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Description / Table of Contents: 1. Physical, Geographical and Geological Description of the Retezat Mountains -- 2. History of Floristic and Vegetation Research -- 3. Areal-Geographical Characterization of the Retezat Flora and the Endangered Species -- 4. Mapping Rare, Endangered Angiosperm Species of Phytogeographical Interest from the Retezat National Park -- 5. Vegetation of the Retezat Mountains -- 6. Description of the Plant Associations Distinguished in the Retezat National Park -- 7. Considerations on the Flora, Vegetation and Conservation of the Plant Gene Pool in the Retezat National Park.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Evaluation of Groundwater Resources in West of the Nile Valley, Egypt: A Comprehensive Review -- Fundamentals of Groundwater Modeling Methods and a Focused Review on the Groundwater Models of the Nile Valley Aquifer -- Contamination Sources Along the Nile Valley, Egypt and Its Impact on Groundwater -- Environmental Impacts of Treated Wastewater Contaminates on Groundwater Quality in the Nile River Valley, Egypt.

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: Editorial -- Part 1: Multidisciplinarity in theory and education -- Plural security: Diverse disciplines, multiple actors -- Third Generation CPTED – Integrating crime prevention and neighbourhood liveability -- Social work and policing: Multidisciplinary vocational trainings for urban security -- From the borders and edges: Youth cultures, arts, urban areas and crime prevention -- Part 2: Multidisciplinarity in policy and planning -- Standardisation and multidisciplinary processes in urban crime prevention. The only crime prevention standard in Europe since the Roman Empire: From the CEN 14383 series to the worldwide ISO 22341:2021 -- Local safety contracts: Profiling a multi-disciplinary and multi-level cooperation for crime prevention -- Beyond simplicity – Urban security as a diverse and transdisciplinary approach -- The quarter as new level of urban crime prevention -- Part 3: Multidisciplinary in research and practice -- Multidimensionality in geospatial urban crime prevention modelling and decision support: The case of Porto, Portugal -- Incivilities in public spaces and insecurity. A case study in Bologna, Italy -- The role of the perception of fear in the disintegration of neighbourhoods and the appearance of crime -- CPTED evolution, from Latin America to the World -- Make the World yours! Arts-based research in action in the Cerco do Porto neighbourhood -- ‘A revolution without death’. Hip-hop as a weapon against violence.

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: 1. Discoursing River from Physical and Social Backdrops -- 2. Rivers in Distress : A Geo-Ecological consideration -- 3. Incorporating hydromorphological assessments in the fluvial geomorphology domain for transitioning towards Restorative River Science – Context, Concepts and Criteria -- 4. The Role of Rivers on Man and Society reflected in Literature: A critical study of a few selected River-oriented popular Bengali Novels in Geographical Perspective -- 5. An assessment of human impact on Bhagirathi river in Murshidabad district : From reverence to responsibility. .

Description / Table of Contents: Understanding Hydrology of Indian Himalayan landscapes- A Review -- Development of a semi-distributed rainfall-runoff model for water budgeting in macropore dominated hilly river basins -- Hydrological Simulation Using Coupled ANN-SCS Approach in Pagladiya Watershed: A Sub-catchment of Brahmaputra River Basin -- Water erosion risks mapping using RUSLE model in the Mohamed Ben Abdelkrim El Khattabi Dam watershed (Central Coastal Rif, Morocco).

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Ecological Interplays in microbial enzymology – an introduction -- 2. Diversity of Microbial Enzymes in the Soil Ecosystem -- 3. Microbial Enzymes of Wastewater and Sludge -- 4. Occurrence And Distribution Of Microbial Enzymes Of Fresh Water -- 5. Marine Microbial Enzymes - An Overview -- 6. Hydrolytic enzymes producing bacteria from Algerian hot springs: attractive industrial molecules -- 7. Enzymology of Microbial Biofilms -- 8. An Oxisoil "Arenito Cauia" Attributes Changed After Crop-Livestock Integration System -- 9. Microbial Enzymes – Role in the Soil Fertility -- 10. Microbial Enzymes In The Recycling Of Wastes -- 11. Soil Microbial Enzymes And Mitigation Of Heavy Metals Uptake By Plants -- 12. Communities Of Microbial Enzymes And Biodegradation Of Persistent Environmental Pollutants -- 13. Implication of enzymes in the adaptation of extremophilic microbes -- 14. Application Of Microbial Enzymes In Industries And Medicine -- 15. Microbial Enzymes in the Biosynthesis of Metal Nano Particles -- 16. Effect Of Agrochemicals On Soil Microbial Enzymes -- 17. Effects Of Aquatic (Freshwater And Marine) Pollution On Microbial Enzyme Activities -- 18. In silico analysis of biochemical pathways in bacterial enzyme synthesis -- 19. Microbial enzymes for sustainable development - future guidelines.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Tectonic Setting of Cayman Islands -- Stratigraphic framework -- The Bluff Group -- The Ironshore Formation -- Modern marine sediments of the Cayman Islands -- Dolomitization of the Bluff Group -- Karst and caves -- Phosphates, terra rossa and mangrove peat -- Modern Hydrology -- Summary Information Database.

Description / Table of Contents: Features of sulfate karst -- Conditions for the development of sulfate karst in the Perm Region -- Characteristics of sulfate karst areas of the Perm Region.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Perspectives on Hydro-Social Relations in Urban Mountain Contexts. Chapter 3. Research Design -- Chapter 4. Socio-Environmental Context of Urban Waterscapes in Leh -- Chapter 5. Urbanisation and the Impact on Water Use in Leh -- Chapter 6. Discussion: The Uneven Waterscape of Leh -- Chapter 7. Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface: Why ENSO-based seasonal forecasts are important in Bangladesh Acknowledgements -- About the author -- Chapter 1: Introduction—Seasonal Flood Potential in Bangladesh -- Chapter 2: Basin-wide Hydro-Meteorological Variability and Opportunity for Seasonal -- Forecasts in Bangladesh -- Chapter 3: History of Flood Forecasts and Early Warning in Bangladesh -- Chapter 4: Overview of Weather, ENSO, and Climate Scale -- Chapter 5: The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Seasonal Flooding in Bangladesh -- Chapter 6: Seasonal Flood Potential in Bangladesh -- Chapter 7: Overview of Eastern, Mixed, and Central Pacific El Niño -- Chapter 8: Seasonal Sea Level Information and Flood Forecast Potential in Bangladesh -- Chapter 9: Consensus Seasonal Flood Forecasts and Warning Response in Bangladesh -- Chapter 10: ENSO Impacts, Applications, and Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1 COVID 19 Waste Management & cultural perspectives -- Chapter 1 Waste Management during pandemic of COVID 19 in India, Italy and USA-the influence of cultural perspectives -- Part 2 Health Care Waste Management and Case studies -- Chapter 2 Clinical Waste Management In Malaysia And Covid-19 Waste Management Case Study -- Chapter 3 Waste Management related to COVID-19 in the Noncontact Era: Case Study of the Republic of Korea -- Chapter 4 Healthcare Waste Management and Post Pandemic Countermeasures: The Case of the Philippines -- Chapter 5 Bio medical waste management & Case Study in India -- Part 3 Management of Non-medical waste infected by SARS-CoV-2 -- Chapter 6 The immediate Italian response to the management of non-medical waste potentially infected by SARS-CoV-2 during the emergency phase of the pandemic -- Part 4 Health Care Waste Management during Pre- and post-COVID-19 scenario -- Chapter 7 Overview of Infectious Healthcare Waste Management in Thailand in pre - and - during COVID-19 Context -- Chapter 8 Health Care waste management in Nepal: Pre- and post-COVID-19 scenario -- Part 5 COVID-19 Healthcare Waste Management in 3R Perspective -- Chapter 9 COVID-19 and Healthcare Waste Management (HCWM) in Myanmar: Perspectives from the Triple R (Response, Recovery and Redesign) -- Part 6 Healthcare Waste Management & Impact of COVID-19 -- Chapter 10 Health Care Waste Management Practices in Nigeria: A Review -- Chapter 11 Medical Waste Management in Lebanon and Impact of Covid-19 -- Part 7 Global picture of Covid-19 -- Chapter 12 Global picture of Covid-19 pandemic with emphasis on European Subcontinent -- Part 8 Preventive Measures to indirectly reduce COVID 19 Waste generation - Vaccination and Rehabilitation -- Chapter 13 COVID-19 Vaccination in India -- Chapter 14 VACCINATION FOR THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC -- Chapter 15 Exercise in Immune Health Management and Rehabilitation against COVID-19. .

