development -- Work and workers created in the LEADER approach -- Natural and cultural heritage in the LEADER approach -- The failed projects. Initiatives that never had support from rural development policy -- Experiences and shared lessons. Cejudo, Eugenio and Navarro, Francisco.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Resilience Of Large Water Management Infrastructure -- Chapter 2. Survey Of Water Managers For 21st Century Challenges -- Chapter 3. Current Approaches For Resilience Assessment -- Chapter 4. Application Of Numerical Atmospheric Models -- Chapter 5. Infrastructure-Relevant Storms Of The Last Century -- Chapter 6. Sensitivity Of Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) -- Chapter 7. A Recommended Paradigm Shift In The Approach To Risks To Large Water Infrastructure In The Coming Decades -- Chapter 8. Safety Design of Water Infrastructures In A Modern Era.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Management of Surface Water Resources In Romania -- The Vulnerability of Water Resources From Eastern Romania to Anthropic Impact and Climate Changes -- Romanian Danube River Floodplain Functionality Assessment -- Romanian Upper Tisa Watershed, Between Water Resources and Hydrological Hazards -- Causes and Effects of Water Pollution in Romania -- Assessment of Some Diurnal Streamwater Profiles in Western and Northern Romania in Relation to Meteorological Data -- Water Resources Management in Razim-Sinoie Lakes Ecosystems -- Particularities of Drain Liquid in the Small Wetland of Braila Natural Park, Romania -- Water Supply Challenges and Achievements in Constanta County -- Drinking Water Supply Systems - Evolution towards Efficiency -- Water Resources Management in Siret Catchment -- Particular Hydrological Manifestations on the Lower Danube in the Current Climate -- Hydrological Impacts of Climate Changes in Romania and Adaptation Strategies -- Implementation of EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/CE) in Romania - European Qualitative Requirements -- Drought and Insolvency: Case study of the Producer-Buyer Conflict (Romania, the period between the year 2011-2012) -- Conclusions and Recomendations. .

Description / Table of Contents: From Slow Tourism to Slow Travel: An Idea for Marginal Regions -- The Seat and the Saddle. How Slow is Quick and Fast is Stuck -- Marginality from Theory to Practices -- Marginalised Areas as a Public Policy Concern -- Italian Policies on Marginal Territories: An Overview -- Slowness to Discover the Ordinary Italian Landscape -- Food on the Bike -- The Role of Historic Roads to Preserve and Valorize the Landscape -- Cultural Heritage Preservation and Territorial Attractiveness: A Spatial Multidimensional Evaluation Approach -- Slow Travel Project for Enhancing Territories: Motivations and Directions -- Design, Public Engagement and Communication: Reframing Methodology -- Narration of Cultural Heritage as Anti-fragility Tool -- Learning from the Experience: A Set of European Policies -- The United Kingdom’s National Cycle Network: Paths for Everyone, Past, Present and Future -- The Singularity of the Camino de Santiago as a Contemporary Tourism Case -- The Success of the Cycle Tourist Backbone Along the Danube in Germany and Austria.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Climate change and lessons from world indigenous minority farmer communities -- Chapter 3. Climate change and indigenous farmers in Zimbabwe -- Chapter 4. Rainfall and Temperature fluctuations in South-west Zimbabwe(1922-2012) -- Chapter 5. Climate Change impact on indigenous minority farmer communities in SW Zimbabwe -- Chapter 6. Interventions on climate climate change among indigenous minority farmer communities in SW Zimbabwe -- Chapter 7. Indigenous minority communities development basket of priorities in SW Zimbabwe -- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Narrative and Nature Interest -- Chapter 2: Green Progress -- Chapter 3: The Apocalypse -- Chapter 4: Postapocalypse -- Chapter 5: Towards a Critique of the Environmental Movement.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- 1. Nanotechnology in wastewater and the capacity of nanotechnology for sustainability (Oluranti Agboola) -- 2. Therapeutic use of inorganic nanomaterials in malignant diseases (Andreea-Roxana Lupu) -- 3. Modification of Oligomers and Reinforced Polymeric Composites by Carbon Nanotubes and Ultrasonic (Aleksandr Evhenovych Kolosov) -- 4. Understanding interactions of nanomaterials with soil: Issues and Challenges ahead (Arun Kumar) -- 5. Nanotechnology for Water Treatment (Rashid Ahmad) -- 6. Overview of Nanomaterial-Assisted Technologies for Denitrification Processes (Samad Sabbaghi) -- 7. Nanoencapsulation of Food Carotenoids (Lohith Kumar DH) -- 8. Nanomaterials in Agricultural Research: An Overview (Devendra K Payasi) -- 9. Understanding effect of the interaction of nanoparticles with roots on the uptake in plants (Arun Kumar) -- 10. Semiconductor Nanomaterials for Gas Sensor Applications (Marwa Farouk Elkady).

