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  • 1
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Geology. ; Geophysics. ; Physical geography. ; Geology. ; Geophysics. ; Earth System Sciences.
    Abstract: The sixth volume of “Processes in GeoMedia”, connected to the Russian journal with the same name, publishes new results of theoretical and experimental studies of the processes occurring in the bowels of the earth, the ocean, and the atmosphere; particular attention is paid to geomechanical aspects of the production of hydrocarbons, including laboriously extracted oils, and to the ecological problems of the biosphere, the human impact on the environment, methods of geophysical research are within the range of the journal interests.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: X, 697 p. 311 illus., 192 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031165757
    Series Statement: Springer Geology,
    DDC: 551
    Language: English
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  • 2
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Geotechnical engineering. ; Geophysics. ; Sedimentology. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. ; Geophysics. ; Sedimentology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Definitions, History, and Differentiating Characteristics of Shale Hydrocarbon Recovery -- Chapter 2. Drilling, Completion, and Monitoring Operations -- Chapter 3. Reserve Estimation Through Rate-time Analysis -- Chapter 4. Rate-pressure-time Analysis for Reserve Estimation.
    Abstract: The main focus of this book is to show the challenges specific to shale hydrocarbon recovery and the practices to overcome these challenges. This book starts with an overview to the technological evolution that led to successful production of shale plays, and the implications of the shale being a source rock for its hydrocarbon recovery. The second chapter presents the operations of well drilling, hydraulic fracturing, and monitoring activities. Chapter 3 provides an overview of the available methods for reserve estimation of shale resources followed by comprehensive coverage of decline curve analysis (DCA). In a departure from the mostly empirical rate-time DCA methods covered in Chapter 3, advanced rate-time-pressure analysis – often referred to as rate transient analysis (RTA) - methods are presented in Chapter 4. Chapter 4 ends with discussing the complications of fluid flow in shale reservoirs and the required modeling improvements.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VIII, 78 p. 43 illus., 32 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031235597
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
    DDC: 624.151
    Language: English
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  • 3
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    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
    Keywords: Geotechnical engineering. ; Geophysics. ; Cogeneration of electric power and heat. ; Fossil fuels. ; Fluid mechanics. ; Industrial engineering. ; Production engineering. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. ; Geophysics. ; Fossil Fuel. ; Engineering Fluid Dynamics. ; Industrial and Production Engineering. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Reservoir Characteristics, Storage and Percolation Capacities of Ultradeep Carbonate Gas Reservoirs -- Chapter 2: Percolation Mechanism of Ultradeep Carbonate Gas Reservoir -- Chapter 3: Stress Sensitivity Characteristics of Ultradeep Carbonate Gas Reservoir -- Chapter 4: Gas Production Characteristics of Ultradeep Carbonate Gas Reservoir.
    Abstract: This book provides a systematical investigation on the reservoir characteristics and percolation mechanism of ultradeep carbonate gas reservoirs, including reservoir characteristics and classification, gas storage and percolation capacities, gas-phase and gas-water two-phase percolation mechanism, microscale complex gas-water relationship, reservoir sensitivity characteristics, and gas production characteristics of heterogeneous carbonate reservoirs. Some advanced and improved experimental techniques and analytical methods are introduced and applied, including comprehensive evaluation technique of storage and percolation capacities, ultra-high temperature and pressure physical simulation experiment technique, microscopic visualization technique based on CT scanning and microelectronics lithography, and physical simulation technique for heterogeneous reservoir development. In addition, it summarizes strategies for the efficient development of ultradeep carbonate gas reservoirs based on these theoretical research results. The key techniques and methods introduced in this monograph satisfy the need for efficient development of ultradeep carbonate gas reservoirs and provide theoretical basis and methodological value for investigations on similar gas reservoirs. This book serves as a reference for engineering technical professionals, researchers, and graduate students who are engaged in the exploration and development of carbonate gas reservoirs.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XV, 325 p. 194 illus., 191 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811997082
    DDC: 624.151
    Language: English
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  • 4
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Climatology. ; Bioclimatology. ; Microbial ecology. ; Agricultural biotechnology. ; Climate Sciences. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Microbial Ecology. ; Environmental Microbiology. ; Agricultural Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Overview of Soil microbe dynamics in different biosystems -- 2. Mechanism of carbon exchange and climate change -- 3. Climate-microbe carbon direct and indirect feedbacks -- 4. Climate change drivers and soil microbes across various horizons. 5. Diversity and biogeography of soil bacterial communities -- 6. Carbon cycle and global warming under microbial patterns -- 7. Climate change mechanisms of action in terrestrial and aquatic microbes -- 8. Methanogenesis and role of climate-resistant microbes -- 9. Soil microbial community and climate change drivers -- 10. Microbiome and role in sustainable intensification under climate stress -- 11. Symbiosis mechanisms and usage of other additives like biochar in soil quality management -- 12. Impact of climate change on soil microbial activity (nitrifying, denitrifying) and other interactions -- 13. Molecular and stable isotope probing tools for observing changes in microbial diversity to ecosystem function under climate stress.
    Abstract: The book provides an overview relevant to various biological mechanisms that regulate carbon exchanges between the major components and their response to climate change. Climate change has a significant impact on people's lives, energy demand, food security, etc. The soil microbial ecology is vital for assessing terrestrial and aquatic carbon cycles and climate feedback. However, the primary concern is the complexity of the soil microbial community and its severely affected functions due to the climate and other global changes. Global warming comprises an assessment of the dynamic interactions and feedback between microbes, plants, and their physical environment due to climate change. The book will address the need to use a multifactor experimental approach to understand how soil microorganisms and their activities adapt to climate change and the implications of carbon cycle feedback. The most pressing concern is a clearer understanding of the biological factors that regulate carbon exchanges between land, oceans, and the atmosphere and how these exchanges will respond to climate change via climate–ecosystem feedbacks, which could augment or quell regional and global climate change. Terrestrial ecosystems play an important role in climate feedback as they produce and absorb greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxides. They also strongly contribute to storing enormous amounts of carbon in living vegetation and soils, rendering them a significant global carbon sink. If climate change projections are realistic, such a rapid increase in carbon loss from soil could exacerbate the soil carbon cycle feedback. The book will determine the role of microbial feedback in regulating soil-land-atmosphere carbon exchange under changing climatic conditions at the regional and global levels. The current book will also focus on recent research designed to use beneficial microbes such as plant growth-promoting microorganisms, fungi, endophytic microbes, and others to improve understanding of the interaction and their potential role in promoting advanced management for sustainable agricultural solutions. Understanding the influence on the native microbiome, such as the distribution of methanogens and methanotrophs, nutritional content, microbial biomass, and other factors, is becoming increasingly crucial to establishing climate-resilient agriculture. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XI, 382 p. 29 illus., 26 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031210792
    Series Statement: Climate Change Management,
    DDC: 551.6
    Language: English
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  • 5
    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Economic development. ; Finance. ; Social sciences. ; Economic policy. ; Social policy. ; Sustainability. ; Economic Development, Innovation and Growth. ; Financial Economics. ; Society. ; Socio-Economic Policy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Sustainable Development Goals – An Initiative towards Inclusive Growth and Circular Economy -- Chapter 2. Key Drivers and Challenges for Financial Inclusion -- Chapter 3. Socio-Economic Impact of Financial Inclusion -- Chapter 4. Financial Literacy for promoting Sustainability -- Chapter 5. Financial Capability and Financial Well-Being for a Sustainable Society -- Chapter 6. Expanding Financial Inclusion through Fintech and E-Governance -- Chapter 7. Financial Inclusion for Empowering Women – Way ahead -- Chapter 8. MFIs and NBFCs Contributions towards Financial Inclusion and Circular Economy -- Chapter 9. Financial Sector Governance Policies and Regulations.
    Abstract: This book presents an assessment of endeavors towards Financial Inclusion and its role in Sustainable development. An attractive feature is that it deals with almost all the contemporary issues essential for reaching UN Sustainable Development Goals. This book would be an exclusive and authentic source to the students of undergraduates, postgraduates and professional courses in Commerce and Management. This manuscript is divided into nine chapters. The book looks at various salient topics, including financial inclusion measurement, the impact of various financial inclusion indicators on development outcomes and macroeconomic volatility using aggregate data, and the effects of financial inclusion on poverty and development outcomes using microdata. Using the recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals as an overall framing of the issues, it exhibits how poor and disadvantaged women and men can be bankable if the adequate facilitation for maximizing opportunities and addressing constraints. This book attempts to cover different dimensions of Financial Inclusion towards attaining Sustainability and Circular Economy through financing instruments and investments. This book highlights different goals of UN SDG as an Initiative towards Inclusive Growth and Circular Economy, which is also influenced by Micro Finance Institutions and NBFCs. This book will be an indispensable source for the Students of PG and UG programs, Researchers and practitioners from areas of Commerce, Economics and Management and the faculty members and professionals like bankers and financial consultants. We hope this book will meet the requirement of all the categories of readers.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVII, 206 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031227233
    Series Statement: Circular Economy and Sustainability,
    DDC: 304.2
    Language: English
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  • 6
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Environmental protection. ; Civil engineering. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Soil and Water Protection. ; Biotechnology. ; Water. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Assessment of industrial wastewater for future Bio-refinery -- Sewage water as potential bio-refinery -- Municipal waste water as potential bio-refinery -- Industrial waste water as potential bio-refinery -- Industrial Wastewater treatment technologies with prospective bio-refinery -- Bio-gas as a value generation from industrial waste water -- Bio-ethanol production as a promising approach of wastewater bio-refinery -- Bio-diesel production as a promising approach of industrial wastewater bio-refinery -- Electricity generation during industrial wastewater treatment -- Nutrient recovery and utilization from wastewater for soil less agriculture -- Bio prospecting of novel and industrially relevant enzymes -- Bio-fertilizer from industrial waste water -- Techno-economic feasibility analysis process for industrial waste water bio-refinery -- Case studies on recent development of waste water bio-refinery.
    Abstract: Bio-refinery approach of microbial fermentation, production of biogas, bioenergy, enzymes, bioactive molecules, agricultural nutrient and many more, which is presently restricted to specific journals, review articles and research papers in conference proceedings. Hence, my effort is to provide a complete and globally available advance knowledge in wastewater treatment with an aim of recovery of value added products. This will help in designing new approaches of waste water treatment with this value added thoughts. Thus, it will be a boon for a concern broad range of readers and industry professionals to their means of technology development for pollution prevention and economic growth of the country.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VII, 496 p. 69 illus., 56 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031208225
    DDC: 628
    Language: English
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  • 7
    Keywords: Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Development economics. ; Economic development. ; Engineering design. ; Developmental psychology. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management. ; Development Economics. ; Development Studies. ; Engineering Design. ; Developmental Psychology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: A New Discipline: Development Engineering -- Chapter 1: The Role Of Technology In Development -- Chapter 2: The Development Engineering Framework: Innovate, Evaluate, Scale -- Chapter 3: Asking the Right Questions -- Part II: Water, Sanitation and Health -- Chapter 4: Advances In Water and Health Technologies -- Chapter 5: Case Study: Electrochemical Arsenic Remediation, India (Innovation) -- Chapter 6: Case Study: Information For Intermittent Water Supply, India (Evaluation) -- Chapter 7: Case Study: Mobile Phone Diagnostic Microscopy, Vietnam/Cameroon (Innovation, Scale) -- Part III: Governance -- Chapter 8: Technologies for Governance And Accountability -- Chapter 9: Case Study: Sensors For Aid Accountability, Rwanda (Evaluation, Scale) -- Chapter 10: Case Study: High Resolution Development Indicators, Afghanistan (Evaluation, Scale) -- Chapter 11: Case Study: Monitoring For Elections And Public Service Delivery, Kenya (Evaluation, Scale) -- Part IV: Energy and Resources -- Chapter 12: Advances in Energy & Environmental Technologies -- Chapter 13: Case Study: Economic Impacts Of Rural Electrification, Kenya (Evaluation, Scale) -- Chapter 14: Case Study: Cool Joule: Flexible Energy Loads, Nicaragua (Innovation, Evaluation) -- Chapter 15: Case Study: Cookstove Monitoring and Use In East Africa (Innovation, Evaluation) -- Part V: Information -- Chapter 16: Information and Communications Technology For Development -- Chapter 17: Case Study: Community Cellular Networks, Philippines (Innovation, Evaluation) -- Chapter 18: Case Study: ICT Solutions To Bring Telemedicine To Rural India (Innovation) -- Chapter 19: Case Study: Platforms For Development Data (ODK/Mezuri) (Innovation, Scale) -- PART VI: Markets (Incorporates Agriculture) -- Chapter 20: Technologies To Improve Market Performance -- Chapter 21: Case Study: Ag Market Information Platforms, India (Innovation, Evaluation, Scale) -- Chapter 22: Case Study: Agricultural Trading Platforms, Uganda (Innovation, Evaluation) -- Chapter 23: Case Study: Inventory And Supply Chain Tracking, Sri Lanka (Evaluation) -- PART VII: Human Capital (Incorporates Labor) -- Chapter 24: Increasing the Productivity of Human Capital -- Chapter 25: Case Study: Electronic Job Search Platforms, India (Evaluation, Scale) -- Chapter 26: Case Study: Customized E-Learning Innovations, India (Evaluation) -- Chapter 27: Case Study: TBD (Evaluation) -- PART VIII: Conclusion -- Chapter 28: Promising Directions in Development Engineering.
    Abstract: This open access textbook introduces the emerging field of Development Engineering and its constituent theories, methods, and applications. It is both a teaching text for students and a resource for researchers and practitioners engaged in the design and scaling of technologies for low-resource communities. The scope is broad, ranging from the development of mobile applications for low-literacy users to hardware and software solutions for providing electricity and water in remote settings. It is also highly interdisciplinary, drawing on methods and theory from the social sciences as well as engineering and the natural sciences. The opening section reviews the history of “technology-for-development” research, and presents a framework that formalizes this body of work and begins its transformation into an academic discipline. It identifies common challenges in development and explains the book’s iterative approach of “innovation, implementation, evaluation, adaptation.” Each of the next six thematic sections focuses on a different sector: energy and environment; market performance; education and labor; water, sanitation and health; digital governance; and connectivity. These thematic sections contain case studies from landmark research that directly integrates engineering innovation with technically rigorous methods from the social sciences. Each case study describes the design, evaluation, and/or scaling of a technology in the field and follows a single form, with common elements and discussion questions, to create continuity and pedagogical consistency. Together, they highlight successful solutions to development challenges, while also analyzing the rarely discussed failures. The book concludes by reiterating the core principles of development engineering illustrated in the case studies, highlighting common challenges that engineers and scientists will face in designing technology interventions that sustainably accelerate economic development. Development Engineering provides, for the first time, a coherent intellectual framework for attacking the challenges of poverty and global climate change through the design of better technologies. It offers the rigorous discipline needed to channel the energy of a new generation of scientists and engineers toward advancing social justice and improved living conditions in low-resource communities around the world.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXI, 652 p. 139 illus., 118 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783030860653
    DDC: 628
    Language: English
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  • 8
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    Online Resource
    Berlin, Heidelberg :Springer Berlin Heidelberg :
    Keywords: Conservation biology. ; Ecology . ; Landscape ecology. ; Environment. ; Earth sciences. ; Geography. ; Conservation Biology. ; Landscape Ecology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Earth and Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 What is "nature" for us? -- 2 Why "nature conservation"? -- 3 Why "nature conservation" has the worse cards compared to "environmental protection" and "animal protection" -- 4 Nature conservation - on which areas? -- 5 "Extreme locations" - avoided by the economy, preferred by nature conservation? -- 6 Confusing diversity - area categories of nature and landscape conservation: Nature reserves, national parks, natural monuments, landscape conservation areas, nature parks.-7 Which nature do we want to protect and how? -- 8 The construction of natural balances - Ideal starting point of the demand for nature conservation -- 9 Help for endangered species? Red lists and endangerment categories -- 10 Of birds and butterflies: How nature conservation distributes its sympathies -- 11 What endangers nature? -- 12 "Outlaws" and "helpers": the actors in nature conservation -- 13 Nature that does not deserve protection: spontaneous vegetation, ruderal communities, neophytes and neozoa -- 14 "Process conservation" as an alternative and a silver bullet? -- 15 Nature where no one expects it: in the city -- 16 Land used for military purposes - a nature idyll? -- 17 Second-hand nature: renaturation of quarries and open-cast mines -- 18 Is nature only intact if all species increase equally? -- 19 Nature conservation is successful: the example of large animal species -- 20 Habitats for land conservation in Central Europe -- 21 Small biotopes: their importance for biodiversity and nature conservation -- 22 Geological landscape objects in nature conservation -- 23 River straightening vs. river renaturation -- 24 Nature conservation in the forest: natural forest - permanent forest - clear-cutting? -- 25 Agricultural accompanying programs of nature conservation in Germany -- 26 Europe also gets involved: Federal Nature Conservation Act, FFH and Natura 2000 -- 27 On the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in nature conservation -- 28 The silverware of the GDR? Nature conservation in the eastern German states -- 29 The world's oceans and Antarctica: international, therefore unprotected? -- 30 Nature conservation outside Europe -- 31 Nature conservation in the "Third World - a pillar of "neo-colonialism"? -- 32 Nature disappears, nature conservation arrives? - On the token function of nature conservation and nature-protected areas -- 33 Nature conservation in times of climate change -- 34 Hikers, cyclists, motorists: How leisure modalities shape our view of nature -- 35 Man and nature - a constructed opposition? -- 36) Search for ideas: How can "nature conservation" be socially justified and anchored? -- 37 Nature conservation versus zeitgeist? -- 38 The benefits of diversity: reality, poetry or esotericism? -- 39 On the future of nature conservation -- 40 Epilogue: Nature conservation expertise concerns everyone!
    Abstract: Many things happen in nature reserves that seem contradictory at first glance. For example, flower meadows are mown down during maintenance work, even though all the plants growing there are protected. In a fen, protected reed beds are burnt down and in a dune conservation area the top layer of soil is removed with bulldozers. Other areas, on the other hand, are to remain completely untouched by human intervention. Klaus-Dieter Hupke shows the different strategies of nature conservation. He also shows that nature conservation is mostly not exactly what the term says in essence: "protection of nature". On the contrary, in Central Europe nature conservation areas are predominantly the relics of old agricultural and thus cultural landscapes. Often, aesthetic aspects of a landscape section are also in the foreground when designating it as a natural monument or nature reserve. Moreover, nature conservation runs the risk of becoming a substitute action and an alibi for a still growing destruction of traditional and near-natural landscape systems in Central Europe as well as globally. The updated second edition now explicitly includes the consequences of climate change for nature conservation and has also incorporated a stronger reference to Austria as well as to the central alpine region in some places for the relevant readers. The author Prof. Dr. habil. Klaus-Dieter Hupke has a seat in Geography at the Heidelberg University of Education. This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will be read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVI, 404 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783662661598
    DDC: 333.9516
    Language: English
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  • 9
    Keywords: Paleontology . ; Geology. ; Science History. ; Paleontology. ; Geology. ; History of Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Introduction. Chapter 1: Fossil Hunting in the Badlands of South Dakota -- Chapter 2: Harold Rollin Wanless and Researching the Badlands -- Part II. 1920 Expedition. Chapter 3: June 20 to June 26 - Chicago to Scenic -- Chapter 4: June 27 to June 29 - Freight Train to Interior -- Chapter 5: June 30 to July 3 - Collecting Fossil History at Cedar Pass and the Wall -- Chapter 6: July 4 to July 8 - White River and the Rain -- Chapter 7: July 9 to July 13 - Back to Scenic and Hart Table -- Chapter 8: July 14 to July 17: Finding the Giant Pig -- Chapter 9: July 18 to July 22 - Farmers, Fossils and Heat -- Chapter 10: July 23 to July 26 - Jerks and Gentlemen -- Chapter 11: July 27 to July 29 - The Past = The Key to the Present -- Chapter 12: July 30 - Nearly Trapped on Sheep Mountain -- Chapter 13: July 31 to August 3 - Collecting in Bear Creek Pocket -- Chapter 14: August 4 to 5 - Research Back up Sheep Mountain -- Chapter 15: August 7 to 9 - Wild Stallions & Broken Springs -- Chapter 16: August 10 to 12 - Golf Ball Hail and Fossil Dogs -- Chapter 17: August 13 to 15 - Sabre-Tooth Tigers -- Chapter 18: August 16 to 18 - Final photos and samples -- Chapter 19: August 19 to 22 - Shipping and Heading Home -- Part III – 1921 and 1922 Expeditions to the Badlands. Chapter 20: Summer 1921 Tackling the West in the Rachael Jane -- Chapter 21: Summer 1922 Completing an Ancient Story -- Part IV – Harold Rollin Wanless and the Badlands after the 1920s. Chapter 22: Harold’s Life and Science after 1922.
    Abstract: Through the original writings and photography of renowned geologist Harold Rollin Wanless, this book paints a thorough and engaging picture of the White River Badlands’ landscape, geology, biology, pioneer settlers, and how life was lived 100 years ago in a harsh, challenging, remote setting. In the summer of 1920, Harold Rollin Wanless, fresh from an undergraduate geology degree at Princeton, spent the first of three summers in the Badlands of South Dakota camping, hiking, and collecting fossil vertebrate skulls. Harold produced a fascinating and thorough diary and report, illustrated with over 100 image plates, in which he explains the geology, biology, and climate of this famous area. Wanless became deeply involved with and vividly records the life, hopes, trials and character of the new homesteading pioneers of the area, and the people and livelihoods he encountered are reflected in the diary as well. This is an engaging look at the history, environment, people and geological character of a unique portion of the American West. Combining a first-hand look at the White River Badlands and its people a century ago with the fossil history contained in its Cenozoic sediments gives a well-rounded historical presentation. This diary was found, compiled, and edited by Drs. Harold Rogers Wanless (the diarist’s son and an accomplished geologist himself) and Emmett Evanoff. In the introductory and concluding chapters of this book, they provide a broader perspective of Harold Rollin Wanless’s life and his significant achievements beyond the Badlands venture described here. In addition, this narrative - written “only” a century ago - provides a stark contrast with how we travel, communicate, conduct research and survive today, yet shows that human curiosity and kindnesses have not changed.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXVIII, 187 p. 104 illus., 35 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031251184
    DDC: 560
    Language: English
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  • 10
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    Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :
    Keywords: Soil science. ; Physical geography. ; Geochemistry. ; Soil Science. ; Physical Geography. ; Geochemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1: introduction and background on environmental changes in the dried aral sea region -- Chapter2: environmental conditions of the aral sea region -- Chapter3: origin of the aralkum desert (dried aral seabed) -- Chapter4: soil cover of the dried aral seabed (aralkum) -- chapter5: formation, degradation and mapping -- Chapter6: Conclusions -- Chapter7: Recommendations for the rational use of the land and water resources in the dried Aral Seabed region.
    Abstract: This book summarizes the outcomes of research results based on field works and recent studies related to soil cover of the dried Aral seabed in Kazakhstan. The purpose of the work was to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the current state of the soil cover in the dried bed of the Aral Sea in order to study the processes that are occurring in the local soils as a result of anthropogenic impacts inducing soil degradation and desertification (e.g., soil salinization and deflation). Additionally, the book analyzes morphological characteristics and chemical-physical properties of soils in the dried bottom of the Northern Aral Sea in order to know how material properties can be transported during soil deflation in dust/sand/salt storms in the region, as well as to identify changes in long-term dynamics of aridization and climatic parameters such as temperature, precipitation and evapotranspiration in the Aral Sea region. The novelty of this research is reflected in the latest information on the vertical and spatial distributions of soils and their chemical properties in the region containing the dried bed of the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan. Consequently, an updated soil map (soil salinization and salinization degree, land degradation) of the seabed was obtained according to the collected field data and satellite-derived images such as those recorded by Landsat-8. The book is mainly addressed to scientists and researchers who study soil cover in the dried Aral Seabed and its region, as well as soil degradation and desertification in the dried lake playas and aridization in other arid regions. The book will also be useful for students and planners who feel responsible for the sustainable development and sustainable use of natural resources in Central Asian countries. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVII, 79 p. 42 illus., 41 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031298677
    DDC: 631.4
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  • 11
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Political science. ; Sustainability. ; Governance and Government.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. Literature review -- Chapter3. The Caribbean perspective: Building the capacity of national institutions as a strategy for enhancing the resilience of people and communities to the impact of Climate change in St Vincent and the Grenadines -- Chapter4. Capacity-building of institutions for climate change adaption and sustainable development in a post-conflict LDC -- Chapter5. Capacity-building at the international level – Stories from the field -- Chapter 6 Reflections and Guidance for Implementing Capacity-Building Climate Resilience Programmes.