Description / Table of Contents: An Introduction to Coordination Chemistry Theory -- Coordination Characteristics of Mineral Flotation Systems -- Spatial Geometry of Mineral Surface Coordination -- Coordination of Flotation Chemicals with Metal Ions on Mineral Surfaces -- Effect of CFSE on the Interaction of Reagents with Surface -- Orbital Interactions of Reagents Molecules with Mineral Surfaces.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction and Terminology -- Forest and Biomass Harvesting Business -- Felling -- In-Woods Processing -- Ground-Based Extraction -- Loading and Transportation -- Cable and Aerial Harvesting Systems -- Chipping and Thinning Systems -- Biomass Harvesting -- Interactions of Stands, Harvest, and Machines -- Production Analysis -- Cost Analysis -- Harvesting System Analysis -- Forest and Biomass Supply Chain Analysis -- Managing Soil and Water Impacts -- Best Management Practices -- Harvest Planning -- Harvest Scheduling and Carbon Sequestration.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Introduction -- Chapter 2-Reference systems in GNSS geodesy -- Chapter 3-Estimating geodetic parameters from GNSS -- Chapter 4-GNSS satellite tracking and observation models -- Chapter 5-Geodetic CORS and tracking networks -- Chapter 6-Satellite orbit determination -- Chapter 7-GNSS data processing and biases -- Chapter 8-GNSS software and online tools -- Chapter 9-GNSS geodetic solution exchange formats -- Chapter 10-GNSS time series combinations and data products -- Chapter 11-Geospatial applications of GNSS geodesy -- Chapter 12-Scientific applications of GNSS geodesy.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Drilling targets in the Polar Regions -- Chapter 2. Drilling challenges in the Polar Regions -- Chapter 3. Direct-push and percussion drilling -- Chapter 4. Non-coring erosion drilling in permafrost -- Chapter 5. Auger and rotary dry drilling -- Chapter 6. Rotary drilling with drilling fluid circulation -- Chapter 7. Air and foam drilling -- Chapter 8. Special drilling methods in the Polar Regions -- Chapter 9. Offshore drilling and sampling in the Polar Regions. Concluding Remarks, References.

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

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1. Governance, Planning, Urban Resilience, and Sustainability -- Chapter 1. Governance, Planning, Urban Resilience and Sustainability – The Nexus -- Chapter 2. Local Governance and the Comprehensive or Master Plan as a Tool to Enhance Resilience and Sustainability of Communities -- Chapter 3. Community Profile and Characteristics -- Chapter 4. Land Use and Greenways, Housing and Infrastructure -- Part 2. Gondar Through the Layers of History -- Chapter 5. Elements of Historic Preservation and Historic Assets as Major Resources -- Chapter 6. The Imperial Period and Governance Structure of the City -- Chapter 7. The Ecclesiastical Institutions (Churches and Church Schools), Their Governance and Role as Custodian of Culture and Traditional Values -- Chapter 8. The Colonial (Italian) Experience and Post-Italian Developments -- Part 3. Economic Policies and Programs -- Chapter 9. The Economic Base of the City – Analysis of Existing Economic Condition -- Chapter 10. Conclusion – The Governance and Strategic Planning Process in Formulation of Policies and Programs to Enhance the Resilience and Sustainability of Gondar.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Climate change: An Overview -- Chapter 2. Climate change, agricultural productivity, and food security -- Chapter 3. Climate change and Process Based Soil Modeling -- Chapter 4. Soil microbes and climate smart agriculture -- Chapter 5. Climate Change Impacts on Legumes Crop Production and Adaptation Strategies -- Chapter 6. Cereal crop modeling for food and nutrition security -- Chapter 7. Changing climate scenario: Perspectives of Camelina sativa as low input biofuel and oilseed crop -- Chapter 8. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mitigation Strategies in Rice Production Systems -- Chapter 9. Fiber Crops in Changing Climate -- Chapter 10. Estimation of Crop Genetic Coefficients to Simulate Growth and Yield under Changing Climate -- Chapter 11. Climate Change Impacts on Animal Production -- Chapter 12. Climate change and global insect dynamics -- Chapter 13. Sustainable Solutions to Food Insecurity in Nigeria: Perspectives on Irrigation, Crop-Water Productivity, and antecedents -- Chapter 14. Functions of Soil Microbes Under Stress Environment -- Chapter 15. Modeling impacts of climate change and adaptation strategies for cereal crops in Ethiopia -- Chapter 16. Strategies for Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural Ecosystems -- Chapter 17. Environmental and Economic Benefits of Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative and Production Constraints in Pakistan: A Review -- Chapter 18. Modeling Photoperiod Response of Canola under Changing Climate -- Chapter 19. Modeling and Field Based Evaluation of Vernalisation Requirement of Canola for Higher Yield Potential -- Chapter 20. Integrated crop-livestock system: Prospectus for climate change adaptation in Jordan, a case study -- Chapter 21. Impact of Salinity Intrusion Problem in the sediments of paddy field and farmers adaptation initiative: Case Study.

Description / Table of Contents: Salinity intrusion in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta, a threat: possible causes, effects on people’s life and production, and temporary solutions and adaptable strategies -- Improved stochastic fractal search algorithm for joint optimal operation of cascade hydropower stations -- Regional Hydrological Model with Global Climate Change of Mean Annual Flows of the Santa River Basin, Applying the Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov Equation -- Numerical modeling of tsunami in the city of Chorrillos, Lima – Peru -- Evaluation and correction of rainfall forecast by WRF model in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River -- Research and Application of Spatio-temporal Data Model of Water Supply Network Inspection System -- Rapid Development of Online Hydraulic Model Calculation System Based on EPANET Source Code and ArcObjects -- Sprinkler Irrigation Atomization in Relation to Water Surface Tension: A New Laboratory Technique to Investigate Pesticides and Fertilizers Effect on Irrigation Drop Size -- A Volterra Process Model for River Water Temperature -- Solubilization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures in conventional and gemini surfactant solutions -- A sustainable strategy for petrochemical wastewater treatment via anaerobic co-digestion -- Coagulation/flocculation treatment of carwash wastewater using natural-based material: Asustainable development approach -- Phytoremediation of Textile Wastewater using Water Hyacinth(Eichhornia crassipes): A Sustainable Development Approach -- Synthesis of carbonized bagasse and orange peel wastes as adsorbents for dye removal from aqueous solution: A sustainable approach -- An economic evaluation of integrated desalination systems using Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) -- Policy of the Republic of Bulgaria in the Field of Natural and Environmental Disasters -- Innovative approaches to reduce the level of environmental pollution from bus transport in Sofia, Bulgaria -- Applications of DSF as Renewable Source Energy Savings in a Small Detached Family House Prototype -- Thermal Engineering Applications in Forest Fire Environments -- Airflow Inside of a Virtual Room Integrating a Vertical Confluent Jets Ventilation System -- Integration selective lithium exchange membrane and diffusion dialysis to recover lithium ions in brine water -- Using thermal desorption technique to treat real field diesel oil-contaminated soils -- Experiment and simulation of mobile underwater dredger fill in- layers technology in open water.