Description / Table of Contents: Urban and Regional Planning and Development: Introduction and Overview -- Frank J. Costa: Professional Career and Contributions -- Regional Development and Planning -- Forty Years of Urban and Regional Development and Planning in China -- Urban and Regional Development and Planning in India’s Five Year Plans: Patterns and Emerging Policy Issues -- South African Urban Planning in the 20th and 21st Centuries – Continuities between the Apartheid and Democratic eras? -- A Reappraisal of Spatial Planning in Botswana -- What and Where are We Tweeting about Black Friday? -- Remaking ‘Urban’ in 21st Century Neoliberal India -- Confronting Styles and Scales: Normative vs. Participative Planning in a Twentieth-Century Colonial Setting -- Structural Gaps within a Country: The Socio-Economic Development of Cities in Ecuador -- Exploring Urban Dynamics in the Network Space -- Spatiotemporal Analysis of Shooting-Arrest Interaction in Houston -- Ecological Regional Planning: An Approach of the Protected Areas and the Environmental Services in Costa Rica -- Remaking ‘Urban’ in 21st Century Neoliberal India -- Confronting Styles and Scales: Normative vs. Participative Planning in a Twentieth-Century Colonial Setting -- Structural Gaps within a Country: The Socio-Economic Development of Cities in Ecuador -- Exploring Urban Dynamics in the Network Space -- Spatiotemporal Analysis of Shooting-Arrest Interaction in Houston -- What and Where are We Tweeting about Black Friday? -- Geographies of Indian Women’s Everyday Public Safety -- Land Use Change Outside Dhaka Metropolitan Area: An Analysis of Factors from Physical, Socio-Economic and Institutional Perspectives -- Consequences of Unplanned Growth: A Case Study of Metropolitan Hyderabad -- Slum Upgradation and Improvement through Slums Vulnerability Assessment (SVA) in Delhi -- Remodelling Urban Villages in Delhi: The Overriding Role of Transportation Lines -- Regional Differentials in Transformation of Dalits in Northwestern India -- Land Use Planning Policies and Gentrification in U. S. Cities -- State-led Urbanity: Reexamining Modern Movement Servicescapes -- Urban Governance under Neoliberalism: Increasing Centralization vis-a-vis Participatory Decentralization -- Changing Trajectories of Urban Governance and Participatory Urban Development in India -- Politics and Ethics in the Process of Plan Preparation and Implementation -- Participatory Comprehensive Planning of Amphawa District, Thailand -- Infrastructure and Regional Development in India: Spatial Linkages and Policy Implications -- Tourism and Urban Development in Chennai, India: An Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis -- Knowledge and Skills for India's Urban Transformation-High Growth Period for Urban Planning -- Intermediary Cities of Refuge: From Istanbul to Kolkata -- Return Migrants as Force to Urban Transformation – A Case Study from Poznan, Poland -- Leveraging Brewing History: The Case of Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood -- Sustainable Cities in the Global South: Lessons from the African Continent -- Growing Sustainable Transportation in an Autocentric Community: Current Trends and Applications -- Sacred-Heritage City Development and Planning in India: A Study of Banaras and Ayodhya -- An Assessment of Preservation Planning Activities in Pennsylvania Municipalities Using the Historic District Act.

Description / Table of Contents: Re-looking through Ian Mc Harg's perspective on landscape planning: Watershed Management of cultural landscapes of Orchha, Madhya Pradesh, India -- Heritage Tourism: The Case Study of I Benedettini (BARI) -- From the paradise of Beit Shean Valley to the contested landscape of the Valley of Springs; water amenities, environmental justice and sustainable development -- Religious tourism during the Covid-19 period: the case of Our Lady of Agony Festival, Viana do Castelo, Portugal -- Visitors' perception of tourist attractions in a green protected area: The case study of the Peneda-Gerês National Park -- Solidarity Tourism in a Multicultural Society in Southern Italy -- Tourism impacts on heritage sites in Japan: from government’s view to local people’s awareness -- Exploring the unlimited and unexplored Rural Tourism in Meghalaya, North East India -- Effects of market intelligence generation, online reviews, and management response on the business performance of rural accommodation establishments in France -- The Fortress of Santa Catarina de Ribamar (Portimão) as a proposal for Good Practices of Military Heritage Preservation -- Sustainable tourism in natural territories that have suffered from catastrophes: the perception of public and private stakeholders of the Alva Great Route.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. The Food Security, Biodiversity, and Climate Nexus -- 2. Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity Resources, Especially on Forests and Wildlife Distribution -- 3. Mangrove Ecosystems within a Changing Climate: Threats and Opportunities -- 4. Realizing Food Security in Saline Environments in a Changing Climate: Mitigation Technologies -- 5. Land Use Land Cover Change in Salt Range Wetlands Complex of Pakistan in Response to Climate Change -- 6. Therapeutic Floras and Unindustrialized Behavior to Combat the Hunger: An Implication to Populace Health -- 7. Fostering Health Security through Biodiversity: A Case Study from Ogun and Lagos States, Nigeria -- 8. Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity in Pakistan: Current Challenges and Policy Recommendations -- 9. Socio-Economic Implications of Crop Raiding Around Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Northern Benin -- 10. Burgeoning Desert Locust Population as Transboundary Plant Pest: A Momentous Threat to Regional Food Security -- 11. Climate Change Impacts on Mountain Ecosystems and Food Security in Pakistan -- 12. Climate Change and Disappearing Habitats: The Case of Majuli Island in Northeast India -- 13. Sustainable Agriculture and Plant Diseases to Ensure Global Food Security – An Epidemiological Perspective -- 14. Community-Based Adaptation in Drylands Associated to Crop Biodiversity: A Viable Pathways to Foster Climate and Food Resilience -- 15. Non-timber Forest Products Income: What Implications for Social Safety Nets in Afaka Forest Reserve Communities, Kaduna-Nigeria? -- 16. Human Activities as Potential Risk to the Sustenance of Barawa Forest Reserve in Katsina State, Northern Nigeria -- 17. Potential of Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in Adaptation to the Environmental Change -- 18. Managing the Soil Erosion through the Use of Polyacrylamide: An Empirical Study.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I -- Chapter 1. Hot and Mineral Springs in Nepal -- Chapter 2. Introduction to Hot and Mineral Springs -- Chapter 3. Profile of Hot and Healing Springs in Nepal -- Part II -- Chapter 4. Applications of Geothermal Energy -- Chapter 5. Hot and Mineral Spring Waters for Health Benefits -- Chapter 6. Cultural Aspects of Hot Spring -- Chapter 7. Hot Springs and Tourism Development -- Chapter 8. Public Sector’s Involvement and Prospects of Geothermal Development in Nepal. .