    Abstract: This volume uses a case study approach to present data on the relevance and effectiveness of the strategic actions implemented by NGOs, IGOs and governments at national, regional, and international scales, drawing lessons and recommendations to enhance the capacity of governments and institutions to deliver on climate change adaptation and sustainable development initiatives. The authors provide insights to policymakers, community leaders, students and researchers working on climate change adaptation and resilience-building practices and strategies in vulnerable communities, including small island developing states and post-conflict states, focusing on innovative management practices and institutional capacity building. The cases presented here provide insights into how institutions can strengthen local, national, and regional capacities to adapt to climate change and other calamities.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIX, 200 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031288814
    Series Statement: Sustainable Development Goals Series,
    DDC: 304.2
    Language: English
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  • 12
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Environment. ; Sustainability. ; Landscape ecology. ; Geographic information systems. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Landscape Ecology. ; Geographical Information System.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Papua New Guinea (PNG)…the new nation and a global experimental sustainability success of a re-newed tribal governance: Insights from the misunderstood modern control study -- Chapter 2: The land of Papua New Guinea: A quick conservation reader for what CEOs and Directors ought to know -- Chapter 3: The oceans surrounding Papua New Guinea: A habitat view for sustainable fisheries and an acknowledged lack of carrying capacity knowledge of the ocean ecosystem -- Chapter 4: Deep Times of Papua New Guinea with over 47,000 years nothing ‘relevant’ happening: Why it matters for the world’s future as a leading sustainable steady-state economy role model and a Sustainability Super-Nation -- Chapter 5: Colonial After-Times in Papua New Guinea: Urgency for Repatriation, Biodiversity Compensation and Fair Treatment to Assure a Better Global Future -- Chapter 6: Biodiversity of Papua New Guinea (PNG): Attempting a More Meaningful Conservation Description and Approach of its Use, Co-Evolution, Generic Status and Grim Outlook -- Chapter 7: Papua New Guinea as a global sustainability leader: Confronting per capita metrics with GIS layers and social engineering -- Chapter 8: Fundamental Humanitarian Sustainability issues in Papua New Guinea: SDGs to fail us further on biodiversity and wilderness conservation -- Chapter 9: In Bed with a Big Bad Neighbor for Life: The Middle Power of Australia as a Domestic, Cultural, Political, Material and Environmental Sustainability Problem for Papua New Guinea and beyond ? -- Chapter 10: Betel nut, Coconuts/copra, Chocolate, Strawberries, Coffee, Apples, Spam and Fish in Papua New Guinea: From highly-bred species and sustainability concepts over diseases and DNA into global market repercussions and wholesale (environmental) bankruptcy -- Chapter 11: Papua New Guinea: Australia’s failed dream, some failed states and the widely acknowledged outer facism -- Chapter 12: Destruction by Mining and Drilling on a global scale, with Papua New Guinea fully embedded: A meta-analysis contribution about the resource curse, global bankruptcy, destruction, terror and death favors Mother Earth -- Chapter 13: Seafloor mining around Papua New Guinea: Just another ‘Big Deal’ gone bust -- Chapter 14: “Come and Dive” in Papua New Guinea: Surfing, Reefs, paper park MPAs, and marine conservation issues in PNG beyond sharks, whales, crocodiles, seagrass and ‘developing a resource’ -- Chapter 15: Timber and Forestry in Papua New Guinea: Still no publicly available forest inventory data or growth & yield tables despite Google Earth, Microsoft Cloud, NGOs, international development aid, REDD, satellites and drones applied last decade for a science-based forestry -- Chapter 16: Papua New Guinea as a paradise (of weaponized diseases): AIDS/HIV, African Swine Fever, Malaria, Avian Influenza, weaponized viruses and wider Public Health ? -- Chapter 17: Papua New Guinea and Climate Change (and REED/REDD+): The ‘Western Carbon Cult’ as a new hostile relationship that was friendly though throughout most of Mother Earth’s history -- Chapter 18: Sustainability Impacts from the Australian Arc of Perceived Terror, Tyranny and ‘Development Aid/Help’ in Papua New Guinea and some surrounding regions -- Chapter 19: Papua New Guinea, Education, Science and Space Exploration: A primer, and the bad roles of Christianity and Oxford/Cambridge, again, calling for an improved and globally inclusive STEM-type Cybereducation for ‘the bush’ and global sustainability -- Chapter 20: Case study: The YUS (Yupno, Uruwa and Sam rivers) Landscape, Huon Peninsula in Papua New Guinea as an ongoing and world-leading success story despite international coffee and National Park model landgrabs -- Chapter 21: Case Study on Outsider Impacts by Exploration, Mining, Science and NGOs: An honest look at Crater Mountain in Papua New Guinea -- Chapter 22: “Pacifism as a Western Pathology” ? A case review of Bougainville terror, civil war and independence, civil unrest, missing mining impact studies, and why the nation construct of modern Papua New Guinea could fall apart soon due its colonial creators -- Chapter 23: Case study of Urban Ecology: Who runs the shots in Port Moresby (POM) ? An attempted exposure and review of cliques and their profiles in a global crime hotspot -- Chapter 24: RAMU sugar in Papua New Guinea from Fiji: Take-home lessons from another perverted project based on the neoliberalism principle -- Chapter 25: Role of outside nations in Papua New Guinea’s sustainability model: China, U.S. UK, the EU, Russia, Australia, NZ and Japan need Bob Marley and the Dalai Lama coming to the rescue -- Chapter 26: Papua New Guinea from a modern Anthropology perspective: PNG 1, Western World 0. Bob Marley and the tribes remain the judges -- Chapter 27: 100 open access GIS layers and their analysis and message: Human Footprints of the last 100 years destroyed a civilization that is c. 50,000 years old, and more -- Chapter 28: Why are there no Squirrels in Papua New Guinea ? Inference from a global open access data prediction model -- Chapter 29: A SWAT and PESTL analysis for PNG using 113 GIS Layers: Data cannot lie -- Chapter 30: Some very easy lessons from Papua New Guinea’s “Garden of Abundance” for the wider global good: Indigenous, Tribal and Marxist views, Bob Marley as the public role model, destructive Neoliberalism, Reality and Globalization failures are not Rocket Science -- Chapter 31: Bringing it all home: Where on earth is Papua New Guinea, its society, their environment and well-being heading ? Examples of Western Failure and Forwards to the Roots, in your own garden without social engineering!.
    Abstract: This book aims to present a reality view for Papua New Guinea based on many years of first-hand field work and research accounts. It further assesses sustainability in the light of 47,000 years of a self-sustained type of civilization without bad global impacts. This book contrasts the modern sustainable development failures from the colonial times onwards, as promoted by the ‘western world’, namely Australia, the UK, EU and the U.S as well as Japan and now, China, in times of globalization, Trump’ism and royal governance (Papua New Guinea is still part of the British Dominion and of the Antarctic Treaty etc). This assessment and book is the first of its kind also employing modern data analysis, Landscape Ecology principles (patterns and processes, telecoupling) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with Open Access data focusing on ecological economics, marxism, socialism and contrasting it with current capitalism and neoliberalism that Papua New Guinea is fully exposed to. Throughout the 31 book chapters various aspects are covered how a further insistence on the ‘new’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and so-called Development Aid will result in unwanted side effects and perverse outcomes for Papua New Guinea and for the world in times of wider ‘global change’ and unprecedented man-made crisis.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXVI, 697 p. 285 illus., 277 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031202629
    DDC: 333.7
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    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
    Keywords: Oceanography. ; Atmospheric science. ; Geographic information systems. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Sustainability. ; Ocean Sciences. ; Atmospheric Science. ; Geographical Information System. ; Artificial Intelligence. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Theory and technology of artificial intelligence for oceanography -- Satellite data-driven internal wave forecast model based on machine learning techniques -- Detection and analysis of marine macroalgae based on artificial intelligence -- Tropical cyclone intensity estimation from geostationary satellite imagery -- Reconstructing marine environmental data based on deep learning -- Detecting oceanic processes from space-borne sar imagery using machine learning -- Deep convolutional neural networks-based coastal inundation mapping for un-defined least developed countries: taking madagascar and mozambique as examples -- Ai- based mesoscale eddy study -- Classifying sea ice types from sar images based on deep fully convolutional networks -- Detecting ships and extracting ship's size from SAR images based on deep learning -- Quality control of ocean temperature and salinity data based on machine learning technology -- automatic extraction of internal wave signature from multiple satellite sensors based on deep convolutional neural networks -- Automatic extraction of waterlines from large-scale tidal flats on SAR images and applications based on deep convolutional neural networks -- Forecast of tropical instability waves using deep learning -- Sea surface height prediction based on artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: This open access book invites readers to learn how to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithms to perform their research in oceanography. Various examples are exhibited to guide details of how to feed the big ocean data into the AI models to analyze and achieve optimized results. The number of scholars engaged in AI oceanography research will increase exponentially in the next decade. Therefore, this book will serve as a benchmark providing insights for scholars and graduate students interested in oceanography, computer science, and remote sensing. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XII, 346 p. 183 illus., 169 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811963759
    DDC: 551.46
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    Keywords: Natural disasters. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Sustainability. ; Natural Hazards. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. ; Sustainability.
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to addressing geohazards, with topics such as social vulnerability reduction, risk prevention, institutional preparedness, and community resilience. It also introduces new technologies to study geohazards, which is important since geohazards have caused many casualties, economic losses, and damage to cultural heritage throughout human history. Despite this, the culture of risk prevention is not yet widespread, so Disaster Risk Reduction activities must focus on increasing capacities, strategies, and action plans for prevention and preparedness in local communities.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XI, 507 p. 138 illus., 110 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031245411
    Series Statement: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 51
    DDC: 551
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Environment. ; Climatology. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Natural disasters. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Climate Sciences. ; Water. ; Natural Hazards. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Opening.-Structure and Methodology.-Climate Change.-Disaster Risk Reduction -- Climate, Environment and Water Nexus -- Nature-Based Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction -- Making Cities Resilient (MCR 2030) Campaign UNDRR.
    Abstract: The International Conference on Water, Energy, and Environment for Sustainability (IC-WEES) 2022 is a flagship conference of National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan. With the growing global concerns about environmental degradation, depletion of freshwater resources, and climate change-induced disasters, this year the IC-WEES is focused on climate change, water, environment, and disaster risk reduction (DRR) and their interrelationship with each other. Given the continuous evolution of contemporary scientific research work, it is progressively encouraging that there must be strong collaboration between experts, researchers, and research sharing platforms. Believing in this, the IC-WEES 2022 aims to bring expert individuals and diverse research groups to exchange and share R&D updates and discuss sustainable solutions to challenges in climate change, DRR, environment and water resources management, and respective nexuses between these fields. The conference proceedings consists of multi-disciplinary topics on the themes. As with every passing day, the climate change impacts are becoming visible, there is a dire need to understand the complex inter-relationships of climate changes, environment, water, and energy nexuses in order to lead to more sustainable solutions for our future generations. Our region is presently suffering from unprecedented heat waves, and prospective readers will be quite curious to know about the latest researches being carried out in this region with regard to environment, climate change, and water in order to reduce the disaster risks the continent is likely to face in near future. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VIII, 224 p. 77 illus., 67 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031272806
    DDC: 333.7
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    Keywords: Natural disasters. ; Social sciences. ; Human geography. ; Sustainability. ; Earth sciences. ; Natural Hazards. ; Society. ; Human Geography. ; Sustainability. ; Earth Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Conceptualising Disaster and Risk -- Chapter 1. Hazard and Disaster Perception: Cognition, Response and Adaptation -- Chapter 2. Characterising Hazard and Disaster and Sustainable Development -- Chapter 3. Understanding Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience -- Chapter 4. Traditional management of Disaster: Indigenous Knowledge, Insights and Strategies -- Part II: Approaches to Disaster Management -- Chapter 5. Different types of Risks and Vulnerability -- Chapter 6. Fields of Response to Disaster: Positive Response and Negative Response -- Chapter 7. Disaster Resilience by Indigenous Communities -- Chapter 8. Capacity Building and Community Based Disaster Preparedness -- Part III: Sustainability Through Indigenous Knowledge and Practice -- Chapter 9. Disaster Risk Identification and Mitigation with the help of Traditional Knowledge -- Chapter 10. Disaster Risk Reduction through local Knowledge and practice-case studies -- Chapter 11. Adaptation to different types of Disaster with Integration of local Knowledge-case studies -- Chapter 12. Climate Risk Management with Indigenous Perception and Strategies- case studies -- Part IV: Science-Policy Interface Through Indigenous Knowledge -- Chapter 13. Integration of Indigenous Knowledge in Policy Formulation -- Chapter 14. Insights from Regional and Field Studies on Micro Policies -- Chapter 15. Perspectives from Indigenous Knowledge in Sustainable Development -- Chapter 16. Integration of Perception Studies and Disaster Risks -- Chapter 17. Development of a holistic Regional Disaster Policy Framework based on Indigenous Knowledge -- Chapter 18. Identifying the gaps and Future Scopes in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience -- Chapter 19. Conclusion.
    Abstract: The book seeks to comprehend how indigenous knowledge systems of local communities can be effectively used in disaster management of various types. A prime example is the 2015 Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, promoting indigenous environmental management knowledge and practices. Traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples includes information and insight that supplement conventional science and environmental observations, a comprehensive understanding of the environment, natural resources, culture, and human interactions with them which is not documented before. A great deal of this knowledge have been lost in translation. In this book, the authors attempt to keep a record of each and every traditional knowledge study of the indigenous communities in managing the disasters. The use of indigenous knowledge systems in disaster understanding and management is the primary focus of the chapters. This book is organized into four major sections. The first part gives an overview and help in conceptualizing the different concepts of hazard and disaster perception and how response and adaptation are connected with it. This part also discusses the concept of the connection between hazard and sustainable development and how the understanding of risk reduction and resilience can happen with the help of indigenous knowledge, insights, and strategies. The second part of the book introduces the different approaches to disaster and risk management. It establishes how vulnerability influences the risk associated with a hazard and the responses can be both positive and negative in disaster management. The approaches of the indigenous communities in managing a disaster, their resilience, capacity building, and community-based preparedness will be the area of prime focus in this chapter. Part 3 of this book describes the concept of sustainability through indigenous knowledge and practice. The sole highlight of this chapter is the indigenous knowledge efficacies in disaster identification, risk reduction, climate risk management, and climate action. The last section of the book explores how to meet the gaps between local knowledge and policy formulation. It highlights how traditional knowledge of the indigenous communities can prove to be beneficial in developing a holistic regional-based policy framework which will be easily accepted by the target stakeholders since they will be more acquainted with the local strategies and methods. This section ends with an assessment and discussion of the gaps and future scopes in disaster risk reduction through integrating local knowledge and modern technologies.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXIX, 604 p. 200 illus., 187 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031261435
    Series Statement: Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices,
    DDC: 551
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    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental economics. ; Agriculture Economic aspects. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Environmental Economics. ; Agricultural Economics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Cultural and Ecological Significance of the Date Palm -- The Date Palm Byproducts and Their Technological Heritage of Utilization -- Date Palm Byproducts In Enzymes, Food, Beverage, Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics and Natural Wax -- Date palm Byproducts In Fibers, Textiles and Composites -- Date palm Byproducts For Cellulose and Cellulose Derivatives Production -- Date palm Byproducts In Timber and Wood Substitutes -- Date palm Byproducts In Architecture Isolation and Building Materials -- Date palm Byproducts In Organic Fertilizers, Compost and Soil Amendment -- Date palm Byproducts For Natural Fodder and Silage -- Date palm Byproducts For Waste Water Treatment -- Date palm Byproducts For Green Fuels and Bioenergy Production -- Other Fields of Use of Date palm Byproducts -- The Date palm As A Springboard For Circular Bioeconomy: A Biorefinery For Each Date Palm Byproduct.
    Abstract: This comprehensive book presents an alternative fresh look at date palm byproducts as a springboard for the future circular bio economy. The book shows and exemplifies how these sustainable biomaterials can be the base for a wide spectrum of products and uses. Examples of these numerous products and uses are demonstrated and categorized into five principal uses: i) pharmaceutical, cosmetics and natural wax ,ii) textiles and composites, cellulose and cellulose derivatives, iii)timber and wood substitutes, architecture insulation and building materials, iv) organic fertilizer, compost and soil amendment and water treatment purposes, v) natural fodder and silage , green fuels and bioenergy.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXVI, 373 p. 198 illus., 176 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819904754
    Series Statement: Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials,
    DDC: 304.2
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    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
    Keywords: Sedimentology. ; Oceanography. ; Geology. ; Geochemistry. ; Biogeography. ; Sedimentology. ; Ocean Sciences. ; Geology. ; Geochemistry. ; Biogeosciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Gas Seepage Distribution and Variability of Seeps -- Detecting Gas Seepage and Gas Migration Mechanisms -- Gas Hydrates at Seeps -- Pore water geochemistry and quantification of methane cycles -- The Isotopic Imprint of Biogeochemical Process at Seeps.-Isotope Ecology of Chemosymbiotic Bivalves -- Biomarker Indicators for Seeps -- Macro-Ecology of Cold Seeps in the South China Sea -- Geologic Methane Seeps at Current Mountains -- Timing of Seep Activities and Potential Driving Forces.
    Abstract: This open access book presents an overview on seep systems in South China Sea. It includes numerous illustrations and photographs of the seeps that never seen before. It also introduces multidisciplinary research results to stimulate further research interest.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVII, 253 p. 109 illus., 99 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819914944
    DDC: 551.3
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    Keywords: Water. ; Hydrology. ; Pollution. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Water. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Chemistry. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter I; Introduction to the Significant Impact of AVS on Controlling the Metal Toxicity Regarding Sulfur Cycle -- Chapter II; Chemistry of Sulfur Components and Factors Controlling AVS Concentrations in Marine Environment -- Chapter III; Experimental Approach to Sampling, Storage, Extraction, Determination of AVS-SEM -- Chapter IV; AVS-SEM MODELS -- Chapter V; A Review and an Outlook "AVS- SEM" Studies in Egypt Compared to Aquatic Environment around the World -- Chapter VI; Update, Conclusions, Recommendations, Future Perspective and Challenges.
    Abstract: The goal of this one-of-a-kind book was to provide a critical and in-depth understanding of various AVS-SEM models as predictors for assessing the ecological impact of heavy metals (particularly dibasic cations; Zn, Cd, Ni, Cu, and Pb) on aquatic environments, including the theories underlying these models, descriptive equations, modes of action, methodology, efficiency, applicability, and statistical approaches, as well as comparison with other pollution assessment techniques in the aquatic environments. Metals in interstitial water can be reduced in sediments that co-precipitate with iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) in FeS or MnS minerals, as well as replace them. This book outlines a system that can be used to track heavy metal contamination in countries with coastal regions that extend over water bodies that are subjected to pollution sources, such as the Mediterranean Basin countries. Moreover, this book will be of great interest to academics, professionals, practitioners, post-graduate students (M.Sc. and Ph.D.), and undergraduates because it gives a clear overview of heavy metal assessment for people interested in environmental studies focusing on the marine environment. It also provides decision-makers with a realistic perspective of the environmental file, allowing them to address environmental issues and directing stockholders to safer locations for environmental activity. From a future perspective, management is advised to overcome the difficulties within that technique, such as accurate handling procedures and different approaches to sampling onshore and offshore. Sequential leaching strategies, especially geochemical fractionation analysis, and knowledge of the interactions and significance of AVS in the marine sector, especially toxicity tests (bioassay) are recommended.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXI, 103 p. 41 illus., 22 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031292033
    Series Statement: Earth and Environmental Sciences Library,
    DDC: 551.48
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    Keywords: Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environment. ; Sustainability. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Energy harvesting. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Renewable Energy. ; Energy Harvesting.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Animal Wastes - A Global Issue: An Overview -- 2. Sustainable Solutions of Animal Wastes -- 3. Sustainable utilization of Animal Wastes -- 4. Circular Bio-economy of Animal Wastes Utilization -- 5. Microbes Role in Sustainable Utilization of Animal Wastes -- 6. Slaughter Wastes-A Curse or Blessing: An Appraisal -- 7.Applications of Low-Capital-Cost Technologies for Bioconversion of Slaughter Wastes -- 8. Animal Manure: Recycling in Nature -- 9. Greenhouse Gases Emissions Assessments and Mitigation Opportunities from Animal Manure Processing -- 10. Lifecycle and Risk Assessment of Animal Manure Utilization -- 11. Carbon Dioxide Capture Using Animal Manure Utilization Techniques -- 12. Bio-chemicals from Animal Manure -- 13. Current Trends and Prospects of Transforming Animal Waste into Food -- 14. Sustainable Utilization of Slaughter Waste into Animal Feed. .
    Abstract: The valuable characteristics of animal waste materials in terms of climatic change impact and bioenergy production are discussed in this book. Reutilization of such wastes for bioenergy harvest is the prime focus; the great need for future animal waste recycling is also depicted. Major topics discussed are types of livestock waste – poultry and dairy, methods and management of waste utilization and storage, application of animal waste in bioenergy production, economics of waste utilization, novel disposable techniques, circular bioeconomy, pollution, and water quality. Furthermore, utilization of animal waste for resource conservation and environmental protection is discussed, such as potential materials for green biochemicals. Resource recovery can, therefore, forestall the shortage of natural resources and, at the same time, can greatly reduce waste-disposal problems and energy crises. Many alternatives to waste disposal, either currently available or under study, focus on the recovery of material or energy. In a world of diminishing resources and increasing needs, each opportunity for the recycling of animal waste materials has been examined. This book significantly contributes toward climate change mitigation through better environmental solutions. A better understanding of animal waste recycling to mitigate climate changes has been portrayed in order to generate discussions among researchers and administrators. Environmental implications of animal waste are of prime importance in climate change scenario. Such wastes also harbor zoonotic pathogens that are transported in the environment. Finally, it has been tried out to collect ideas and experience in multiple aspects of animal waste management for climate change mitigation and bioenergy harvest. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XI, 522 p. 91 illus., 78 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031262241
    DDC: 363.728
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    Keywords: Bioclimatology. ; Environmental economics. ; Development economics. ; International economic relations. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Environmental Economics. ; Development Economics. ; International Economics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Part I: View of the Global Environmental Economy under the Conditions of Climate Change from the Positions of the Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter 1. The Global Economy under the Conditions of Climate Change: A Path of Preservation of Economic Growth with the Implementation of SDG 13 -- Chapter 2: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Crisis as a Result of the Reduction of Biodiversity under the Conditions of Climate Change: A View from the Positions of SDG 3 -- Chapter 3. Responsible Innovations, Environmental Products and Green Trade: Trends of the Environmental Economy under the Conditions of Climate Change to Support SDG 12 -- Chapter 4. Green Jobs in the Environmental Economy under the Conditions of Climate Change with the Implementation of SDG 8 -- Chapter 5. Social Inclusivity and Reduction of Inequality in the Environmental Economy under the Conditions of Climate Change to Support SDG 10 -- Part II: Sectoral Specifics of the Influence of Climate Change on the Environmental Economy -- Chapter 6. Decarbonization and Transition to Clean Energetics as a Response to Climate Change -- Chapter 7. Development of ESG Investment as a Reaction of Financial Markets to Climate Change -- Chapter 8. Recycling: Reduction of Production Waste as as Mechanism of Industry's Adaption to Climate Change -- Chapter 9. Green Growth of Territories as a Priority of State Management of the Economy under the Conditions of Climate Change -- Chapter 10. Environmental Risks of Agriculture under the Conditions of Climate Change and their Influence on Food Security -- Part III: The International Experience of Development of the Environmental Economy under the Conditions of Climate Change -- Chapter 11. The Specifics of Decarbonization and Transition to Green Energetics as a Response to Climate Change in Developed and Developing Countries -- Chapter 12. The International Experience of the Fight against Climate Change with the Help of Green Investment -- Chapter 13. Preservation of Biodiversity and Protection of Eco-Systems Based on the Reduction of Production Waste and Consumption in Central Asia as a Measure of the Fight against Climate Change -- Chapter 14. Advantages of the Green Economy for the Sustainable Development and Growth of Russia's Regions under the Conditions of Climate Change -- Chapter 15. Managing the Environmental Risks of Agriculture and Providing Food Security in the EAEU under the Conditions of Climate Change -- Part IV: Technological Transition as a Perspective Answer of the Global Economic Policy to Climate Change -- Chapter 16. The Fourth Industrial Revolution as a Technical Transition of the Modern Time: Implementation of SDG 9 as a Response to Climate Change -- Chapter 17. Scenarios of the Fight Against Climate Change in the Decade of Action Depending on the Scale of the Technological Transition: Digital Economy vs Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0 -- Chapter 18. Cyber-Physical System of Industry 4.0 as an Optimal Environmental for the Well-Balanced Environmental, Social and Technological Changes -- Chapter 19. The Smart Region as a Socio-Economic Environment with High Adaptability to Climate Change -- Chapter 20. Green Digital Innovations and Smart ESG Finance as the Perspective Directions of Corporate Responsibility under the Conditions of Climate Change -- Part IV: Recommendations for Solving the Current Problems of the Global Environmental Economy under the Conditions of Climate Change Based on the Leading Technologies -- Chapter 21. Green Jobs for Digital Personnel in the Environmental Economy Based on Robotization to Support the Fight Against Climate Change -- Chapter 22. Digital Inclusivity Based on Ubiquitous Computing as a Mechanism of Social Adaption to Climate Change -- Chapter 23. Climate-Resilient IoT-Based Framework of Smart Agriculture to Support Food Security -- Chapter 24. Big Data and Data Sets for Smart Environmental Monitoring and Preservation of Biodiversity under the Conditions of Climate Change -- Chapter 25. The Systemic Approach to Adapting a Smart Region to Climate Change Based on Carbon Polygon, Recycling and Reconstructive Natural Resource Use -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book presents a systemic view of the global environmental economy under the conditions of climate change from the positions of Sustainable Development Goals. The purpose of the book is to study the current problems of the global environmental economy under the conditions of climate change and to determine the prospects of its sustainable development (systemic support for the SDGs). This goal predetermines the logic and structure of the book, which is comprised of five parts. Part I presents the authors’ novel view of the global environmental economy under the conditions of climate change from the positions of the SDGs. It reflects the contradiction and describes the path of preserving economic growth during the implementation of SDG 13. The COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis are considered as the result of the reduction of biodiversity under the conditions of climate change from the positions of SDG 3. Responsible innovations, eco-friendly products, and green trade are presented as trends of the environmental economy under the conditions of climate change to support SDG 12. Green jobs are analyzed in the environmental economy under the conditions of climate change during the implementation of SDG 8. The significance of social inclusivity and reduction of the inequality of the environmental economy under the conditions of climate change to support SDG 10 is noted. Part II elaborates on the sectoral specifics of the influence of climate change on the environmental economy: energetics, finance, industry, state management, and agriculture. Part III presents and discusses the international experience of development of the environmental economy under the conditions of climate change given the specifics of developed and developing countries and based on the case experience of Central Asia, the EAEU, and Russia. In Part IV, technological transition (Fourth Industrial Revolution) is offered as a perspective response of the global economic policy to climate change. Scenarios of the fight against climate change in the Decade of Action depending on the scale of the technological transition are described: digital economy vs Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0. The perspectives of the technological transition at the level of companies (creation of cyber-physical systems of Industry 4.0; green digital innovations and smart ESG finance) and regions (smart region as a socio-economic environment with large adaptability to climate change) are described.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIX, 548 p. 52 illus., 14 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031199790
    Series Statement: Advances in Global Change Research, 73
    DDC: 577.22
    Language: English
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    Keywords: Human geography. ; Landscape architecture. ; Human ecology Study and teaching. ; Human Geography. ; Landscape Architecture. ; Environmental Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chinese Human Settlements Philosophy -- The Origin of Trailism of Human Settlement, Inhabitation and Travel Environment -- Three elements and Main Factors Analysis on Human Settlement, Inhabitation and Travel Environment -- The Evolution of the Human Settlement, Inhabitation and Travel Environment Theory -- The Classification and Characteristics of the Human Settlement, Inhabitation and Travel Environment Background -- Analysis and Evaluation on Activity in Human Settlement, Inhabitatin and Travel Environment -- Human Settlement, Inhabitation and Travel Environment Construction Theory and Technology.-Human Settlement, Inhabitation and Travel Environment Studies in Water-net Region -- Human Settlement, Inhabitation and Travel Environment Studies in Valley Region.
    Abstract: This book studies human settlements in China in terms of Human Settlements Trialism in 5 typical human settlement types: river valleys, water networks, hills, plains, and arid areas. Focusing on 3 elements of Trialism—(1) natural and constructed environments, resources, and visual landscapes in human settlements background; (2) survival strategies, customs, culture, and values in human settlements activity; and (3) the layout of time and space as well as the planning and design of the urban, the country, and the wilderness in human settlements construction—the book analyzes the evolution of human settlements and predicts future trends. Presenting academic researchers and graduate students in various fields with insights from landscape architecture, urban planning, architecture, geography, forestry, art, and psychology, the study discusses the principles of interactive physiological thinking and systematically theoretical philosophy related to professional physiology, planning and design principles, and traditional and modern methods and technologies in urban and rural construction. The innovative multi-discipline study promotes the planning and design of 5 types of human settlement, which is helpful to the judgment of value, activity rule, and living style of human settlements, and also discusses the development of human settlements in the new millennium.
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    Pages: XX, 344 p. 70 illus., 49 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811991431
    DDC: 304.2
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Sedimentology. ; Paleontology . ; Geophysics. ; Geology. ; Sedimentology. ; Paleontology. ; Geophysics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Surface Geology of Kuwait -- Chapter 2. Subsurface stratigraphy of Kuwait -- Chapter 3. Sand dunes in Kuwait, morphometric and chemical characteristics -- Chapter 4. Marine Geology of Kuwait -- Chapter 5. Structures and Tectonics of Kuwait.