Description / Table of Contents: I General Part -- Part A - Ecological Basics (Autoecology) -- Part B - Ecological Basics (Synecology) -- Part C - Ecological Systems and Ecosystem Biology -- II Special Part -- Part D - ZB I: Zonobiome of the evergreen tropical rainforest or equatorial humid diurnal climate -- Part E - ZB II: Zonobiome of savannas, deciduous forests and grasslands of the tropical summer rainfall region -- Part F - ZB III: Zonobiome of hot deserts or subtropical arid climate -- Part G - ZB IV: Zonobiome of hardwoods or Mediterranean winter rainfall regions -- Part H - ZB V: Zonobiome of laurel forests or warm temperate humid climate -- Part I - ZB VI: Zonobiome of winter barren deciduous forests or temperate nemoral climate -- Part J - ZB VII: Zonobiome of steppes and cold deserts or arid temperate climate -- Part K - ZB VIII: Zonobiome of hardwood forests or temperate arid climate. Part K - ZB VIII: Zonobiome of taiga or cold temperate boreal climate -- Part L - ZB IX: Zonobiome of tundra or arctic climate -- Part M - Summary, conclusions -- III Final part.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Crystal chemistry and thermodynamics of high-pressure phase transition -- High-pressure and high-temperature experiments with large-volume apparatus -- Calorimetric experiments and thermodynamic calculation of high-pressure phase relations -- Olivine - modified spinel - spinel transitions -- Phase transitions of pyroxene and garnet, and post-spinel transition forming perovskite -- Crystal chemistry, phase relations, and energetics of high-pressure ABO3 perovskites -- Post-perovskite transition in ABX3 and phase transitions in AO2 -- Post-spinel transition in AB2O4 -- Phase transitions in mantle rocks -- High-pressure minerals from the Earth’s mantle and in shocked meteorites. .

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Mineralogy, geochemistry and geochronology of igneous and sedimentary rocks -- 2. Geochemistry and tectonic discrimination -- 3. Siliciclastic rocks and their provenance -- 4. Application of geochemistry in geothermics -- 5. Geosoftware in geochemical studies.

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

Description / Table of Contents: Part I Introduction -- Part II Impact of Climate Change on Crop Production -- Part III Case Studies: Improve Crop Adaptability and Stability to Climate Change -- Part IV Conclusions and Recommendations.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Environmental equity and justice in relation to the development of natural resources in the Arctic -- Chapter2. Geopolitical risks for oil and gas industry in the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation -- Chapter3. Geoecological risks for oil and gas industry in the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation (GER analyses and modeling) -- Chapter4. Environmental rating as an indicator of geoecological risk management of Russian oil and gas companies in the Arctic -- Chapter5. Management of geopolitical and geoecological risks as a basis for taking into account national and international interests in the development of natural resources in the Arctic.

Description / Table of Contents: Floral Diversity and Climate Change in the Siwalik Succession -- Early Paleogene Megaflora of the Palaeoequatorial Climate: A Case Study from the Gurha Lignite Mine of Rajasthan, Western India -- Development of Cenogram Technique over the Past Six Decades with Some Insights into the Varied Habitats Occupied by Diverse Mammalian Communities Across Spain, China, and India Transiting the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum -- Palynofloral Diversity During Mid-Miocene Warming in Kerala Basin, South-Western India: Palaeoclimatic Implications -- Non-Pollen Palynomorphs from the Late-Holocene Sediments of Majuli Island, Assam (Indo-Burma Region): Implications to Palaeoenvironmental Studies -- Climate Variability and Its Causal Mechanisms Over the Northeastern Indian Himalaya -- Quaternary Climate of Narmada Valley: A Case Study on Understanding Provenance, Weathering and Depositional Environment Using Alluvium Geochemistry from Tawa River Basin, Hoshangabad District, Madhya Pradesh -- Heterogeneity in Glacier Area Loss in Response to Climate Change in Selected Basins of Western Himalaya -- Proglacial Landscape Transformations in Arctic, Ny-Alesund Area, Svalbard: Paraglacial Processes and Climate Warming During Late Quaternary -- Impact of Changing Climate Over Polar Ice Sheet – A Case Study from Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica -- Prevalent Climate Variables During Ablation Season Around Gangotri Glacier -- Compacted Snow Dune Complexes in Antarctica and their Applicability as New Climate Change and Basement Tectonic Parameters -- Investigating the Effect of Environmental Variables on the Isotopic Composition of Transpiration: Implications to Study the Monsoon Processes -- Investigating the Effect of Air-sea Carbon Dynamics and Water Quality Parameters on the Coral Reef Ecosystem of Lakshadweep Sea -- Trend Analysis and Change Point Detection of Annual and Seasonal Precipitation Timeseries Over Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh -- Assessment of Snow Cover Changes Over the Tons River Basin During Last Two Decades (2000-2019) -- Extreme Rainfall Trends and their Statistical Significance -- Examination of Historical Trends and Future Projections for Climate and Land-use Variables and its Impacts on Kalna River Flow in Goa, India -- Temporal Trends in Water Discharge Characteristics of the Large Peninsular Rivers: Assessing the Role of Climatic and Anthropogenic Factors -- Groundwater Responses to Climate Variability in Punjab, India -- Reflections on Temporal Trends in Water Quality and Climate Variability at Three Degradation Hotspots of Leading Rivers in India -- Drought Frequency Assessment and Implications of Climate Change for Maharashtra, India -- Multi-temporal Impact Analysis of Covid-19 Lockdown and Unlock Measures on Major Air Pollutants in Guwahati City, India -- Impact of Lockdown on Air Quality in Megacities of India During COVID-19 Pandemic -- Understanding Urban Floods as Extreme Events and Disaster Management: A Case Study of Bengaluru -- Engendered Climate Risk Analysis: A Precursor to Gender Equality and Empowerment -- Covid Lockdown Improves the Health of River Yamuna: A Pilot Study.