Description / Table of Contents: 1. HYDRO peaking in nordic rivers/ hydropeaking combined analysis of climate change and energy market -- 2. Annual Variability of Per Capita Renewable Water Resources: Long Term Water Planning Using SWAT Model in the Athi Catchment, Kenya -- 3. Monte Carlo simulation and fuzzy modelling of river water quality for multiple reaches using QUAL2Kw -- 4. Design of Stable Channel Using HEC-RAS: A Case Study of Tapi River, Surat City -- 5. Nutrient fluxes from agriculture: reducing environmental impact through optimum application -- 6. Air Quality Monitoring with Special Reference to Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter in an Industrial Area -- 7. The water-energy nexus prespective of hydropower in the context of climate Change -- 8. Biological methodologies for treatment of textile wastewater -- 9. Role of microbes in Environmental Biotechnology and its role in the environment -- 10. Environmental Hazards of Limestone Mining and Review of Adaptive Practices for Environment Management Planning -- 11. Water Optimisation in Thermal Power Plants -- 12. Geoengineering Structures of Crabs and Their Role in Nutrient Cycling in Mangrove Ecosystem of Mahanadi Delta of Odisha, India -- 13. Design Considerations of Sustainable Pervious Concrete Block Pavement -- 14. Analysis of Historical Records of Climate Change and the Calamitous Events in Kasmir Valley -- 15. Possible Remediation of Perils of Water Eminence and Extent -- 16. Optimization methodologies in complex water supply systems for energy saving and a correct management under uncertainty -- 17. Application of a low-cost technology to treat domestic sewage and to improve fertility of a barren lateritic soil -- 18. Parametric evaluation of water quality characteristics varying downstream from Shimla to Solan in Himachal Pradesh region, India -- 19. Partial replacement of fine aggregates with defluoridation sludge in cement mortars manufacturing: A critical review -- 20. Genetically Modified Crops and its impact on Environment -- 21. Degradation of Gemfibrozil (lipid regulating drug) by using Advanced Oxidation and Biological Processes: A Review -- 22. Source Apportionment of particulate matter - A Critical Review for Indian Scenario -- 23. A review on Ionic liquids as novel adsorbents for SO2 removal -- 24. Garden-Landscape Practices in Mughal Kashmir: Design, Planning and Management -- 25. Long Term Performance Evaluation of Permeable Reactive Barrier for Groundwater Remediation using Visual MODFLOW -- 26. Use of Electrical Resistivity Tomography for Detection and Delineation of Groundwater Contamination near a Non-engineered Solid Waste Landfill -- 27. Saltwater intrusion in coastal aquifers: A case of environmental management -- 28. Assessment of groundwater quality around Coal mining regions of Korba district, Chhattisgarh, Central India -- 29. Numerical errors associated with groundwater models and improving the reliability of models in environmental management issues -- 30. Staus of Groundwater Salinity in North West Region of India.-31. Irrigation Water Management under Changing Climate -- 32. Particle Swarm Optimization for identification of unknown groundwater pollution source -- 33. Fluoride Contamination and Abatement Measures: A Geoenvironmental Perspective -- 34. Interaction between Groundwater and surface water and its effect on groundwater quality -- 35. Assessment of an Intrinsic and a Specific vulnerability to identify Groundwater vulnerable zones of Nagpur city, India -- 36. Sustainable water management solutions -- Conclusions .