    Abstract: This open access book contains a set of chapters covering all aspects of geosciences related to Kuwait and adjactent regions, including Iran, Saudi Arabia and the Arab Gulf states. It covers basic information about the geology including a wide range of geoscientific disciplines such as marine geology, structural geology, hydrogeology and geophysics related to the region. This book is aimed at researchers and students, as well as professionals in the field of hazard mitigation and petroleum exploration.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XII, 242 p. 211 illus., 177 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031167270
    Series Statement: Regional Geology Reviews,
    DDC: 551
    Language: English
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Oceanography. ; Sustainability. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environmental health. ; Ocean Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Water. ; Environmental Health.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- A Comprehensive Overview of SDG 14 -- Marine Solid Pollution -- Ocean Acidification And Sea Warming -- Fishing And Overfishing -- Reinventing Marine Exploitation -- Conservation And Restoration -- Science Monitoring And Scientific Outreach -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book focuses, in seven chapters, on the perspectives and solutions that different research groups offer to try to address problems related to SDG 14: Life Below Water. The different objectives developed in SDG 14 are treated independently, with an attempt to give a global vision of the issues. The mechanism used to select the book's content was through an Artificial Intelligence program, choosing articles related to the topics by means of keywords. The program selected those articles, and those that were not related to the topic or did not focus on SDG 14 were discarded by a subject matter expert. Obviously, the selection was partial and the entire subject is not covered, but the final product gives a very solid idea of how to orient ourselves to delve deeper into the topic of SDG 14 using published chapters and articles. The AI program itself selected the text of these contributions to show the progress in different topics related to SDG 14. This mode of operation will allow specialists (and non-specialists) to collect useful information for their specific research purposes in a short period of time. At a time when information is essential in order to move quickly by providing concrete answers to complex problems, this type of approach will become essential for researchers, especially for a subject as vast as SDG 14.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VIII, 596 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031194672
    DDC: 551.46
    Language: English
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Geomorphology. ; Geology. ; Sedimentology. ; Geomorphology. ; Geology. ; Sedimentology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Definitions and location -- Constrains of the base-level altitude -- Main spatial and temporal trends -- Degradation -- Aggradation -- The channel profile -- Controlling factors -- Knickpoints and Knickzones -- Knickpoint retreat as a transient response -- Knickpoint evolution -- Rates -- The Messinian base-level fall -- Morphological products -- Additional adjustments to base-level changes -- The equilibrium test -- Tributary junctions -- The regional approach: The Dead Sea area as a field laboratory.
    Abstract: Much of the final shaping of the global landscape is accomplished by incision of river networks. The base-level is a principle determinate controlling the global relief by processes of erosion and aggradation. In the populated world, entrenchments triggered by base-level changes may become devastating events, damaging agricultural lands, undercutting bridges and destroying roads. The aim of this book, as a chapter in fluviomorphology, is to present the base-level control when active in the continental interior, unrelated to marine base-level fluctuations along the continental margins nor to sequence stratigraphic tract models in Exxon sequence stratigraphic sense. The focus is on the morphology and the gross trends of the processes controlling channel evolution through transient signals initiated by base-level changes and communicated upstream through the drainage network. The book brings together principles and conclusions gained by field work, by laboratory studies and by models, based on the widely scattered literature. The chapters include presentation of different types of base-levels, discussing the constraints of their altitude, the degradation and aggradation responses, the temporal and spatial trends along the channel network, the controlling factors, the knickpoint transient retreat process and its rates. Special emphasis is given to the Dead Sea Rift following its extreme base-level conditions which make it a unique field laboratory. This book is relevant to students in earth sciences as well as to planners, hydrologists and engineers dealing with geomorphology and surface drainage.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XV, 154 p. 74 illus., 19 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031249945
    DDC: 551.41
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Oceanography. ; Environment. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Ocean Sciences. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Symmetric and asymmetric tropics -- Chapter 2. Seasonal evolution of the monsoons -- Chapter 3. The coupled monsoons -- Chapter 4. Intraseasonal variations of the monsoon -- Chapter 5. The western pacific warm pool -- Chapter 6. The monsoons-ENSO teleconnection -- Chapter 7. ENSO -- Chapter 8. The inter-tropical convergence zone -- Chapter 9. Tropical atlantic variations -- Chapter 10. Large-scale aspects of extreme weather.
    Abstract: This upper-undergraduate/graduate-level textbook introduces students to large-scale tropical climate circulation and its variations, covering their fundamental aspects and our current understanding of how they are impacted in a warming world. From this volume, readers will gain an understanding of tropical climate variability from the meso- to planetary scale. Uniquely, equal emphasis is placed on atmospheric and oceanic processes of tropical phenomena. The book will appeal to senior undergraduate and graduate students across geoscience disciplines, including in meteorology, oceanography, geography, hydrology, and environmental science. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVII, 309 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031128875
    Series Statement: Springer Atmospheric Sciences,
    DDC: 550
    Language: English
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    Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :
    Keywords: Agriculture. ; Human ecology Study and teaching. ; Environmental management. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Sustainability. ; Agriculture. ; Environmental Studies. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Chemistry. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1:The concept of soil health -- Chapter 2:The establishment of “The Nutrient Buffer Power Concept” – Ground breaking research in Germany and Belgium -- Chapter 3:Outreach in Africa- Central Africa -- Chapter 4:Outreach in Asia – Central Asia and South Asia -- Chapter 5: Future Imperatives.
    Abstract: This book will address the importance of the soil management concept, vis-à-vis chemical fertilizer use on soil. Historically, soil testing has been used to quantify bio availability of plant nutrients to field grown crops. However, contemporary soil tests are based on philosophies and procedures developed several decades ago without significant changes in their general approach. For a soil test to be accurate, one needs to clearly understand the physico-chemico-physiologic processes at the soil-plant root interface, and, an understanding of soils and plant root systems as polycationic systems is essential. It is this knowledge that leads to sound prescriptive soil management practices inasmuch as nutrient bioavailability vis-à-vis chemical fertilizers application is concerned, because, of all the factors that govern sustainability of crop production, the nutrient factor is the most important, yet, it is also the least resilient to effective management. The author’s research spanning over three decades in Europe, Africa and Asia, establishes the fact that precise quantification of the nutrient’s “buffer power” holds the key to a clear understanding of the plant bioavailability of some of the most important plant nutrients in crop production, such as, phosphorus, potassium and zinc. “The Nutrient Buffer Power Concept” attempts to clearly explain the bio availability of the three plant nutrients named above on the basis of the diffusion model, as that is the process by which these three important principal plant nutrients are absorbed from the soil by the plant root. Possibly, other plant nutrients which are taken up by the plant roots by the same diffusive model, would also conform to the principles of the concept. A thorough knowledge of thermodynamic principles on the part of the researcher is an absolute pre requisite for this. The book chronicles more than three decades of the professional journey of the author in Europe, Africa and Asia, understanding soil for human sustenance, and developing the revolutionary soil management concept, now globally known as, "The Nutrient Buffer Power Concept" , which has brought the author a string of international recognitions, including the nomination for the "Alternative Nobel Prize" (The Right Livelihood Award),of Sweden, and succour to millions to poor and marginal farmers across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIV, 48 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031314100
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
    DDC: 630
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    Keywords: Management. ; Economic geography. ; Personnel management. ; Law and economics. ; Business ethics. ; Management. ; Economic Geography. ; Human Resource Management. ; Law and Economics. ; Business Ethics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 -- Introduction. Chapter 2 -- Thinking with care: Exploring interdisciplinarity in a global research project. Chapter 3 -- A trust perspective on interdisciplinary work. Chapter 4 -- Companies and Unconscious Bias: A case study on the need for interdisciplinary scholarship. Chapter 5 -- Making the Case for Case Studies in Empirical Legal Research. Chapter 6 -- An Unsustainable Connection: ‘Law and Economics’ and Corporate Law. Chapter 7 -- Interdisciplinary Research in Law: A Case Study. Chapter 8 -- A social network analysis methodology to unveil the interconnectivity between EU business and financial market law and its role for sustainable development. Chapter 9 -- The Global and Trans-systemic Rise of Social Enterprise and Hybrid Business Law. Chapter 10 -- A Grounded Company: Ethics, Identity, and the Privately Owned Corporation. Chapter 11 -- Methodologies for integrating different disciplines in the sustainability assessment. Chapter 12 -- Artificial intelligence as intermediary: consequences for analysis of regulation of business. Chapter 13 -- Investing in the Planetary Boundaries? Analyzing Sustainable Investments of Sovereign Wealth Funds. Chapter 14 -- Transferring interdisciplinary sustainability research to practice: Barriers and solutions to the practitioner-academic gap. Chapter 15 -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This volume brings together contributions from women business scholars from a range of disciplines and countries. The starting point was a collaborative research meeting organised by Daughters of Themis: International Network of Female Business Scholars in June 2017. The volume highlights the difficulties and the possibilities that lie in working together across disciplines with the aim of achieving corporate sustainability. The volume is written from the perspective of women business scholars, thereby offering outside viewpoints in fields that still are very much dominated by men, and fresh insights and innovate ideas. In three main parts, the authors address the need for interdisciplinarity in research to identify ways to ensure the contribution of business to sustainability, showcasing a number of theoretical and applied approaches for researching sustainable business. The volume ‘s introductory chapter situates the volume in discourses of sustainability and corporate sustainability. It presents the Daughters of Themis Network and provides a short description of the successive eleven chapters. In Part I, Reflections, contributors discuss the significance of interdisciplinary research, how to work across disciplines, as well as the challenges of doing so. In Part II, Theory, contributors discuss theoretical and methodological aspects of interdisciplinary research. Part III presents the Practice of interdisciplinary research. In the introductory chapter, the editors reflect on the insights that can be drawn out of the contributions, and discuss the potential for future developments of interdisciplinary research for sustainability, as well as how interdisciplinary research can be communicated. The book is intended for business scholars, and will particularly appeal to those working in law, accountancy and finance, management, and organization studies. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIV, 252 p. 11 illus., 9 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031069246
    Series Statement: Strategies for Sustainability,
    DDC: 658
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Mathematics Data processing. ; Mathematical statistics Data processing. ; Geographical Information System. ; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis. ; Statistics and Computing.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Locally Refined Splines -- Adaptive surface Fitting with Local Refinement: LR B-spline Surfaces -- A Statistical Criterion to Judge the Goodness of Fit of LR B-splines Surface Approximation -- LR B-splines for Representation of Terrain and Seabed: Data Fusion, Outliers, and Voids -- LR B-spline Surfaces and Volumes for Deformation Analysis of Terrain Data -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This open access book provides insights into the novel Locally Refined B-spline (LR B-spline) surface format, which is suited for representing terrain and seabed data in a compact way. It provides an alternative to the well know raster and triangulated surface representations. An LR B-spline surface has an overall smooth behavior and allows the modeling of local details with only a limited growth in data volume. In regions where many data points belong to the same smooth area, LR B-splines allow a very lean representation of the shape by locally adapting the resolution of the spline space to the size and local shape variations of the region. The iterative method can be modified to improve the accuracy in particular domains of a point cloud. The use of statistical information criterion can help determining the optimal threshold, the number of iterations to perform as well as some parameters of the underlying mathematical functions (degree of the splines, parameter representation). The resulting surfaces are well suited for analysis and computing secondary information such as contour curves and minimum and maximum points. Also deformation analysis are potential applications of fitting point clouds with LR B-splines.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIX, 111 p. 61 illus., 59 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031169540
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences,
    DDC: 910.285
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Philosophy. ; Archaeology. ; Earth Sciences. ; Philosophy. ; Archaeology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to the Book “Bridges to global ethics” (Giuseppe Di Capua) -- Chapter 2. Geoethics for Redefining Human-Earth System Nexus (Silvia Peppoloni) -- Chapter 3. The Sustainable and the Unsustainable: What Is a Habitable Planet? (Tanella Boni) -- Chapter 4. Geology and Knowledge Culture (Robert Frodeman) -- Chapter 5. The Ethics of Gaia: Geoethics From an Evolutionary Perspective (Sofia Belardinelli) -- Chapter 6. Materialities, Perceptions and Ethics (Harold P. Sjursen) -- Chapter 7. Affirmative Ethics, New Materialism and the Posthuman Convergence (Rosi Braidotti) -- Chapter 8. Epilogue (Torbjörn Lodén).
    Abstract: This book contributes to the current discussion on geoethics and global ethics within the geoscience and humanities communities. It provides new content and insights into developing convergent human actions in response to global anthropogenic changes, based on perspectives that make it possible to combine geoscience knowledge with humanities and social sciences approaches. Selected authors present their reflections, findings and insights regarding the vision of geoethics (ethics of responsibility towards the Earth) as global ethics from philosophical, humanities and social sciences perspectives. In addition, they discuss ethical frameworks from diverse cultural traditions, searching for points of intersection with geoethics. The goal: for global environmental problems to be managed via multi-perspective approaches that can more effectively accommodate complexity. Combining the strengths of the geosciences, humanities and social sciences can pave the way for a paradigm shift in how human societies develop adaptive, sustainable responses to environmental changes and societal inequalities.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VII, 115 p. 4 illus., 2 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031222238
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Geoethics,
    DDC: 550
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Geology. ; Geodynamics. ; Natural disasters. ; Geochemistry. ; Geology. ; Geodynamics. ; Natural Hazards. ; Geochemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: El Hierro Island Volcanological Science: An Overview -- Past, Present and Future Volcanic Activity on El Hierro -- Review of Submarine Eruptions in El Hierro Prior to Tagoro -- From Magma Source to Volcanic Sink Under Tagoro Volcano (El Hierro, Canary Islands): Petrologic, Geochemical and Physiographic Evolution of the 2011-2012 Submarine Eruption -- Magma Storage and Migration in El Hierro During the Period 2011-2014 -- Geophysical, Geodetic and Geochemical Evidence for Precursory Activity: The 2011-2012 Tagoro Submarine Eruption -- Geomorphology of Tagoro Volcano Along Eruptive and Posteruptive Phases -- Ten Years of Intense Physical-chemical, Geological and Biological Monitoring Over the Tagoro Submarine Volcano Marine Ecosystem (Eruptive and Degassing Stages) -- Tagoro Submarine Volcano as a Natural Source of Significant Dissolved Inorganic Nutrients -- Microbial Communities Surrounding an Underwater Volcano near the Island of El Hierro (Canary Islands) -- Impact of Tagoro Volcano Formation on Benthic Habitats and Asscociated Biota: A Review -- Identification and Management of Indirect Volcanic Risks: Citizens’ Rockfall Observatory on the Island of El Hierro -- Tagoro, the Youngest Submarine Volcano in the Spanish Geoheritage Inventory: Scientific Value, Geoconservation and Opportunities for Geotourism.
    Abstract: This book presents an in-depth review of El Hierro Island, the youngest and most southwesterly volcano of the Canary Islands. In October 2011, a submarine eruption started offshore El Hierro Island. The 2011–2012 El Hierro eruption has probably been the best monitored and studied submarine eruption to date and has sparked interest in the study of this young ocean island volcano. During the last decade, multidisciplinary investigations, e.g., on the geological and volcanological character of its past and latest onshore and offshore eruptions, the geophysical and geochemical signatures of its magmatic plumbing system structure and dynamics, as well as the bio-geophysical interactions and consequences of submarine eruptions in the ocean, have been conducted. This book provides an authoritative review of many of these scientific advances as well as multiple remaining unknowns for the study of El Hierro Island and its 2011–2012 submarine eruption. Such knowledge should be of great interest to specialists not only in the Canary Islands volcanism but also in similar ocean island intraplate volcanoes.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XI, 272 p. 82 illus., 81 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031351358
    Series Statement: Active Volcanoes of the World,
    DDC: 551
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    Keywords: Environmental health. ; Public health. ; Diseases. ; Environmental Health. ; Public Health. ; Diseases.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- COVID-19 in São Paulo -- Epidemiological insights, public health response and potential psycho-socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 pandemic in Douala: a population-based study -- Examining the response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the City of London and Middlesex County using a Systems Approach: What lessons can we learn? -- Urban factors influencing COVID-19 incidence under central-local interaction -- COVID-19 in Havana, Cuba 2020 -- Social and Industrial Clusters to support European cities under COVID-19: The impact of the European Alliance on Coronavirus actions -- How bright are the northern lights? Finnish welfare state and local responses to COVID-19 -- Coping Strategies, Response and Sustainable Future to Covid-19 in the capital of India, Delhi -- COVID-19 response of Biratnagar Metropolitan City - the second largest city in Nepal -- Aotearoa New Zealand cities under Covid-19: a systems perspective -- Coping with COVID-19 in Two Urban Communities in Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria -- Non-State actors and COVID-19: Hamas as a Case study -- A case study of Colombo, Sri Lanka -- A case study of Lancaster, UK -- New York City and COVID-19 -- Conclusions.
    Abstract: The 15 international authors of this book live in Brazil, Canada, Cameroon, China, Cuba, European Union, Finland, Gaza Strip, India, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom and the United States of America. The authors are linked to the International Science Council’s Urban Health and Wellbeing Programme. In this book the authors analyse the management of COVID-19, which started in late 2019, in their cities. They explain their city’s political, social and economic context, the dynamics of how the pandemic unfolded, drawing on quantitative and visual data, and their reflections on how it was managed. The book concludes with an analysis of the similarities and differences among COVID-19 outcomes in these cities. Using a systems perspective to learn from these experiences can help all cities to improve the governance of pandemics and be better prepared for likely future ones.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVI, 273 p. 85 illus., 71 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811981630
    Series Statement: Urban Health and Wellbeing, Systems Approaches,
    DDC: 613.1
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geochemistry. ; Paleontology . ; Earth Sciences. ; Geochemistry. ; Paleontology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Sedimentary organic matter: origin, productivity, preservation and role in source-rock development -- Practical guide for petroleum source rock interpretation -- Source rock thermal maturity based on oxidation and pyrolysis methods -- Source rocks forward modelling: significance and approach -- Optical kerogen analysis -- Effective source-rock evaluation strategies for the identification of profitable plays in the Permian Basin, USA -- High-resolution palynostratigraphy and palynofacies of the Upper Cretaceous and K/Pg boundary, Sirt Basin, Libya: A case study -- Viability of the upper member of the Mississippian Lodgepole Formation as an economic source rock in the Williston Basin -- Integration of palynological and foraminiferal analyses toward evaluation of the hydrocarbon potential in the Orange Basin, SW Africa -- Palynofacies, organic petrography and hydrocarbon potential of the Toarcian oil shale in the Tibetan Tethys, China -- Organic facies, paleoenvironment, and hydrocarbon source potential of the Cretaceous Mancos and Gallup formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico -- Petroleum system analysis of the main Paleozoic source rocks in western Iraq: A 1D basin modelling approach -- Source rock quality and continuous petroleum system in the Ranikot Formation (Kirthar Foldbelt, Pakistan) based on principal organic geochemistry -- Egyptian Red Sea unconventional resource potential of the Upper Cretaceous-Paleogene black shales.
    Abstract: This book is directed to those who are interested in petroleum geology, especially source rock from both academia and industrial societies. Our chapter-based book is written by a list of world-class subject-matter experts. The book includes recent advancements in analytical source rock characterization methods with some case studies. It is also used as part of a course curriculum or guide for source rock interpretation for all researcher categories. Significant improvement in the source rock characterization techniques in the last two decades and the knowledge is disseminated in a huge amount of papers and studies. The book intends to collect these recent advancements in one textbook to benefit students and researchers in general. In addition, it is supplemented by many case studies from all over the world that represent important data sets for the regional geology of these areas.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIV, 293 p. 213 illus., 194 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031163968
    Series Statement: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development,
    DDC: 550
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Agriculture. ; Climatology. ; Sustainability. ; Environment. ; Environmental Management. ; Agriculture. ; Climate Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Nitrogen fertilizer application techniques to reduce nitrous oxide emissions -- Chapter2. Rice production technologies in reducing methane gas emissions for sustainable environment -- Chapter3. Manure management to reduce methane emissions -- Chapter4. Crop residue incorporation to enhance soil health in the rice-wheat system -- Chapter5. Promoting energy crops to replace fossil fuel use -- Chapter6. Changes in the agriculture sector that are essential to mitigate and adapt to climate changes -- Chapter7. Adaptation and Maladaptation to Climate Change: Farmers’ Perceptions -- Chapter8. Farmers' Perception of Climate Change in Climatically Vulnerable Ecosystem of Bangladesh -- Chapter9. Pest and disease management under changing climate -- Chapter10. Climate change adaptation through agroforestry: Empirical evidence from Indian Eastern Himalayan foothills -- Chapter11. Policy framework to introduce climate smart agriculture -- Chapter12. Technological and Managerial Innovation in Agriculture to Ensure Food Security under climate change -- Chapter13. Agricultural Management for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Oyster Farming and a Worldwide Referendum on Global Carbon Fee-and-Dividend -- Chapter14. Climate change impact modeling on citrus yield -- Chapter15. Impact of climate change on insecticide residues and potential ecological effects.
    Abstract: This volume aims to raise awareness and stimulate research on how agricultural management could help to mitigate climate change impacts, and focuses on technical progressions and innovations in climate change mitigation and adaptation. It addresses new innovations in agricultural technology and management with the goal of balancing agricultural production and its associated climate effects in a sustainable manner. The major topics covered include crop and soil management, techniques and technologies for emission reduction, irrigation, land degradation, pest and disease management, farmers' perspectives, and climate-smart agriculture policy. The book is geared towards students, researchers, and professionals in the fields of environmental science, agriculture science, and climate change.
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    Pages: XII, 266 p. 30 illus., 26 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031327896
    DDC: 333.7
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environmental management. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Geophysics. ; Water. ; Environmental Management. ; Artificial Intelligence.
    Description / Table of Contents: Assessment of Water Consumers Literacy -- Machine learning applications in sustainable water resource management: A systematic review -- Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Applications for the Assessment of Urban Water Stress: A Review -- Role of Artificial Intelligence in Water Conservation with special reference to India -- Remote sensing and GIS based techniques for monitoring and conserving water on newly developed farmlands -- A Comprehensive Review on Mapping of Groundwater Potential Zones: Past, present and future recommendations -- Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing in deciphering groundwater potential zones -- Remote Sensing & GIS based monitoring and management of coastal aquifers and ecosystem -- Hydrogeomorphological mapping of groundwater potential zones using multi-influence factor (MIF) and GIS techniques: A case study of Vishav watershed, western Himalayas -- GIS-based disaster risk analysis of floods using certainty factor (CF) and its ensemble with deep learning neural network (DLNN): A case study of Dima Hasao district of Assam -- Geospatial and Analytical Hierarchical Techniques to assess the groundwater potential areas in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu -- Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Mapping Groundwater Potential Zones through Fuzzy Integration in Kodavanar Watershed, A part of Amaravathi Basin, Tamil Nadu -- Morphometric analysis using geospatial techniques in the Pandameru River Basin, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India -- Ground Water Quality assessment using Water Quality Index and Geographical Information System of Mogamureru River Basin, Y.S.R. District, A.P., India -- Using Geo-spatial Technologies for Land and Water Resource Development Planning: A Case Study of Tirora Tehsil, India -- Delineation of Seawater Intrusion into freshwater aquifers by using VES & GIS in the Kakinada Region, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India -- . Systematic approach of groundwater resources assessment using remote sensing and multi-influence factor (MIF) techniques in Medchal Mandal, Telangana State, India -- Remote sensing snd GIS Application for Rainwater Harvesting and Groundwater Recharge to Secure Sustainable Groundwater Future of Adikavi Nannaya University, Rajamahendravaram, India.
    Abstract: This book deals with the role of emerging technologies such as remote sensing and GIS and artificial intelligence/machine learning in water supply, conservation and management for sustainable development. These are low-cost new technologies that address current challenges dealing with large data sets, such as identifying spatial and temporal variations in water quality parameters and contaminants, groundwater potential zones and water supply and management issues. This book is helpful to show the paths of reducing the burden of time and cost and is the alternative options for the conventional practices in water supply, conservation and management. Further, the outcomings of this book are helpful for policy makers, researchers and readers.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIV, 384 p. 99 illus., 85 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031352799
    Series Statement: Springer Water,
    DDC: 550
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental Management. ; Water. ; Nanoengineering. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Low-Cost Wastewater Treatment -- 2. Advanced and Novel Treatment Technologies -- 3. Treatment Technologies in Developing Countries -- 4. New Concerns on Treatment Technology.
    Abstract: This book edition on "Wastewater Management and Technologies" brings together a wealth of expertise by the authors, who exemplify the wide range of options available—from nature-based solutions to different levels of technology—and the different experiences through case studies from around the world, with a particular focus on conditions in developing countries. The book is part of a book series (special editions) based on the publication of the book "Water and Wastewater Management", published by Springer in 2022 (ISBN 978-3-030-9528-7). The part about "Wastewater Management and Technologies" edited in this book will be deepened with this first special edition in terms of technological topics.
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    Pages: XVI, 247 p. 73 illus., 49 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031362989
    Series Statement: Water and Wastewater Management, Global Problems and Measures,
    DDC: 333.7
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    Keywords: Environmental economics. ; Power resources. ; Ecology . ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Economics. ; Resource and Environmental Economics. ; Ecology. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface 1. A Grateful appreciation of Joan Martinez-Alier (Herman Daly) -- Preface 2. Memories concerning the career of Joan Martinez-Alier (Laurence Whitehead) -- Preface 3. Conversations with a Catalan polymath (Ramachandra Guha) -- Preface 4. Joan Martinez-Alier and the crisis of civilization, knowledge, and the human species (Victor Toledo) -- Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Justification and scope of the book (Roldan Muradian and Sergio Villamayor-Tomas) -- Chapter 2. A Barcelona school of ecological economics and political ecology (Joan Martinez-Alier) -- Chapter 3. The Barcelona School of ecological economics and political ecology: Building bridges between moving shores (Sergio Villamayor-Tomas, Brototi Roy and Roldan Muradian) -- Part II. Epistemological foundations -- Chapter 4. Metaphysical midwifery and the living legacy of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (Katharine N. Farrell) -- Chapter 5. Languages of valuation (Christos Zografos) -- Chapter 6. Post-development: From the critique of development to a pluriverse of alternatives (Federico Demaria, Ashish Kothari, Ariel Salleh, Arturo Escobar and Alberto Acosta) -- Chapter 7. Indigenous and local knowledge and social-ecological systems (Victoria Reyes-García) -- Chapter 8. Degrowth and the Barcelona school (Giorgos Kallis) -- Part III. Social metabolism -- Chapter 9. Agrarian metabolism and socio-ecological Transitions to agroecology Landscapes (Enric Tello and Manuel González de Molina) -- Chapter 10. Multi-scale integrated analysis of societal and ecosystem metabolism (Mario Giampietro) -- Chapter 11. Materials flow analysis in Latin America (Mario Alejandro Pérez-Rincón) -- Chapter 12. Biophysical approaches to food system analysis in Latin America (Jesus Ramos-Martin and Fander Falconí) -- Chapter 13. Ecologically unequal exchange: the renewed interpretation of Latin American debates by the Barcelona School (Beatriz Macchione Saes) -- Chapter 14. Flow/Fund Theory and Rural Livelihoods (Jose Carlos Silva-Macher) -- Chapter 15. Deceitful decoupling: misconceptions of a persistent myth (Alevgul H. Sorman) -- Part IV. Environmental justice conflicts and alternatives -- Chapter 16. Does the social metabolism drive environmental conflicts? (Arnim Scheidel) -- Chapter 17. A critical mapping for researching and acting upon environmental conflicts - the case of the EJAtlas (Daniela Del Bene and Sofia Ávila) -- Chapter 18. The EJAtlas: an unexpected pedagogical tool to teach and learn about environmental social sciences (Mariana Walter, Lena Weber, Leah Temper) -- Chapter 19. Commons regimes at the crossroads: environmental justice movements and commoning (Sergio Villamayor-Tomas, Gustavo García-López and Giacomo D’Alisa) -- Chapter 20. (In)justice in urban greening and green gentrification (Isabelle Anguelovski) -- Chapter 21. From the soil to the soul: Fragments of a theory of economic conflicts (Julien-François Gerber) -- Part V. Science and self-reflected activism -- Chapter 22. Activism Mobilising Science Revisited (Marta Conde and Martí Orta-Martínez) -- Chapter 23. Iberian Anarchism in Environmental History (Santiago Gorostiza) -- Chapter 24. The Barcelona School of ecological economics and social movements for alternative livelihoods (Claudio Cattaneo) -- Chapter 25. The ups and downs of feminist activist research: positional reflections (Sara Mingorria, Rosa Binimelis, Iliana Monterroso, Federica Ravera) -- Chapter 26. From the environmentalism of the poor and the indigenous towards decolonial environmental justice (Brototi Roy and Ksenija Hanaček) -- Part IV. Public policy applications -- Chapter 27. Agrobiodiversity in Mexican Environmental Policy (Nancy Arizpe and Dario Escobar-Moreno) -- Chapter 28. Conventional climate change economics: a way to define the optimal policy? (Jordi Roca and Emilio Padilla) -- Chapter 29. Contribution of global cities to climate-change mitigation overrated (Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh) -- Chapter 30. Reconciling Waste Management and ecological economics (Ignasi Puig Ventosa) -- Chapter 31. Work and needs in a finite planet: Reflections from ecological economics (Erik Gómez-Baggethun) -- Chapter 32. Collective action in Ecuadorian Amazonia (Fander Falconía and Julio Oleas) -- Chapter 33. The environmentalism of the paid (Esteve Corbera and Santiago Izquierdo-Tort) -- Index.