Description / Table of Contents: An Economic Analysis of China's Climate Policy -- China’s Balance of Emissions Embodied in Trade: Approaches to Measurement and Allocating International Responsibility -- Low Carbon Transformation -- Adapting to the Carrying Capacity, Ensuring Ecological Safety -- Post-Paris Process: A Transformational Breakthrough Is Still Needed.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Lake and Livelihoods: Threats to Their Sustainability -- Chapter 3. Fish Resources: Its Importance and Challenges -- Chapter 4. Governance and Human–Nature Relation -- Chapter 5. Zoning and Its Impacts on Governance -- Chapter 6. Climate and Rainfall -- Chapter 7. Inundation and Water Surface Temperature: Satellite-Based Observation -- Chapter 8. Hydrology of the Inflow River Basins -- Chapter 9. Groundwater and Surface Water Exchange in the Lake Basin -- Chapter 10. Improvement of a Hydrological Model Performance by Satellite Rainfall Product -- Chapter 11. Flood Pulse and Water Level -- Chapter 12. Discharge Measurement and Hydraulic Characteristics in the Tonle Sap River -- Chapter 13. Mathematics and Numerics of a Two-Dimensional Local Inertial Equation -- Chapter 14. Numerical Simulation of Hydrodynamics Using the Two-Dimensional Local Inertial Equation -- Chapter 15. Hydrodynamic Properties Characterized by Two-Dimensional Hydraulic Simulation -- Chapter 16. Flow Regime of a Floating Village Using a Three-Dimensional Hydraulic Model -- Chapter 17. Sediment and Suspended Solids: Spatiotemporal Dynamics -- Chapter 18. Total Suspended Solid Dynamics Revealed by Long-term Satellite Image Analysis -- Chapter 19. Sediment Resuspension and its Relation to Flood Pulse -- Chapter 20. Sediment Loads from Tonle Sap Lake Tributaries -- Chapter 21. Physico-Chemical Properties of Suspended Solids and Sediment -- Chapter 22. Basin-wide Distribution of Water Quality -- Chapter 23. Basic Physicochemical Water Quality—Spatiotemporal Distribution -- Chapter 24. Nutrient Availability and Phosphorus Dynamics -- Chapter 25. Phosphorus Dynamics—Modeling and Simulation -- Chapter 26. Chemistry of Groundwater in the Floodplain -- Chapter 27. Bacterial Communities: Their Dynamics and Interactions with Physicochemical Factors -- Chapter 28. Microcystin Production and Oxidative Stress -- Chapter 29. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria -- Chapter 30. Antibiotic Resistance of Intestinal Bacteria -- Chapter 31. Primary Production -- Chapter 32. Flooded Forests -- Chapter 33. Aquatic Fauna and Aquaculture -- Chapter 34. Waterbirds -- Chapter 35. Chemical Analysis of Heavy Metals and Pesticides: Pretreatment -- Chapter 36. Heavy Metals -- Chapter 37. Residual Pesticides -- Chapter 38. Heavy Metal Accumulation in Fish -- Chapter 39. Pesticide Residues in Vegetables from Provinces around Tonle Sap Lake -- Chapter 40. Water Use, Sanitation, and Health Conditions in Villages on/around the Lake -- Chapter 41. Health Risk Assessment of a Floating Village Based on a Three-Dimensional Hydraulic Model -- Chapter 42. Virus Removal by Poly Aluminum Chloride and Calcium Hypochlorite -- Chapter 43. Impact of Climate Change on the Hydrological Regime of Tonle Sap Lake -- Chapter 44. Projection of Land Use and Land Cover in the Lake Basin -- Chapter 45. Permissible Phosphorus Load -- Chapter 46. Effects of Environmental Factors on Eutrophication -- Chapter 47. Application of a Sorbent Derived from Lake Sediment and Bivalve Shells for Phosphorus Removal -- Chapter 48. Management of Flooded Forests and Fish Resources -- Chapter 49. Transdisciplinary Research Collaboration for Environmental Conservation -- Chapter 50. Recommendations for Further Research and Environmental Management.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to chemigation and fertigation -- Chapter 2. Selecting an injector for fertilizer/chemical injection -- Chapter 3. Fertilizers for fertigation -- Chapter 4. Major, secondary, and micronutrient fertilizers used in fertigation -- Chapter 5. Fertigation practices: Egyptian case study.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Policy Responses to COVID-19- Climate Finance and Carbon Markets -- Chapter 3. Corporate Purpose: An Emerging Approach to Corporate Sustainability -- Chapter 4. An Overview of Sustainable Finance: Linkages with the Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter 5. The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Sustainable Mining: Exploring Mining Impacts of the Kansanshi Mine in Zambia -- Chapter 6. Zambia’s Mining Industry A Closer Look at the Corporate Approaches to Sustainable Development of Konkola and Mopani Copper Mines -- Chapter 7. Legislating Corporate Sustainable Development Agreements as a Corporate Social Responsibility Response for Mining Communities in Zambia A Case Study of Kabwe Lead-zinc Mine, Zambia -- Chapter 8. A Corporate Roadmap to Sustainable Resource Governance in Africa -- Chapter 9. Study of Conflicts for Water in the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework -- Chapter 10. Sustainable Communities in Resource Regions Exploring the Case of Resettlement in Colombia -- Chapter 11. Mining and Sustainable Development in Colombia -- Chapter 12. Sustainable Forest Management: Community Forestry’s contribution to build Climate Resilient Communities in Nepal -- Chapter 13. Ensuring Sustainable Post-Pandemic Tourism in Nepal: The Role of Corporate Agencies -- Chapter 14. Adaptation Strategies adopted by Indigenous Community for Sustainable Livelihood in Response to the Changing Climate: The Role of the Local Authorities and the Corporate Sector in a ca study of Sherpa Community from Lukla, Nepal -- Chapter 15. CSR Disclosure through the Principles of UN Global Compact in Bangladesh : Evidence from Emerging Markets -- Chapter 16. The Role of Managerial Efficiency, Human Capital, Research and Development in Corporate Environmental Disclosure: Insights from Bangladesh -- Chapter 17. Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Key determinants of spatial management systems in Europe (Paulina Legutko-Kobus, Maciej Nowak) -- Chapter 2. Determinants and effects of planning practice in Poland (PrzemysławŚleszyński) -- Chapter 3. Spatial development law in Poland and related problems (Maciej Nowak) -- Chapter 4. Determining the interdependence (including barriers and challenges) between legal regulations and planning practice (PŚ, MN PLK) -- Chapter 5. Summary and conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Understanding climate change -- Scientific opinion on climate change -- Public perspective of climate change -- Predictors of public climate change awareness and risk perception around the world -- Drivers of Climate change. .

Description / Table of Contents: - On the Establishment of Theoretical Cartography and Meta-cartography and the Subsequent Development of Ubiquitous Mapping -- Ubiquitous Digital Storytelling with Local and Dynamic Georeferencing of Analog Maps -- Developing and Evaluating Virtual Heiankyō AR -- Role of Maps and Public Street Signs in Wayfinding Behavior by Foreign Visitors -- Use of Smartphones as Navigation Aids and Acquisition of Spatial Knowledge -- Intergenerational Differences in the Use of Maps: Results from an online survey -- Development Process of OpenStreetMap Data in Japan -- Stigmatization on the Web: Ethical consideration of geospatial stigmatiza-tion via online mapping -- How Have Tactile Maps for the Visually Impaired Been Situated in Japan?: From the analysis of newspaper articles -- Mapping Isolation: Distribution of Isolated Foreign Women Living in Rural Japan. .

Description / Table of Contents: Current situation of water pollution in China -- Challenges and opportunities to treat water pollution -- Facing water pollution under rapid changing environment: China’s experiences -- Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Study Framework -- Introduction and Background -- Description of the Physical Environment -- Literature Review -- Physical Hydrology.

Description / Table of Contents: Geomorphology and Geology -- Seismicity and Crustal Movement -- Active Faults and Paleoseismicity -- Seismological and Geodetic Observations of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Sequence -- Field Mapping Methods and Data Compilation Procedures of the Surface Ruptures -- General Characteristics of the Surface Ruptures of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Sequence -- Surface Ruptures of the Shirahata-Oike Section -- Surface Ruptures along the Kita-Amagi Fault Zone -- Surface Ruptures along the Southern Part of the Futagawa Fault -- Surface Ruptures along the Central-Northern Part of the Futagawa Fault -- Surface Ruptures in the Downtown of Kumamoto City -- Surface Ruptures and Tectonic Geomorphology along and around the Idenokuchi Fault -- Surface Ruptures in the Northwestern Part of the Inner Aso Caldera -- Surface Ruptures in the Northeastern Part of the Inner Aso Caldera -- Surface Ruptures in the Northwest of the Outer Aso Caldera -- Surface Ruptures along the Western Part of the Bungo-Kaido Road -- Surface Ruptures in Mashiki Town: Tectonic Significance and Building Damage -- Surface Ruptures Accompanied with the Largest Foreshock.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. E-government: The Role of ICTs in Support of Public Administration’s Processes -- Chapter 3. e-Democracy: The Role of ICTs in Support of Citizens Participation -- Chapter 4. Technologies that Encourage Citizen e-Participation in Urban Governance -- Chapter 5. Digital Participatory Platforms as a Tool to Satisfy Local Government and Citizen’s Needs -- Chapter 6. International Best Practices -- Chapter 7. Focus on the Italian Context -- Chapter 8. MiraMap: A Digital Participatory Platform for Urban Regeneration -- Chapter 9. An Evaluation of Success and Failure of Digital Participatory Platform in Urban Regeneration Governance -- Chapter 10. Conclusion. The Way Forward.