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Landscape, Time, Text -- Ch.1 Ghost Cathedral of the Blackland Prairie: Waxahachie, Texas, Places in the Heart and the Superconducting Super Collider -- Ch.2 Digital Mapping and the Narrative Stratigraphy of Iceland -- Ch.3 Dead Men Tell Tales: History and Science at Duffy’s Cut -- Ch.4 ‘Please Mention the Green Book:’ The Negro Motorist Green Book as Critical GIS -- Part II: Cultures, Networks and Mobilities -- Ch.5 Queer Cartographies: Urban Redevelopment and the Changing Sexual Geography of Postwar San Francisco -- Ch.6 Revisiting the Walking City: A Geospatial Examination of the Journey to Work -- Ch.7 Corruption and Development of Atlanta Streetcar Lines in the Nineteenth Century: A Historical GIS Perspective -- Ch.8 “A brother Orangeman the world over”: Migration and the Geography of the Orange Order in the United States -- Part III: Climate, Weather, Environment -- Ch.9 Mining Weather and Climate Data from the Diary of a Forty-Niner -- Ch.10 Unmappable Variables: GIS and the Complicated Historical Geography of Water in the Rio Grande Project -- Ch.11 Supplying the Conquest: A Geospatial Visualization and Interpretation of Available Environmental Resources at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.-Ch.12 Mapping the Irish Rath (Ringfort): Landscape Settlement Patterns in the Early Medieval Period -- Part IV: Place, Philology, History -- Ch.13 Mapping Power: Using HGIS and Linked Open Data to Study Ancient Greek Garrison Communities -- Ch.14 The Preservation of Paradox: Bismarck Towers as National Metaphor and Local Reality -- Ch.15 Mapping the Historical Transformation of Beijing’s Regional Naming System -- Ch.16 Geographical Enrichment of Historical Landscapes: Spatial Integration, Geo-Narrative, Spatial Narrative, and Deep Mapping.

Description / Table of Contents: Mapping Cross-cultural Exchange: Jaime Cortesão’s Dialogues and Documents on the Role of Indigenous Knowledge in Brazilian Exploration -- Pioneers of the Latin American Critical Geography: Josué de Castro and Antonio Núñez Jiménez -- After the Excitement of War: ‘Disabled Veterans’ in Modern Japan -- Indian Ocean Small Islands along the Postcolonial Trajectory: Chagos and the Maldives -- Do not cross. The “North/South” Divide: A Means of Domination? -- Drone Photography and the Re-Aestheticisation of nature -- “Our Field is the World”: Geographical Societies in International Comparison, 1821–1914 -- Personified Continents in Public Places: Internationalism, Art and Geography in Late Nineteenth Century Paris -- Pierre Monbeig and the Geohistory of Brazil -- How International was the International Geographical Congress in Rio de Janeiro 1956? On Location and Language Politics -- (Re-)Writing the History of IGU? A Report from the Archive. .

Description / Table of Contents: 1-Green engineering and the realisation of the sustainable future perspective -- 2-Economy for green future and modern approaches -- 3-Process Optimization and the Circular Economy: Bridging the sustainable connection through Industrial Symbiosis -- 4-Industry university communication and future interactions -- 5-Sustainable University-Industry Relationship in R&D -- 6-Importance of intellectual property rights for building a sustainable future -- 7-A Movement Towards Well-Being of Economics to Achieve Sustainability -- 8-Bioprocesses for sustainable bioeconomy: fermentation, benefits and constraint -- 9-A Bioeconomy model based on sustainable biorefineries to ensure the SDGs in Colombia -- 10-Sharing economy, impact of tourism sustainable development -- 11-Sustainability management and public healthcare sector: what is the role of public-private partnership?- 12-The importance of vaccines for a sustainable society and healthcare system -- 13-Microalgal proteins for sustainability: how microalgal proteins can solve the crisis in food industry?- 14-Fixing the damage: the evolution of probiotics from fermented food to biotherapeutic products for a sustainable healthy future -- 15-Matching Smart Solutions with Local Needs: a Smart City Framework for a Sustainable Future -- 16-Towards sustainable circular cities - a contribution to the transition to a circular economy and society -- 17-Citizen participation in smart cities -- 18-Implementation Of Vegetated Green Urban Infrastructure: Does It Cost Effective?- 19-Alternative biodesign approaches in architecture for tensile membranes through bacterial cellulose -- 20-Sustainability for building insulating materials -- 21-The impact of hybrid and electrical vehicles design on climate change in a second law perspective -- 22-Valorization of Wastewater in Circular Economy Perspective considering urban needs -- 23-Algae-Based Treatment of Domestic and Industrial Wastewater -- 24-Ecological solutions in hotels as an example of CSR activities in cities. Case study of hotels in Poland -- 25-Bioethanol as an alternative renewable source of energy to sustain a green future -- 26-Smart farming technologies for sustainable agriculture from food to energy -- 27-Society in energy transition and justice, Social acceptance and contribution in Wind energy projects -- 28-Cyanobacteria-based biorefineries for a greener future -- 29-Central role of microalgae in the interaction between renewable energy and bioeconomy -- 30-Bio Energy Sources for Sustainable Development – Affordable and Clean Energy Goal in India -- 31-The role of biomethane in reaching net carbon zero -- 32-A life cycle energy assessment for biogas as energy carrier.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Decision-making and sustainability (Jafar Rezaei) -- Chapter2. Sustainability-based framework for MCDM problems in renewable energies(Siamak Kheibari, Jafar Rezaei) -- Chapter 3. Evaluation of manufacturing organizations ability to overcome internal barriers to green innovations (Himanshu Gupta, Mukesh Kumar Barua) -- Chapter 4. Green Hospital Attributes’ Prioritization Under Hesitant Fuzzy Environment Using a VIKOR-Based Method (Hatice Camgöz Akdağ, Aziz Kemal Konyalıoğlu, Tuğçe Beldek) -- Chapter 5. Logistics in the Circular Economy: Challenges and Opportunities (Alistair Beames, Renzo Akkerman, Jacqueline Bloemhof) -- Chapter 6.The impact of internalization policies on freight transport decisions: an exploration at different geographical scales (Lori Tavasszy) -- Chapter 7. Multi-Criteria Decision Analyses to assess territorial transformations: reflections of a research group. (Lami I.M., Bottero M., Abastante F.) -- Chapter8. Sustainable supplier segmentation (Hamidreza Fallah Lajimi) -- Chapter 9. Greenwashing’ greenhouse emission cuts? (Behnam Taebi, Azar Safari and Ibo van de Poel) -- Chapter 10. The Impact of Collaborative Scheduling and Routing for Interconnected Logistics: A European Case Study (Yousef Maknoon, Shadi Sharif Azadeh, Michel Bierlaire Yousef Maknoon) -- Conclusion(Jafar Rezaei).

