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

Description / Table of Contents: Conventional methods of pesticide application in agricultural field and fate of the pesticides in the environment and human health -- Methods for determination of pesticides and fate of pesticides in the fields -- Chemistry and toxicology behind insecticides and herbicides -- Controlled Release Pesticides as a route to Sustainable Crop production -- Manufacturing of slow- and controlled-release Pesticides -- Characteristics and types of slow/ controlled release of pesticides -- Advanced Controlled Nanopesticide Delivery Systems for Managing Insect Pests -- Polymer Formulations for Pesticide Release -- Molecularly Imprinted Sensors for Detecting Controlled Release of Pesticides -- Controlled Release Herbicides and Allelopathy as Sustainable Alternatives in Crop Production -- Controlled release of plant hormones for modifying crop yield.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction to the Carta marina -- 2. Transcription, Translation, and Study of the Legends -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1 Theoretical Approaches/ Theoretical Approaches to sustainability issues -- Theoretical and methodological pluralism in sustainability science -- Approaches for framing sustainability challenges: experiences from Swedish sustainability science education -- Part 2 Practical Approaches / Practical Approaches to sustainability issues -- The value of grey -- Framing in place making when envisioning a sustainable rural community in the time of aging and shrinking societies in Japan -- Role of Framing in sustainability science: The case of Minamata disease -- Time scales in framing disaster risk reduction in sustainability -- Food security framing and poverty alleviation -- Part 3 Conclusion/ Epilogue -- Linking framing to actions for sustainability.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 01. Towards Impact Sustainability - Introduction -- Chapter 02. No Poverty - Building Sustainable Communities: A Framework for Supporting Community Livelihoods and Poverty Alleviation in Resource Regions -- Chapter 03. Zero Hunger - Full Cycle Organic Waste-to Resource Compost Program Development: Addressing Poverty and Environmental Sustainabilty -- Chapter 04. Good Health and Wellbeing - Effects of ultraviolet radiation on human DNA: A point of view from Sustainable Healthcare -- Chapter 05. Quality Education - Governing Education for Sustainable Development: Towards Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education -- Chapter 06. Gender Equality - Not Just a Women’s Issue: Sustainable Leadership in Male Dominated Industries – The Case of the Extractive Industry -- Chapter 07. Clean Water and Sanitation - Sustainable Use of Energy and Water Resources in the Mining sector: A Comparative Case Study of Open-pit and Alluvial Mining Technology -- Chapter 08. Affordable and Clean Energy - -eWisely- Exceptional Women in Sustainability Have Energy to Boost: Contribution of the Energy Sector to the Achievement of the SDGs -- Chapter 09. Decent work and Economic Growth - A decent day’s pay for a decent day’s work: Lessons to be learnt from fair trade small producers’ experiences in global markets -- Chapter 10. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure - Community Capacity-building for Sustainable Resource Governance in the Small-Scale Mining Industry -- Chapter 11. Reducing inequalities - Reducing Inequalities (SDG10) in Australia’s superannuation system: a multi-dimensional approach to achieving female financial equality in retirement -- Chapter 12. Sustainable Cities and Communities - SDG 11 and the New Urban Agenda: Global Sustainability Frameworks for Local Action -- Chapter 13. Responsible Consumption and Production - Sustainable Community Development through Entrepreneurship: Corporate-Based versus Wellbeing-Centered Approaches to Responsible Production -- Chapter 14. Climate Action - Climate Education: Identifying Challenges to Climate Action -- Chapter 15. Life Below Water - Introducing Fish Skin as a Sustainable Raw Material for Fashion -- Chapter 16. Life on Land - A Review of Sustainable Fashion Design Processes: Upcycling Waste Organic Yarns -- Chapter 17. Peace, Justice and Institutions - The Untapped Potential of Women for Sustainable Peace in Resource Regions -- Chapter 18. Partnerships for the Goals - Global Business Networks: Accounting for Sustainability -- Chapter 19. Impact Sustainability: Conclusions and Lessons Learned. .

Description / Table of Contents: Governance for urban services:Towards political and social inclusion in cities -- The state of access in cities: Theory and practice -- Accountability through participatory budgeting in India: only in Kerala? -- Public-private partnerships to improve urban environmental services -- Gender equality and local governance: Global norms and local practices -- Developing capacities for inclusive and innovative urban governance -- Local governance and access to urban services: Political and social inclusion in Indonesia -- Political and social inclusion and local democracy in Indian cities: Case studies of Delhi and Bengaluru.

Description / Table of Contents: Human-nature relations: The unwanted filibuster -- Sociocultural carrying capacity: Impact of population growth in Rapa Nui -- Territorial integration of foreigners: Social sustainability of host societies -- Sustainable land reforms and irregular migration management -- Role of the international ecological network, Emerald, in the Western Balkans’ protected areas -- How efficient is urban land speculation? -- Land use change model comparison: Mae Sot Special Economic Zone -- Cohesion policy for Europe 2020 -- Evaluating green infrastructure via unmanned aerial systems and optical imagery indices -- Urban sustainability: Integrating ecology in city design and planning.