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

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Assessing the State of Smoke Science -- Chapter 2. Fuels and Consumption -- Chapter 3. Fire Behavior and Heat Release as Source Conditions for Smoke -- Chapter 4. Smoke Plume Dynamics -- Chapter 5. Emissions -- Chapter 6. Smoke Chemistry -- Chapter 7. Social, Economic, and Health Effects of Smoke -- Chapter 8. Resource Manager Perspectives on the Need for Smoke Science -- Appendix A: Regional Perspectives on Smoke Issues and Management -- Appendix B: Smoke Monitoring Networks, Models, and Mapping Tools.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction to South African deep-level gold and platinum mining -- 2. Scenarios -- 3. Physical properties -- 4. Overview of key geophysical technologies -- 5. Top issues and applicability guidelines -- 6. Case histories.

Description / Table of Contents: Evolution of Megacities and Megacity Regions -- Megacity Region Spatial Model -- Dynamics of Megacity Regional Development -- Megacity Regional Governance and Plan Implementation -- Emerging Advances in Regional Spatial Planning. .

Description / Table of Contents: Fireballs announcing meteorite falls -- Parent bodies of meteorites and their dynamic pathways to Earth -- The origin and nature of comets -- The impact associated to short-period comets and their origin -- Quantifying the hazard associated with asteroid impacts -- Impact craters and extinctions in geologic record.

Description / Table of Contents: Potential of Geospatial Data in Healthcare for Society 5.0 -- Geospatial Health Data Analytics for Society 5.0 -- Relevance of spatio-temporal data visualisation techniques in healthcare system -- GIS and Remote Sensing for public health -- Infectious diseases and their tracking in GIS.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Quantification and imaging of nanomaterials in biological samples -- Chapter 2. Tracing and quantifying microplastics in the environment -- Chapter 3. Advances in analytical methods of emerging contaminants -- Chapter 4. Advances in exposome -- Chapter 5. Omics approaches in toxicological studies -- Chapter 6. Recent developments in the eco- and human toxicology of nanomaterials -- Chapter 7. Characterization of nano-bio interactions in nanotoxicology -- Chapter 8. Knowledge gained from co-exposure studies of nanomaterials and chemicals -- Chapter 9. Ecotoxicology of micro- and nanoplastics -- Chapter 10. Advances in the toxicological studies of atmospheric particulate matter -- Chapter 11. Mechanisms of action of emerging contaminants: PPCP -- Chapter 12. Mechanisms of action of emerging contaminants: disinfection byproduct -- Chapter 13. Mechanisms of action of emerging contaminants: substituting industrial chemicals (BPs, flame retardants, PFCs) -- Chapter 14. Status of risk assessment of emerging contaminants -- Chapter 15. Environmental risk assessment models for emerging contaminants -- Chapter 16. Developments in in silico risk assessment of nanomaterials and emerging contaminants -- Chapter 17. Application of adverse outcome pathways in risk assessment.

Description / Table of Contents: Scientific Foundations for the Formation of the Organizational Structure of the Grain Market -- Priorities and Efficiency of Government Support for the Agricultural Sector of Ukraine -- Development of Methods of Revision Control of Financial and Economic Activities of Agricultural Consumer Cooperatives -- Sustainable Agriculture for Food Security: Conceptual Framework and Benefits of Digitalization -- Methodological Approach to the Polycriteria Assessment of Agricultural Sustainability: Digitalization, International Experience, Problems, and Challenges for Higher Education in Russia -- Environmental and Energy Efficiency as a Criterion for Sustainable Agriculture -- Agriculture in developing countries: cultural differences, vectors of sustainable development, digitalization, and international experience -- Potential and Opportunities of Organic Agriculture in Russia -- Agflation as a Threat to Food Security: Analysis of Inflationary Factors -- Growth Reserves of Agricultural Production in the Ryazan Region -- The Current State of the Organic Market in Russia -- Farm Size in Organic Agriculture: Analysis of European Countries and Russia -- Study of the Labor Resources of Peasant (Farm) Households by Production Type -- Expanded reproduction as the basis for agricultural sustainability: marketing, digital economy, and smart technologies -- Changes in the Agrochemical Indicators of Light Gray Forest Soil and the Yield of Grain Crops during the Rotation of Crop Rotation under the Influence of Various Systems of its Processing in the Conditions of the South-East of the Volga-Vyatka Region -- Improving the Price Mechanism in Milk Production and Processing -- Assessment of Efficiency and Production Risks in Crop Production Innovative Development -- Innovative Calculating of Products in Industry Enterprises.

Description / Table of Contents: Blockchain Technology: A Fundamental Overview -- Fundamentals of blockchain and new generations of Distributed Ledger Technologies. Circular economy case uses in Spain -- Security Magnification in Supply Chain Management Using Blockchain Technology -- Implementation of Blockchain technologies in Smart Cities, opportunities and challenges -- Blockchain Technology Enables Healthcare Data Management and Accessibility -- Blockchain as a Service: A holistic approach to traceability in the circular economy -- The Smart City, Smart Contract, Smart Healthcare, Internet of Things (IoT), Opportunities and Challenges -- Applications of Blockchain Technology for a Circular Economy with focus on Singapore -- Leveraging Blockchain Technology in Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Logistics.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Importance of Yangtze River -- Chapter 2. Stages of Yangtze River Rehabilitation and Protection -- Chapter 3. Achievements in Rehabilitation and Protection -- Chapter 4. Situation Facing the Yangtze Rehabilitation and Protection in the New Era -- Chapter 5. Visions on Yangtze River Rehabilitation and Protection -- Chapter 6. Strategic Measures -- Chapter 7. Master Plan of the Yangtze River Basin -- Chapter 8. Change of River-lake Relation and the Regulation of Dongting and Poyang Lakes -- Chapter 9. Master Plan of the Yangtze River Basin -- Chapter 10. Joint Operation of the Group Reservoirs -- Chapter 11. Water Resources Protection -- Chapter 12. Major Scientific and Technological Research Subjects.

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: 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: Chapter 1 -- Integrating inclusivity & justice into climate action planning: Beyond mere symbolism. Chapter 2 -- We can’t address what we don’t acknowledge: How urban climate adaptation plans confront racial injustices. Chapter 3 -- Sustainable city? The search for social justice in Flagstaff, Arizona’s climate action plan. Chapter 4 -- Missing the Housing for the Trees: The Challenge of Equity in Urban Climate Planning. Chapter 5 -- Climate Discourses in France: Fuel Taxes, Yellow Vests, and the Grand Débat. Chapter 6 -- Incorporating an Equity Lens into Local Climate Action Planning: Portland, Oregon’s Experience. Chapter 7 -- Community engagement and equity in climate adaptation planning: experience of small and mid- size cities in the United States and in France. Chapter 8 -- Mobilities In Climate Action Planning: The Challenges of Integrating (In)Justices in Current Policies. Chapter 9 -- Resilience and climate risk in extreme and extreme - ing urban environments: planning and climate justice. Chapter 10 -- Addressing Individualized Risk Response to Climate Resilience Assessment by Fostering Adaptive Capacity. Chapter 11 -- Downscaling Resilience: Appropriating and Contesting Resilience from City to Neighborhood. Chapter 12 -- Cultural Heritage Preservation, Climate Action Planning, and Social Justice. Chapter 13 -- Community agency for climate justice through and beyond the state: The Little Village Environmental Justice Organization. Chapter 14 -- Creating Tools for Community Based Climate Planning. Chapter 15 -- Interagency Collaborations in Place- Based Environmental Sustainability Work: Social Network Insights at the Community Level. Chapter 16 -- Afloat and Adrift: What’s the Plan as South Florida Slowly Sinks? Chapter 17 -- Vulnerable Locations and the Need for Climate Action Planning: The Case of Cape Coral, Florida.