    Abstract: In this open access book, ecological economics and political ecology traditions converge into a single academic school. The book constitutes a common ground where multiple and critical voices are expressed, covering a broad scope of urgent matters at the crossroad between society, economy and the natural environment. The manuscripts composing this compendium offer appealing material for both experienced and younger researchers interested in interdisciplinary exchanges in the field of the social environmental sciences. It combines historical accounts with recent theoretical and empirical developments revolving around the interaction between three foundational notions of the Barcelona School: social metabolism, environmental justice and self-reflective science.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXV, 400 p. 10 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031225666
    Series Statement: Studies in Ecological Economics, 8
    DDC: 333.7
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    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Environment. ; Geology. ; Mineralogy. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Geology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Environmental Property of Minerals-1205 -- Chapter 2 Environmental Effects of Tunnel Structure Minerals-0113 -- Chapter 3 Photoactivity of Mn Oxides on Earth’s Surface-1230 -- Chapter 4 Redox Activity of Iron Sulfide and Mn Oxide-0106 -- Chapter 5 Interaction Between Fe & Mn-Bearing Minerals and Microbes-1230 -- Chapter 6 Photocatalytic reduction effects of sphalerite and native sulfur-1213 -- Chapter 7 Photocatalytic oxidation effects of rutile-1213 -- Chapter 8 Interactions between Semiconducting Minerals and Microbes-1209 -- Chapter 9 Human Pathological Mineral Features-1213 -- Chapter 10 Infrared Effect of Minerals-0107.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the environmental property of minerals including mineralogical record of environmental changes, mineralogical influence on the environmental quality, mineralogical evaluation of the environment, mineralogical processing of environmental pollutants and interaction between minerals and microbes. Understanding of the environmental property of minerals is a good supplementary to the traditional concept of “mineral”. By demonstrating plenty of case studies with easy-to-understand figures and tables, this book introduces the environmental effects of interaction between minerals and microbes, physiological and ecological effects of biomineralization, reductive precipitation property of iron sulfide minerals, photocatalytic reduction property of sphalerite, photocatalytic oxidation property of rutile, tubular structure property of chrysotile, tunnel structure property of K-feldspar tetrahedron, tunnel structure property of cryptomelane octahedron, nano property of cryptomelane, crystallization property of jarosite, interaction between semiconducting minerals and microbes, pathological mineralization of human body, mineralogical processing of inorganic pollutants, mineralogical degradation of organic pollutants, mineralogical purification of smoke-type pollutants, mineralogical evaluation of soil environmental quality, mineralogical prevention and control of waste pollutants and mineralogical processing of mine tailings. The book is written for environmental mineralogist as well as postgraduates majoring in environmental science.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XV, 265 p. 227 illus., 111 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811977923
    DDC: 549
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    Online Resource
    Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :
    Keywords: Environment. ; Conservation biology. ; Ecology . ; Biodiversity. ; Biotic communities. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Conservation Biology. ; Ecology. ; Biodiversity. ; Ecosystems.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part l. Background -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Success is Possible -- Chapter 2. Strategic Opportunism: A Pragmatic Approach to Conservation in Africa -- Part ll. Strategic Opportunism in Action: Six Stories of Success -- Chapter 3. Angolan Giant Sable: Rediscovery, Rescue and Recovery -- Chapter 4. Marion Island: Birds, Cats, Mice and Men -- Chapter 5. Gorongosa National Park: Wilderness, War and Wildlife Recovery -- Chapter 6. Overcoming the Taxonomic Impediment: SABONET and the African Plants Initiative -- Chapter 7. Building Biodiversity Knowledge: Mobilising Citizen Science -- Chapter 8. Bridging the Gap: Community Conservancies in Namibia and Zimbabwe -- Part lll: Conclusion -- Chapter 9. Twelve Fundamentals for Conservation Success.
    Abstract: This open access book. provides a synthesis of six projects, across ten countries, each of which have been sustained for two or more decades, and which illustrate how success can be achieved regardless of systems of governance, of a nation’s wealth, or of culture. Detailed narratives are presented on the key personalities that have conceived, conducted and concluded long-term projects: personal stories of vision, failure, frustration and persistence ultimately leading to success. The case studies vary widely in their geography and goals. The single-handed commitment to re-discover the last surviving populations of Giant Sable in the miombo woodlands of central Angola, through the capture, translocation and establishment of robust breeding herds of this magnificent antelope, contrasts with the massively funded, three-decade programme with over one hundred participants that reversed the annual loss to predation by feral cats of 455 000 seabirds from a sub-Antarctic island. Similarly, the foresight of Zimbabwean and Namibian ecologists to place rural communities at the centre of conservation programmes by giving value to wildlife populations and benefits to local people, transformed a land degradation problem to a socio-ecological solution. Across ten countries, building capacity in botanical collection, documentation and herbarium management expanded into a global project to place the knowledge base of Africa’s flora onto an electronic data system accessible to researchers and conservation planners in even the most remote corners of the continent. None of these projects enjoyed immediate results. Each required leadership skills that combined vision, a generosity of spirit, fortuitous timing and the exploitation of unexpected opportunities.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVI, 142 p. 46 illus., 32 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031248801
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
    DDC: 333.7
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Machine learning. ; Geology. ; Natural disasters. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Statistical Learning. ; Geology. ; Natural Hazards.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1-Intelligent methods and motivations to use in volcanology and seismology -- Chapter2-Machine Learning: The concepts -- Chapter 3 - Machine Learning Applications in volcanology and seismology -- Chapter 4 - Deep Learning: The concepts -- Chapter 5:Deep Learning: Applications in Seismology and Volcanology -- Chapter 6: Evolutionary Algorithms with focus on Genetic Algorithm -- Chapter 7: Application of Genetic Algorithm in volcanology and seismology.
    Abstract: This book presents intelligent methods like neural, neuro-fuzzy, machine learning, deep learning and metaheuristic methods and their applications in both volcanology and seismology. The complex system of volcanoes and also earthquakes is a big challenge to identify their behavior using available models, which motivates scientists to apply non-model based methods. As there are lots of seismology and volcanology data sets, i.e., the local and global networks, one solution is using intelligent methods in which data-based algorithms are used. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVII, 203 p. 219 illus., 133 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031154324
    Series Statement: Advances in Volcanology, An Official Book Series of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior,
    DDC: 550
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Biotechnology. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Biotic communities. ; Environmental management. ; Sustainability. ; Biotechnology. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Ecosystems. ; Environmental Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1:Current scenario on conventional and modern approaches towards eco-friendly E-waste management -- Chapter 2:Electronic waste and their management strategies -- Chapter 3:E-waste management practices in India: challenges and approaches -- Chapter 4:Bioleaching for heavy metal extraction from E-waste: a sustainable approach -- Chapter 5:Bioremediation strategies for sustainable E-waste management -- Chapter 6:Challenges and approaches in E-waste management -- Chapter 7:Bioremediation: A sustainable way for E-waste management -- Chapter 8:Role of bacteria for the recovery of precious metals from e-waste -- Chapter 9:Importance of microorganisms in metal recovery from E-waste -- Chapter 10:Bioleaching: A sustainable resource recovery strategy for urban mining of E-waste -- Chapter 11:Microbial biodegradation of e-plastic in diverse ecosystem -- Chapter 12:Metal bioleaching from E-waste using fungal communities -- Chapter 13:Association of algae to water pollution and waste water treatment -- Chapter 14:E-waste and its management by using algae -- Chapter 15:Bioremediation of e-waste through microbial exopolysaccharides: A perspective -- Chapter 16:Genetically modified microbes in e-waste management: a perspective -- Chapter 17:Recent trends in bio-mining microorganisms for solid waste management -- Chapter 18:Plant-bacteria interaction in the recovery of metals from electronic waste -- Chapter 19:E-waste management: prospects and strategies -- Chapter 20:Role of biotechnological approaches for the valorization of precious metals from E-waste -- Chapter 21:A summary of the role of microorganisms in waste management.
    Abstract: This book, besides discussing challenges and opportunities, will reveal the microbe-metal interactions and strategies for e-waste remediation in different ecosystems. It will unveil the recent biotechnological advancement and microbiological approach to sustainable biorecycling of e-waste such as bioleaching for heavy metal extraction, valorization of precious metal, biodegradation of e-plastic, the role of the diverse microbial community in e-waste remediation, genetically engineered microbes for e-waste management, the importance of microbial exopolysaccharides in metal biosorption, next-generation technologies, omics-based technologies etc. It also holds the promise to discuss the conservation, utilization and cataloging indigenous microbes in e-waste-polluted niches and promising hybrid technology for sustainable e-waste management. Revolution in the area of information technology and communication is constantly evolving due to scientific research and development. Concurrently, the production of new electrical and electronic equipment also thus uplifting in this era of revolution. These technological advancements certainly have problematic consequences which is the rise of huge amounts of electronic obsoletes or electronic waste (e-waste). Improper management of both hazardous and nonhazardous substances of e-waste led to a major concern in our digital society and environment. Therefore, a sustainable approach including microbial candidates to tackle e-waste is the need of the hour. Nevertheless, the continuous demand for new-generation gadgets and electronics set this high-tech evolution to a new frontier in the last few years. With this continuing trend of technological development, e-waste is expanding exponentially worldwide. In the year of 2019, the worldwide generation of e-waste was approximately 53.6 Mt, of which only about 17.4% of e-waste was collected and recycled, and the other 82.6% was not even documented. E-waste contains various heterogeneous waste complexes such as metals (60%), blends of many polymers (30%) and halogenated compounds, radioactive elements and other pollutants (10%), respectively. The sustainable, efficient, and economic management of e-waste is thus, a challenging task today and in the coming decades. Conventional techniques such as the use of chemicals, incineration and informal ways of e-waste dismantling trigger serious health risks and contamination to the human population and environment, respectively due to the liberation of toxic and hazardous substances from the waste. In this context, bio-candidates especially microorganisms could be sharp-edged biological recycling tools to manage e-waste sustainably. As microbes are omnipresent and diverse in their physiology and functional aspects, they offer a wide range of bioremediation.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: IX, 352 p. 48 illus., 33 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031256783
    DDC: 304.2
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    Keywords: Nanotechnology. ; Life sciences. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Nanochemistry. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Nanotechnology. ; Life Sciences. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Nanochemistry. ; Environmental Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Advanced Nanomaterials: From Properties and Perspective Applications, to Their Interlinked Confronts (Chitven Sharma) -- Chapter 2. Advanced Nanoparticles: Boon or a Bane for Environmental Remediation Applications (Deepak Rohilla) -- Chapter 3. Nanomaterials in Environment: Sources, Risk Assessment and Safety Aspect (Ashpreet Kaur) -- Chapter 4. Environmental Fate descriptors for screening Nanotoxicity and pollutant sensing (Pooja Chauhan) -- Chapter 5. Nanomaterials in Combating Water Pollution and Related Ecotoxicological Risk (Teenu Jasrotia) -- Chapter 6. Nanotechnology: Emerging Opportunities and Regulatory Aspects in Water Treatment (Yogita Lugani) -- Chapter 7. Nanoparticles in Dye Degradation: Achievement and Confronts (Rekha Dhull) -- Chapter 8. Safe Appraisal of Carbon Nanoparticles in Pollutant Sensing (Manisha Kumari) -- Chapter 9. Advanced Nanomaterials in Biomedicine: Benefits and Challenges (Avtar Singh) -- Chapter 10. New Perspectives application and hazards of Nanomaterials in aquatic environment (Renuka Chaudhary) -- Chapter 11. Risk Governance Policies for Sustainable Use of Nanomaterials (Pooja Chauhan) -- Chapter 12. Misconceptions in Nanotoxicity Measurements: Exploring Facts to Strengthen Ecosafe Environmental Remediation (Chitven Sharma).
    Abstract: This textbook provides an overview of applications of advanced nanomaterials, basic lab set up and requirements in for their synthesis, techniques and career scope of nanotechnology in industries and research. Pollution of air, water, soil is an ever increasing environmental problem attributed to increasing population, global industrialization and unplanned urbanization, has acquired alarming dimensions. It is the most dangerous and worst problem that puts the lives of people, animals, and plants on the earth in danger. An effective, efficient and sustainable approach for managing pollution related problems requires the utmost attention of the scientific community to tackle this menace for the society to lead a healthy and quality life. A number of techniques and books, literatures have been developed in recent years to treat environmental contaminants. However, most of these are not economically viable, environmentally benign and suffer due to cumbersome multi-step manipulations. The purpose of this textbook is to inform students about the application of functionalized nanoparticles as a new approach to supplement traditional treatment methods in cost and time effective manner. The simplistic means to assemble nanoparticles to the constituents of next generation technologies in environment cleanup and sensing are the main objectives of the book. The toxicological footprinting of released advanced functional nanomaterials in ecosystem will also be discussed in the book.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XV, 363 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031244162
    Series Statement: Environmental Contamination Remediation and Management,
    DDC: 620.5
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Human ecology Study and teaching. ; Environment. ; Environmental management. ; Geology. ; Environmental Studies. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: An Overview of World Deserts with Special Reference to Thar Desert -- People and Culture of the Thar Desert -- Shift in Land Use Pattern of Thar Desert -- Land and Water Resource Management in the Thar Desert Region -- Crop Production Practices in the Thar Desert Region of Rajasthan -- Livestock and its Management Practices in Thar Desert, Rajasthan -- Arid Agroforestry for Thar Desert -- Soil Conservation and Water Harvesting for Sustainable Agriculture in Arid Regions -- Community Land Management in the Thar Desert -- Women Empowerment in Thar Desert Region -- Livelihood Opportunities in the Thar Region -- Potential Agri-Business in the Thar Desert -- Multidimensional Development in Thar Desert Region of Rajasthan -- Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Thar Desert-Way Ahead. .
    Abstract: This book covers a wide range of issues related to the Thar Desert Region of Rajasthan from an integrated and sustainable development perspective. The chapters in this book cover regional and local issues which are discussed with reference to the past scenario, the present practices, and the future strategies. Some of the issues addressed in this book like arid agroforestry, livelihood, and multidimensional development give it a cutting edge over other related publications currently available in the market. The chapters are supported with relevant pictures which will help the reader to connect with the issues being discussed. This book is useful to students, civil services aspirants, researchers, environmentalists, geographers, and non-professionals who are interested in deserts and desert development.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXII, 342 p. 52 illus., 51 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031345562
    DDC: 551
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Pollution. ; Bioclimatology. ; Environmental Management. ; Water. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Pollution. ; Climate Change Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Site Suitability Analysis for Identification of River Bank Filtration (RBF) Sites: Case Study of the Alaknanda River Basin -- Contaminant Transport Modeling for Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Porous Systems using MODFLOW models-based Scripting Python Package -- Integrated Water Resources Management: Perspective for State of Uttarakhand, India -- Water Resource Estimation and Management: Case Study of the Alaknanda River Basin -- Linkages of surface water with groundwater for water resource management in water deficit region of India.
    Abstract: This book is Volume 2 which is published to complement "Environmental Processes and Management: Tools and Practices" (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-38152-3), 2020 This book provides an in-depth, well-researched and science-based approach to applying key project management and spatial tools and practices in environmental projects. This book is an important read for leaders considering projects that balance social–economic growth against minimizing its ill effects on Planet Earth. This book brings together several aspects of groundwater engineering, as well as the formula and analytical approaches required for more informed decision-making. It also highlights the vital importance of understanding the technological, economic and social dimensions of environmental studies explained through dynamic approaches and illustrative figures that have short-term results and long-term impacts. This book emphasizes on encouraging the modern and vibrant research works conducted by young researchers across the world. This book clearly details the general application of fundamental groundwater processes, the character of the different types of systems in which they occur and the way in which these factors influence process dynamics, environmental systems and their possible remedies. The book sets a possible recommendation for the professionalism with which environmental research should be planned, executed, monitored, assessed and delivered. While primarily intended for professionals responsible for the management of groundwater projects or interested in improving the overall efficiency of such projects, it is also useful for managers in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. The book is a valuable resource for students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In addition, this book serves as an indispensable guide for anyone willing to develop their skills in modern groundwater / environmental management and related techniques.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVII, 359 p. 124 illus., 100 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031202087
    Series Statement: Water Science and Technology Library, 120
    DDC: 333.7
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    Online Resource
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Geography. ; Cultural property. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Culture Study and teaching. ; Regional Geography. ; Cultural Heritage. ; Environmental Social Sciences. ; Cultural Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: India in nine episodes -- India – some insights -- Planning theories -- Of ancient times -- At home -- Public spaces -- Gods and the city -- Kings and the city -- Muslims and the city -- The British and the city -- Outsiders and the city.
    Abstract: This book discusses the importance of socio-spatial patterns in cities that are embedded in the cultural heritage and self-understanding of a society, showing that Indian cities follow different urban concepts. In nine episodes (nine is a sacred figure), it highlights the principal influences and social impacts on cities from ancient times to contemporary city developments. As such, it provides planners and architects with insights that can easily be applied in contemporary cities and towns and help foster India’s cultural heritage—a much-needed, but little-discussed approach. Indian cities are the result of various factors, some imposed, others following local traditions that shaped them. They were founded around social needs, landscape conditions and production routines, as well as the religious influences of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity and animism. However, Western town-planning models are often implemented, blurring the traditional way of life in cities. For sustainable town development, it is of key importance to find solutions that deal with Indian city models.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXIV, 312 p. 173 illus., 172 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031237379
    Series Statement: Cities, Heritage and Transformation,
    DDC: 910.021
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    Online Resource
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Earth Sciences. ; Earth Sciences. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Planet Earth -- Crustal Processes and Materials -- Sedimentary Basins -- Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks -- Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Structures -- Depositional Environments and Facies -- The Petroleum System -- Exploration Methods -- Drilling and Logging -- Hydrocarbon Reserves and Quality -- Production Geology -- Unconventional Hydrocarbons Resources.
    Abstract: This book highlights the fundamental and applied aspects of geoscience that an engineer and geologist would need to be effective in the upstream petroleum industry. Geoscience is integral to exploration and production of petroleum, and a good understanding of the subject enables petroleum engineers to execute their tasks effectively in an interdisciplinary and collaborative environment. Most petroleum engineers lack a geological perspective, owing to their increased focus on core engineering disciplines, and evaluate rocks from a mechanical object. At the same time, books in geoscience which are currently available for undergraduate education are written for educating geologists only. This book aims to provide geoscience fundamentals as required by engineers and geologists to prepare for a career in the upstream petroleum industry.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXV, 192 p. 115 illus., 112 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811976407
    DDC: 550
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    Keywords: Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Sustainability. ; Economic geography. ; Political science. ; Social sciences. ; Environment. ; Environmental Social Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Economic Geography. ; Political Science. ; Society. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1. Knowledge Systems -- Chapter 1. Introduction – Ocean Governance for Sustainability (Partelow et al.) -- Chapter 2. How do we know the Ocean (Hornidge & Partelow) -- Chapter 3. Managing fish or governing fisheries stakeholders? An historical recount of Fisheries Governance in the last Century (a South American Case) (Barragán et al.) -- Chapter 4. Post-War Reconnaissance of Japanese Fishery and Ocean Science and its Contribution to the Development of U.S. Scientific Programs: 1947-1954 (Finley, Carmel) -- Part 2: Policy foundations -- Chapter 5. Ocean governance from the perspective of the law of the sea: an inquiry into the past, present and future, with an emphasis on fisheries, area-based management and international seabed mineral resources. (Singh et al.) -- Chapter 6. International Fisheries Law: Past to Future -- Chapter 7. Legal aspects of the sustainable exploitation of marine energy and mineral resources (present/future) (Willemez, Alix) -- Chapter 8. Making Marine Spatial Planning Matter (Flannery, Wesley) -- Chapter 9. Marine and Coastal Governance: Lessons from Current Practice of Managing Land Sea Interactions and Marine and Coastal Governance in EU Member States (Lawlor and Depellegrin) -- Chapter 10. Developing progressive marine biodiversity indicators to support the functions of area-based management tools for the sustainable use of oceans: case studies from European territorial waters (Kaymaz, Ipek) -- Chapter 11. Ocean Governance in An Era of Climate Change: Protecting Living Marine Resources on the Sea Bed – the Need for an Integrated Approach (Borg, Simone) -- Chapter 12. The diverse legal and regulatory framework for marine policy in the North Atlantic – A case of a never-ending “horrendogram” or an opportunity for convergence? (Calado, Helena et al.) -- Part 3. Thematic Analyses -- Chapter 13. Assembling the seabed: Pan-European and interdisciplinary advances in understanding seabed mining (Chen et al.) -- Chapter 14. Societal transformations and governance challenges of coastal small-scale fisheries in the Northern Baltic Sea (Salmi, Pekka & Svels, Kristina) -- Chapter 15. Marine Governance as a process of reflexive institutionalization? The case of Arctic Shipping (Van Tatenhove). Chapter 16. The plastic bag habit on Bali: From Banana Leaf Wrappings to Reusable Bags (Schlüter et al.). Chapter 17. Market initiatives of small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean: innovation in support of sustainable blue economy (Penca, Jerneja & Said, Alicia) -- Chapter 18. Towards Just and Sustainable Blue Futures: Small‐Scale Fisher Movements and Food Sovereignty (Ertör et al.) -- Chapter 19. Ocean acidification as governance challenge in the Mediterranean Sea (Bernadsek et al.) -- Chapter 20. Futuring the terra-aqueous: Reading alternative urbanities from the Java Sea (Siriwardane- de Zoysa et al.). Chapter 21. Moving forward on Ocean Governance: Key messages for students, researchers and policy-makers (Hornidge, Hadjimichael, Partelow). .
    Abstract: This Open Access book on Ocean Governance examines sustainability challenges facing our oceans today. The book is organized into three sections: knowledge systems, policy foundations and thematic analyses. The knowledge produced in the book was catalyzed by the scientific outcomes within the European-funded Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) network “Ocean Governance for Sustainability – Challenges, Options and the Role of Science”. This network brings together scientists, policy-makers and civil society representatives from 28 nation states to cooperate on ocean governance research. This book offers a compilation of new research material including focused case studies, broad policy syntheses and reflective chapters on the history and current status of knowledge production systems on ocean governance. New research material is presented, although some chapters draw on secondary sources. The book starts with synthetic review chapters from the editors, outlining past and present knowledge systems, addressing how and why ocean governance for sustainability is where it currently stands with critical reflections on existing narratives, path dependencies and colonialist histories. This is followed by chapters addressing, synthesizing and analyzing different legal and policy frameworks for ocean governance both regionally and internationally. At the core of the book are the thematic analyses, which provide focused case studies with detailed contextual information in support of different ocean governance challenges and sustainability pathways around the world. The book concludes with a chapter explicitly targeting students, researchers and policy-makers with key take-away messages compiled by the editors.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XX, 436 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031207402
    Series Statement: MARE Publication Series, 25
    DDC: 304.2
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Cogeneration of electric power and heat. ; Fossil fuels. ; Electric power distribution. ; Earth Sciences. ; Fossil Fuel. ; Energy Grids and Networks.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Mechanisms and processes of petroleum migration -- Carrier systems and their characterization -- Efficiencies of migration and accumulation and resources assessing -- Case study: dynamic study on petroleum migration and accumulation in the Dongying Depression, Bohaiba Basin.
    Abstract: This book presents the authors' research findings on the dynamics of oil migration, research methodologies, insights and applications in petroliferous basins. It studies the behaviors of oil migration in porous media through physical experiments and numerical simulations, explores the mechanism of oil migration and effects of migration process, and then establishes a migration modeling method by coupling the source, driving forces and carriers. The new method can be used to estimate the amount of migrated hydrocarbons and then predict the location of possible hydrocarbon accumulations in different parts of a basin. This approach is useful for resources assessment and prediction of the distribution of hydrocarbon accumulations. An example utilizing this methodology is presented to study the dynamics of migration and accumulation processes in the southern slope of Dongying Depression in Bohai Bay Basin in China. The book appeals to scientists and professionals working on petroleum prospecting as well as faculty and students in petroleum geology.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VIII, 390 p. 192 illus., 158 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811955341
    DDC: 550
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Digital humanities. ; Internet of things. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Urban economics. ; Architecture. ; Sustainability. ; Digital Humanities. ; Internet of Things. ; Urban Sociology. ; Urban Economics. ; Cities, Countries, Regions.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction - The digital polis and its practices: Beyond gated communities -- Digital polis and the ‘safe’ feminism: Focusing on the strategies of direct punishment and gated community -- Toward digital polis: Gendered data (in)justice and data activism in South Korea -- Subjection or subjectification: representation of 'networked individuals' in Korean web novels -- Digital polis and urban commons: Justice beyond the gated community -- Production and reproduction of space and culture in the virtual realm: Gated communities as the imaginary, intermediary and real spaces -- The ghettoised city and the affect of anxiety in Park Wan-soe’s ‘apartment novels’ -- Spatial and digital fortressing of apartment complexes in Seoul: Two case studies -- Inclusion, exclusion, and participation in digital polis: Double-edged development of poor urban communities in alternative smart city-making -- Online-based food hubs for community health and well-being: Performance in practice and its implications for urban design -- Third places: The social infrastructure of the smart city. .