Description / Table of Contents: Welfare Regime in Japan and Recent Social Security Reform -- Temporal Changes and Regional Differences in Demographic Structure and Health in Japan -- Nursing Care Provision Systems for Elderly People and Geographical Distribution of Services in Japan -- Medical Care Provision System and Geographical Distribution of Medical Resources in Japan -- Securing of Health, Medical, and Welfare Personnel and the Geographical Distribution in Japan -- Regional Variation in the Community-based Integrated Care Systems in Japan -- Community-based Integrated Care Systems in Municipalities Having One Comprehensive Community Support Center -- Community-based Integrated Care Systems in Municipalities Having Sub-branchs of Comprehensive Community Support Centers -- Community-based Integrated Care Systems in Municipalities Having Multiple Comprehensive Community Support Centers -- Regeneration of Housing Estates by the Community-based Integrated Care Systems -- Integrated Care Systems Established to Strengthen Community Disaster Resilience -- Establishing Community-based Integrated Sup-port Systems for Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Childcare in Japan: Focusing on Regional differences -- Creation of Social Ties for Prevention of Isolation of Elderly Public Assistance Recipients: The Case of a Project for the Provision of “A Place of One’s Own” in Nishinari Ward, Osaka City -- Current Situation and Challenges of “Inclusive Care”: An Investigation of the “Community-based Inclusive Station Program” in Saga Prefecture -- Formation of Comprehensive Community Welfare Bases in Urban Areas -- Development of Community Welfare Activities with Resident Participation and Their Importance in Hilly and Mountainous Areas. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to “The Lower Danumbe delta" (Zaharia Liliana) -- Part I: Hydrological and Hydromorphological Processess -- Chapter 2. General features of the hydro-sedimentary flows along the Lower Danube River (Zaharia Liliana) -- Chapter 3. Comparative assessment of hydromorphological parameters in the context of riverbed morphology anthropic changes (Deák György) -- Chapter 4. Dynamics of islands and Danube River channel in last 150 years (Vedea-Calarasi sector, Romania). Hydrogeomorphological approach (Florina Grecu) -- Chapter 5. Analysis of Hydro-Sedimentary Processes and Fluvial Morphology along the Lower Danube River (Giurgiu-Calarași Reach) (Daniela E. Gogoașe Nistoran) -- Chapter 6. Hydro-environmental specifics of the Lower Danube Bulgarian tributaries (M. Chilikova-Lubomirova) -- Part II: Physico-chemical Features, Biodiversity and Quality of the Hydro- environment.

Description / Table of Contents: Traditional urbanism -- Epistemology of traditional urbanism -- Axiology of traditional urbanism -- Engaging traditional urbanism for climate control -- Synergies between traditional urbanism and climate responsive practices -- Designing traditional urbanism of Jaipur -- Climate responsive typology of Jaipur. .

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Introspection of Human Development in India -- Appraisal of Human Development through the lens of Millennium Development Goals in Bihar -- Quantitative Analysis of Human Development in India -- Sustaining Development Process: Set of New Targets -- Impact of COVID-19 on Sustainable Development Goals -- Conclusion and Way forward. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. A Planet of Cities at Times unlike Any Other: Towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda -- Chapter2. Urban Ecology and Humanism: Pathways to Regeneration -- Chapter3. Climate-Conscious Cities: The Critical Decade -- Chapter4. The Energy Race to Decarbonisation -- Chapter5. Sustainable Circular Economies for Transformative Cities -- Chapter6. A New Social Contract for Healthy, Safe and Happy Cities for All -- Chapter7. Cities as Living Labs of Knowledge, Co-creation and Innovation -- Chapter8. Accountable Strategic Planning and Citizen Engagement -- Chapter9. Cities in Concert for the Global Sustainability Transition -- Annex: Best Practices, Lighthouse Initiatives and Paradigm Shifts.

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.

Description / Table of Contents: Geo-intelligence role in sustainable city missions of the global south: a review -- Cloud-based geospatial mapping and analysis of prayagraj kumbh mela of india: the unesco intangible cultural heritage -- Geo-intelligence-based approach for sustainable development of peri-urban areas: a case study of kozhikode city, kerala (india) -- Smart city: artificial intelligence in the city of the future -- Geo-intelligence for ecosystem services in poverty alleviation and food security -- Geo-intelligence for pandemic prevention and control -- Geo- intelligence in public health: a panoptical to covid -19 pandemic -- Use of remote sensing data to identify air pollution signatures in india -- Urban growth impact on cauvery river: a geospatial perspective -- Artificial neural network (ann) based predictions of bulk permittivity of co2-water-porous media system -- Long-term satellite data time series analysis for land degradation mapping to support sustainable land management in ukraine -- Modeling of the mass balance of glaciers with debris cover -- A geo-intelligence based approach to investigate temporal changes in the length and surface area and ice velocity of sakchum glacier. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction on Design for Vulnerable Communities -- Chapter 2. How technology devices can help or harm vulnerable communities in Technocene. Issues for designers, architects, and policy makers -- Chapter 3. Poverty and Design, an Economics and Policy Perspective -- Chapter 4. The Vulnerability pandemic. Design as a pain-killer or a vaccine? -- Chapter 5. Thinking Socially: Anthropological Approaches to Contemporary Research -- Chapter 6. Thinking in systems: sustainability cognition for design communities -- Chapter 7. Towards Conscious Design and Urban Planning: Inspiration from Consciousness in Business -- Chapter 8. From storytelling to numbers: a discussion on vulnerability in the global and local context -- Chapter 9. Urban Design in the Age of Climate Change: Paradigms and Directions -- Chapter 10. Social housing in historic centers: contemporary experiences in Latin America -- Chapter 11. Designing for vulnerabilities. The definition of public spaces as a strategy for a sustainable renovation of Beijing heritage sites -- Chapter 12. Urban form and social vulnerability in Shanghai: a comparative study of Hongkou district before and after the `90s urban renewal -- Chapter 13. Climate Urbanism in the Post-pandemic World: Mapping Vulnerabilities and Exploring Community Activism in East London -- Chapter 14. Facing vulnerability: healthcare sustainable design in the Global South -- Chapter 15. Coastal vulnerability: sustainable settlements for outdoor tourism -- Chapter 16. AR/VR as design strategies to empower vulnerable communities -- Chapter 17. Digital participation for Inclusive Growth: A Case Study of Singapore's Collaborative Digital Governance Model -- Chapter 18. The program« Rebuilding the World » (RBW) at ENSAP Bordeaux, a new humanist vision to respond to contemporary urban planning and environmental challenges -- Chapter 19. Climate Resilient Development Pathways in the US-Mexico Border Region: The Case of the El Paso del Norte Metropolitan Area -- Chapter 20. Nutritious Landscapes: Assessing the accessibility, availability, and acceptability of food in Mexico City metropolitan periphery -- Chapter 21. Drawn Across Borders -- Chapter 22. Energy through Design: an approach to overcome energy poverty in vulnerable communities on the U.S.-Mexico Border Region -- Chapter 23. Design with Vulnerable Communities.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Addressing the new global challenges and risks in financial market .-Chapter2. Interdependencies between sustainable financial market and sustainable business -- Chapter3. Corporate Sustainability and value creation. A perspective of companies and the financial market -- Chapter4. ESG risk in financial decisions of financial markets’ and companies -- Chapter5. Analysing the links between financial markets’ ESG risk assessment process and corporate sustainability -- Chapter6. Business models for sustainable value creation in companies and financial markets -- Chapter7. Sustainable adaptation of companies through financial markets.