Description / Table of Contents: Sustainable Development Goals in University Strategies: Making Sense of Sustainable Development in the Context of a Finnish University -- Best Practices in Research for Achieving SDG3 in Two Malaysian Universities -- Toward a Faculty Aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals: Sustainability, Equality and Equity Action Plan (University of the Balearic Islands) -- Bachelor’s Program “Sustainable Engineering” at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences: Development, Concept and Practical Experience -- Enquiry-based Learning as a Strategy to Include the SDGs in Initial Teacher Training.

Description / Table of Contents: 1-Environment, Society and Sustainability: A Human-Nature Interface -- 2-Social Welfare and Sustainable Development: Paradigm Shift -- 2-Ensuring Social Security for Child and the Elderly People -- 3-Geo-heritage and Geo-Ecotourism Conservation- Case Study -- 4-Resource Allocation and Sustainable Development -- 5-Welfare Schemes for Socially Vulnerable Segments -- 6-Population Growth, Poverty and Inequality -- 7-Illiteracy, Unemployment, Underemployment and Migration -- 8-Slums and Issues of Educational Sub-normality of Social Poor -- 9-Urbanization & Housing Affordability, Requirements of the Marginalized People -- 10-Gender Inequality, Women Health Issues and Women Empowerment -- 11-Climate Change and its Social Consequences and adaptation -- 12-Flood and its Impact on Human Livelihoods on Global South- Case study -- 13-Drought and its Associated Social Responses- Case study -- 14-Access to Basic Amenities, Healthcare Services and Mass Education -- 15-Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development, Industrialization as a Source of Employment -- 16-Protection of Civil Rights, Transgender Equality, Vocal for Local and Ecofeminism -- 17-Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Adoption of LMS in the Cultural Context of Higher Educational Institutions of the Middle East -- Technology Adoption -- Learning Management Systems -- Technology Adoption in Saudi Arabia -- Technology Adoption Theories and Models -- How Did We Find Evidence for LMS Adoption? -- Empirical Evidence of LMS Adoption in the Middle East -- Adoption of LMS: Evidence from the Middle East -- Conclusions and the Road Ahead.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Drought tolerance in some field crops -- Drought tolerance in some field crops -- Performance and genetic diversity in water stress tolerance and relation to wheat productivity under rural regions -- Heat stress tolerance, challenges and proposed solutions -- Environmental pollution tolerance in crop plants -- Performance, adaptability and stability of promising bread wheat lines across different environments.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Climate Risks for Irrigation, Water Supply and Sanitation in India: Overview and Synthesis -- Chapter 2. Climate Variability and Its Implications for Water Management in India -- Chapter 3. Water Management Challenges of Climate Extremes: A Case Study of Adaptive Strategies and Management Options -- Chapter 4. Managing Climate-Induced Water Risks: A Case Study of Institutional Alternatives -- Chapter 5. Planning for Water Resources Management under Climatic Extremes: The Case Study of a Hyper-arid Region -- Chapter 6. Planning of Rural Water Supply Systems: Role of Climatic Factors and Other Considerations -- Chapter 7. A Framework for Assessing Climate-induced Risk for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene -- Chapter 8. Mapping Climate-Induced Risk for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene in Maharashtra -- Chapter 9. Predictions of Disease Spikes induced by Climate Variability: A Pilot Real Time Forecasting Model Project from Maharashtra, India -- Chapter 10. Mapping Climate-Induced Risk for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene in Rajasthan -- Chapter 11. Action Plans for Building Climate-Resilient Water Supply and Sanitation Systems: Results from Case Studies -- Chapter 12. Managing Climate-Induced Water Stress across the Agro-ecological Regions of India: Options and Strategies. Chapter 13. Conclusions and Areas for Future Research.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Innovation, Value Creation, and Impact Assessment -- Chapter2. Emerging Technologies -- Chapter3. SDG-1 No Poverty -- Chapter4. SDG-2 Zero Hunger -- Chapter5. SDG-3 Good Health and Well-Being -- Chapter6. SDG-4 Quality Education -- Chapter7. SDG-5 Gender Equality -- Chapter8. SDG-6 Clean Water and Sanitation -- Chapter9. SDG-7 Affordable and Clean Energy -- Chapter10. SDG-8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -- Chapter11. SDG-9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -- Chapter12. SDG-10 Reduced Inequalities -- Chapter13. SDG-11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -- Chapter14. SDG-12 Responsible Consumption and Production -- Chapter15. SDG-13 Climate Action -- Chapter16. SDG-14 Life Below Water.