    Abstract: This edited collection provides an alternative discourse on cities evolving with physically and virtually networked communities—the ‘digital polis’—and offers a variety of perspectives from the humanities, media studies, geography, architecture, and urban studies. As an emergent concept that encompasses research and practice, the digital polis is oriented toward a counter-mapping of the digital cityscape beyond policing and gatekeeping in physical and virtual gated communities. Considering the digital polis as offering potential for active support of socially just and politically inclusive urban circumstances in ways that mirror the Greek polis, our attention is drawn towards the interweaving of the development of digital technology, urban space, and social dynamics. The four parts of this book address the formation of technosocial subjectivity, real-and-virtual combined urbanity, the spatial dimensions of digital exclusion and inclusion, and the prospect of emancipatory and empowering digital citizens. Individual chapters cover varied topics on digital feminism, data activism, networked individualism, digital commons, real-virtual communalism, the post-family imagination, digital fortress cities, rights to the smart city, online foodscapes, and open-source urbanism across the globe. Contributors explore the following questions: what developments can be found over recent decades in both physical and virtual communities such as cyberspace, and what will our urban future be like? What is the ‘digital polis’ and what kinds of new subjectivity does it produce? How does digital technology, as well as its virtuality, reshape the city and our spatial awareness of it? What kinds of exclusion and cooperation are at work in communities and spaces in the digital age? Each chapter responds to these questions in its own way, navigating readers through routes toward the digital polis. Chapter "Introduction - The digital polis and its practices: Beyond gated communities" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VIII, 208 p. 32 illus., 27 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811996856
    Series Statement: Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements,
    DDC: 304.2
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    Keywords: Geography. ; Human geography. ; Ethnology. ; Culture. ; Regional Geography. ; Human Geography. ; Regional Cultural Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Background to the book -- Urbanism at borders discourse -- Part 2: Border-built environment Nexus -- Territory and water landscapes: The conurbations of Sabadell and Terrassa -- Boundary typologies and their effect on paired border cities -- The boundaries of heritage: The paradoxes of Ouro Preto -- Regional architecture in the persian Gulf: Conflicting architectural narratives of Global-local Border convergence -- Experiencing authenticity through cultural borders and experimental Ethnography -- Urban liminality: Negotiating borders and the pilgrimage to the Monastery of St. George Koudounas -- Part 3: Political boundaries and spatial segregation -- Borders for peace: Controls within a Kenyan informal settlement during political conflict -- Malaysia-Singapore geopolitics spatialised: The causeway as a Palimpsest -- Borders of Precincts: Unpacking the politics of white neighbourhood identities in the post-apartheid Black City -- India’s shift to soft power in Nepal: A Case study of the borderland city of Birgunj -- Regional features of agglomeration and the antidote to Almaty’s landlocked condition -- People places and relationships -- Part 4: Polarised borders cities -- Border[s]lines between isolation and connection: the disused railway in Aberdeen -- Fragile cartographies of border fictioning -- Dissonant living and building in the no-man’s land on the Korean Peninsula -- Displaced: Vulnerability and survival within segregated undercaste micro-cultures -- Trailblazer of European ideal: Frankfurt (Oder) – Slubice -- Spatial transformations in Ceuta, Spain: Effects of a low-density hinterland on a border enclave -- Part 5: Praxis of border urbanism -- Programmed spaces: Redefining the border condition -- Interrogating post-conflict regeneration: A new border in Northern Ireland -- Cartographic errors -- Towards an appropriate development approach for the Halayeb-Shalateen border region of Egypt -- Contested border urbanism: Learning from the Cyprus dispute -- Part 6: Geo-politics and social polarities -- Walk the line: Stone walls, lead mines and future farming -- Borders of convenience: European legal measures and the migration crisis -- Indian slums: The boundary of socially constructed temporal borderlands. The case of Anna Nagar, Wazirpur, Jijamata Nagar micro-cities -- A neighbourhood of fragmentation and isolation -- Edge Town / Che Fang -- Part 7: Border typologies investigated -- Border discourse: Pedagogical perspective in architecture and urbanism.
    Abstract: Border Urbanism presents a global array of authors’ research that tackles the perception, interpretation, and nature of borders from a transdisciplinary perspective. The authors examine ways in which borders attempt to define socially, economically, politically, and historically incompatible systems, from micro neighbourhoods to global macro territories, and how this blurs urban order that results in an absence of cohesion. Their analysis of contextual worldwide settings considers the unique issues and the broad scope of forces that shape borders and separate socioeconomic, political, cultural, and historical polarities. The authors consider ways in which the resulting urban border conditions determine the mobility of goods, resources, and people and how these delineations define relationships that influence geopolitical relationships, socioeconomic transactions, and people’s lives at multiple levels. They address the temporal issues defined by a variety of unique urban conditions that result from these lateral thresholds. Each chapter contributes to a critical discourse of the subject of border urbanism and the phenomenon created by separation, demarcation, and segregation as well as by conflict and coexistence. The transdisciplinary approach of Border Urbanism ensures that it will be of interest to individuals across a spectrum of professions and disciplines. Professionals such as urban planners, designers, architects, developers, and civil and environmental engineers and students of these disciplines will be particularly interested as will allied professionals and those not traditionally associated with urbanism; these include artists, sociologists, historians, lawyers, politicians, and civic and government leaders. The authors’ global perspectives, combined with their expertise in environmental, historical, cultural, social, political, and geographic areas, will appeal to anyone interested in border urbanism and its intersection with these areas.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXXIV, 529 p. 318 illus., 291 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031066047
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    DDC: 910.021
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    Keywords: Petrology. ; Mineralogy. ; Geology. ; Petrology. ; Mineralogy. ; Geology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Introduction to Metamorphic Rocks, Rock Metamorphism, and Metamorphic Processes -- Metamorphic Rocks -- 3 Metamorphic Processes -- 4 Metamorphic Grade, conditions of metamorphism -- 5 Metamorphism of Ultramafic Rocks -- 6 Metamorphism of Dolomites and Limestones -- 7 Metamorphism of Pelitic Rocks (Metapelites) -- 8 Metamorphism of Marls, Marlstones (Marlites) -- 9 Metamorphism of Mafic Rocks -- 10 Metamorphism of Quartzofeldspatic Rocks.
    Abstract: This new edition of the classic textbook presents a large number of diagrams showing the stability relations among minerals and groups of minerals found in metamorphic rocks. The diagrams help to determine the pressure and temperature conditions under which a given set of metamorphic rocks may have formed. Other parameters that control metamorphic mineral assemblages are also discussed and pitfalls resulting from simplifications and generalizations are highlighted. The book discusses the most common metamorphic rock types, their nomenclature, structure and graphical representation of their mineral assemblages. Part I defines basic principles of metamorphism, introduces metamorphic processes, geologic thermometry and barometry and defines metamorphic grade. Part II presents in a systematic way mineralogical changes and assemblages found in the most common types of metamorphic rocks. The computation of diagrams is based on recent advances in quantitative petrology and geochemistry. An extensive bibliography, including the key contributions and classic papers in the field, make it an invaluable source book for graduate students and professional geologists.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVI, 467 p. 217 illus., 122 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 9th ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031125959
    Series Statement: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment,
    DDC: 552
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; America Politics and government. ; Communication in the environmental sciences. ; Climate Sciences. ; American Politics. ; Environmental Communication.
    Description / Table of Contents: Five science questions that ought to be asked at the debate -- Key messages about climate change: an introduction to a series -- Evidence shows warming of the planet -- The evidence is compelling on human activity as the principle cause of global warming -- Extreme events “presage worse to come” in a warming climate -- Multiple extreme climate events can combine to produce catastrophic damages -- Vigorous action needed, and soon, on climate change -- Rejoining the fight against climate change is in the U.S. national interest. .
    Abstract: This book demonstrates how robust and evolving science can be relevant to public discourse about climate policy. Fighting climate change is the ultimate societal challenge, and the difficulty is not just in the wrenching adjustments required to cut greenhouse emissions and to respond to change already under way. A second and equally important difficulty is ensuring widespread public understanding of the natural and social science. This understanding is essential for an effective risk management strategy at a planetary scale. The scientific, economic, and policy aspects of climate change are already a challenge to communicate, without factoring in the distractions and deflections from organized programs of misinformation and denial. Here, four scholars, each with decades of research on the climate threat, take on the task of explaining our current understanding of the climate threat and what can be done about it, in lay language—importantly, without losing critical aspects of the natural and social science. In a series of essays, published during the 2020 presidential election, the COVID pandemic, and through the middle of 2022, they explain the essential components of the challenge, countering the forces of distrust of the science and opposition to a vigorous national response. Each of the essays provides an opportunity to learn about a particular aspect of climate science and policy within the complex context of current events. The overall volume is more than the sum of its individual articles. Proceeding each essay is an explanation of the context in which it was written, followed by observation of what has happened since its first publication. In addition to its discussion of topical issues in modern climate science, the book also explores science communication to a broad audience. Its authors are not only scientists – they are also teachers, using current events to teach when people are listening. For preserving Earth’s planetary life support system, science and teaching are essential. Advancing both is an unending task.
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    Pages: XX, 194 p. 17 illus., 14 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783030963729
    DDC: 551.6
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    Keywords: Environmental economics. ; Environmental policy. ; Pollution. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental management. ; Environmental Economics. ; Environmental Policy. ; Pollution. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Environmental Regulations and Industrial Competitiveness -- Chapter 2: Policy Background: The South Coast Air Quality Management District -- Chapter 3: The Metal Finishing Industry and Economic Growth -- Chapter 4: The Wood Furniture Industry and Industrial Location -- Chapter 5: The Dry-Cleaning Industry and the Early Adopters of Pollution Prevention Technologies -- Chapter 6: Reflections on Environmental Policy.
    Abstract: While polluting industries in the U.S. continue to emit billions of pounds of toxic chemicals into the air, land and water every year, many economists and policy makers argue that environmental regulations stifle economic growth and reduce the standard of living for the American people. This book takes a fresh look at this question through three case studies of highly regulated polluting industries in the Southern California region: metal finishing, wood furniture, and dry cleaning. The case studies are based on a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods, including in-depth interviews with corporate managers and environmental regulators. The authors find that there is no universal pattern for predicting the effects of environmental regulations on industrial competitiveness, but that the outcomes depend on the structure of the industry being regulated, the design of the regulations, and the technologies that are available for compliance. The book is written in straight forward language that is accessible to the non-economist and will prove an essential resource for academics and students of all levels, and professionals and policy makers in the fields of environmental policy and regional economic development. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: X, 88 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031263767
    Series Statement: Environment & Policy, 62
    DDC: 333.7
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Natural disasters. ; Atmospheric science. ; Environment. ; Natural Hazards. ; Atmospheric Science. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations and Definitions -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Arizona is the lightning photography capital of the U.S. -- 3 When, where, and how much lightning occurs in Arizona -- 4 Human impacts, damages, and benefits from lightning in Arizona -- 5 How lightning detection netweorks were developed -- Studies of lightning in Arizona -- Index. .
    Abstract: This book is a comprehensive resource on lightning and describes the unique roles which the state of Arizona has with regard to lightning. Not only is it spectacular, it is also admired, feared, and misunderstood, but its knowledge has come of age in the last two decades. This book describes why Arizona can be called the “Lightning Photography Capital of the U.S.”, how the general public and Native Americans in Arizona have viewed lightning, and when and where lightning occurs and impacts people and resources in Arizona. It contains summaries of interviews with current and former University of Arizona staff who invented real-time lightning detection in the late 1970s and how subsequent lightning research in Arizona has been globally significant. The authors are very well acquainted with and up to date on these topics. The style of this book is active and somewhat scholarly but readable by the nonprofessional with a general interest in lightning. What is lightning? How does lightning affect Arizona? Why do photographers come to Arizona for lightning photographs? What is unique about Arizona lightning? How is lightning detected in Arizona and around the world? This book tells you answers to these questions. This book is intended for a broad audience comprised of visitors, interested lay public, a variety of scientific disciplines, media, medicine, lightning safety, and fire weather. It is suitable for readers desiring a general overview of lightning, especially in Arizona, but also for those who want to know specifically about the topic.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVIII, 231 p. 86 illus., 78 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031198793
    DDC: 551
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Education and state. ; Environmental policy. ; Sustainability. ; Education Policy. ; Environmental Policy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Health at the Margins: Exploration of an Academic Studio Approach to Design for Physical and Mental Resilience in a Sustainable Context -- Mapping Migration in the SDGs: A Pedagogical Tool of Sustainability Learning for Students of Migration -- Creating Space for Student Action and Reflection on Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger -- Roll the Dice: Using Game-Based Learning to Teach Sustainability in Higher Education -- Be(coming) an Ambassador of Transformative Change from the Inside Out -- Active Learning to Foster Economic, Social, and Environmental Sustainability Awareness -- Academic Community Expectations on Climate Change Learning and Engagement: A Case Study at University of Passo Fundo.
    Abstract: This book focuses on 'educating the sustainability leaders of the future' and will contribute to the further development of this fast-growing field. As the title suggests, it presents practical experiences related to education, research and extension, the so-called third mission, whereby universities conduct outreach to society as a whole (e.g. to local communities, organisations, industry, and other groups) with the aim of documenting such experiences and making them available to a wide audience. This book is produced by the European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR), through the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP) and contains inputs from authors from across all geographical regions. It gives a special emphasis to the participation of future generations on sustainability efforts. The book also discusses examples of initiatives coordinated by universities but involving civil society, the private sector, and public sector (including local, national, and intergovernmental bodies). In particular, it describes practical experiences, partnerships, networks, and training schemes for building capacity aimed at fostering the cause of sustainable development at institutions of higher education. Thanks to its design and the contributions by experts from various areas, it provides a welcome contribution to the literature on sustainable development, and it inspires further works in this field.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: X, 688 p. 125 illus., 102 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031228568
    Series Statement: World Sustainability Series,
    DDC: 304.2
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    Keywords: Nanobiotechnology. ; Biotechnology. ; Industrial microbiology. ; Nanobiotechnology. ; Biotechnology. ; Industrial Microbiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 - Microbial Nanomaterial Synthesis: Types and Applications -- Chapter 2 - Microbial Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles -- Chapter 3 - Microbial synthesis of gold nanoparticles -- Chapter 4 - Fungal-based Nanoparticles -- Chapter 5 Synthesis of Fungal-based Nanoparticles -- Chapter 6 - Synthesis of Nanoparticles in Biofilms -- Chapter 7 - Microbial Enzymes in Nanoparticle Synthesis -- Chapter 8 - Synthesis And Studies Of TTAHOT – Macro, Micro and Nano Crystalline Composite for Electronic and Bio-Medicinal Use -- Chapter 9 - Growth and Characterizations of Red Bromide – The Pleochroism Based Crystals for Bio-Medicinal, Electronic and Mechano Uses -- Chapter 10 - Nano Diagnostics for Rapid and Accurate Detection of Infectious Diseases -- Chapter 11 - Smart-drug Nanoparticles from Microorganisms and Drug Delivery -- Chapter 12 - Bactericidal Effects- Microbial Nanoparticles as Next Generation Antimicrobials -- Chapter 13 - Microbiologically Synthesized Nanoparticles and their Role in Biofilm Inhibition -- Chapter 14 - Microbially Synthesized Nanoparticles in Sustainable Agriculture -- Chapter 15. Applications of Microbially Synthesized Nanoparticles to Food Science -- Chapter 16 - Biotechnological implications of extracellular vesicles.
    Abstract: This contributed volume compiles the latest improvements in the field of nanobiotechnology, with a special emphasis on microbial-synthesized nanoparticles. It focuses on topics that comprise the microbials synthesized nanoparticles, their characterization, and applications in the field of medicine and biotechnology, which are organized in three parts, respectively. Ranging from micro-scale studies to macro, it covers a huge domain of nanotechnology in relevance to microbiology. Overall, the book portrays the importance of microbial processes in the sustainable production of nanomaterials to reduce the environmental burden caused by nanomaterials produced by chemical processes. The book is a ready reference for practicing students, researchers of nanobiotechnology, environmental biotechnology, and other allied fields likewise. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXII, 394 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819928088
    Series Statement: Environmental and Microbial Biotechnology,
    DDC: 620.5
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Biotic communities. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Biodiversity. ; Environmental Management. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology. ; Ecosystems. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Biodiversity.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Introduction -- Chapter 2-Historical perspectives of the wetlands with special reference to geomorphic evolution of East Kolkata Wetlands -- Chapter 3-Underlying ecological principles for the functioning of Wetland Ecosystems -- Chapter 4-Basics of Remote Sensing Techniques applicable in the aquatic freshwater system: Classificatory Approaches of East Kolkata Wetlands -- Chapter 5-Biodiversity of East Kolkata wetlands: Concept of biodiversity -- Chapter 6-Ecosystem services and values of Wetlands (East Kolkata Wetlands). Chapter 7-Seasonal Dynamics of Physico-Chemical Parameters of Soil and Water -- Chapter 8-Threats and pollution of wetlands: Special reference to East Kolkata Wetland (E.K.W) -- Chapter 9-Biomonitoring and Bioremediation -- Chapter 10-Sustainable conservation strategy (Waste Water Recycling) -- Chapter 11-Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book discusses current knowledge and challenges with the ecological management and conservation of wetlands, with a focus on the East Kolkata Wetlands of India. This area is referred to as a Ramsar Site, a designation given to areas with special protection statuses, since it is the largest natural waste recycling system in the world. The site faces many threats to its biodiversity and ecosystem functioning due to anthropogenic activity in the region, and therefore an assessment of the ecosystem services, bio-ecological uniqueness, and issues stemming from climate change and human impacts is needed to develop protection strategies for the future ecological functioning and sustainability of the wetlands. The authors use GIS and remote sensing techniques to assess and monitor harmful industrial and environmental impacts on the wetlands, and to inform mitigation and conservation strategies in the face of ongoing threats such as pollution, habitat destruction and bioinvasion. The book also highlights various social and economic aspects tied to the functioning and management of the wetlands, along with ecological, biological, and physio-chemical considerations. The study will be of use to students and researchers in aquatic ecology, biodiversity, and environmental sustainability and conservation, as well as to environmental planners, engineers, andpolicymakers. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXXV, 709 p. 125 illus., 122 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031092534
    DDC: 333.7
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    Keywords: Water. ; Hydrology. ; Biogeography. ; Sedimentology. ; Geomorphology. ; Water. ; Biogeosciences. ; Sedimentology. ; Geomorphology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Geomorphological and Geological Properties of Plitvice Lakes Area -- Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Hydromorphology of the Plitvice Lakes Area -- Water Chemistry -- Environmental Isotope Studies at the Plitvice Lakes -- Recent Tufa Deposition -- Springs of the Plitvice Lakes.
    Abstract: After providing a historical overview, this book highlights the current state of knowledge, gaps in our knowledge, recent findings and future prospects with regard to the biological, chemical, geological, and geographical specificities of the Plitvice lakes in Croatia. The Plitvice lakes are a unique environment and home to tufa – a type of calcium carbonate deposit that provides a substrate for living organisms. Its formation process has resulted in a vastly diverse environment of lakes, streams and riparian habitats. The Plitvice lakes have, therefore, historically been both an inspiration and a challenge for scientists, nature enthusiasts, artists, etc. Today, the lakes continue to offer an in-situ laboratory for new discoveries in all aspects of freshwater science. As in most habitats, global changes have become an important issue. Since the Plitvice lakes have remained largely untouched by direct human impacts and have a long historical tradition in research, they represent an ideal subject for assessing the effects of global changes in a temperate freshwater system. This book provides an ecological overview of the biogeochemical processes at work in a unique and virtually pristine European freshwater tufa-forming environment.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VIII, 372 p. 200 illus., 175 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031203787
    Series Statement: Springer Water,
    DDC: 551.48
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Medical sciences. ; Mineralogy. ; Health Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: An Overview of the Clay Minerals: Composition, Classification, Internal Structure and Properties -- Clay-induced Antimicrobial and Antitoxic Mechanisms: How do the Clays Protect Us From Pathogens and Toxins? -- Traditional Applications of the Antimicrobial and Antitoxic Properties of Clay Minerals -- Antimicrobial Applications of Clays and Their Derivatives in Protection of Human Health -- Antitoxic Applications of Clays in the Protection of Human Health -- Clays in the Global War Against COVID-19: Why are They Preferable Over the Conventional Weaponry? -- The Present and the Future: Advantages, Drawbacks, and Future Prospects of Clays for Protection of Human Health.
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive description of the application of clay minerals as disinfectants and the ingredients of medicines. While the presently available literature highlights one or two aspects of medicinal clays, a comprehensive text on all their major pharmaceutical applications is lacking. This book endeavors to fill up this lacuna. It further elucidates the properties of clay minerals that facilitate their application in the protection of human health, and how these properties are related to the chemical compositions and internal structures of selected mineral groups, thus revealing to the students, teachers and researchers the underlying relationship of seemingly different disciplines like mineralogy, material science and medical science. The thought-provoking questions added at the end of each chapter will give the readers a better insight of this subject. The tangible definitions and explanations of all the relevant scientific terms provided in this book, both within the text and in a glossary list at the end, are expected to help the beginners to develop a clear-cut understanding regarding different aspects of the subject and clear any confusion resulting from the ambiguous usage of terms in the existing literature.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIX, 168 p. 33 illus., 15 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031223273
    DDC: 549
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    Keywords: Environmental economics. ; Sustainability. ; Economics. ; Culture Study and teaching. ; Environmental Economics. ; Sustainability. ; Political Economy and Economic Systems. ; Cultural Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: The Progressivity and Transformative Role of Culture Findings from Self-governance in Yugoslavia in Imagining Future Alternative Life-centered Development -- Anticipation of Degrowth Idea in the Socialist Republic of Poland of the 70s – the Case of the Artistic and Scientific Movement -- Framing Cultural Directions of Degrowth Transitions: Cosmological Limits to Growth and Affective Abundance -- Aestheticizing Catastrophes? A Comparison of the Western and Japanese Approach to Art Creation in View of the Climate Emergency -- Why Crisis Management Cannot Solve Crises? A Decolonial-feminist Interrogation into the Ontological Foundations of Modern-hegemonic Crisis Theorizing -- Decolonizing Food Systems Through Agroecology- The Role of Worldviews and Mental Models in Creating Nature-fair Farming Systems in Hesse, Germany -- The Non-human (animals) as citizens of the new society - The role of green Criminology and the Animals’ Emergency Management During Disasters -- Radical Movement Against Global Growth - The Gold Mine Amulsar in Armenia.
    Abstract: Degrowth Decolonization and Development reveals common underlying cultural roots to the multiple current crises. It shows that culture is an essential sphere to initiate fundamental changes and solutions as it brings about transformative imaginaries on a theoretical, political and practical level. The book focusses on the interplay between culture and the environment, society and the economy. It provides a critique of concepts associated with the term “Development” and reveals knowledge and theories outside the comfort zone of the mainstream Western theoretical landscape, which will certainly be instrumental in the decolonization of both development theories and practices. The book convincingly reveals the large array of domains, which, when interpreted from a decolonization and Degrowth perspective, can be managed through logics of environmental justice, social equity and equality, and generate societally more desirable outcomes. The book presents a multidisciplinary perspective on the contemporary global crises and features interdisciplinary analyses thereof through the lenses of cultural studies, critical development studies, political economy, eco-feminist political ecology, anthropology and sociology. Degrowth Decolonization and Development unveils the fundamental role of the dichotomies characterizing the Western modern development paradigm in shaping today’s actions, and especially the dichotomies of Global North and Global South, Centre and Periphery, Developed and Developing/Underdeveloped, Man and Nature. Degrowth Decolonization and Development addresses all researchers and activists interested in sustainability transformation and decolonization processes in Development studies. Degrowth Decolonization and Development is structured as a collection of seven original case studies. These are authored by researchers who met when presenting their work in Decolonization and Degrowth panels from the ISEE-ESEE-Degrowth Conference, Manchester, July 5-8, 2021, and the 8th International Degrowth Conference in The Hague, Netherlands, August 24-28, 2021. The concluding chapter proposes a synthesis identifying key concepts and steps in cultural change for the decolonization of the Western worldview towards “pluriverse” alternatives. The book traces future imaginaries for modelling future new systemic solutions and a needed radical change.
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    Pages: V, 220 p. 8 illus., 7 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031259456
    DDC: 333.7
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Geography. ; Geographical Information System. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Regional Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Remote Sensing Data Preprocessing Technology -- Remote Sensing Extraction Technology of Urban Vegetation Information -- Measurement Technology of Two-Dimensional Urban Green Space -- Measurement Technology of Three-Dimensional Urban Green Space -- Construction Technology of Multi-Scale Perception Model of Urban Green Space -- Evaluation Technology of Remote Sensing in Urban Green Space.
    Abstract: This book presents a systematic study of urban green space remote sensing from multi-dimensional and multi-scale technologies. On the basis of introducing the connotation, science and application value of urban green space, this book focuses on the two-dimensional and three-dimensional information extraction technology of urban vegetation, two-dimensional and three-dimensional measurement technology of urban green space and multi-scale perception technology and discusses the remote sensing evaluation method of urban green space. By exploring the technical advantages of ‘satellite remote sensing + aerial remote sensing + near-ground remote sensing’, urban green space remote sensing promotes the development of urban vegetation research from two-dimensional to three-dimensional observation, so that the quantity, quality and human perception of urban vegetation can be measured. In each chapter, an individual technology/method is introduced, and several cases are cited to demonstrate its practical application. This book offers a valuable reference guide for practitioners in urban planning, landscape greening, environmental protection and urban management, as well as teachers and graduate students engaged in urban remote sensing research.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVI, 240 p. 164 illus., 133 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819907038
    DDC: 910.285
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Climate Sciences. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Did the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement Change the Trajectory of the Global Response to the Build-up of Greenhouse Gas Emissions? -- COP26: Ambition, Coal, Finance, and the Paris Rulebook -- Was COP26 Critical for the Implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement? -- Can the Political Process in Washington Create Policy for Meaningful Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions? -- Carbon Pricing: Some Problems and Solutions -- Carbon Pricing: Punitive Taxation on Beef -- Should Policymakers Encourage the Development of Specific Green Energy Technologies? Advantages and Risks -- Clean Energy Technologies as a Way to Combat the Climate Crisis -- Access to Clean, Affordable, and Reliable Energy Sources to Promote Economic Prosperity -- Should Policymakers Promote Electric Vehicles and Other Elements of Electrification in Areas with Carbon Intensive Electricity Supply? -- How to Promote Electrification, Decarbonize the Electricity Supply and Improve Energy Efficiency Concurrently -- Promoting Electric Vehicles as the Silver Bullet for Tackling Climate Change.
    Abstract: This book includes contributions by leading experts across the globe with the first part of the book focusing on the analysis of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, examines COP26, and questions the political process in the US for the creation of policy for meaningful greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Part 2 explores various ways in which one can effectively mitigate climate change. The contents provide an analysis of carbon pricing, development of specific green energy technologies to promote economic prosperity, and analysis of electric vehicles and other elements of electrification in areas with carbon-intensive electricity supply. Part 3 analyses the international dimension of energy governance (both regional and global) and climate action. It further provides an analysis of the challenges faced by small island developing states, least-developed countries and other vulnerable places. It also offers an analysis of the prospects for a European Energy Union and explores why energy security and decarbonization are significant. Lastly, it explores global energy governance and how its fragmentation can be reduced. This volume will be a useful reference for those in industry and academia.