Description / Table of Contents: Proximity, Distance, Urban Space and the Human Body: An Introduction -- Designing Neighbourhoods to be Called by Name -- The Re-Signification of the City and Inherited Building Stock -- Safety, Green and Blue Networks, Active Mobility and Walkability -- Urbanism in Action.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Classification of Rainwater harvesting systems -- Chapter 3. Roof Top Rainwater Harvesting -- Chapter 4. Rainwater harvesting Within the Deccan Basalts -- Chapter 5. Long Term Sustainability -- Chapter 6. The Way Forward.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Part 1: Street interface in historical and regional context -- Chapter 1: The historical evolution of street interface in Chinese cities -- Chapter 2: The historical evolution of street interface in European cities -- Chapter 3: The comparison of street interface between Chinese and Western Cities -- Part 2: Quantitative method of street interface morphology -- Chapter 4: Review of qualitative research on street morphology -- Chapter 5: Review of quantitative research on street morphology -- Chapter 6: Constructing quantitative method on street interface morphology -- Part 3: Empirical application of quantitative method -- Chapter 7: Street interface density -- Chapter 8: Build-to-line ratio and Near-line ratio -- Chapter 9: Integrated application -- Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1 : Sustainable territorial development of the Maputo Province Debates, research, and innovative perspectives -- Chapter 1 - A Capital in History: widening the temporal and physical context of Maputo (Paul Jenkins) -- Chapter 2- The demography of the Maputo Province (Inês Macamo Raimundo) -- Chapter 3 - Integrated Multisectoral Research Programme (PIMI). Origins, Trajectories and Horizons (Carlos T. G. Trindade, Domingos A. Macucule, João T. Tique) -- Part 2: Boa_Ma_Nhã, Maputo!: a “research by design” project WEF-sensitive territorial assessment and strategic guidelines for the Namaacha,Boane and Moamba region -- Chapter 4 - Introducing the Maputo Province A tentative assemblage of planning tools and visions (Alessandro Frigerio, Alice Buoli) -- Chapter 5 - Unpacking Territorial Development in the Namaacha, Boane, and Moamba Region A Cartographic Narrative (Alice Buoli) -- Chapter 6 - Energy-food challenges and future trends in Mozambique and in the Maputo Province (Davide Danilo Chiarelli, Lorenzo Rinaldi) -- Chapter 7 - Trans-scalar and WEF-sensitive strategic scenarios for an integrated territorial development A proposal for the Maputo-Boane-Namaacha Transect as a green-blue metropolitan armature (Alessandro Frigerio) -- Part 3: A transdisciplinary lexicon of sustainable planning in sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 8 - Agriculture and Food security Implications on sustainable development and the WEF Nexus (Maria Cristina Rulli, Davide Danilo Chiarelli, Nikolas Galli, Camilla Govoni) -- Chapter 9 - Water and Climate Change Water management in transboundary river basins under climate change (Andrea Castelletti, Elena Matta).-Chapter 10 - Energy An essential asset for the development of African continent (Matteo Rocco, Lorenzo Rinaldi) -- Chapter 11 – Environment A bioclimatic approach to urban and architectural design in sub-Saharan African cities (Valentina Dessì) -- Chapter 12 - Urban Forestry Perspectives from Sub Saharan Africa between planning and global challenges (Maria Chiara Pastore) -- Chapter 13 - Governance Rethinking paradigms and urban research approach for Sub-Saharan African urbanism (Paola Bellaviti) -- Chapter 14 - Mobility Developing countries through the lens of megaprojects, equity, sustainability, and development (Paolo Beria) -- Chapter 15 - Society Maputo: a case of social Non-Simultaneity? A city repertoire of issues (Agostino Petrillo) -- Chapter 16 - Rural / Urban / Metropolitan Trying to reduce inequalities through planning (Laura Montedoro).

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.

Description / Table of Contents: Smart Environment for Smart Cities -- Smart Environment for Smart and sustainable Hong Kong -- Automation based smart environment resources management in smart building of smart city -- Smart Open spaces for Smart Chandigarh -- Smart environment through smart tools and technologies for urban green spaces -- A Solar Intensive Approach for Smart Environment Planning -- Smart Water Management for Smart Kozhikode Metropolitan Area -- Visualising Environmental Impact of Smart New Delhi -- Amidst the Governance Challenges in Environmental Management and Sustainable Urbanization in Surat -- Local government and technological innovation: Lessons from a case study of Yokohama Smart City Project -- Responsive Infrastructure and Service Provision Initiatives Framing Smart Environment Attainment in Nairobi -- Smart Dubai: Sensing Dubai Smart City for Smart Environment Management -- International Collaborative Research: “Smart Environment for Smart Cities” and Conclusions of Cities Case Studies.