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: Microfiber Pollution – A Sustainability Issue -- Microfiber Shedding of Textile Materials – Mechanism and Analysis Techniques -- Factors Influencing Microfiber Shedding – Role of Textile and Apparel Characteristics -- Domestic Laundry – A major cause of microfiber shedding -- Impact of microfiber/Microplastic pollution -- Microfiber Pollution Prevention - Mitigation Strategies and Challenges.

Description / Table of Contents: Climate Change Models and Impacts -- Assessment of Future Climate Trend Based on Multi-RCMs Models and Its Impact on Groundwater Recharge of the Mediterranean Coastal Aquifer of Ghis-Nekkor (Morocco) -- Species distribution based-modelling under climate change: the case of two native wild Olea europaea subspecies in Morocco, O. e. subsp. europaea var. sylvestris and O. e. subsp. maroccana -- The frequency of rare Cyclones in the Eastern Mediterranean and Northeastern Africa as a sign of climate change Using satellite Imagery, Climate data models and GIS-Based Analysis -- Climate Change Impacts on Hydrology in the Mediterranean Part of Slovenia -- Climate change impacts and the role of forestry: Insights from the Mediterranean region -- Energy Impacts on Climate Change: Issues, challenges and solutions with clean Conversion Technology -- Montenegro and World: Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation -- Portrayals of Climate Change and Drought in the Politically Oriented Turkish Press: Socialist, Islamist, and Nationalist Accounts of Extreme Weather in 2007 and 2014 -- Climate changes and insolation in the Mediterranean basin: the case of Montenegro -- The conservation challenge of traditional agroecosystems in Morocco: the case study of six oases agroecosystems -- Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Initiatives -- Enhancing the Resilience of Oasis Agrosystems to Climate Change in Morocco -- Climate Change and Agricultural production in Algeria -- Ready for climate change? An assessment of measures adopted by 45 Mediterranean coastal cities to face climate change -- Climate change or climate crisis? Investigating the views of forestry students on the causes, consequences and tools for the mitigation of climate change -- Development of a water security index incorporating future challenges.

Description / Table of Contents: Determination of cavities under the concrete slab anchoring the upper slopes of the Novosibirsk hydroe-lectric power station using standing waves -- Acoustic measurements on synthetic fractured samples made using FDM 3D printing technology -- Variational identification of the transport model parameters in the Azov Sea based on remote sensing data -- Separated flows under hydrodynamic action of a solution on rock salt -- Innovative technologies for the construction of horizontal and two-tiered underground reservoirs in rock salt -- Coastal geology and geomorphology of the Kasatka Bay (Iturup Island, South Kuril Islands, SE Russia) -- The movement of the particles around cylindrical particle in a shear flow -- Metastable instability of Marangoni convection -- Impact of warm winters on the White Sea: in silico experiment.

Description / Table of Contents: Sustainable Regional Development with Environmental Practices -- Geopolitics of Sustainable Development -- The Transversal and Territorial Praxis of Regional Development -- Regional Development and Sustainable Responses to Climate Change and other Environmental Issues in Sri Lanka -- Regional Planning Strategy to Sustainable Development in Nepal -- Consequences of Dislocation and Involuntary Migration: Some Lessons from the Teesta River Bank Erosion Affected Communities -- Micro-Spatial Analysis of Rural Accessibility for Imbricating Regional Development: Exemplifying an Indian District -- Managing the Regional Inequalities in India with Particular Reference to the Transformation of Aspirational Districts Programme -- Understanding the Disability Divides in India: A Spatio-temporal Analysis with District-level Datasets -- How Far Gender Inequality Suppresses Human Development: Evidence from India -- Association of Morbidity among Children with Housing, Water, Sanitation Conditions in Urban India: A Policy Perspective -- Urban Heat Island Formation in Relation to Land Transformation: A Study on a Mining Industrial Region of West Bengal -- Housing Conditions with Reference to Seepage in Different Residential Localities in Mumbai -- Livelihood of the Displaced: A Study on Selected Areas of Bangladeshi Immigrants in West Bengal, India -- Household Vulnerability of Tribal People to Climate Change in the Part of Dooars Region, West Bengal, India -- Exploring the Options for Sustainable Livelihood in the Indian Sunderbans: An Attempt through Contingent Valuation Method.

Description / Table of Contents: - Inspired by nature -- Conditions for magma vesiculation -- Mechanism of bubble formation -- Growth and expansion of bubbles -- Temporal development of vesiculation -- Other bubble-related processes -- Cooling crystallization of magma -- Crystallization induced by vesiculation -- CSD (Crystal Size Distribution) -- Application -- Appendix.

Description / Table of Contents: Springs as essential water sources for dependent ecosystems in karst -- Small standing-water ecosystems in the transitional temperate climate of the Western Balkans -- Conservation value and habitat diversity of fluvial lakes and gravel pits in river-floodplain systems -- Fountains - overlooked small water bodies in the urban areas -- Temporary ponds in Mediterranean islands: oases of biodiversity -- Riparian springs – challenges from a neglected habitat -- Ecological characteristics and specifics of spring habitats in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Algae in shallow and small water bodies of Serbia: a frame for species and habitat protection -- Springs and headwater streams in Serbia: the hidden diversity and ecology of aquatic invertebrates. Springs of Southeastern Serbia with a focus on the Vlasina Plateau: different types of challenges for the macroinvertebrate community. Gastropods in small water bodies of the Western Balkans – Endangerments and threats. Importance of small water bodies for diversity of leeches (Hirudinea) of Western Balkan -- Karst springs: isolated ecosystem ecology from the water mite perspective -- Large branchiopods in Small Water bodies: A case study of the Ramsar site „Bardača Wetland“ (NW Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina) -- How important are small lotic habitats of the Western Balkans for local mayflies? -- Fish communities over the Danube wetlands in Serbia and Croatia -- The importance of small water bodies’ conservation for maintaining local amphibian diversity in the Western Balkans -- Human impact induces shifts in trophic composition and diversity of consumer communities in small freshwater ecosystems. Pollution of small lakes and ponds of the Western Balkans - assessment of levels of potentially toxic elements. Conclusions: Small water bodies of the Western Balkans – values and threats. .