-Chapter17. SDG-15 Life on Land -- Chapter18. SDG-16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions -- Chapter19. 19. SDG-17 Partnerships for the Goals -- Chapter20. Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Methodology -- Chapter 3. Literature review -- Chapter 4. Investigation into the planning, architectural and environmental opportunities and limitations for the adaptive reuse of urban structures for controlled environment agriculture -- Chapter 5. Interviews with practitioners -- Chapter 6. Guide for the analysis of the adaptive reuse potential of inner-city modern movement car parking structures for controlled environment agriculture -- Chapter 7. Application of the guide to the case studies. Investigating the viable adaptive reuse scenario of the three modern movement car parking structures for CEA -- Chapter 8. Discussion -- Chapter 9. Conclusions and future research.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Campus as living labs for the SDGs -- Chapter 1. Living Labs for Sustainable Development: the role of the European School of Sustainability Sciences and Research -- Chapter 2. Aligning campus strategy with the SDGs: an institutional case study -- Chapter 3. Aligning campus strategy with the SDGs: an institutional case study -- Chapter 4. Aligning campus strategy with the SDGs: an institutional case study, etc.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Sustainable development and leisure services: Changes and trends -- Chapter 2. Algorithmic automation of leisure from a sustainable development perspective -- Chapter 3. The role of leisure in sustainable development -- Chapter 4. Leisure activities and recreation facilities in Nigeria: Implications for wholesome community health -- Chapter 5. Leisure activities and loneliness among people with disabilities -- Chapter 6. Physical activity of male and female university students as a manifestation of sustainable development -- Chapter 7. Selected determinants of recreational and tourist activity of the inhabitants of rural communes of the Poznań Metropolis -- Chapter 8. Rural community prosperity vs. tourism progress: An example of sustainable opportunities -- Chapter 9. Leisure industry and hotels: The importance of wellness services for guests’ well-being -- Chapter 10. Contemporary threats to the development of sustainable urban tourism -- Chapter 11. Rural tourism and its contribution to sustainable development in Jyotisar, Kurukshetra (Haryana), India -- Chapter 12. Sustainable development of rural tourist settlements in Serbia: Building a better future for all -- Chapter 13. A typology of hosts in Housing Tourism -- Chapter 14. Glamping and the development of sustainable tourism: A Portuguese case study -- Chapter 15. Ecotourism as a core of sustainability in tourism -- Chapter 16. Environmental sensibility and human values as a factor of forming European eco-tourist market segments -- Chapter 17. A systems approach to ecotourism, leisure and education in Panamá: A case study -- Chapter 18. Religious tourism and sustainable development: Perspectives from Hill States in India -- Chapter 19. Smart tourism: towards the concept of a data-based travel experience -- Chapter 20. Social media and sustainable tourism marketing: Perceptions of leisure-related enterprises’ owners operating within Viana do Castelo Littoral Geopark.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Global Mountain Awareness -- Chapter2. An International Mountain Involvement: The Beginnings -- Chapter3. Mountain Strategy in Munich, 1974: On Track to the Himalaya -- Chapter4. Darjeeling: Personal Awakening to High Mountains and Refugees -- Chapter5. Moscow and the Caucasus: The IGU in the Cold War -- Chapter6. United Nations University: Agency with a Mountain Mission -- Chapter7. Himalayan Reconnaissance 1978: Deforestation, Landslides, and Farmers -- Chapter8. The China Connection: Privileged Entry to a Closed Country -- Chapter9. Beyond Lhasa: Opening China to Collaborative Mountain Research -- Chapter10. Breakthrough: Environmental Degradation Theory Overturned -- Chapter11. China Revisited 1985: Yunnan and the Jade Dragon Snow Mountains -- Chapter12. The Mohonk Process: Mobilization of the Mountain Advocates -- Chapter13. Mountain Road to Rio: The UN Earth Summit 1992 -- Chapter14. Return to China 1991–1996: Mountain People of Yunnan and Mass Tourism -- Chapter15. Roof of the World: The Pamir, 1999: “A Catastrophe of Biblical Proportions” -- Chapter16. Threatened Disasters in the Pamir and Himalaya -- Chapter17. The Evolution of the Mountain Cause. .