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

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Understanding Bioeconomy Systems: Integrating Economic, Organisational and Policy Concepts -- Chapter 2: Agrobiotechnology: Legal and Economic Aspects of Using GMOs in EU -- Chapter 3: Agricultural Biotechnology in the Philippines: Prospects and Challenges -- Chapter 4: Biological Control as Tool for Sustainable Development: Increasing the Distribution and Income Generation -- Chapter 5: Applications of remote sensing in pest monitoring and crop management -- Chapter 6: Biopesticides: Current Status and Future Prospects in India -- Chapter 7: From Genetic Modification to Gene Editing: Harnessing Advances in Biology for National Economic Development -- Chapter 8: Biotechnology Directive: A Major Step in Biotechnology Patent Law in Europe -- Chapter 9: Assessing the Emergence of Bioeconomy in Transition Economies By A Future-Oriented Approach - The Case of Poland -- Chapter 10: Enabling Bioeconomy with Offshore Macroalgae Biorefineries -- Chapter 11: Integrated Bio-Cycles System for Sustainable and Productive Tropical Natural Resources Management in Indonesia -- Chapter 12: Biosynthesized Secondary Metabolites for Plant Growth Promotion -- Chapter 13: Potential of bioeconomy in urban green infrastructure -- Chapter 14: Vaccines: Biotechnology Market, Coverage and Regulatory Challenges for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter 15: Achieving Sustainable Drug development through CSR: possibility or utopia -- Chapter 16: Function of the Medicinal Plants of the Mangroves in a Society of High Marginalization in Tabasco, Mexico -- Chapter 17: The Global Economic Impact of Neurodegenerative diseases: Opportunities and Challenges -- Chapter 18: Conjugated recombinant Proteins as emerging new drugs -- Chapter 19: Economic Importance of Medicinal Plants in Asian Countries -- Chapter 20: Chemotherapeutic Drugs and Gallbladder Cancer: Market Potential in India.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- An Evolving Relationship -- Understanding Business Drivers -- Scale and Perspective -- The Process -- Obstacles and How to Overcome Them -- Monitoring, Metrics, and Recognition -- Education -- Climate Change -- Building a Culture of Corporate Conservation -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Introduction -- Chapter 1: The science of anthropogenic climate change -- Chapter 2: The Holocene, the Anthropocene, and the Planetary Boundaries -- Chapter 3: Managing the Earth System – Why we Need a Poly-Scalar Approach -- Chapter 4: Environmental Accounting, Absolute Limits, and Systemic Change -- Chapter 5: Resolving the Disconnect between Earth System Science, Management Theory, and Environmental Accounting -- Part 2: Developing Planetary Quotes -- Chapter 6: Translating the Planetary Boundaries into Planetary Quotas -- Chapter 7: A Planetary Quota for Carbon Dioxide.-Chapter 8: A Quota for Agricultural GHG Emissions (Methane and Nitrous Oxide) -- Chapter 9: A Quota for Forestland -- Chapter 10: A Quota for Ozone Depleting Substances -- Chapter 11: A Quota for Aerosols -- Chapter 12: A Quota for Water -- Chapter 13: A Quota for Nitrogen -- Chapter 14: The Phosphorus Quota -- Chapter 15: The Biodiversity Quota -- Chapter 16: The Imperishable Waste Quota. Part 3: The planetary Accounting Framework -- Chapter 17: The Planetary Accounting Framework.

Description / Table of Contents: Carbon labeling and its related issues -- Consumers’ behavior towards carbon labeling scheme -- Interaction among stakeholders involved in carbon labeling scheme -- Carbon labeling improvement and its application -- Insights and future study.

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

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

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

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Potential limits of six major food crops' yields worldwide -- Product’s supply and demand of six major food crops in major producer-countries and the world -- Discussion and conclusions, policy implications and advice on Chinese and global food security, and future prospect.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Framework for urban growth simulation driven by strategic spatial plan -- Chapter 3. Household lifecycle model employed as basement for simulating policy impacts on urbanization -- Chapter 4. Household residential relocation model for investigating impact of spatial strategic policy -- Chapter 5. Simulating household shopping choices for verifying location policy of large-scale shopping centre -- Chapter 6. Simulating policy impact of community-based facility location on day-care service for aged population -- Chapter 7. Evaluating evacuee number and capacity of accommodation shelters for earthquake disaster -- Chapter 8. Water consumption behaviors and water price negotiation between government and households for domestic water management -- Chapter 9. Household energy consumption and environment tax in urban area -- Chapter 10. Conclusions.

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

Description / Table of Contents: Consumers' Purchase Intention and Willingness to Pay for Eco-friendly Packaging in Vietnam -- The Environmental Performance of Glass and PET Mineral Water Bottles in Italy -- Health And Eco Innovations In Food Packaging -- Analyzing the Obstacles to Sustainable Packaging in the Context of Developing Economies: A DEMATEL Approach -- Experimental Study for the Valorization of Polymeric Coffee Capsules Waste by Mechanical Recycling and Application on Contemporary Jewelry Design -- Biobased Materials as a Sustainable Potential for Edible Packaging -- The Wicked Problem of Packaging and Consumers: Innovative Approaches for Sustainability Research -- Design and Development of Robust Optimization Model for Sustainable Cross-Docking Systems: A Case Study in Electrical Devices Manufacturing Company -- Active Edible Packaging: A Sustainable Way to Deliver Functional Bioactive Compounds and Nutraceuticals -- Possibilities for the Recovery and Valorization of Single-use EPS Packaging Waste Following its Increasing Generation during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Case Study in Brazil.

Description / Table of Contents: Growth of Metropolises and Megacities with Focus on Global South -- Problems and Policies of Metropolitan Growth in India -- Satellite Town Development in Retrospect and Prospect -- Metropolitan Regions of India: Rapid Growth, Changing Landuse and Challenges -- Metropolitan City-Satellites-Fringe villages Relationship: Case Studies with Greater Mumbai, Bengaluru and its Region.