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: Historical and Geopolitical Context (edited by Emilija Manić and Vladimir Nikitović) -- Chapter 1. Geographical Position of Serbia (Milutin Tadić, Emilija Manić) -- Chapter 2. Prehistory of Serbia: A Brief Review (Dušan Mihailović, Dragana Antonović, Aleksandar Kapuran) -- Chapter 3. Serbia: A Historical Survey (Radmila Pejić, Sofija Petković, Dejan Radičević) -- Chapter 4. Political Geography of Serbia: Territorial Organization and Government (Nebojša Vuković) -- Part II: Physical Geography (edited by Predrag Đurović) -- Chapter 5. Climate of Serbia (Boško Milovanović, Gorica Stanojević, Milan Radovanović) -- Chapter 6. Hydrological Characteristics of Serbia (Marko Urošev, Ana Milanović Pešić, Jelena Kovačević–Majkić, Dragoljub Štrbac) -- Chapter 7. Geomorphological Characteristics of Serbia (Predrag Djurović) -- Chapter 8. Biogeographical Characteristics of the Territory of Serbia: Richness and Spatial Distribution of Biodiversity, Endemism and Biogeographical Regionalization (Vladimir B. Stevanović) -- Chapter 9. Geohazards and Geoheritage (Ivan Novković, Slavoljub Dragićević, Mirela Djurović) -- Part III: Demography (edited by Vladimir Nikitović) -- Chapter 10. Demographic Profile of Serbia at the Turn of the Millennia (Daniela Arsenović, Vladimir Nikitović) -- Chapter 11. Demographic Challenges in Serbia (Mirjana Rašević, Marko Galjak) -- Chapter 12. Migration and Mobility Patterns in Serbia (Vesna Lukić) -- Chapter 13. Approaching Regional Depopulation in Serbia (Vladimir Nikitović) -- Part IV: Economy (edited by Emilija Manić) -- Chapter 14. Serbian Economy – History, Transition and Present (Đorđe Mitrović) -- Chapter 15. Agriculture in Serbia (Žaklina Stojanović) -- Chapter 16. Natural Resources and Manufacturing Sector (Emilija Manić, Milena Lutovac) -- Chapter 17. Transport Sector in Serbia (Ivan Ratkaj) -- Chapter 18. Services: Finance, Trade and Tourism (Svetlana Popović, Dragan Stojković, Radmila Jovanović) -- Chapter 19. Serbia Internationally: International Trade and Integrations (Predrag Bjelić, Ivana Popović Petrović). Part V: Regional Development and Specificities (edited by Vladimir Nikitović and Emilija Manić) -- Chapter 20. Environmental Issues in Serbia: The Pollution and Nature Conservation (Vladimir Stojanović, Milana Pantelić, Stevan Savić) -- Chapter 21. Development Challenges Faced by Cities in Serbia (Nikola Krunić, Aleksandra Gajić, Dragutin Tošić) -- Chapter 22. Rural Areas and Rural Economy in Serbia (Marija Drobnjaković, Žaklina Stojanović, Sonja Josipović) -- Chapter 23. Regional Disparities in Serbia (Dejan Molnar) -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. Brief Historical Review -- Chapter3. The Basic Medicine of the Human Anatomy -- Chapter4. Meteorological and Weather Elements -- Chapter5. Human Biometeology -- Chapter6. Meteoropathy -- Chapter7. Sunlight and Health -- Chapter8. Air Pollution and Health -- Chapter9. Heat and Health -- Chapter10. Cold and Health -- Chapter11. Violent Weather and Health -- Chapter12. Climate Change and Health -- Chapter13. Applied Medical Meteorology and Climatology.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Building the analytic toolbox-from spatial analytics to spatial statistical inference with geospatial data -- Chapter 2-Spatial data integration to better represent pollutants for environmental health studies -- Chapter 3-Spatial health data analysis-data driven and model driven approaches. Chapter 4 -- Machine learning, big data and spatial tools-a combination to reveal complex facts that impact environmental health -- Chapter 5-Spatial aspects of seasonality and infectious diseases -- Chapter 6-Earth observation data and technology to model influenza epidemiology -- Chapter 7-Trend of geospatial technology in environmental health application-from public health to individual healthcare -- Chapter 8-Geospatial technology to analyze human well-being and its eco-social determinants -- Chapter 9-Spatial components of population health -- Chapter 10-Geospatial technology in medical geology -- Chapter 11-Geospatial technology in planning and operations of telehealth programs -- Chapter 12-Integrating GIS, toxicology, microbiology and geochemistry-a multidisciplinary integrated approach for better understanding the public health issues.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Binary Variable Versus Binary Variable -- Chapter 2: Binary Variable Versus Rank Variable -- Chapter 3: Application of the Total Operating Characteristic -- Chapter 4: Categorical Variable Versus Categorical Variable -- Chapter 5: Application to Categorical Error Assessment with Sampling -- Chapter 6: Multiple Spatial Resolutions for Categorical Variables -- Chapter 7: Application to Categorical Temporal Change -- Chapter 8: Interval Variable Versus Interval Variable -- Chapter 9: Application to Interval Temporal Change -- Chapter 10: Indices of Agreement -- Chapter 11: Vector Variable Versus Vector Variable -- Chapter 12: Commandments to Avoid Deadly Sins.

Description / Table of Contents: 1 Ocean, Tidal and Wave Energy: Science and Challenges -- 2 Nuclear Energy and Conventional Clean Fuel -- 3 Solar cells: application and challenges -- 4 Photovoltaic modules: Battery storage and grid technology -- 5 Geothermal energy: Exploration, Exploitation, and Production -- 6 Application of high-temperature thermal energy storage materials for power plants -- 7 Hydrogen Fuel: Clean Energy Production Technologies -- 8 Natural Gas Hydrates – Energy Locked in Cages -- 9 Gas Hydrates in Man-made Environments: Applications, Economics, Challenges and Future Directions -- 10 Hydrate-based Desalination Technology: A Sustainable Approach -- 11 Subsurface Decarbonisation options as CO2 hydrates with Clean Methane Energy Recovery from Natural Gas Hydrate Reservoirs -- 12 Combined Heating and cooling system with Phase Change Material: A Novel Approach -- 13 Hydrothermal Liquefaction (HTL) of Kraft Lignin (KL) Recovered from Lignocellulosic Biomass: State of the Art -- 14 Catalytic Hydropyrolysis and Hydrodeoxygenation of Biomass and Model Compounds for Fuels and Chemicals. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Determination of cavities under the concrete slab anchoring the upper slopes of the Novosibirsk hydroe-lectric power station using standing waves -- Chapter 2: Acoustic measurements on synthetic fractured samples made using FDM 3D printing technology -- Chapter 3: Variational identification of the transport model parameters in the Azov Sea based on remote sensing data -- Chapter 4: Detached flows at rock salt exposition to aqueous solution -- Chapter 5: Innovative technologies for construction of horizontal and double-deck underground tanks in rock salt -- Chapter 6: Coastal geology and geomorphology of the Kasatka Bay (Iturup Island, South Kuril Islands, SE Russia) -- Chapter 7: The movement of the particles around cylindrical particle in a shear flow -- Chapter 8: Internal Gravity Waves Fields Dynamics in Vertically Stratified Horizontally Inhomogeneous Medium. .

Description / Table of Contents: Bioremediation of Soil: An Overview -- Current Soil Bioremediation Technologies: An assessment -- Phytoremediation of Soils Contaminated with Heavy Metals: Techniques and Strategies -- Bioremediation of Polluted Aquatic Eco-systems using Macrophytes -- Bioremediation of Salt Affected Soil through Plant-based Strategies -- Bioremediation of Waste Dumping Sites.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction from DG-CLIMA -- Introduction from the Editors -- Challenges for adaptation modelling -- Hazard, exposure and vulnerability modelling -- Sectoral models for impact and adaptation assessment -- Adaptation modelling and policy action -- Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: - Livelihood Transformations and Sustainability in India -- The Exodus in Times of Pandemic: Mobility, Migration and Livelihood of Informal Migrant Workers during COVID 19 Crisis in India -- Challenges in Livelihood of Residents in Kilinochchi District, Sri Lanka due to Water Scarcity -- Tobacco cropping increases sediment delivery in a subtropical agricultural catchment in Brazil -- Digital Elevation Model and Irrigation Management Planning in Bangladesh -- Small Holder Tea Farming in West Bengal, India: An Exploratory Insight -- The Transition of Traditional Agriculture in Nagaland, India: A Case Study of Shifting (Jhum) Cultivation -- Land Use Land Cover Dynamics in Baku Micro-watershed Area of Ausgram Block-II, Purba Barddhaman District, West Bengal, India -- Spatio-Temporal Changes of Crop Combination in Selected C.D. Blocks of Purba Bardhaman District, West Bengal, India -- Development of Sericulture in Murshidabad with Special Reference to Women’s Participation -- Opportunities and the Challenges of Tourism Industry in Bangladesh -- Socio-economic Development through Tourism: An Investigative Study for the Himalayan State Sikkim, India -- Tourism Potentials of Fossil Parks as Geoheritage Sites: A Study in Western and South Western Region of West Bengal, India -- Classifying the million plus urban agglomerations of India - geographical types and quality of life -- Urban Rejuvenation and Social Sustainability in Smart City: An Empirical Study of Community Aspirations -- Urban Wetlands: Opportunities and challenges in Indian Cities – A case of Bhubaneswar City, Odisha -- Analysing Spatial Inequalities of Amenities in Jammu City using Geoinformatics -- Land Suitability Analysis of Settlement Concentration using GIS-based Multicriteria decision-making Technique in Fringe area of Siliguri Town, West Bengal (India) -- GIS-based healthcare accessibility analysis- A case study of selected municipalities of Hyderabad -- Dynamics of Disease Diffusion: A Critical Analysis of Dengue Outbreak in Kolkata and Adjacent Areas -- Tuberculosis Patients in Malda District of West Bengal, Eastern India: Exploring the Ground Reality -- An Assessment Study on Hierarchical Integrity of Road Connectivity and Nodal Accessibility of Maternal Health Care Service centres in Itahar Block, Uttar Dinajpur District, West Bengal -- Strategies for Sustainable Tribal Development in Purulia District, West Bengal, India: A Socio-Ecological Perspective -- Development of Tribal Livelihood in Manbazar-II Block of Purulia District, West Bengal, India -- The Fourth Paradigm in Geographical Sciences -- Establishing relationships of cellular communication coverage provided by governmental and non-governmental companies as a function of digital elevation, population density, and transport infrastructure in Jodhpur District, Rajasthan. .