Description / Table of Contents: Dust storm Satellite images -- Deposited dust -- Dust particles size and statistical parameters -- Mineralogy (XRD) -- Inductively coupled plasma(ICP) -- Deposited rates of radionuclides -- Pollen in dust -- Other properties -- Spectro absorption.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Introducing hidden geographies -- Conceptualising hidden geographies -- Cognitive geography. Space reflected in the mind -- Symbolization in (of) space. Theory and practices -- Geographies of the sacred: The mystical literature as a source of knowledge -- Part II: Hidden environmental geographies -- Soils – A hidden world: A case study of soil sequences on carbonate parent materials in Slovenia -- Uncovering spatio-temporal air pollution exposure patterns during commutes to create an open-data endpoint for routing purposes -- Burden of the coastal area with solid waste in Kornati National Park (Croatia) -- Potential for the development of astronomical tourism in Kumano City, Mie Prefecture, Japan -- Part IV: Hidden historical and sacred places -- Visualising the subterranean: Tunnels and flows beneath a Welsh lead mining landscape -- Hidden geographies of the XVI Century road Network and trade in Georgia's portion of the Silk Road -- Boundary stones and their "Hidden" legacy in Slovenia -- The monastic Carthusian space -- Part V: Hidden urban geographies -- Hidden urban geographies, the case of Barcelona.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 -- Organic pollutants: Past, present and the future. Chapter 2 -- Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Sources and adverse effects to human health and Environment. Chapter 3 -- Assessment of POPs in water. Chapter 4 -- Monitoring of POPs: A Global Perspective. Chapter 5 -- Organochlorines and organophosphates: Bioaccumulation and Toxicity. Chapter 6 -- Pharmaceutical pollutants in water: Toxicity and health hazards. Chapter 7 -- Textile organic chemicals in water: Pervasive toxicity to humans and aquatic animals. Chapter 8 -- Organic toxins in cosmetic products: Quantification and risk evaluation. Chapter 9 -- Disinfectant products: toxicity and health hazards. Chapter 10 -- Obesogens and obesity: Challenges and prospects. Chapter 11 -- Pheromones: A Potential alternative to organic recalcitrant compounds. Chapter 12 -- Microplastics as carriers of organic pollutants: An overview. Chapter 13 -- Removal of POPs through degradation mechanisms by possible technologies. Chapter 14 -- Microbes assisted adsorptive removal of melanoidin from distillery effluents. Chapter 15 -- Remediation of dye effluents using algal species. Chapter 16 -- Recovery of organic nutrients through the remediation of solid waste. Chapter 17 -- Post -- consumer organic waste management and nutrients recovery through ecofriendly techniques. Chapter 18 -- Instrumental applications in the analysis of various organic pollutants.

Description / Table of Contents: (0) Table of Contents -- (1) Introduction (to be written by the EAAC 2017 Editorial Board).-(2) Selected papers related to Topic A: Historical and Theoretical Research -- (3) Selected papers related to Topic B: Conservation Methodology and Technology -- (4) Selected papers related to Topic C: Adaptive Reuse -- (5) Selected papers related to Topic D: Community Design -- (6) Index -- (7) List of Contributors.

Description / Table of Contents: Sustainability and the Built Environment -- Urban and Environmental Planning -- Sustainable Urban Land Use and Transportation -- Environmental Transformation: Energy Efficient Urban Areas & Renewable Energy Generation -- Quality of Life & Environmental Management Systems.

Description / Table of Contents: Supporting Sustainable Agriculture -- The concept of sustainable agriculture -- Agriculture-food nexus. The paradox of sustainable development in Mexico -- Prosocial Partnerships - A Scalable Pathway to Sustainable Agricultural Development -- Towards sustainable agriculture in Serbia: Empirical insights from a spatial planning perspective -- Climate adaptive agriculture: A smallholders case study of the Southwestern highlands of Ethiopia -- Differentiated intra-household food utilization in Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality, South Africa.