Description / Table of Contents: Smart Cities for Sustainable Development : An Introduction -- Monocentric City Plans to Polycentric Structures -- Intelligent Communities - Towards a New Ontology of Practice -- Digital Governance for Smart City and Future Community Construction: From Concept to Application -- Smart cities or Smart People: The Role of Stakeholders to Achieve Integrative Vision -- Smart City Initiatives in Japan: Their Achievements and Remaining Issues -- Smart Cities and Urban Deprived Communities: A Reflection on the Need to Re-think -- Environmental Sustainability of Smart Cities: Cues from Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City Movement -- Linking Sustainability of Smart Cities to Education and Health: A Study in Smart City Mission, India -- Celebration of Public Festivals Towards Sustainable Development: A Perceptual Study -- Gendered Spaces: A Spatial Perspective of Women’s Fear of Violence and Smart Cities Rhetoric -- Crowdsourcing for Sustainable Smart Cities and their ICT Practices -- Online Geodata Repositories, Geoweb Services and Emerging Geospatial Technologies in Smart City Planning -- Assessment of Urban Microclimatic Parameters in Various Urban Landscape Settings using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) -- Foreign Investment in Energy – Mix: An Assessment of Sustainable Indian Cities -- Understanding Economic Activities of Smart and Amrut Cities of Telangana State -- Urban Heat Island (UHI) Assessment using the Satellite Data: A Case Study of Varanasi city, India -- SWOT Analysis to Determine the Feasibility for Guwahati Smart City in North East India -- Smart City Surat: A Case Study for Urban Health System and Climate Resilience -- Industrial Pollution and Soil Quality: A Case Study from Industrial Area, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India -- Analyzing Urban Extension and Land Use Changes in Kalimpong Municipality, West Bengal Using Remote Sensing and GIS -- A Comparative Analysis of Emerging Water Consumption Pattern in Indian Smart Cities. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Problem and Fundaments.-Chapter 2. Idea-historical foundations and dubious (standard) objections to cost-benefit analysis -- Chapter 3. Frictions on the application level: costs and benefits, discounting, uncertainty, fact base -- Chapter 4. Collision of the cost-benefit analysis with liberal-democratic basic principles and the claim of validity of law -- Chapter 5. Cost-benefit analysis without convincing theoretical basis -- Chapter 6. Remaining relevance of cost-benefit elements in balancing.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to the participatory foresight toolbox -- Chapter 2. Why citizen participation in foresight?-. Chapter 3. Who to involve in participatory foresight? -- Chapter 4. Which foresight methods to use for participatory foresight? -- Chapter 5. How to use participatory foresight methods? -- Chapter 6. Conclusions: applying the toolbox to involve citizens in participatory foresight in practice.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: The Terms of Reference -- Regional Designing and Visioning in Governance Rescaling: Between Soft and Hard Spaces for Planning -- The Institutionalisation of a Creative Practice: Changing Roles of Regional Design in Dutch National Planning -- The Transformative Capacity of Regional Design -- How Regional Designing and Spatial Planning are Entangled -- Part II: Governance Rescaling Across Europe -- Governance Rescaling and Strategic Planning in England: Provoking Debate by Means of Spatial Plans.

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

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Inter-national examples of Water Hazards -- 3. Tactics and examples against sea-level rise -- 4. Application of tactics in scenarios -- 5. From risks to opportunities Outcome, outlook.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction. Urban crisis, citizens’ action and social conflict (Laura Fregolent and Oriol Nel·lo) -- Part 1. Urban crisis, neoliberal policies and social conflict. Chapter1. Austerity policies, social cleavages and urban segregation (Jorge da Silva Macaísta Malheiros) -- Chapter2. Urban commoning movements: Confronting spatial injustices in the city of crisis (Stavros Stavrides) -- Chapter 3. The housing question (Andrej Holm) -- Chapter 4. Our city is not for sale! Protest, resistance and social mobilisations in the tourist city: a typology (Claire Colomb) -- Part 2. Citizens action, institutional change and public policies. Chapter 5. The city belongs to us!”. Claiming social rights and urban citizenship in the face of urban renewal programs in two French cities (David Giband) -- Chapter 6. Can social innovation be the answer? The role of citizen action in the face of increasing social segregation (Ismael Blanco) -- Chapter 7. Public policies and political change (Francesco Indovina). .

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Introduction: Developing the archive: pubic space and the global library in contemporary perspective -- Libraries and urban development: Branding and revitalization -- Library design for the commons -- The global library: A brief history of libraries -- Seattle’s Public Library, Libraries for All: “To bring people, information, and ideas together to enrich lives and build community” -- Salt Lake City Public Library, The City Library: “To advance knowledge, foster creativity, encourage exchange of ideas, build community, and enhance quality of life” -- New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building: “To inspire lifelong learning, advance knowledge, and strengthen our communities” -- Biblioteca Espana (Spain Library) Medellin, Colombia: “Actions with my neighborhood” -- Halifax Central Library, Nova Scotia, Canada: “A vital centre for learning and culture in the heart of the community” -- Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Alexandria Library)Alexandria, Egypt: “A place for open discussion, dialogue, and understanding” -- Conclusions -- Bibliography.

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.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Mechanized Collection and Densification of Rice Straw -- 3 Rice Straw-Based Composting -- 4 Thermochemical Conversion of Rice Straw -- 5 Co-digestion of Rice Straw for Biogas Production -- 6 Mushroom production -- 7 Rice straw-based fodder for ruminants -- 8 Rice straw incorporation influences nutrient cycling and soil organic matter -- 9 Rice straw management effects on greenhouse gas emissions -- 10 Life cycle assessment and best management practices -- 11 Overview of rice straw value chain and business model -- Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Urban Space as a Generator for Societal Processes -- Chapter 1: Introduction to the relevant spatial units -- Chapter 2: Spatial Relationships: Measuring integration and potential through movement.-Chapter 3: Orientation and Wayfinding: Measuring visibility -- Chapter 4: Private and Public space: Measuring the relation between buildings and streets -- Chapter 5: Linking Space Syntax to Socio-Economic Data -- Chapter 6: Space Syntax’s Contribution to the Discourse in Urban Theory -- Chapter 7: Make the Urban Work: Application of Space Syntax in international research and practice -- Chapter 8: Get Started: How to undertake a Space Syntax analysis -- Chapter 9: Space Syntax Glossary and Useful Literature.

Description / Table of Contents: Sustainability In Covid-19 Times: A Human Development Perspective -- COVID-19 and Sustainable Development Goal 12 -- Traffic Incidents During The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Step Towards Meeting The Sustainable Development Goals -- Impact of COVID-19 on Sustainability in Textile & Clothing Sectors -- Environmental sustainability and COVID-19 pandemics: an overview review on new opportunities and challenges -- Healthy Sustainable Cities and the COVID-19 pandemic: A Sustainable Development Goals perspective -- Climate Change and COVID-19: Crisis within Crises for Eradication of Poverty in Bangladesh.

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). .

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. .