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    Pages: XVII, 265 p. 17 illus., 14 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811983467
    Series Statement: Climate Change Management,
    DDC: 551.6
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    Keywords: Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Power resources. ; Environmental economics. ; Environmental Law. ; Environmental management. ; Economics. ; Statistics . ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Resource and Environmental Economics. ; Environmental Law. ; Environmental Management. ; Economics. ; Statistics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1. From Linear to Circular Economy. The Impact of Environmental Legislation on Waste Management -- Chapter 1 - The Transition from Linear to Circular Economy. The Case of Waste in European and Italian Environmental Legislation -- Chapter 2. From European Legislation to its Implementation in Italy between Past and Present -- Chapter 3. The Transition from Linear to Circular Economy Induced by Waste Management Legislation. A Shift-and-Share Analysis of European Countries and Italian Macro-Areas -- Part 2. Convergence or Divergence from the Circular Economy Objectives. What are the Causes? -- Chapter 4. The Integrated Waste Cycle in Italy and EU Countries -- Chapter 5. Convergence or Divergence in Waste Treatment Methods? The Impact of Waste Management Legislation in the Transition to the Circular Economy Model.
    Abstract: Waste management is a topical issue worldwide. In recent years, several requests have been made by citizens and associations to political decision-makers regarding the need for a significant improvement in waste management methods. Particularly considering the significant increase in awareness of social and environmental impacts and the economic consequences of non-virtuous waste management. There is growing attention on legislation and regulation's role in the waste sector. Regulation can help companies and citizens achieve a faster, more effective, and more efficient transition from a linear economy, based on the take-make-dispose paradigm, to a circular economy, in which the potential of waste as resources and secondary raw materials is exploited. This book is set in the wake of economic literature that tackles the transition from the linear to the circular economy. It focuses on the downstream stages of the waste management process (i.e. the waste treatment phase). In this regard, it is proposed a journey through the history of European waste legislation to study the waste sector's transition dynamics from a selfish and no longer sustainable economic model based on rampant consumerism to a far-sighted sustainable model addressing the well-being of future generations. Studying the changes in European waste regulations leads us to ask ourselves the following questions: how has waste collection changed in recent years? What are the new regulatory challenges that must be addressed to achieve the objectives of a circular economy? How successful has the EU legislation been in fostering the transition from a linear to a circular economy? Finally, has the European environmental legislation sprung a convergence process among European countries towards the circular economy, or has the definition of targets fuelled the already marked differences between EU countries?
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIV, 87 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031281037
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
    DDC: 363.728
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Human geography. ; Environmental management. ; Geographical Information System. ; Human Geography. ; Environmental Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Interdisciplinarity, GIScience, and Socio-environmental Research in Latin America -- Chapter 2. Using Spatial Time-series and Field Data to Understand Cultural Drivers of Land Change: Connecting Land Conflict and Land Change in Eastern Amazonia -- Chapter 3. Crossing Boundaries: Transboundary Geographic Information in the Amazon Borderlands of Peru and Brazil -- Chapter 4. Territorial Implications of Economic Diversification in the Waorani Ancestral Lands -- Chapter 5. New Insights on Water Quality and Land Use Dynamics in the Napo Region of Western Amazonia -- Chapter 6. From Mapping to Guiding: An Emergent Framework for the Multiple Uses of Remote Sensing and GIScience in Socio-Environmental Research in the Peruvian Andes -- Chapter 7. The Use of Remote Sensing in Air Pollution Control and Public Health -- Chapter 8. Human-environmental Interactions and their Impacts on Temperate Forests in the Exploradores Valley in Western Patagonia -- Chapter 9. El Chaltén, Argentine Patagonia: A successful Combination of Conservation and Tourism? -- Chapter 10. GIS Approaches to Environmental Justice in Mexico’s Oil and Gas Production Zones with Implications for Latin America -- Chapter 11. Contributions to Socio-Environmental Research through Participatory GIS in Archaeology -- Chapter 12. Comparing Volunteered Data Acquisition Methods on Informal Settlements in Mexico City and São Paulo: a Citizen Participation Ladder for VGI -- Chapter 13. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Interdisciplinary GIScience Research on Human-environment Dynamics in Latin America.
    Abstract: This contributed volume presents relevant examples of socio-environmental research that highlight the challenges and opportunities of using geotechnologies in interdisciplinary settings across the vast, culturally, and environmentally mega-diverse region known as Latin America. While remote sensing has been mostly used for mapping and monitoring physical features, geographic information systems open up opportunities for the integration of socio-economic and environmental data collected through individual and community-based surveys, in-situ measurements, and other participatory research techniques to offer additional analytically grounded power when evaluating socio-environmental processes that shape Latin American landscapes. The topics addressed in this book include deforestation and land degradation, borderlands dynamics, agriculture and agroecological systems, environmental conservation and development, public health, tourism, environmental justice, archeology, volunteered geography and urban planning, among others. The book is intended for academics, graduate and undergraduate classrooms, and general audiences with interest in Latin America and the socio-environmental issues that threaten the sustainability of the region and local communities. The book will also appeal to practitioners, managers, and policy makers interested in the application of geo-technologies and field-based research to address complex socio-environmental problems in the Global South. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIX, 294 p. 78 illus., 73 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031226809
    Series Statement: The Latin American Studies Book Series,
    DDC: 910.285
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Environmental management. ; Educational sociology. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental Law. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Environmental Management. ; Sociology of Education. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Environmental Law.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Setting the Problem(s) -- Chapter 2. Chapter 2. Integrative Technology Assessment – Proposal for a Framework -- Chapter 3. Goals – Need, Rules and Procedures -- Chapter 4. Risk Characteristics and Evolution of (Risk and Safety) Concepts -- Chapter 5. Systems, Governance and Institutions -- Chapter 6. Strategic Monitoring -- Chapter 7. Conclusions and Outlook -- Book backmatter.
    Abstract: This book demonstrates that the long-term safety of nuclear waste repositories, special waste disposal and carbon storage (CCS) is highly challenging and monitoring may contribute to substantiate evidence, support decision making and legitimise the programme. Deep geological disposal is a long-term safety issue and, in parallel, requires long-term institutional involvement of the technoscientific community, waste producers, public administrators, NGOs and the public. What, where and when to monitor is determined by its goal setting: It may be operational, confirmatory (in the near field) or environmental (far field). Strategic monitoring as proposed here contributes to process, implementation or policy and institutional surveillance. It not only addresses the controversial long-lasting “problem” (of nuclear, other toxic or CO2 waste) but investigates some ways to approach for “solutions” or solution spaces – not just technical but also institutional, societal and personal. It includes the tailored transfer of knowledge, concept and system understanding, experience and documentation to specific audiences above. It is an integrative tool of targeted yet adaptive management and may be applicable to other long-term sociotechnical fields.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXVII, 145 p. 58 illus., 39 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031039027
    Series Statement: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment,
    DDC: 333.7
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    Keywords: Human geography. ; History. ; Political science. ; Sociology. ; Anthropology. ; Philology. ; Human Geography. ; History. ; Politics and International Studies. ; Sociology. ; Anthropology. ; Philology.
    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.
    Abstract: This book presents research on geographical naming on land and sea from a wide range of standpoints on: theory and concepts, case studies and education. Space and place naming or toponymy has a long tradition in the sciences and a renewed critical interest in geography and allied disciplines including the humanities. Place: location and cartographical aspects, etymology and geo-histories so salient in past studies, are now being enhanced from a range of radical perspectives, especially in a globalizing, standardizing world with Googlization and the consequent ‘normalization’ of place names, perceptions and images worldwide including those for marketing purposes. Nonetheless, there are conflicting and contesting voices. The interdisciplinary research is enhanced with authors from regional, national and international toponymy-related institutions and organizations including the UNGEGN, IGU, ICA and so forth.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVIII, 632 p. 158 illus., 134 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031215100
    Series Statement: Key Challenges in Geography, EUROGEO Book Series,
    DDC: 304.2
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    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
    Keywords: Environmental health. ; Public health administration. ; Environmental Health. ; Health Administration.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Collecting data -- Research design -- Sampling data -- Part II. Processing data -- Cleaning data -- Data types -- Part III. Analyzing data -- Statistics -- Hypothesis testing -- Model -- R packages in public health -- Part IV. Visualizing data -- Basic graphs -- Advanced plotting packages -- Interactive graphs -- Part V. Presenting data -- Data reports -- poster and slides -- Manuscript and Thesis -- Part VI. Managing data -- Project management -- Appendix.
    Abstract: This book provides a complete practical guide of processing data in public health with R language. On the basis of the author’s research and teaching experiences, this book serves either as a textbook for undergraduates and graduates in public health or as a tutorial for self-learning. Many first-hand examples are presented with source data, R scripts, and graphs, as well as detailed explanations, which could be easily reproduced by readers so as to better understand the data processing principles and procedures. Popular and novel R packages in public health are introduced as well.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIII, 194 p. 46 illus., 33 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819901357
    DDC: 613.1
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    Keywords: Architecture. ; Landscape architecture. ; Buildings Design and construction. ; Human geography. ; Cities, Countries, Regions. ; Landscape Architecture. ; Architecture. ; Building Construction and Design. ; Human Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Future Talks -- 2. Oral learning -- 3. Teaching the region -- 4. Shaping urgencies -- 5. Thinking along -- 6. Beyond pilots -- 7. Thinking in improbabilities -- 8. Waterlander -- 9. Design for emergencies -- 10. In solidarity -- 11. From home -- 12. It’s the stupid economy -- 13. Waterman -- 14. Cultivating Urgencies -- 15. EnergyRich -- 16. Elusive city -- 17. Shaping communities -- 18. Thinking freedom -- 19. De-cultivating the Netherlands -- 20. All adaptive -- 21. We learn from our mistakes -- 22. Stuck -- 23. The Art of Improvisation -- 24. Pride in quality -- 25. Growth means life -- 26. The future is (im)possible -- Index.
    Abstract: Urban planning practice will undergo significant changes in the upcoming decades, due to major changes and challenges the world has to deal with, such as loss of biodiversity loss, climate change impacts, agricultural transformation, water management issues and health. The way the urban professional has to relate to this new order is explored in this book by collecting a series of conversational chapters with local, regional, national and international experts in the fields of urban planning and design, urban and building development, building and construction industry, architecture, governments and academia. The unification of a desirable future with real world processes such as economic and decision-making practice is key. Moreover, the attitude of the future urban professional will more and more shift from an expert in a specific field to a communicative advisor in complex processes.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVIII, 255 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031214561
    Series Statement: Contemporary Urban Design Thinking,
    DDC: 720
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    Keywords: Geotechnical engineering. ; Underground construction. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. ; Underground Engineering and Tunnel Construction.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- Risk control system for subsea tunnels -- 3. Composite grouting technology and its application -- 4. Water inrush mechanism and evolution characteristics -- 5. Process control theory of construction safety -- 6. Active controlled waterproof-drainage system and its design method.
    Abstract: This book puts forward a technological system for the construction of subsea tunnel using drilling and blasting method. Taking the water-induced disaster as the core risk, the safety guarantee system for large cross-sectional subsea tunnels is established. The composite grouting technology referred to ground reinforcement and water plugging is established, which breaks through the technical bottleneck of subsea tunnel construction in highly permeable strata. The process control theory based on water inrush mechanism is created, which gets rid of the over-dependence on engineering experience for disaster control of submarine tunnel. An active control waterproof drainage system based on the synergy of reinforcement ring and support system is invented to solve the contradiction between the control of water displacement and water pressure. The above-mentioned achievements have been successfully applied in the first three large cross-sectional subsea tunnels in China, and have played a key role in the construction safety. The proposed technological system can improve the overall construction level of subsea tunnel, which can provide reference for the design and construction of subsea tunnels, especially for those crossing through weakness zones.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVI, 405 p. 265 illus., 209 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811987533
    DDC: 624.151
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    Keywords: Atmospheric science. ; Climatology. ; Atmospheric Science. ; Climate Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Features and equation set of mesoscale atmospheric motions -- Topographically forced mesoscale circulations -- Gravity waves in free atmosphere -- Front and jet stream -- Mesoscale convective systems -- Atmospheric instability -- Factors effecting the development of MCSs -- Mesoscale weather diagnosis analysis -- Mesoscale weather forecasting. .
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive introduction of mesoscale meteorology which is one of the important branches of meteorology, studying majorly mesoscale atmospheric systems. It focuses on introduction of the basic knowledge about mesoscale meteorology. It contains the features and equation set of mesoscale atmospheric motions, the topographically forced mesoscale circulations, the gravity waves in free atmosphere, the front and jet stream, the mesoscale convective systems (MCSs), the atmospheric instability, the factors effecting the development of MCSs, mesoscale weather diagnosis and forecasting. This book provides many figures and basic formulas to help reader understanding the basic knowledge. What is mesoscale weather system? How the mesoscale systems influence severe disaster weather? How to forecast the mesoscale severe disaster weather? You will find the answers in it. This book will be of interest to both graduate students majoring in meteorology and the meteorological researchers.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIV, 334 p. 210 illus., 36 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811986062
    DDC: 551.5
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geography. ; Mining engineering. ; Underground construction. ; Geographic information systems. ; Mineralogy. ; Geology. ; Earth and Environmental Sciences. ; Mining and Exploration. ; Underground Engineering and Tunnel Construction. ; Geographical Information System. ; Mineralogy. ; Geology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: 202 Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Surveying and Mapping in Mines: A Review -- Chapter 2: 147 Traditional and Advanced Techniques for Extraction of Large Dimension Stone Blocks for Rock-cladding and Monumental Purposes -- Chapter 3: 017 Mining-induced Land Subsidence Detected by Persistent Scatterer InSAR: Case Study in Pniówek Coal Mine, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland -- Chapter 4: 156 Slope Stability Evaluation of Fenghuangshan Landfill Under Rainfall Condition: A Case Study -- Chapter 5: 117 Forecasting PM10 Concentration from Blasting Operations in Open-Pit Mines Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System -- Chapter 6: 066 Assessing the Effect of Open-pit Mining Activities and Urbanization on Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Concentration by Using Remote Sensing Imagery. A Case Study in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam -- Chapter 7: 016 Effect of Loading Frequency on the Liquefaction Resistance of Poorly Graded Sand -- Chapter 8: 144 An Automatic Method for Clay Minerals Extraction from Landsat 8 OLI Data. A Case Study in Chi Linh City, Hai Duong Province -- Chapter 9: 009 Evaluation of the Precision of SARAL/AltiKa and Sentinel-3A Satellite Altimetry Data over the Vietnam Sea and Its Surroundings -- Chapter 10: 070 Detection of GNSS-TEC Noise Related to the Tonga Volcanic Eruption Using Optimization Machine Learning Techniques and Integrated Data -- Chapter 11: 149 Stability of Road Embankments on Weak Soils -- Chapter 12: 053 Indirect Georeferencing in Terrestrial Laser Scanning: One-step and Two-step Approaches -- Chapter 13: 196 Technological Solutions for Fly Ash and Red Mud Upcycling Approach the Vietnam's Government Target of Net-zero Carbon By 2050 -- Chapter 14: 153 Pile-soil Interaction Mechanism and Optimization Measures Based on Finite Element Method -- Chapter 15: 055 Determination of Illegal Signs of Coal Mining Expansion in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam From a Combination of Radar and Optical Imagery Mine Production Tracking Platform and Its Initial Application in the Digital Transformation for a Vietnamese Coal Exploitation Company Chapter 21: 163 Shear Strength of Poorly Graded Granular Material in Multi-stage Direct Shear Test -- Chapter 22: 152 High–resolution Seismic Reflection Survey of Young Sediment at Can Gio Coast, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam -- Chapter 23: 140 Analysis of Geological Structures by 2D Magnetotelluric Inversion in Bang Hot Spring Area, Quang Binh Province -- Chapter 24: 119 Physicochemical characteristics of the Middle Triassic Limestone in Ha Nam Province, Vietnam and the Ability of Adsorption of Heavy Metal Ions from Aqueous Environments -- Chapter 25: 159 Local Mechanical Behaviors of Steel Box Girder During Skew Incremental Launching -- Chapter 26: 094 GIS Applications in Land Adaptability Mapping for Perennial Industrial Crops in Nghe An Province -- Chapter 27: 083 Land-use and Land-cover Change Detection and Classification to Analyze Dynamics of Dragon Fruit Farming in Sand Dunes Area of Binh Thuan Province of Vietnam -- Chapter 28: 059 Random Forest Analysis of Land Use and Land Cover Change Using Sentinel-2 Data in Van Yen, Yen Bai Province -- Chapter 29: 155 Engineering Geological Problems of Foundation Pit Construction in Quaternary Strata: Taking Suzhou Area as An example Chapter 30: 034 Roof Condition Characteristics Affecting the Stability of Coal Pillars and Retained Roadway -- Chapter 31: 194 On the Flow Assurance for Un-Insulated Subsea Pipeline Systems: Application on the Multiphase Pipeline from Pearl Field to FPSO Ruby II Offshore Vietnam -- Chapter 32: 017 Detection of Underground Anomalies by Evaluation of Ground Penetrating Radar Attribute Combination -- Chapter 33: 157 Dynamic Failure Process of Soil Particles at the End of Shield Tunnel Based on Discrete Element -- Chapter 34: 205 Early Triassic Tectonic Evolution in the Northeastern Kontum Massif: New Constrains from the S-type Granite in Ba To Area, Quang Ngai Province, Central Vietnam -- Chapter 35: 035 Proposal of Study on InSAR-based Land Subsidence Analysis as Basis for Subsequent Hydro-mechanical Modeling: A Case Study of the Hanoi City, Vietnam.
    Abstract: This volume composes the proceedings of the international Conference on Geo-Spatial Technologies and Earth Resources (GTER 2022) which was co-organized by Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, and the International Society for Mine Surveying (ISM) held at Hanoi city on October 13–14, 2022. GTER 2022 is technically co-sponsored by Vietnam Mining Science and Technology Association (VMST), Vietnam Association of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing (VGCR), Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited (VINACOMIN), and the Dong Bac Corporation (NECO). GTER 2022 aims to bring together experts, researchers, engineers, and policymakers to discuss and exchange their knowledge and experiences in recent Geospatial technologies, advances in Mining and Earth Sciences.
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    Pages: XVI, 548 p. 300 illus., 270 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031204630
    Series Statement: Environmental Science and Engineering,
    DDC: 500
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    Keywords: Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Environmental geography. ; Economic development. ; Sustainability. ; Culture. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Environmental Social Sciences. ; Integrated Geography. ; Development Studies. ; Sustainability. ; Sociology of Culture. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.
    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.
    Abstract: This Open access book brings a cultural lens, and a distinctive analytical framework, to the problem of transitioning to a sustainable, low-carbon future. The world faces a seemingly impossible hurdle – to radically alter long-established social, economic and technological systems in order to live within the biophysical limits of the globe, while ensuring a just and enduring transition. The overarching premise of this book is that this cannot be achieved without widespread cultural change. ‘We need a change in culture’ is often used rhetorically, but what does this really mean? Stephenson starts by exploring culture’s elusiveness, describing its divergent interpretations before identifying core features of culture that are common across most definitions. These characteristics form the core of the cultures framework, an extensively tested approach to studying the links between culture and sustainability outcomes. The framework makes culture an accessible concept which can be analytically applied to almost any sustainability problem. Using many examples from around the world, Stephenson illustrates how cultural stability, cultural flexibility and cultural transformation all have a part to play in the sustainability transition. She guides the reader in the use of the cultures framework for policy development and to underpin research undertaken by individuals or by multi-disciplinary teams. Clearly and engagingly written, Culture and Sustainability is essential reading for academics, students, policy makers and indeed anyone interested in a sustainable future. Janet Stephenson is a research professor at the Centre for Sustainability, an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Otago, New Zealand. A social scientist with a background in sociology, planning and cultural geography, she has a longstanding interest in the social determinants of the transition to a sustainable future. Much of her research examines the interplay between culture and sustainability in a variety of contexts. She is passionate about collaborative, interdisciplinary research and the contribution of different knowledge systems to solution-finding.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVII, 243 p. 28 illus., 12 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031255151
    DDC: 304.2
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Sustainability. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Technological innovations promoting Circular Economy: A tool to close resource loops -- Chapter 2. Prospects of Circularity in Steel Industry: Mapping through LCA approach -- Chapter 3. Circular economy as a way forward against material criticality: the case of Rare earth elements in the context of sustainable development -- Chapter 4. Building a Sustainable Future: A Circular Economy-Based Leasing Model for Affordable Housing in Malaysia Evaluated by Life Cycle Assessment -- Chapter 5. ALTERNATIVES TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY -- Chapter 6. Application of green technology for the management of figs’ deseasonalization: an economically and environmentally effective tool.
    Abstract: This contributed volume offers several cases in life cycle assessment (LCA) and implementation of circular economy principles across different industries. LCA is a tool which is utilized to measure the environmental footprints of various products from inception through disposal. Circular economy, a related concept, presents a meaningful alternative to a traditional linear economy as it seeks possible ways to reduce waste, recover resources at the end of a product’s life, and channel them back into production, thus significantly reducing environmental impacts. LCA and CE complement each other, as the former can be used to meaningfully assess possibilities for the latter. The combination of the principles of CE and LCA enable product developers to quantify the environmental performance of various products, processes and supply chain configurations in order to make progress toward sustainability.
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    Pages: IX, 131 p. 35 illus., 31 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031339820
    Series Statement: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes,
    DDC: 304.2
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    Keywords: Natural disasters. ; Public health. ; Electronic data processing Management. ; Diseases Animal models. ; Natural Hazards. ; Public Health. ; IT Operations. ; Disease Models.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Origins of FASSSTER -- Chapter 2. Management of COVID-19 Data for the FASSSTER Platform -- Chapter 3. FASSSTER Data Pipeline and DevOps -- Chapter 4. Disease Surveillance Metrics and Statistics -- Chapter 5. Effective Reproduction Number Rt -- Chapter 6. The FASSSTER SEIR Model -- Chapter 7. Geospatial and Spatio-Temporal Models. .
    Abstract: This book provides an overview of the extensive work that has been done on the design and implementation of the COVID-19 Philippines Local Government Unit Monitoring Platform, more commonly known as Feasibility Analysis of Syndromic Surveillance Using Spatio-Temporal Epidemiological Modeler for Early Detection of Diseases (FASSSTER). The project began in 2016 as a pilot study in developing a multidimensional approach in disease modeling requiring the development of an interoperable platform to accommodate input of data from various sources including electronic medical records, various disease surveillance systems, social media, online news, and weather data. In 2020, the FASSSTER platform was reconfigured for use in the COVID-19 pandemic. Using lessons learned from the previous design and implementation of the platform toward its full adoption by the Department of Health of the Philippines, this book narrates the story of FASSSTER in two main parts. Part I provides a historical perspective of the FASSSTER platform as a modeling and disease surveillance system for dengue, measles and typhoid, followed by the origins of the FASSSTER framework and how it was reconfigured for the management of COVID-19 information for the Philippines. Part I also explains the different technologies and system components of FASSSTER that paved the way to the operationalization of the FASSSTER model and allowed for seamless rendering of projections and analytics. Part II describes the FASSSTER analytics and models including the Susceptible-Exposed-Infected-Recovered (SEIR) model, the model for time-varying reproduction number, spatiotemporal models and contact tracing models, which became the basis for the imposition of restrictions in mobility translated into localized lockdowns.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XX, 159 p. 65 illus., 58 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819931538
    Series Statement: Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices,
    DDC: 551
    Language: English
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    Keywords: Forestry. ; Conservation biology. ; Ecology . ; Human ecology Study and teaching. ; Biotic communities. ; Sustainability. ; Forestry. ; Conservation Biology. ; Environmental Studies. ; Ecosystems. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: The Vulnerability and Transformation of Indonesian Peatlands -- Part I. Vulnerability of Peat Swamp Forest -- Chapter 2. Peatland Degradation, Timber Plantations, and Land Titles in SumatraChapter -- Chapter 3. Characteristics of Bird Community Response to Land Use Change in Tropical Peatland in Riau, Indonesia -- Chapter 4. Impact of Industrial Tree Plantation on Ground-dwelling Mammals and Birds in a Peat Swamp Forest in Sumatra -- Chapter 5. Patterns of CO2 Emission from a Drained Peatland in Kampar Peninsula, Riau Province, Indonesia -- Part II. Resilience and Adaptability of Peat Swamp Forest -- Chapter 6. Termite – Friend or Foe? Conservation Values of Termites in Tropical Peat Systems -- Chapter 7. The Timber Processing and Retail Sectors in Pekanbaru, Riau: Toward Reforestation by Local People -- Chapter 8. Toward Climate Change Mitigation: Restoration of the Indonesian Peat Swamp -- Part III. Transformation -- Chapter 9. Water Management for Integrated Peatland Restoration in Pulau Tebing Tinggi PHU, Riau -- Chapter 10. Genetic Diversity in Peatland Restoration: A Case of Jelutung -- Chapter 11. Interests Arrangement in the Implementation of Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil Certification: Case Study of Sari Makmur Palm Oil Smallholders in Riau Province.
    Abstract: This open access book deals with restoring degraded peatlands to help mitigate global warming, to which SDG 15 and SDG 13 are directly related. The book analyzes peatland degradation and restoration of the Indonesian peatland ecosystem through the integrated lens of resilience, vulnerability, adaptation, and transformation. It sheds light on what constitutes "resilience" of the peat swamp forest, digs deeper into local knowledge in developing the studies on institutions, governance, and ecological conditions that support the resilience of the peat swamp forest to elaborate on the idea of transformation in today's degraded peatlands. While peat swamp forests may be resilient, they remain highly vulnerable. The book analyzes restoration efforts through rewetting, revegetation, and rehabilitation of the local livelihoods with the concepts of adaptation and transformation. The integrated analysis covers fieldwork of more than a decade and various aspects such as agrarian and social changes, biological changes (birds, mammals, and termites), carbon emission, water control, timber use, revegetation efforts, and the Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) program implementation. It also employs the ideas of vulnerability, resilience, adaptability, and transformation based on expanded studies on peatlands and observations of and participation in multiple efforts to prevent fires and restore the degraded peatland by researchers, the government, non-government organizations (NGOs), private companies, and last but not least, the local people. The discussion includes the period of pre-degradation and several efforts at peatland restoration for a better understanding and analysis of the long-term peatland dynamics.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIII, 222 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819909063
    Series Statement: Global Environmental Studies,
    DDC: 634.9
    Language: English
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Biotic communities. ; Geology. ; Environment. ; Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Ecosystems. ; Geology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Freezing of lakes -- Structure and properties of lake ice -- Thermodynamics of Seasonal lake ice -- Mechanics of lake ice -- Proglacial lakes -- Lake Water Body in the Ice Season -- Ice-Covered Lakes Environment -- Lake ice Climatology -- Future of frozen lakes -- Annex: Ice Properties and Useful Formulae -- References -- Index.