Description / Table of Contents: Part1: Context and Design -- Chapter1: Creating Attractions and Tolerating Inequity -- Chapter2: Designing a Multiple-Scale and Multiple-Metric Data Analysis -- Part 2: Case Studies -- Chapter3: America’s Forever Beautiful Heritage Attraction Sites: the U.S.’s Most Popular National Parks -- Chapter4: Remnants of the Industrial Revolution: America’s Historic Grand Concourses as Heritage Attractions -- Chapter5: Zoos as Endangered Attractions -- Chapter6: America’ Iconic Urban Parks and the Gentrification Challenge -- Chapter7: Museums, the Building of Wealth Clusters, and Soft Power -- Part 3: Looking for Other Species of Heritage Sites and Better Solutions -- Chapter8: Other Species of Heritage Sites: Commercial and Political Symbols -- Chapter9: Looking for Better Affordable Housing Solutions -- Chapter 10: Epilogue: Summary and Looking Forward.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction – Social Dimension of Circular Economy, step forward or step back? -- Chapter 2. A Systems Perspective on Social Indicators for Circular Supply Chains -- Chapter 3. The Relation Between Social Inclusion and Circular Economy Performance: An Analysis of Circular Economy Social Practices and Their Contributions to The Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter 4. Business models supported by circular economy principles and practices for the fruit and vegetable sector: an analysis from the perspective of social inclusion of family farmers -- Chapter 5. Fighting Hunger and Educating Farmers with Regenerative Agriculture in Maputo’s Green Horticultural Belt -- Chapter 6. Partnerships for Transitions from Open-air Markets to Circular Smart Food Markets in Kenya -- Chapter 7. Implementation of urban organic waste collection and treatment system in a Brazilian municipality: an analysis based on a socio-technical transition theory -- Chapter 8. The significance of SDG 16 ‘Strong Institutions’ towards the adoption of circular economy approaches for artisanal and small-scale mining sector in sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 9. How effective are Circular Models at delivering a sustainable trifactor: a focus on social inclusion? -- Chapter 10. Dirty Work/Decent Work: (De)stigmatization of Sachet Water Plastic Waste Picking in Ghana’s Circular Economy -- Chapter 11. Improving Gender Equality with Social Entrepreneurship and Circular Economy: A Mexican Case -- Chapter 12. Strategies for social inclusion in Circular Economy -- Chapter 13. Circular Economy and Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 7: the case of the PlastiCity ecosystem -- Chapter 14. Wrap-Up: Equitable Circular Economy, nesting the social dimension in the Circular Economy. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Bibliometric analysis on Era 4.0: Main highlights for the agricultural sector -- Chapter 2. Systematic review of agriculture and Era 4.0: The most relevant insights -- Chapter 3. The EU context on agriculture 4.0 and its dimensions -- Chapter 4. Benchmarking the EU context with those of other world agricultural frameworks -- Chapter 5. Potential impacts of Era 4.0 on agricultural sustainability.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: State of the science on organic micropollutants in water and wastewater -- Chapter 1-Emerging contaminants in water and wastewater: monitoring, risk assessment and remediation techniques -- Chapter 2-Legacy and emerging contaminants in water: Origin, distribution and implications for human exposure and health -- Chapter 3-Groundwater contamination by persistent organic pollutants in India- A review -- Chapter 4-Fate, Transport and Effects of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Urban Environment -- Chapter 5-Phenoxyacid herbicides in water ecosystems- a review on their fate, risk assessment and remediation techniques -- Part 2: Monitoring of organic micropolluntants and their associated risks -- Chapter 6-Water contamination and sources of plasticizers in Asia: a review -- Chapter 7-Antifouling Strategies & Environmental Issues in Industrial Cooling Water Systems in the Marine Environment -- Chapter 8-Measuring emerging contaminants in freshwater systems -- Chapter 9-Optical Techniques in Monitoring of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Water and Waste Water -- Part 3: Current approaches for remediation of organic micropollutants -- Chapter 10-Pharmaceuticals in Indian Aquatic Environment: Risk and Implications for Management -- Chapter 11-Suspect and Non-target Screening of Pharmaceuticals in Water and Wastewater Matrices -- Chapter 12-Human exposure and health risks -- Chapter 13-Carbamazepine Residues in Wastewater and River Water: Occurrence, Estimation of Use, and Disposal of this Drug in a Small Community in Western Kentucky, USA -- Chapter 14-Source, Treatment and Management Options of Contaminants of Emerging Concerns (CECs) in Water -- Chapter 15-Emerging Contaminants in Water: Potential Risks and Remedial Techniques -- Chapter 16-Emerging Contaminants Removal from Domestic Wastewater by Advanced Treatment Technologies -- Chapter 17-Treatment Technologies for Emerging Contaminants in Water and Wastewater -- Chapter 18-Novel strategies to treat organic micropollutants -- Chapter 19-Advanced treatment technologies to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes from urban wastewater -- Chapter 20-Nanotechnology based treatment strategies for removal of antibiotic and antibiotic byproducts from waste water -- Chapter 21-Levels, sources and removal efficiency of PCDDs/PCDFs and dl-PCBs in water and wastewater in Poland and Europe under the European water directives.

Description / Table of Contents: SectionI. WEF Nexus and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Overview -- Chapter1. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the WEF Nexus -- Chapter2. Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area and the Promotion of a Nexus Approach -- SectionII. Analytical Tools for SDGs Implementation within the WEF Nexus Framework -- Chapter3. SDGs and WEF nexus: A critical review of the analytical tools -- Chapter4. Review of the economic impact of water availability on food security and the related ecosystems -- Chapter5. Strengthening Water–Energy–Food Nexus through Multi-Stakeholder Engagement for Sustainable Food Systems -- SectionIII. A WEF Nexus Approach for SDGs Achievement in Africa -- Chapter6. Water–Energy–Food Nexus Resilience and the Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter7. Multi-scale challenges in the Food–Energy–Water nexus -- Chapter8. Modelling the WEF Nexus to support Sustainable Development: An African Case.