Description / Table of Contents: Climate Change and Cities in Mekong Delta - VietNam -- Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Response Solutions for Can Gio District, Ho Chi Minh City: Potential to Adapt Ideas from Selected Developed Countries -- Understanding the Implications of Urban Heat Island Effects on Household Energy Consumption and Public Health in Southeast Asian Cities: Evidence from Thailand and Indonesia -- Need of Understanding Disaster Risk for Resilient City Development -- Architectural solutions with regards to climate change for the rural housing of Vinh Long province in Vietnam -- Application of Artificial Intelligence to Predict the Mapping of Flood Prone Areas in the Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta -- Urban vegetable gardening brings greening to slum environment and helps mitigate Climate change effects -- Collaborative Approach for Resource Mobilization Transformation in Vietnam -- Governance Characteristics of Dhaka City for ensuring implementation of land use planning -- Urban Planning in Vietnam: Why Gender Matter -- Slum Children-youth Groups Demonstrate Zest, Collective Confidence and Tenacity to Improve Access to Education and Self-development Opportunities -- On the use of Data Envelopment Analysis to improve performance efficiency of governmental management in big cities.

Description / Table of Contents: General Introduction -- A Conceptual Framework for Constituting a Footprint Family -- Exploring Some Fundamentals of Environmental Footprints -- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): Nice to have or Essential for Environmental Footprints? -- Understanding the Complementarities of Environmental Footprints and Planetary Boundaries -- Benchmarking the National Carbon, Water and Land Footprints Against Allocated Planetary Boundaries -- General Discussion. .

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

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Sustainability of Land Use: A Systems Approach -- 3. Consequential life cycle framework and methodology for the integrated sustainability impact assessment of land-use systems -- 4. Discussion and Conclusions. .

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Concept and framework of the East Asian Low-Carbon Community -- Chapter 1. Climate change and low carbon society: coping with uncertainty -- Chapter 2. Climate change strategy and emission reduction roadmap for China, Japan, and South Korea -- Chapter 3. Concept and framework of the East Asian Low-Carbon Community -- Chapter 4. Modeling an East Asian Low-Carbon Community -- Part II Urban-rural Linkage for Low-Carbon Community -- Chapter 5. Realizing a local low-carbon society through urban-rural linkage -- Chapter 6. Development of a tool to optimize urban-rural linkage and a decentralized power supply -- Chapter 7. Local low-carbon society scenarios of urban-rural linkage -- Part III Technology Innovation for Low-Carbon Community -- Chapter 8. Spatial-temporal distribution of carbon capture technology according to patent data -- Chapter 9. Low-carbon technology integration -- Chapter 10. Economic assessment of Japan’s nuclear power policy -- Chapter 11. Construction of an East Asia nuclear security system -- Chapter 12. Building a global low-carbon society based on hybrid use of natural clean energy -- Part Ⅳ Social Innovation for Low-Carbon Community -- Chapter 13. Social innovation towards a low-carbon society -- Chapter 14. Achievement of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) through emissions trading in China, Japan, and South Korea -- Chapter 15. Design and analysis of a carbon emissions trading system for low-carbon development in China -- Chapter 16. An empirical analysis of international carbon transfer -- Chapter 17. Global recycling system for an East Asian low-carbon society -- Chapter 18. Building a recycling-oriented society through collaboration between urban and rural areas: sustainable domestic waste treatment “Pujiang model” -- Chapter 19. Potential for cooperation among China, Japan, and South Korea in renewable energy generation -- Chapter 20. Potential for technical cooperation between Japan and China in a third-country market -- Chapter 22. End chapter: Integration of local and global perspectives.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to the Urban Centrality Structure -- Development Models of the UC Structure -- Functional Analysis of the UC Structure Hierarchy -- Spatial Layout of the UC Structure -- UC Structure Planning.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Environmental History -- Chapter 2. Nature-Culture Dichotomy and Environmental Consciousness: Do We Fear the Right Things? -- Chapter 3. History of Environmental Communication and Education -- Chapter 4. Resources for Humans, Plants and Animals: Who is the Ruler of the Driver? And: Can Resource Use Explain Everything? -- Chapter 5. A Framework for Evaluation of Normative Solutions to Environmental Problems -- Chapter 6. Between Economic Valuation and Environmental Evaluation: Arguing about Environmental Value Systems -- Chapter 7. Environmental Indicators and Biodiversity Conservation Strategies -- Chapter 8. Change in Time: Risks and Predictability -- Chapter 9. Economies on Top, Nature on the Brink? A Closer Look on the Relationship between Economic Power and Threatened Nature -- Chapter 10. From Onlookers to Ecosystem-assistants: Exploring the Potentials of Ecological Restoration Education -- Chapter 11. Distribution and Habitat Affinity of Endemic and Threatened Species - Global Assessment -- Chapter 12. Coastal Habitats, Shallow Seas and Inland Saline Steppes - Ecology, Distribution, Threats and Challenges -- Chapter 13. Wetlands - Challenges and Possibilities -- Chapter 14. Development and Future of Grassland Ecosystems – Do We Need a Paradigm Shift? -- Chapter 15. Heathland, Scrub and Savanna - Overview, Recent Trends and Outlook -- Chapter 16. Forest Ecosystems: a Functional and Biodiversity Perpective -- Chapter 17. The Future of Agricultural Land -- Chapter 18. Urban Habitats: Cities and Their Potential for Nature Protection -- Chapter 19. Land Use Change and the Future of Biodiversity.

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.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Renewable Energy Technology -- Advanced Building Design Technology -- Innovative Infrastructures and Transportation Engineering -- Clean Water and Sanitation System -- Sustainable Urban and Rural Development -- Clean Environment -- Sustainable Planet.

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

Description / Table of Contents: Six Remaining Covered Bridge Belts -- Introduction -- Covered Bridge Belt in North China -- Covered Bridge Belt in Northwest China -- Covered Bridge Belt in Southwest China -- Covered Bridge Belt in South Central China -- Covered Bridge Belt in Southeast China -- Covered Bridges in Jiangnan.-Covered Bridges in Other Areas -- Appendix Comparison Table of Chinese and English -- Vocabulary -- Postscript.