    Abstract: This book updates the first edition for the status of knowledge in the physics of lake ice and the interactions between the ice cover and the liquid water underneath. Since the first edition was written in 2013, there has been a lot of progress in the field, in particular concerning environmental questions and the impact of climate change. Life conditions in ice-covered lakes and practical matters are now brought more into the picture so that the revision also properly serves as a handbook for applications. The author has worked widely with boreal lakes, polar lakes and Central Asian lakes that provides a wide geographical spectrum. Chapter 1 gives a brief overview and presents the research fields. The second chapter contains the classification of ice-covered lakes and observation techniques, especially remote sensing. In Chapter 3, the structure and properties of lake ice are presented including optics and geochemistry. Ice growth and melting are treated in Chapter 4, while the following chapter focuses on ice mechanics with applications to traffic on ice and ice loads. Chapter 6 goes into the exotic environment of pro-glacial lakes. Chapter 7 contains the stratification and circulation of the water body beneath lake ice, Chapter 8 presents the winter ecology of freezing lakes and discusses the lake ice interface toward the society, and Chapter 9 summarizes the climate change impact on lake ice seasons. The book ends into a brief closing chapter and list of references. Research problems for student learning are listed throughout the book. Annexes are included to provide numerical data of constants and standard formulae to help practical calculations and student tasks. Lake ice closely interacts with human living conditions, but people have learnt to live with that and to utilize the ice. In the present time this is true for on-ice traffic and recreation activities. Ice fishing has become a widely enjoyed hobby, and winter sports such as skiing, skating, and ice sailing are popular activities on frozen lakes. The lake ice response to eventual climate warming would appear as a shortening of the ice season due to the increasing air temperature and also as changing of the quality of the ice seasons via changes in ice thickness and structure. The book gives the whole story of lake ice into a single volume. The second, revised edition updates the content based on recent progress in winter limnology and ice physics research and applications. The author has contributed to lake ice research since the 1980s. In particular, his topics have been lake ice structure and thermodynamics, light transfer in ice and snow, ice mechanics in large lakes, and lake ice climatology. Mathematical modeling of ice growth, drift, and decay are covered in this research.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XII, 361 p. 160 illus., 116 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031256059
    Series Statement: Springer Praxis Books
    DDC: 550
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    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
    Keywords: Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Pollution. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Water. ; Pollution.
    Description / Table of Contents: - Textile wastewater treatment: possible approaches with an emphasis on constructed wetlands -- Constructed Wetland for Metals: Removal Mechanisms and Analytical Challenges -- Role of Aerated constructed wetlands for municipal wastewater treatment -- Constructed Wetlands for remediating Organic Hydrocarbons: An approach for the sustainable environmental cleanup -- Constructed wetlands as an effective tool for textile effluent treatment -- Constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell for wastewater treatment and energy recovery: An Emerging Technology -- Aerated Constructed Wetlands for Treatment of Food Industry Wastewater -- Use of Algae in wastewater treatment -- Constructed Wetlands: The traditional system -- The need for auto-tailored wetlands for the treatment of untampered wastes of wineries and breweries -- Horizontal Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands for toxic pollutants removal -- Microbial consortium for the treatment of brewery effluents -Recommendation for brewery effluent treatment in constructed wetlands -- In silico integration in Environmental Remediation. .
    Abstract: This book examines various unique applications and their effectiveness of constructed wetlands for the treatment of complex and heavily polluted wastewater from industrial sources. It also highlights the technological and advanced knowledge in application of constructed wetlands through different microbiological and advanced biochemical technologies. Special attention is paid to suspended solids, organic matter, and nutrient removal. Deep insights are provided for facilities such as those in oil and gas industries, agro-industry, paper and pharmaceutical manufacturing, the textile industry, wineries, breweries, and sludge treatment, among others. Constructed wetlands are low-cost and sustainable systems for wastewater treatment. Traditionally, they have been used for urban and domestic wastewater treatment, but in the last two decades, applications for industrial wastewater treatment have increased due to the advances of the technology and extended research in the field. The advances have also been encouraged by the economic, environmental, and societal advantages over conventional technologies. This book helps academicians and industrialists obtain detailed knowledge about constructed wetlands in the field of wastewater treatment.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VI, 263 p. 31 illus., 23 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819925643
    DDC: 363.728
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    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
    Keywords: Geotechnical engineering. ; Buildings Design and construction. ; Engineering geology. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. ; Building Construction and Design. ; Geoengineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Mechanisms of progressive collapse of concrete structures -- Chapter 3. Dynamic increase factor (DIF) of concrete structures -- Chapter 4. Spatial and slab effects on concrete structures -- Chapter 5. Mechanisms of progressive collapse of flat slab structures -- Chapter 6. Performance of infilled frames during progressive collapse -- Chapter 7. Vulnerability and robustness of RC frames to resist progressive collapse.
    Abstract: The book introduces the comprehensive analysis methodology regarding progressive collapse, and the critical issues may happen in concrete structures. Main topics include: the influential parameters of the development of the main load-resisting mechanisms; the dynamic effects with sudden column removal scenarios; the contribution of non-structural components to improve the resilience of concrete structures; uncertainties in progressive collapse analysis. Based on the empirical research of the author and his team, the book provides valuable knowledge in the field of progressive collapse and bridges the gap between academic research and practice.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XII, 278 p. 224 illus., 179 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819907724
    DDC: 624.151
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Sustainable architecture. ; Urban ecology (Biology). ; Landscape ecology. ; Culture Study and teaching. ; Sustainability. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. ; Urban Ecology. ; Landscape Ecology. ; Cultural Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to Designing Environments (Prof. Dr. Michael U. Hensel et. al.) -- Chapter 2. Anthropocene Risks (Patrick Keyes et. al.) -- Chapter 3. Complexity Science Approaches and Paradigms for Sustainability (Dr. Angela Espinosa) -- Chapter 4. Knowledge & Data-integrated Approaches for Designing Environments (Dr. Cédric Pruski et. al.) -- Chapter 5. Modelling the Anthropocene (Prof. Dr. Ir. Peter H. Verburg) -- Chapter 6. Geodesign & Geoinformatics (Prof. Dr. Olaf Schrot) -- Chapter 7. Land-use Change Modelling (Prof. Dr. Ir. Peter Verburg) -- Chapter 8. Computational Landscape Ecology (Prof. Dr. Ralf Seppelt) -- Chapter 9. Urban Metabolism (Prof. Dr. Vanesa Castán Broto) -- Chapter 10. Socio-metabolic Transitions (Prof. Mag. Dr. Helmut Haberl) -- Chapter 11. Human-Environment Interactions in Urban Systems (Prof. Paola Viganó) -- Chapter 12. Climate Change and Cities (Cynthia Rosenzweig et. al.) -- Chapter 13. Science of Cities: Urban Ecology (Timon McPhearson) -- Chapter 14. Architectural Science: Architecture and Environment Integration (Prof. Dr. Michael U. Hensel et. al.) -- Chapter 15. Towards regenerative architecture – the challenge to design ecologically positive buildings (Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig et. al.) -- Chapter 16. Multi-species Perspectives in Planning and Design (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Weisser et. al.).
    Abstract: The Designing Environments book series addresses questions regarding necessary environmental transformation in the context of the fast-unfolding environmental crisis. This is done from a broad interdisciplinary perspective, examining the negative impact of human transformations of the environment and providing different inroads towards sustainable environmental transformation with net positive impact. Volume one of the Designing Environments book series brings together experts from different disciplines and often inter- and transdisciplinary contexts, who discuss specific approaches to overcoming the negative impact of the transformation of environments by humans. Across the 12 chapters of volume one, specific keywords recur that are indicative of shared insights and concerns. These include Anthropocene, climate change, complexity, critical zone, ecosystem services, and sustainability. Furthermore, interdisciplinary approaches to human–environment interactions, sustainability transitions, and socio-ecological systems take center stage and are discussed in relation to conceptual and methodological as well as societal and technological challenges and opportunities.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIV, 229 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031343780
    Series Statement: Designing Environments,
    DDC: 304.2
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Microscopy. ; Mineralogy. ; Optical Microscopy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to Ore Microscopy -- Introduction to Ore description -- Acanthite -- Aguilarite -- Alabandite -- Allargentum -- Amalgam.
    Abstract: This book offers a guide to the microscopic study of metallic ores with reflected light. It combines a rigorous approach with an attractive and easy-to-follow format, using high-quality calibrated photomicrographs to illustrate the use of color for ore identification. The ore identification methodology is updated with systematic color analysis and the application of new multispectral reflectance datasets, which offer an efficient tool for automated ore characterization. In addition, the first volume of this two-part work discusses the essential gangue minerals. Readers will gain familiarity with the method as they follow its application to over 200 selected minerals, comprising the most important ore (≈150) and gangue (≈50) minerals, which are described in the text. Each entry includes an explanatory text with corresponding color photomicrographs for each of the most common microscope settings, preceded by a table summarizing the ore’s main properties, and followed by spectral information in the visible and near-infrared ranges (specular reflectance values from 370 to 1000 nm). Some uncommon, strategic ores, e.g. columbotantalite (“coltan”) and monazite, receive particular attention or are described for the first time with reflected light. Lastly, the book presents a learning strategy for beginners and students. The approach is essentially practical, focusing on the development of observation skills, including self-checking through proposed practical tasks. In addition, the traditional use of determinative tables is critically reviewed and updated. This book is part of a two-volume work. The second volume focuses on intergrowths/textural analysis and interpretation, as well as computer-vision-based automation and applications to ore processing/geometallurgy. The intended audience includes professionals and engineers dealing with mineral resources, as well as postgraduate students. The book also provides lifelong learning support for freelancers and a valuable reference resource for practical university teaching.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XL, 980 p. 883 illus., 881 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031126543
    DDC: 549
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Biodiversity. ; Ecology . ; Oceanography. ; Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Biodiversity. ; Biooceanography. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Biodiversity of Seaweeds in the Mediterranean Sea -- Chapter 2. Biodiversity of Seaweeds in the Red Sea -- Chapter 3. Suez Canal -- Chapter 4. Recent Introduced Algal Species in the Egyptian Marine Waters.
    Abstract: The Arab Republic of Egypt enjoys a vital strategic location. Its northern border is the Mediterranean Sea, and its eastern border is the Red Sea, which give it a special significance from the bio-diversity point of view as a coastal zone, and as a sensitively diversified ecosystem. The shoreline of the Arab Republic of Egypt is about 3,000 km long. It is about 1,150 km long on the Mediterranean and about 1,850 km long on the Red Sea, which are connected by the Suez Canal, which is about 193.30 km in length. The three water masses are different ecologically and are experiencing wide range of pressures due to, eutrophication, coastal development, aquaculture and climate change. These conditions resulted in several species of seaweeds that adapt to these pressures and expand their living boundaries while others may fade away. Accordingly, the study of seaweeds biodiversity in the Egyptian marine waters is of great concern globally and constitutes an important element of global change research. The present book entitled Biodiversity of Seaweeds in the Egyptian Marine Waters summarizes our current understanding of the biodiversity of seaweeds in the Egyptian marine waters. It is a timely publication based wholly on primary data which were collected through extensive field studies conducted over the years covering the marine Egyptian waters and culminate the efforts of the Egyptian phycologists. The book contains high-quality images of some species in their existing habitats. This book gains critical importance from the fact that the Egyptian marine environment is witnessing rapid development, which will no doubt have a bearing on the coastal environment – and the baseline data on seaweed biodiversity would be useful to understand changes that may arise from physical changes in the environment as also pollution load and climate change.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIV, 308 p. 123 illus., 112 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031333668
    Series Statement: Earth and Environmental Sciences Library,
    DDC: 333.7
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    Keywords: Water. ; Hydrology. ; Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Pollution. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Water. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Pollution. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Density -- Heat Capacity -- Entropy -- Latent Heat -- Boiling Point Elevation -- Vapor Pressure -- Viscosity -- Thermal Conductivity -- Activity Coefficient -- Osmotic Coefficient -- Surface Tension -- Electrical Conductivity -- Thermal Expansivity -- List of Nomenclature.
    Abstract: This book accommodates the existing correlations, data, and methods for thermodynamic and thermophysical properties of saline water, including multiple components at a wide range of salinity (reaching around 200 g/kg), temperature, and pressure. The correlations of each property are plotted against existing experimental data to judge the comparative accuracy of each within a given specific range of salinity, temperature, and pressure. An assessment to recommend some correlations is also conducted. New correlations for some properties are also proposed. This book helps to provide the saline water properties as needed for engineers, designers, and research for different areas, including desalination and water treatment. All the analytical analysis, thermodynamic analysis, and design models of the desalination technologies depend on saline water properties. As scientists and researchers working on different desalination technologies, the authors found it difficult to find all saline water properties in one source, including multicomponent and binary salty solutions, under different conditions (salinity, temperature, and pressure). Therefore, the authors introduce this book to fill the gap in the open literature. This book compiles the thermodynamic and thermophysical properties of saline water, involving thermodynamic approaches, multicomponent models, and simple correlations and data, comparison between the correlations of properties in figures, recommendation of the most accurate correlations and methods, and the used codes to estimate these correlations and methods. It is expected that this book to be a principal source for all interests in desalination and water treatment subjects.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIX, 325 p. 39 illus., 38 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031351938
    Series Statement: Springer Water,
    DDC: 551.48
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Urban ecology (Biology). ; Climatology. ; Environmental geography. ; Sustainable architecture. ; Sustainability. ; Urban Ecology. ; Climate Sciences. ; Integrated Geography. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings.
    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.
    Abstract: This book aims to cover most subject areas of green infrastructure such as components, multi-functionality, and integration to build environment, contribution to urban sustainability, sustainable and smart city development, urban climate change nexus, green buildings and rating systems, economic assessment, and quantification of green infrastructure. The impending climate crisis, as well as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, has highlighted the importance of green infrastructure in and around cities, prompting a call for more functional and sustainable urban planning and design. A number of recent studies have shown that green infrastructure provides a wide range of ecosystem functions and services critical to human well-being and urban sustainability, which is especially important during climatic and health crises. In this book, the authors emphasize the importance of existing green infrastructure in coping with climate change-induced stresses, such as increasing climate variability and extreme temperature and precipitation events, as well as contributing to urban dwellers' physical and mental health. Green infrastructure, in both cases, plays a significant role in providing urban areas with resilience capacity, which is critical to urban sustainability. The authors also emphasize the importance of expanding and improving green infrastructure, particularly in vulnerable areas, through integrative and participatory processes. Appropriate integration of green-gray infrastructure and development of climate resilient cities is the core theme of this publication. Further, it emphasizes sustainable development which has become an imperative requirement to the world to move fore and climate change-built environment nexus, the most critical global crisis. Though several books were published globally on the green infrastructure and urban resilience individually, books are rarely published combining both disciplines. This book identifies and addresses the gap through comprehensively discussing on both interlinked areas which is essential for the sustainable urban development. Further, it explores on urban climate resilience, urban sprawl, urbanization, resilience drivers, essentials of city resilience, policy implications, challenges, and future perspectives. This book is a useful fundamental guide in practical applications of green infrastructure in built environment in sustainability context. Further, it enlightens on the significance of transforming the conventional building construction trend to sustainable urban planning designs and building development, exploring on the strategic pathway on building urban climate resilience while signifying the importance of healthy built environment through discussing on the nexus between climate change and built environment.
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    Pages: XVI, 400 p. 139 illus., 120 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031370816
    DDC: 304.2
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    Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :
    Keywords: Climatology. ; Sustainability. ; Women History. ; Climate Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Women's History / History of Gender.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Climate Communication -- The Grid -- Batteries, Policy, and Resiliency -- Wind -- Solar -- Transportation -- Entrepreneurs -- Energy Efficiency -- Carbon Sequestration -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: In this groundbreaking work, readers will discover a wealth of innovative and impactful advancements in the field of climate change. A call to action for those working to arrest or mitigate the impacts of this global crisis, this book showcases the tireless dedication of a workforce committed to creating a better world. Despite the despair and anger that often accompany discussions of climate change, this book offers a refreshing perspective by highlighting the moments of hope and pride that arise when individuals see their efforts have tangible, measurable impacts. Readers will also be inspired to learn that they don't have to be scientists or engineers to make a difference. The author illustrates how every person with an interest in protecting the environment, the global food supply, and geopolitical stability can join the fight, whether by improving the efficiency of manufacturing operations or by contributing to the manufacture of life-saving medicines. This is a must-read for anyone who cares about the environment, our global community, and our collective future. Provides insight into women’s contributions to fighting climate change; Outlines the challenges of fighting climate change and opportunities for anyone interesting in joining the battle; Includes materials for professors to communicate the impacts of fighting against climate change.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVII, 256 p. 19 illus., 18 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031329630
    Series Statement: Women in Engineering and Science,
    DDC: 551.6
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Atmospheric science. ; Oceanography. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Atmospheric Science. ; Ocean Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: The environment in the Solar System -- The fluid environment of the Earth -- Thermodynamics of the atmosphere and the ocean -- Chemical kinetics -- Fluid dynamics -- General circulation of the atmosphere -- General circulation of the ocean -- Biogeochemical Cycles -- Greenhouse E↵ect-Chemistry Climate Connection -- The Perturbed Atmosphere -- Some chemistry of the Sea -- Aerosols, Clouds and Rain -- Atmosphere-Sea Interactions -- The Fluid Environment in.
    Abstract: The book is conceived at two levels. An introductory one intended for undergraduate and/or environmental studies students and the other (in the appendix) for advanced students (graduate). The book is different from others on the same subject which are either too descriptive or too much specialized. Beside there are large sections on biogeochemistry not usually found in other textbooks. Whenever possible an approach based on entropy considerations is introduced. The book includes a quite classical introduction to the thermodynamics of ocean and atmosphere, then the circulation of the ocean and atmosphere, the connection climate-chemistry with main emphasis on the carbon dioxide problem. The chemistry is also considered in connection with the polluted atmosphere and ocean and particulate in the atmosphere . A chapter is dedicated to the biogeochemical cycles which are solved both with the integration of a system of equations or matrix algebra. An original chapter is dedicated to sea-atmosphere interactions which includes the monsoons meteorology, hurricanes and the ENSO phenomena. Finally a concise description of the fluid environments in the Solar System is given.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVI, 384 p. 156 illus., 12 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031315398
    DDC: 550
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    Keywords: Geotechnical engineering. ; Petrology. ; Rock mechanics. ; Soil mechanics. ; Mining engineering. ; Mathematical models. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. ; Petrology. ; Soil and Rock Mechanics. ; Mining and Exploration. ; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Establishing a high resolution 3D fracture dataset in chalk: possibilities and obstacles working with outcrop data -- Chapter 3. Calibration and applications of a rate-dependent geomechanical model for Danian and Maastrichtian reservoir chalk (Danish North Sea) -- Chapter 4. Deformation induced variations in porosity of the Chalk Group in the North Sea Basin -- Chapter 5. Strain evolution of the Kraka Chalk inferred from stratigraphic reconstruction -- Chapter 6. Improved visualization of structural deformation on the Kraka structure (Danish Central Graben) with color-processed seismic data -- Chapter 7. Using geomechanical models to simulate the growth of the fracture network in the Ekofisk Formation of the Kraka structure, Danish Central Graben -- Chapter 8. Geomechanical modelling the evolution of a connected natural fracture network to explain fluid flow variations across a fractured chalk-marl reservoir -- Chapter 9. Numerical study on the influence of induced hydraulic fractures on oil production in a line drive -- Chapter 10. Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book summarizes new discoveries on fracturing in chalk. Based on studies on the Danish North Sea, this book shows how observations from outcrop analogues, core and seismic data can be used to characterize the density, distribution and geometry of natural fractures in chalk and marl. Laboratory experiments on chalk samples reveal the controls on the geomechanical properties of chalk and thus on the growth of natural fractures. Finally, various modeling techniques are employed to investigate the mechanical deformation in the chalk structures of the Danish North Sea and to predict fracture distribution and geometry in the subsurface. An understanding of fracture density, distribution and geometry is essential for planning efficient fluid extraction or injection strategies and CO2 sequestration. This book provides the necessary knowledge.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VIII, 271 p. 114 illus., 106 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031353277
    Series Statement: Petroleum Engineering,
    DDC: 624.151
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geography. ; Sustainability. ; Earth and Environmental Sciences. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to Crossdisciplinary Collaboration: Definitions, Systems, and the Brain -- Chapter 2. What’s the Brain Got to Do with It? Unlocking and Activating the Brain for Better Collaboration -- Chapter 3. Five Key Questions to Facilitate Crossdisciplinary Collaboration -- Chapter 4. Who is on the Team? Exploring the Diverse Characteristics of Collaborative Teams -- Chapter 5. Communication Practice for Team Science -- Chapter 6. Effective Collaborative Decision-making Includes Stakeholder Analysis and Communication -- Chapter 7. Addressing a University Department Challenge: Applying the CTeAM Key Question Matrix -- Chapter 8. EMBeRS Model for Facilitating Crossdisciplinary Learning and Systems Thinking -- Chapter 9. Implementing EMBeRS in Graduate Courses -- Chapter 10. Application of Model-based Reasoning across an Undergraduate Sustainability Science Curriculum -- Chapter 11. Evidence-based strategies for improving project outcomes.
    Abstract: Solutions to societal and organizational problems require people from diverse fields of expertise to effectively work in team-based, collaborative environments. To create these environments, we need to address a myth in modern culture that people have natural abilities to collaborate and work together. Collaboration and teamwork are skills. As such, these skills need to be learned and practiced. Commonly, collaboration is learned through trial and error. Team members have little or no training in how to effectively and efficiently harness the diversity of strengths among team members and maximize their contributions to the team. The purpose of this book is to provide a practical, process-oriented guide that, at its most fundamental level, is about building relationships and promoting communication and learning among diverse groups of individuals that results in creative, collaborative, and inclusive problem-solving environments. This volume provides explicit approaches and processes that will help team members more effectively and efficiently create new knowledge and solutions for societal and organizational problems through collective action.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVI, 193 p. 34 illus., 20 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031372209
    Series Statement: AESS Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and Sciences Series,
    DDC: 500
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    Keywords: Oceanography. ; Geomorphology. ; Geographic information systems. ; Ocean Sciences. ; Geomorphology. ; Geographical Information System.
    Description / Table of Contents: In search of a destination -- Further into the ocean -- From regional to coastal oceanography -- New observing systems and new scientific applications -- Operational oceanography and future scientific and societal challenges -- Afterword.
    Abstract: This book presents the development of oceanography of European regional and coastal seas over the last 50 years. It describes the evolution of scientific practice alongside the technological development of measurements and computer modelling. Emphasis is placed on transformation of basic research into applied science and services. This reflects the growing public awareness of ocean issues. The recent advancements in the field of operational oceanography are presented as an important scientific response to the needs of environmental protection and sustainable development. The book could be of interest to scientists and students in various fields of oceanography, to practitioners in the field, and to the general readership interested in environmental sciences.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXI, 278 p. 127 illus., 106 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031337208
    Series Statement: Springer Oceanography,
    DDC: 551.46
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Forestry. ; Biodiversity. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Forestry. ; Biodiversity.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Conservation, Regeneration and Development of Species-Rich Meadows in Flooded Areas in Northwestern Germany -- Chapter 2. Population Density of the Endemic Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss nelsoni) and Its Relationship with the Habitat in the Sierra San Pedro Mártir, Baja California, Mexico -- Chapter 3. Mayan Truffles: Notes on the Hypogeal and Subhigeal Fungi of the Peninsula of Yucatan, Mexico -- Chapter 4. Bioenergetic Potential of the Huizache Vachellia Farnesiana (L.) Willd -- Chapter 5. Macromycetes Associated with Three Types of Vegetation in the Municipality of Rayones, Nuevo León -- Chapter 6. Social Capital in the State of Nuevo León as a Tool for Sustainable Forest Development -- Chapter 7. Effect of High Temperatures That Simulate Climate Change in the Germination of Seven Species of the Tamaulipan Thornscrub -- Chapter 8. Presence and Importance of Mesquite Prosopis laevigata (Humb.& Bonpl. ex Willd) M.C. Johnst in Northeastern Mexico -- Chapter 9. Edible Macromycetes of Chihuahua.Diversity and Nutritional Properties -- Chapter 10. Origin and Cultural Impact of Wild Chilli Pepper (Capsicum annuum L. var. glabriusculum) in Northeastern Mexico -- Chapter 11. Diversity of Macrofungi in the Forest Ecosystems of the Cumbres National Park -- Chapter 12. Diversity Of Symbiosis Oftween Species of Macrofungi and Insects in the Temperate Forest of Iturbide, Nuevo León -- Chapter 13. Interactions Between Macrofungals and Insects via Sporocarps in Three Types of Vegetation of the Municipality of Linares, Nuevo León, Mexico -- Chapter 14. Interactions Between Macrofungals and Insects in the Oak and Pine Forest in the Municipalities of Iturbide and Galeana, Nuevo León.
    Abstract: Climate change and human activities are impacting the environment around the world and there is a great need to update our knowledge of natural resources in order to sustain the livelihoods of rural communities and urban dwellers. Educational tools help people to understand the ecology, and the management of natural resources and to participate in actions to protect the environment. This book has a multipurpose focus regarding biodiversity, management, and conservation of the natural resources as species are linked in nutritional webs in the ecosystems. Ecology, diversity, conservation, and management practices such as plant species, native fish, edible mushrooms, and woody species are important for improving people livelihoods and incomes. It is expected that readers will learn to apply similar multipurpose approaches to natural resources in other parts of the world when their environments are affected by climate change or human activities. This book introduces the importance of the sustainable management of natural resources to a wide audience, including policy decision makers, but also researchers.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXIII, 275 p. 107 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031333941
    Series Statement: Earth and Environmental Sciences Library,
    DDC: 333.7
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
    Keywords: Water. ; Hydrology. ; Africa History. ; Geography. ; Surveying. ; Geology. ; Human ecology Study and teaching. ; Water. ; African History. ; Geography. ; Surveying. ; Geology. ; Environmental Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I. General hydrographic description of the Haut-Congo Basin -- Chapter 1. Introduction to the general geography of the DRC -- Chapter 2. Early shipping on the Haut-Congo -- Chapter 3. From the source to Kisangani: The Upper-Congo -- Chapter 4. From Kisangani to Mbandaka: The High Middle-Congo and Ubangi -- Chapter 5. The Low Middle-Congo: From Mbandaka to Tsumbiri -- Chapter 6. The last stretch to Kinshasa: The Congo Couloir -- Chapter 7. The Upper-Kasai watershed -- Chapter 8. The Sankuru, Fimi-Lukenie and Lower-Kasai tributaries -- Chapter 9. The Kwango and Kwilu River watersheds -- Chapter 10. The Congo Cataracts -- Part II. Early European mapping of the Maritime Congo River -- Chapter 11. The first Europeans venture up the Congo Estuary -- Chapter 12. The Kouilou-Niari, an alternative access? -- Chapter 13. The voyage from Europe to Congo -- Part III. The Hydrography of the Maritime Congo River -- Chapter 14. Introduction to the Bas-Congo -- Chapter 15. Early maps of the maritime river -- Chapter 16. The acute need for bathymetric surveys -- Chapter 17. Hydrographic basics in the tropics -- Chapter 18. A new navigation channel in the making -- Chapter 19. The Mateba Deceiving Bend (Barrage du Faux Bras de Mateba) -- Chapter 20. Difficult years -- Chapter 21. Independence in 1960 -- Chapter 22. Based on detailed land surveys -- Chapter 23. Epilogue: A concept for the future?
    Abstract: In a time without GPS and echosounder, European engineers and black labourers worked for decades to get a better understanding of the nautical intricacies of the Congo River. This is the first comprehensive story, in text and custom-made maps, of the, in flow, second largest river in the world. We follow the earliest explorers mapping the river, the expeditions to find an alternative access to the ocean and the first land and hydraulic surveys to improve navigation. The constant movement of shallows and islands keeps the guardians of the river constantly on their toes. Over the years, better technologies on all fronts improved safety, data collection and fairway maintenance. In conclusion, the author describes a proposal to develop a 21st container port that would rival any port facilities on the African west coast.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XV, 205 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031410659
    DDC: 551.48
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    Keywords: Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Pollution. ; Mineralogy. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Environmental Chemistry. ; Pollution. ; Mineralogy. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Water.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Adsorption of anionic antibiotics by CTAB modified natural clay minerals -- Study on the adsorption of anionic antibiotics on natural clay minerals modified by ionic liquids -- Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Adsorption of Anionic Antibiotics on Organic Modified Natural Clay Minerals -- Dynamic adsorption experiment of modified zeolite and montmorillonite -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book mainly investigates the adsorption of anionic diclofenac sodium on natural clay minerals, the adsorption of anionic chloramphenicol on natural clay minerals and the behavior of surface and interface modification or adsorption on clay minerals. It has significant guidance for learning the transfer and fate of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the soil. It develops an efficient, low-cost adsorbent material and provides theoretical basis and valuable reference for the effective prevention of groundwater contamination of PPCPs in the field of environmental engineering.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VII, 123 p. 87 illus., 55 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819964345
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
    DDC: 363.728
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Environmental education. ; Social work education. ; Education, Higher. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental and Sustainability Education. ; Social Education. ; Higher Education.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Sustainable development within Higher Education Institutions: the occupational health field example (Rives Rocha Borges) -- Chapter 2. Contribution to social sustainability and the gender equality at public Universities: women empowerment in the Brazilian context (Rives Rocha Borges) -- Chapter 3. Pursuing 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda through gender equality: Synergies of gender diversity and financial performance in Brazilian publicly traded companies (Adriana Cristina Ferreira Caldana) -- Chapter 4. Impact of a social responsibility program on citizen education Gisely Fernanda Rodrigues de Almeida (Alex Sandro Quadros Weymer) -- Chapter 5. SDGs and scientific community: a case study of the University of Campinas (UNICAMP/Brazil) (Thais Aparecida Dibbern) -- Chapter 6. Teaching strategies for sustainability in creative disciplines (Ana Elena Builes-Vélez) -- Chapter 7. Sustainable development in Latin American higher education institutions (Gricelda Herrera-Franco) -- Chapter 8. Greening the University?: Assessing the impact of sustainability and SDGs in universities’ values and strategies (Evandro Coggo Cristofoletti).
    Abstract: Sustainability is now a widely spread concept, and much progress has been achieved since the 1970s, when it started to be widely discussed. At present, many international organizations and scientists are active in implementing sustainable development as a whole and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in particular. Nevertheless, the main research agenda is being led by some countries, providing a good opportunity for other nations and regions which have not yet been so active, to bring their viewpoints to the global discussion. One of these regions is Latin America. Consistent with the need for more cross-sectorial and cross-cultural interactions among the various stakeholders working in the field of sustainability in Latin America and beyond, this book pursues two main aims: a) to provide research institutions, universities, NGOs, government agencies, and enterprises from the region with an opportunity to present their works in the field of sustainability and b) to document and promote ideas and experiences acquired in the execution of sustainability projects, especially successful initiatives and good practice across the Latin America region. Last but not least, a further aim of the book is to present methodological approaches and experiences deriving from case studies and projects, which aim to show how sustainability may be enhanced in practice.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: X, 612 p. 249 illus., 170 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031344367
    Series Statement: World Sustainability Series,
    DDC: 304.2
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Climatology. ; Geography. ; Bioclimatology. ; Physical Geography. ; Climate Sciences. ; Regional Geography. ; Climate Change Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1. Urban Heat Islands and Urban Warming in Japan -- Chapter 1. Basic Features of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) -- 1.1 Observational Studies on Nighttime UHIs -- 1.1.1 Examples of UHI -- 1.1.2 Vertical Structure of UHI -- 1.2 Climatology of UHI Intensity -- 1.2.1 Indices of UHI Intensity and Urbanness -- 1.2.2 Relationship between Nighttime UHI Intensity and Climatological Factors -- 1.3 Mechanisms of UHI Formation -- Chapter 2. Climatology of Long-term Urban Warming -- 2.1 Interest in Urban Warming -- 2.2 Detection of Urban Warming in Long-term Temperature Trends in Japan -- 2.2.1 Relationship between Temperature Trends and Population Density -- 2.2.2 Dependence of Temperature Trends on Population Density: Analysis for a Centennial Time Scale -- 2.3 Dependence of Urban Warming on Weather Conditions -- Chapter 3. Sub-city Scale Temperature Distribution -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Temperature around Urban Parks -- 3.3 Microscale Effects on Observed Temperature -- 3.4 Microscale Effects on Long-term Temperature Trends -- Chapter 4. Wind and Precipitation in Cities -- 4.1 Urban Wind -- 4.1.1 Urban Effects on Surface Wind Speed -- 4.1.2 Heat-island Circulation -- 4.1.3 Interaction between the Heat-island Circulation and Local Winds -- 4.2 Urban Humidity and Precipitation -- 4.2.1 Relative Humidity and Amount of Water Vapor -- 4.2.2 Urban Fog -- 4.2.3 Clouds and Precipitation in Cities -- 4.2.4 Urban Snow -- Part 2. Climatology of Heat and Cold Mortalities in Japan -- Chapter 5. Climatology of Heat Stroke Mortality in Japan -- 5.1 Basic Statistics of Heat Stroke Deaths in Japan -- 5.1.1 Outline of Heat Stroke Data -- 5.1.2 Definition of Heat Stroke Mortality Rate -- 5.1.3 Basic Statistics of Heat Stroke Mortality in Japan -- 5.2 Regional Variations of Heat Stroke Mortality Rates and Temperature -- 5.2.1 Outline of the Analysis Procedure -- 5.2.2 Spatial Patterns -- 5.2.3 Interannual Variability -- 5.2.4 Seasonal Variations -- 5.2.5 Summary and Remarks -- 5.3 Relationship between Daily Heat Stroke Mortality and Temperature -- 5.3.1 Background -- 5.3.2 Regional and Temporal Features -- 5.3.3 Summary and Remarks -- 5.4 Dependence of Municipality-wise Heat Stroke Mortality Rate on Temperature and Economic States -- 5.4.1 Background -- 5.4.2 Data and Procedure of Analysis -- 5.4.3 Results of Correlation Analysis -- 5.4.4 Summary and Remarks -- Chapter 6. Comparison of Climatology of Ambulance Transport Rates and Mortality -- 6.1 Background -- 6.2 Data and Analysis -- 6.3 Regional, Interannual and Seasonal Variations of Transport Rate -- 6.4 Relationship between Daily Transport Rate and Meteorological Factors -- 6.5 Summary and Remarks -- Chapter 7. Climatology of Cold Mortality in Japan -- 7.1 Background -- 7.2 Data and Analysis -- 7.3 Basic Statistics of Cold Mortality -- 7.4 Regional and Temporal Features of Cold Mortality -- 7.5 Relationship between Daily Cold Mortality and Temperature. -- 7.6 Dependence on Municipality-wise Cold Mortality on Temperature and Annual Income -- 7.7 Summary and Remarks -- Part 3. Outline of the Climate and Meteorological Observations in Japan -- Chapter 8. Outline of the Geography and Climate of Japan -- 8.1 Topography and Local Government System of Japan -- 8.2. Climatology of Summer High Temperature in Japan -- 8.2.1 Overview of the Climate of Japan -- 8.2.2 Outline of Midsummer Weather -- 8.2.3 Thermally-induced Winds and Urban Heat Island in the Kanto Plain -- Chapter 9. Availability and Homogeneity of Meteorological Data in Japan -- 9.1 Meteorological Observation Systems in Japan -- 9.1.1 JMA Observatories -- 9.1.2 Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System (AMeDAS) -- 9.1.3 Kunai Observation -- 9.1.4 Other Surface Observations -- 9.1.5 Upper-level Observation -- 9.2 Temporal Homogeneity of JMA Observation Data -- 9.2.1 Effect of Site Changes -- 9.2.2 Change in Observation Equipment -- 9.2.3 Change in Observation Time.
    Abstract: This book describes observed features of urban climate and its long-term variations as well as the relationship of climate to heat stroke in Japan, based on observational data and statistical analyses. Consisting of three parts, the book is a valuable resource for researchers and professionals involved with these topics. Part 1 focuses on urban climate. The basic characteristics of heat islands are reviewed, and long-term urban warming is described with a focus on the distinction from global warming. The influence of microscale environmental changes on the observed temperature is also presented, as well as changes in wind and precipitation in urban areas. They deepen our understanding of the features and mechanisms of urban heat islands and their long-term changes. Part 2 describes the climatological features of heat stroke mortality, which has become a major social problem in Japan, using mortality statistics and meteorological data. The spatial and temporal variations of heat stroke mortality are analyzed quantitatively on various spatial and temporal scales. In addition, the number of ambulance transports is examined as another measure of heat stroke casualty. The results provide insight into the climatological factors related to heat stroke mortality and contribute to the implementation of preventive measures. The climatology of deaths from extreme cold is also presented. For supplementary information, an overview of the geography, climate, and meteorological data of Japan is presented in Part 3.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIII, 190 p. 112 illus., 84 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819943869
    Series Statement: International Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library, 21
    DDC: 910.02
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Bioclimatology. ; Environmental economics. ; Electronic commerce. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Environmental Economics. ; E-Business.
    Description / Table of Contents: Demystifying Metaverse in Business: A Conceptual Study -- Relativity of Metaverse in Business Model: A Conceptual Analysis -- An analysis of Future Prospects of Metaverse -- Is Metaverse in Education Blessing in Disguise? -- Are You Ready to Take Avatar in Virtual Classroom – Metaverse in Education from Student’s Perspective -- XR and the Metaverse: New Opportunities in Education -- The Role of Accounting Disclosure of Sustainable Development Activities Using Metaverse in The Field of Education and Training -- An Analysis of the Impact of Metaverse on Climate Change -- An Exploratory Study on Metaverse and SDGs -- Opportunities and Risks of the “Metaverse” for Environmental Sustainability -- Metaverse as a Tool for the achievement of SGDs: Challenges, Opportunities and Applications -- Metaverse and Tourism Industry: A Conceptual Proposition -- The Price Determinants of NFTs: The Case of Metaverse -- Role of Metaverse in The Fourth Industrial Revolution for Providing Customer Experiences -- Metaverse and Skill Set: A Conceptual Investigation -- Metaverse Beyond the Hype: Possibilities and Challenges -- Application of Metaverse and Its underlying Challenges in the 21st Century.
    Abstract: Sustainability is part of every aspect of our life, with climate concerns shaping the future. Thus, it is important to understand how metaverse will affect sustainability, as it is opening both challenges and opportunities for environmental sustainability. On the one side, replacing real-world interactions with 3D virtual and exchanging physical goods with digital ones are significantly less resource-intensive and more carbon-efficient. Therefore, this holds the promise of reducing the environmental pollution. On the other side, metaverse increases e-waste and energy consumption. Given this controversial impact, it is crucial for businesses and researchers to understand how to ensure that the metaverse develops sustainably. This book is popping out several questions: Do businesses understand the metaverse concept and perceive the benefits and advantages of implementing such technologies? How will the metaverse change business? Will metaverse change our working place and skills needed? How can companies get ahead of the change and mold it to their advantage? Will businesses use metaverse? Can metaverse create a more sustainable word? How can we make the metaverse better than what we have now? Is it going to affect environmental sustainability? Will it cause more severe climate problems, or would it be the solution? How can metaverse impact the achievements of SDGs?
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VIII, 205 p. 8 illus., 6 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819951260
    Series Statement: Contributions to Environmental Sciences & Innovative Business Technology,
    DDC: 304.2
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Sedimentology. ; Geodynamics. ; Geology. ; Sedimentology. ; Geodynamics.
    Description / Table of Contents: The geological setting of the Moroccan High Atlas and its plate tectonics context -- Structure of the Central High Atlas (Morocco). Constraints from potential field data and 3D models -- Magnetic properties of the remagnetized carbonates of the Central High Atlas (Morocco) -- Paleomagnetism of the Central High Atlas. The widespread Cretaceous Remagnetization and structural implications -- Geodynamic evolution during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic in the Central High Atlas of Morocco from Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility -- Kinematics of structures and basin evolution in the Central High Atlas. Constraints from AMS and paleomagnetic data.
    Abstract: This book presents a significant amount of structural, paleomagnetic and magnetic fabric data in the Central High Atlas (Morocco). The authors thoroughly described and analyzed the present-day structure of this intraplate chain through 22 of cross-sections, potential field data analysis and 3D reconstruction. In addition, the authors propose a palinspastic reconstruction of the structure of the basin at 100 Ma (i.e., post-extension and pre-compression) to finally evaluate its Mesozoic and Cenozoic geodynamic evolution. This books presents (1) a unique three-dimensional model at the chain scale, (2) an analysis of the ca. 100 Ma remagnetization, to perform palinspastic restorations of most representative structures, (3) as well as the interpretation of the magnetic fabrics in order to unravel the tectonic or deformation setting that the rocks underwent in different parts of the basin. This book is of interest to structural geologists in Northern Africa, the Mediterranean and Iberia, as well as to those interested in inverted intraplate basins and paleomagnetists from around the planet. Also, this book is intended to help students to understand better the geological evolution of the Atlas and therefore Morocco and surrounding areas.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXII, 646 p. 324 illus., 311 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031166938
    Series Statement: Springer Geology,
    DDC: 551
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Environment. ; Biotic communities. ; Climatology. ; Agriculture. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Ecosystems. ; Climate Sciences. ; Agriculture.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Historical implementation of the Hula Drainage and followed "Hula Project" -- Chapter 2. Regional Geographical and geological system structure -- Chapter 3. Meteorology: Climate change: air temperature, precipitation, dryness and desertification trends -- Chapter 4. Hydrology: Hydrological System structure: Head waters. Valley Canals (efore and after "Hula Project, agricultural development, Agmon-Hula, River Discharge, Runoff, Subterranean flows, Ground water Table, the impact of seasonal and multi-annual fluctuations of climate change on Hula Valley water balance -- Chapter 5. Nutrients: Water quality in River discharges, Hula Valley canals, and underground flows; the impact of Hula Valley on Nutrient inputs into Lake Knneret through Jordan River, Seasonal and long term fluctuations, the impact of climate change on nutrients dynamic -- Chapter 6. Agricultural management in the Hula valley: Crops diversity, irrigation policy, prevention of soil deterioration and linkage with touristic function maintenance -- Chapter 7. The Peat- Soil Convention: Conceptual and practical implementation: prevention of soil deterioration by moisture level control -- Chapter 8. The Agmon-Hula system: The impact of Agmon-Hula system on Nutrients removal from the Kinneret loads, Agmon water and nutrient balances, plants and birds distribution -- Chapter 9. Eco-tourism and ecological management of the the Hula Project: The Crane Case: Tourism-agricultural linkage -- Chapter 10. Conclusions and future perspectives of management.
    Abstract: The anxious search for agricultural income resources, and assurance of the national water supply in the northern newly created state of Israel initiated the national project of the Hula Drainage. The implementation of this project was accompanied as of today by research and monitoring of the ecological trait aimed at crop harvest improvement in the Hula valley and prevention of water quality deterioration in Lake Kinneret. Forty years later a reclamation project to improve the peat soil property and renovate the hydrological system was carried out. This book documents the scientific research carried out during this mega-ecological project. Several issues of the ecological renovation and its impact on the Hula valley management and water quality in lake Kinneret are presented in this book. The advantage and contribution of a newly created shallow lake Agmon-Hula to nutrient dynamics, and hydrological control, accompanied by avian presence, (among others, Cranes, Storks, Pelicans, Flamingoes) and plants renewal which enhanced, tourism; potential impact of nitrogen and sulfate migration from the Hula valley on the Kinneret water quality; the role of climate change on the ecology of the Hula Valley and the Kinneret nutrient availabilities and phytoplankton community; the subterranean migration of water and nutrients and water loss. Further proposals for future development are under consideration. This book presents a comprehensive practical management implementation of a long-term ecological project. Results of scientific and monitoring research which followed the project implementation benefit the international and national communities.
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    Pages: XXX, 243 p. 138 illus., 72 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031234125
    Series Statement: Springer Geography,
    DDC: 333.7
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Cooperating objects (Computer systems). ; Cloud Computing. ; Internet of things. ; Blockchains (Databases). ; Sustainability. ; Cyber-Physical Systems. ; Cloud Computing. ; Internet of Things. ; Blockchain.
    Description / Table of Contents: Foundation Concepts for Industry 4.0 -- PROSPECTIVE APPLICATION OF BLOCKCHAIN IN MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY -- Waste Management 4.0- An Industry 4.0 Approach to the Future Waste Management System -- Artificial Intelligence Powered Automation for Industry 4.0 -- To Trust or not to Trust Cybots: Ethical Dilemmas in the Posthuman Organization -- Business Sustainability and Growth in Journey of Industry 4.0- A Case Study -- Challenges and opportunities for mutual fund investment and the role of industry 4.0 to recommend the individual for speculation -- Blockchain Based Secure Manufacturing Network Management for Industry 4.0 -- AIC Algorithm for Using Intention of Online Food Delivery Services in Industry 4.0: Evidence from Vietnam -- Design and Automation of Hybrid Quadruped Mobile Robot for Industry 4.0 Implementation -- Hydrogel based on alginate as an ink in Additive Manufacturing technology - processing methods and printability enhancement -- Industry 4.0 Internet of Medical Things Enabled Cost Effective Secure Smart Patient Care Medicine Pouch -- 3D PRINTING PATHWAYS FOR SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING -- IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL AGE EXPERIENCE MARKETING TO MAKE CUSTOMER RELATIONS MORE SUSTAINABLE -- 3D Printing: A Game Changer for Indian MSME Sector in Industry 4.0 -- ROLE OF 3D PRINTING IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY.
    Abstract: This book discovers what it will take to reindustrialize the previous industrial powerhouses in order to offset the advantages of cheap labor suppliers dominating the industrial sector by exploring the current situation of the production, processing, and manufacturing industries. The Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), and Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Cobotics, Automation, AI, 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, SDN, Blockchain technologies are outlined in this unique and comprehensive book, which has true potential for professionals, researchers, policymakers, and book users. New Horizons for Industry 4.0 in Modern Business encompass trends in business and technology globally that may completely alter how manufacturing and production are conducted. What you will discover: Learn about the Industrial Internet of Things and the Industrial Internet. Learn about the technologies that must develop to support Industry 4.0 and what is being done right now to make that happen. In this book, the topic of Industry 4.0 is covered in detail, and it even moves on to concepts of Digital Twins to boost output and create Industrial Internet of Things. With the development of new digital industrial technology, or "Industry 4.0," it is now feasible to collect and analyze data from many machines, resulting in processes that are quicker, more adaptable, and more efficient, producing things of higher quality while spending less money. The manufacturing revolution will boost productivity, alter economics, promote industrial development, and alter workforce demographics, ultimately altering the competitiveness of businesses and areas. Although advanced digital technology is being employed in manufacturing, Industry 4.0 will completely change how things are done. Greater production efficiencies will result, and conventional connections between suppliers, manufacturers, and consumers—as well as between people and machines—will shift. Industry 4.0 is changing the business process. This disruptive technology is radically changing the way businesses/manufacturing is conducted. It will give machines that little bit of intuition with the help of robotics, 3D printing, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and virtual reality—that will help them do mindless and repetitive jobs without human intervention, allowing humans to focus more on their core competencies.
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    Pages: X, 329 p. 108 illus., 84 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031204432
    Series Statement: Contributions to Environmental Sciences & Innovative Business Technology,
    DDC: 304.2
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    Keywords: Soil science. ; Geomorphology. ; Geographic information systems. ; Environmental management. ; Soil Science. ; Geomorphology. ; Geographical Information System. ; Environmental Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: In Memoriam -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. Foundations of geopedology -- Chapter 2. Theoretical framework -- Chapter 3. Relations between geomorphology and pedology: brief review -- Chapter 4. The geopedologic approach -- Chapter 5. The pedologic landscape: organisation of the soil material -- Chapter 6. The geomorphic landscape: criteria for classifying geoforms -- Chapter 7. The geomorphic landscape: classification of geoforms -- Chapter 8. The geomorphic landscape: the attributes of geoforms -- Part II. Approaches to soil-landscape patterns analysis -- Chapter 9. Knowledge is power: where Digital Soil Mapping needs geopedology -- Chapter 10. Geodiversity and Geopedology in a logarithmic universe -- Chapter 11. Algorithms for quantitative Pedology -- Chapter 12. Interaction of geological and pedological processes in the genesis of soils with gypsum, northern Patagonia, Argentina -- Chapter 13. Use of soil maps to interpret soil-landform assemblages and soil-landscape evolution -- Part III. Methods and techniques applied to pattern recognition and mapping -- Chapter 14. Digital soil texture maps of Argentina and their relationship soil-forming factors and processes -- Chapter 15. Synergistic use of radar and optical image data for improved land use and land cover assessment: a case study in the north of Entre Rios province (Argentina) -- Chapter 16. Landslide susceptibility mapping using supervised learning methods - case study: southwestern Colombia -- Chapter 17. Polygenic vertisols and “hidden” vertisols of the Paraná river basin, Argentina -- Chapter 18. Mapping gilgai micro-relief and its impact on dryland agricultural landscapes using time series of NDVI derived from Sentinel-2 imagery -- Part IV. Applications in land degradation and geohazard studies -- Chapter 19. Gully erosion analysis. Why geopedology matters? -- Chapter 20. Soil erosion assessment and mitigation scenarios based on Geopedology in northwestern Patagonia, Argentina -- Chapter 21. Adequacy of soil information resulting from geopedology-based predictive soil mapping for assessing land degradation: case studies in Thailand and Iran -- Chapter 22. Exploring the contribution of geopedology to the implementation of national frameworks for land degradation neutrality -- Part V. Applications in land use planning and Policy -- Chapter 23. Geo-pedological approach for land use planning: case studies from India -- Chapter 24. Geopedologic information, foundation for soil conservation: Land evaluation, land use allocation and associated conservation practices -- Chapter 25. The relevance of geopedology for policy making and soil security -- Chapter 26. Significance of land cover change for soil regulating ecosystem services using Maine’s Climate Action Plan as a case study -- Chapter 27. Upscaling the integrated Terroir zoning through Digital Soil Mapping disaggregation: a case study in the designation of origin Campo de Borja -- Part VI. Synthesis -- Chapter 28. Concluding remarks and outlook.
    Abstract: This updated and revised second edition brings geopedology issues into the current context. This new edition extends the work on popular topics such as digital soil mapping, GIS and landscape mapping, and it also gives valuable insight with up-to-date theoretical discussions and new application with relevant case studies. This textbook offers a proven approach for reliable mapping of soil-landscape relationships to derive information for policy, planning and management at scales ranging from local to regional. Filled with didactic elements such as case studies, visual aids (maps, charts and figures), questions and answers, the book is of interest to geohazard studies, land use conflict analysis, land use planning, land degradation assessment, and land suitability analysis. Soil is a vital resource for society at large and an important determinant of the economic status of nations. The intensification of natural disasters and the increased land use competition for food and energy have raised awareness of the relevant role the pedosphere plays in natural and anthropogenic environments. Recent papers and global initiatives show a renewed interest in soil research and its applications for improved planning and management of this fragile and finite resource.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIV, 582 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031206672
    DDC: 631.4
    Language: English
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  • 99
    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Business. ; Management science. ; Economics. ; Sustainability. ; Business and Management. ; Economics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Adaption of Livelihood Practices by Hawkers during COVID 19 Jolt – An Empirical Study with Special Reference to the Tenkasi Town -- Role of IoT in Business Sustainability -- Moderating Effect of Board Size and Board Independence between Women on Board and ESG -- A Review on Economic Assessment on Solid Waste Management -- The Impact of Marital Status on Female Labour Force Participation Rate – A Study on Bangalore City -- Welfaronomics of Price Discrimination -- A Case Study on the Buying Behaviour of Online Customers in Bangalore -- The Financial Intermediation of the Shabari Tribal Fi-nance and Development Corporation Limited, Nashik (STFDC) in Welfare of Scheduled Tribe Community of State of Maharashtra -- Macro-Economic Impact of COVID 19: Case Story of Trade-off between Industrial Revolution and Traditional Workforce in Bangladesh -- Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture Sector in Kerala with Special Reference to Champakulam and Ramankary Gramapanchayath -- Construction of Optimal Portfolio Using Sharp Index Model with Special Reference to Banking, Pharmaceutical and FMCG Sectors -- Growth of OTT Platforms in India during the Covid-19 Lockdown.
    Abstract: This book consists of selected papers from the International Conference on Economics, Business and Sustainability (ICEBS) 2023 which brings together academics to exchange their research results and share experiences on all aspects of economics, business and sustainability The conference delivered a specific focus and significant breakthroughs in the rapid global economic rebound. The event appealed to scholars, academics, researchers, experts, development actors, practitioners and university students to join a part and share outlooks, experiences, research findings and the recent research trends in the milieu of social sciences. The ICEBS 2023 is expected to gain mutual understanding and insights, offering solutions and policy recommendations.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XI, 330 p. 82 illus., 66 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819933662
    Series Statement: Contributions to Environmental Sciences & Innovative Business Technology,
    DDC: 304.2
    Language: English
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  • 100
    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Cartography. ; Urban ecology (Biology). ; Human geography. ; Geographical Information System. ; Cartography. ; Urban Ecology. ; Human Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Data And Urban Poverty: Detecting And Characterising Slums And Deprived Urban Areas In Low-And Middle-Income Countries -- Investigation Of Ecological Sustainability Through The Landscape Approach Of Geospatial Technology: Study From New Town Project In Eastern India -- Advanced Remote Sensing For Sustainable Decent Housing For The Economically Challenged Urban Households -- Impact Of Uncontrolled Tourism Development On Landscape Ecology Of Purba Medinipur Coastal Region, West Bengal: A 4-C Framework And Swoc Analysis -- Impact Of Urban Heat Island: A Local-Level Urban Climate Phenomenon On Urban Ecology And Human Health -- Identification Of Environmental Epidemiology Through Advanced Remote Sensing Based On Ndvi -- Assessment Of Land Utilization Pattern And Their Relationship With Surface Temperature And Vegetation In Sikkim, India -- Monitoring Land Use And Land Cover Change Over Bhiwani District Using Google Earth Engine -- Image And Perception Of Royal Heritage And Eco-Space Of The Medium Towns In India: Reflection From Burdwan Royal Heritage Site -- Governance And Floodplain Extent Changes Of Yamuna River Floodplain In Megacity Delhi -- Assessing Urban Compactness Using Machine Learning And Earth Observation Datasets: A Case Study Of Kolkata City -- Analysis Of Ecological Vulnerability Behind The Land Conversion From Agriculture To Aquaculture Of Purba Medinipur District In West Bengal, India -- Environmental Change Analysis Using Remote Sensing And Gis: A Study Of Upper Baitarani Basin, Odisha -- Mapping Urban Footprint Using Machine Learning And Public Domain Datasets.
    Abstract: This book introduces the use of various remote sensing data such as microwave, hyperspectral and very high-resolution (VHR) satellite imagery; mapping techniques including pixel and object-based machine learning; and geostatistical modelling techniques including cellular automation, entropy and land fragmentation. Remote sensing plays a vital role in solving urban and environmental challenges at the landscape level. Globally, more than half of the urban population is facing severe environmental and social challenges, especially those relating to climate change, agricultural land encroachment, green infrastructure and environmental degradation, mobility due to rapid rural–urban transformation and anthropogenic interventions. Mapping and quantification of such threats at the landscape level are challenging for experts using traditional techniques; however, remote sensing technology provides diverse spatial data at a varying scale, volume and accessibility for mapping and modelling, and it also analyses challenges at urban and landscape levels. Together, they address challenges at urban and landscape levels to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIII, 317 p. 153 illus., 129 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819930067
    Series Statement: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences,
    DDC: 910.285
    Language: English
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