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

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Yellow-label Vehicles Elimination Policy in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region -- Co-control of CO2 and SO2 Emissions in the Key Environmental Protection Prefectures in China -- Progress Report 2017 on China's Green Financial Policy -- The Story of Improving Air Quality in China: An Assessment of Action Plan of Air Pollution Prevention and Control -- Feasibility on Establishment of EGSS-based Environmental Industry Statistic Framework under the Statistic System in China -- Analysis of Provincial Environmental Performance Trend in China -- China's Gross Economic-Ecological Product Accounting Research Report 2016 -- Classified Management of Soil Environment of Agricultural Land in China: Advancements, Challenges and Countermeasures -- Assessment of China’s Human Health Loss Caused by PM2.5 in 2017 Based on Remote Sensing Inversion -- Progress Report on China’s Green Finance Policy 2018 -- China SDGs Indicators and Progress Assessment -- Latest Progress Review of China's Environmental Protection Tax Policy Implementation -- Action Plans for Air, Water and Soil Pollution Prevention and Control: Investments and Economic-Environmental Impacts -- The Valuation of China's Environmental Degradation from 2004 to 2017 -- Mid-term Assessment Report of the 13th Five-Year Plan for the Protection of Ecological Environment -- A Pilot Study on Green economy policy Assessment of the United Nations.-Taking the Assessment of Ecological Compensation Policy in Hainan Province of China as an Example.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The state and trend of China's low-carbon development -- Chapter 3. End-use energy consumption & CO2 emissions -- Chapter 4. Power sector -- Chapter 5. Primary energy consumption and CO2 emissions -- Chapter 6. Non-CO2 GHG emissions -- Chapter 7. Technical support for long-term deep decarbonization -- Chapter 8. Investment & cost analysis for realizing a low emission strategy -- Chapter 9. Long-term low-carbon transition pathways -- Chapter 10. Strategic linchpins and policy safeguards -- Chapter 11. Global climate governance & international cooperation -- Chapter 12. Conclusions and policy recommendations.

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

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: Environmental Sustainability Requirements in the Ready-Made Garment Industry -- Immobilization as Sustainable Solutions to Textiles Chemical Processing -- Dabu, The Sustainable Resist Printed Fabric of Rajasthan -- Nanoencapsulation Methods for Herbal Based Antimicrobial Agents – A Sustainable Approach -- An Overview of Preparation, Processes for Sustainable Denim Manufacturing -- Implications of Sustainability on Textile Fibres & Wet Processing, Barriers in Implementation -- Study on Product Safety of Children’s Apparel -- Extraction and Optimization of Natural Dye From Madhuca Latifolia Plant Bark used for Coloration of Eri Silk Yarn -- Development of Mosquito Repellent Finish for Textiles using Neem Oil: An Eco-Friendly Approach.

Description / Table of Contents: Historicising and Theorising the Livelihoods of Ethnic Minorities in Zimbabwe -- The Tshwa San of Zimbabwe: Land, Livelihoods, and Ethnicity -- Migrants, Ethnic Minorities and ‘Men of the Soil’: Basotho Farmers in Southern Rhodesia -- Displacement and Livelihood Vulnerability among the BaTonga Women of Binga from 1958 to 1980 -- Transformations in the Livelihood Activities of Hlengwe People of the South-East Lowveld of Zimbabwe, 1890 to Now -- The Impact of Community-based Conservation on the Livelihoods of the Doma in the mid-Zambezi Valley -- Human-Wildlife Conflict and Precarious Livelihoods of the Tonga-speaking people of North-western Zimbabwe -- The Political Economy of Shangane Livelihoods in Rural Zimbabwe -- Land, Displacement and Livelihood Strategies among the Nambya People in North-western Zimbabwe, from the 1940s -- (Re)Inventing Livelihoods in Communal Areas in post-Fast Track Zimbabwe: The Case of Chewa Ex-farm Workers in Shamva Communal Areas -- Cultural Economic Survival under Crisis: Malawian Nyau Dances and Zimbabwe’s Economic Meltdown -- Ethnicity and Livelihoods in Precarious Times: The Case of the Ndau People of Chimanimani -- Changing Borderland Livelihoods and Coping Strategies among “Indigenous People”, “Malawians” and “Mozambicans” in Honde Valley since the 1970s.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Sustainable Development and Sustainability -- Chapter 3. Organisations and their contribution to sustainability -- Chapter 4. Tools, initiatives, and approaches used for implementing sustainability -- Chapter 5. Organisational change management for sustainability -- Chapter 6. Civil Society Organisations’ contributions to sustainability -- Chapter 7. Contributions by Corporations to sustainability -- Chapter 8. Public Sector Organisations’ contributions to sustainability -- Chapter 9. Towards more sustainable organisations: Discussions and Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Global Climate Governance and China’s Role -- Chapter 2 Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Conservation -- Chapter 3 Global Ocean Governance and Ecological Civilization -- Chapter 4 Green BRI and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development -- Chapter 5 Green Urbanization Strategy and Pathways towards Regional Integrated Development -- Chapter 6 Ecological Compensation and Green Development Institutional Reform in the Yangtze River Economic Belt -- Chapter 7 Major Green Technology Innovation and Implementation Mechanisms -- Chapter 8 Green Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and 2030 Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter 9 The Global Green Value Chain -- Chapter 10 Green Finance -- Appendix -- Appendix I From Recovery to Green Prosperity: Accelerating the transition toward high-quality green development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period -- Appendix II Progress on Environment and Development Policies in China and Impact of CCICED’s Policy Recommendations (2019-2020) -- Appendix III CCICED Phase VI Composition. .

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.).

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. The Economics of Climate Change in Agriculture -- Chapter2. Indigenous Technical Knowledge Under a Changing Climate -- Chapter3. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Mitigation Options: An Approach Towards Climate Smart Agriculture -- Chapter4. New Paradigm for Higher Crop Productivity Through Climate Smart Strategies -- Chapter5. Bio-fertilizers a Future Prospect Towards Sustainable Agricultural Development -- Chapter6. On-Farm Water Harvesting: Promising Intervention Towards Crop Diversification and Doubling Farmers Income in Drought Prone Central Province of India -- Chapter7. Non-thermal Processing of Food: An Alternative for Traditional Food Processing -- Chapter8. Enhancement of Shelf Life of Food Using Active Packaging Technologies -- Chapter9. Nutrient Adequacy, Dietary Diversification, Food Processing Practices to Ensure Household Food Security among Rural Women -- Chapter10. Sustainability Science Perspective in Integrated and Sustainable Agriculture Development: Case Study of Indonesia -- Chapter11. Horticulture: A Key for Sustainable Development -- Chapter12. Nanotechnology for Sustainable Horticulture Development: Opportunities and Challenges -- Chapter13. Sustainable Resource Utilization in Aquaculture: Issues and Practices -- Chapter14. Cotton Leaf Curl Virus Disease Status in Bt Cotton Hybrids in Punjab, India -- Chapter15. Management of Plant Diseases Through Application of Biocontrol Agents in Climate Smart Agriculture- Review -- Chapter16. Role of Modern Agro-Ecosystems in the Origin of New Plant Pathogens -- Chapter17. Microbial Stewardship- The Integral Component of Sustainable Development -- Chapter18. Clubmosses (Huperzia Bernh.) of North East India: Genetic Resources, Utilization and Sustainability.-Chapter19. Impact of Climate Change on Soil Carbon-Improving Farming Practices Reduces the Carbon Footprint -- Chapter20. Impacts of Plastic Leachate on Life Traits of Micro-Crustacean Across Two Generations -- Chapter21. Climate Smart Agriculture and Water Management: Issues and Challenges -- Chapter22. Decoding the Enigma of Drought Stress Tolerance Mechanisms in Plants and its Application in Crop Improvement .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Geo-Historical Approach in Environmental and Territorial Studies -- Chapter 3. Modern Maps -- Chapter 4. Historical Maps -- Chapter 5. Written Documents and Cultural Artifacts -- Chapter 6. Geographic Information System (GIS) -- Chapter 7. Remote Sensing -- Chapter 8. Processing of Stratigraphical Archives -- Chapter 9. Other Methods -- Chapter 10. The Geo-Historical Approach in the Southern Venetian Plain. .

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Tall Building Construction Boom: A Global Snapshot -- Theoretical Framework: Engage, Enhance, and Enrich -- Public Participation and Methods of Visual Communication -- Preliminary Findings -- The Chicago River -- The Magnificent Mile -- The Chicago Loop -- The Chicago Skyline -- Chicago as a Placemaking Model. .

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Paradise in Persian -- Introduction: Persian Paradises and Peril questioning connotations and concepts -- Paradises of the Pen a survey of Persian gardens in the Eleventh Century Persian literature -- The knowledge of landscape contemporary landscape architectural research in Iran -- Part II: Paradises perceived -- The layered life of historic urban landscape -- The lost proportions of Qajarid Vistas examining the geometry of Lalezar garden -- Paradisiacal streams water and the historic urban landscape of Isfahan.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Urban and rural -- Assessments of Edirne’s past, present and future as a border city -- The porosity of borders: Between formal and informal urban patterns -- Borders defining urban enclaves: Case studies from Istanbul -- From Galata to Pera: Shifting borders in Ottoman society (1453-1923) -- Part 2: Global and local -- On the “Borderline” of global and postmodern: Forms, images, metaphors in architecture -- Culture and identity in the global context: Transformation of locality -- Small markers with wide borders: Augmenting urban space with new media -- Rethinking the paradigm of high-performance design: Setting new borders between vernacular and contemporary approaches -- Part 3: Physical and sensual -- fading boundaries: School design to support learning in-between the classrooms -- Here today gone tomorrow: The invisible boundaries of periodic markets -- Future sociability in public spaces -- Mapping borders in urban aesthetics: A brief history of reasoning urban aesthetics since early modernism -- The border between perceptual and physical urban Space: An aural encounter -- Epilogue.

Description / Table of Contents: Part1. Introduction and Background -- Chapter1. Making SDGs work to end hunger, sustain energy, resolve climate change and reverse biodiversity loss -- Part2. Food Security and Sustainable Energy -- Chapter2. The contribution of responsible leadership in raising funding to support organisational mandate and the SDGs: Case of the Land Bank of South Africa -- Chapter3. Confronting Poverty, Hunger and Food Insecurity: Lessons from Malawi and Zimbabwe -- Chapter4. Preventing Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda JE Smith) damage in maize by altering planting time and using varied genotypes -- Chapter5. Enhancing urban farming for sustainable development through Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter6. Water and sanitation access in the Shamva district for sustainability and development of the Zimbabwean smallholder farming sector -- Chapter7. Responsible Leadership and the Implementation of SDG7: The case of the UNDP Botswana Biogas Project -- Chapter8. Elements of responsible leadership in driving climate action (SDG 13) -- Chapter9. Leadership Capabilities for Successful Implementation of SDG 7 Targets at Energy Company X -- Chapter10. Designing Effective Social Protection for Food and Nutrition Security among Farm Workers: Lessons from Masvingo, Zimbabwe -- Part3. Climate Action for SDGs -- Chapter11. Mitigating Climate Change through Carbon Sequestration for Sustainable Development: Empirical evidence from Cameroon’s Forest Economy -- Chapter12. Private sector Sustainable Development Goals’ localisation: Case of Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport, South Africa -- Chapter13. Scaling up university engagement with the water SDG for general environmental stewardship and climate change resilience -- Chapter14. Climate change in Zimbabwe’s vulnerable communities: A case study of Supporting Enhanced Climate Action Project (SECA- project) in Bulilima district -- Chapter15. Climate resilience strategies and livelihood development in dry regions of Zimbabwe -- Chapter16. Climate Action at international airports: An Analysis of the Airport Carbon Accreditation Programme.

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).

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.

Description / Table of Contents: - Development and the Environment: Society, Business and Social consensus -- Sustainable Development Goals and International Governance: Indicators as a Key Mechanism for Success -- Social Development and the Environment – A View from Solid Waste Management -- Engaging Business: UN Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Change -- FSC as a Social Standard for Conservation and the Sustainable Use of Forests: FSC Legitimation Strategy in Competition -- China’s Climate and Development Policy: the interplay between political sentiments and external commitments -- Global Environmental Treaty Regimes as Balancer between Environmental Conservation and Economic Growth: Facilitating Effective Implementations of Global Environmental Treaty Regimes -- Stabilizing International Environmental Agreements. .