Description / Table of Contents: Performance improvement of usbr vi stilling basin model for pipe outlet -- Rain water harvesting for the main campus of jaipur national university, jagatpura, Jaipur -- Bio Inspired Genetic Algorithm for Optimal Design of Water Distribution Networks -- Drought assessment using various drought indices: a case study of banaskantha district -- Top surface soil moisture retrieval using c- band synthetic aperture radar over kudremukh grasslands -- Meteorological drought assessment in the bharathapuzha river basin -- Experimental and numerical analysis of mean pressure coefficient on C-shaped building with and without round corner. .

Description / Table of Contents: Ecological Footprint Assessment of Recycled Asphalt Pavement Construction -- Carbon Footprints Of Recycled Plastic Packaging And Household Food Consumption By Gender In Spain -- An Environmental Construction And Demolition Waste Management Model To Trigger Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery Towards A Circular Economy: The Mexican and Spanish Cases -- Ecological Footprint of Multi-Silicon Photovoltaic Module Recycling -- The Potential of Refuse Derived Fuel Production in Reducing the Environmental Footprint of the Cement Industry.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: The continent at the end of the world -- Chapter 2: A brief history of an arduous discovery -- Chapter 3: Paleoclimate: looking for the importance of Antarctica -- Chapter 4: Survival lessons: Mars on Earth -- Chapter 5: Perpetually moving glaciers: where icebergs emerge -- Chapter 6: The Antarctic ice floe -- Chapter 7: Microbes -- Chapter 8: Ice, algae, krill -- Chapter 9: Life in the dark: a diversity explosion under the ice -- Chapter 10: Birds at the end of the world -- Chapter 11: Large mammals of the white continent -- Chapter 12: Climate change: not so isolated -- Chapter 13: What happened in Larsen? -- Chapter 14: Organisms and climate change -- Chapter 15: The ozone layer and Antarctica -- Chapter 16: Pollutants in a pristine place -- Chapter 17: The final resort -- Chapter. 18: Remote fishing grounds -- Chapter 19: Ecotourism and invasive species -- Chapter 20: The Antarctic Treaty -- Chapter 21: Antarctic bases -- Chapter 22: Living on an ocean-going icebreaker -- Chapter. 23: The last bastion of an unspoiled planet.

Description / Table of Contents: Rural Domestic Water Supply in India: Progress and Issues -- Factors Influencing Groundwater Behaviour During Monsoon: Analysis from Maharashtra -- Factors Influencing the Performance of Rural Water Supply Schemes: Analysis from Maharashtra -- Studying the Performance of Rural Water Supply Schemes in Different Geological Settings -- Locating Water for Augmenting Rural Water Supply Schemes -- Strategies for Improving Rural Domestic Water Supply in Maharashtra -- Managing Groundwater Quality for Drinking Water Security in India: Emerging Challenge -- Improving Institutional Responses to Groundwater Pollution: Use of a Drinking Water Quality Surveillance Index -- Managing Rural Drinking Water Supply across Hydro-Climatic Zones of India -- Rural Drinking Water Security in India: The Challenge of Piping Water to Every Household by 2024.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Remains of the shipwreck: an introduction to the Iberian maritime and underwater landscape -- Chapter2. A paradigm of inter and multidisciplinary research: The ForSEAdiscovery project as a case study -- Chapter3. Life and Death in the Spanish Carrera de Indias: ships, merchants, cargoes and routes -- Chapter4. Iberian Ships of the Early Modern Period -- Chapter5. Ship Types in Portugal -- Chapter6. The Iberian Peninsula between two Seas: Shipbuilding Revolution in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean, 14th–15th centuries -- Chapter7. An insight into Mediterranean naval architecture in the 16th century through the texts of Nicolò Sagri (1538–1571). A comparative perspective with Ibero-Atlantic shipbuilding -- Chapter8. From the Baltic Sea to Andalusia: North European timber (and traders) in 16th-century Seville -- Chapter9. Supplying timber for His Majesty’s fleets: forest resources and maritime struggle in Portugal (1621–1634) -- Chapter10. Historical Documents as sources for the study of shipbuilding in Spain -- Chapter11. Iberian Documents and Treaties on shipbuilding -- Chapter12. Maritime vocabulary in texts: Fray Joseph de Ledesma (1701) -- Chapter13. GIS application on 16th-18th centuries Iberian Shipwrecks.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Mining and the nature of gold deposits -- Chapter 3. Data to processes, examples, and discovery -- Chapter 4. Provinciality of goldfields -- Chapter 5. Enrichment of gold above background -- Chapter 6. Segregation of gold from base metals -- Chapter 7. Timing of deposit formation -- Chapter 8. Ore fluid types as recorded in fluid inclusions -- Chapter 9. Commonality and diversity: both need explanation. Chapter 10. Magmatic processes that lead to gold-only deposits -- Chapter 11. Fluids in the earth’s crust -- Chapter 12. Alteration in gold-only deposits -- Chapter 13. Case study: the formation of a giant goldfield: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia -- Chapter 14. Hydrothermal transport of gold -- Chapter 15. Metamorphic processes leading to gold-only deposits -- Chapter 16. Modification of deposits at high temperature -- Chapter 17. Formation and modification of deposits at lower temperatures -- Chapter 18. Carlin, Witwatersrand and some other gold-only examples -- Chapter 19. Gold-plus Copper-Gold deposits -- Chapter 20. Discoveries and the role of science in the Yilgarn goldfields of Western Australia -- Chapter 21. Discovery of Fosterville Deeps, Victorian Gold Province: long term science. Chapter 22. Summary and conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Part-I: Evolution and Development of Drainage System -- 1. Drainage basin as a system unit (case study of gully basin or river basin) -- 2. Geomorphic threshold and evolution of drainage system (case study of badland) -- 3. Mechanics and landforms of drainage system (case study of badland / river) -- 4. System of stream classification (case study of ephemeral gully basin) -- 5. Controlling factors of drainage system (case study of badland /Plateau regions) -- Part-II: Drainage Basin Morphology -- 1. Morphometric properties of Drainage Basin (case study of badland /Plateau regions) -- 2. Quantitative analysis of Drainage Basin (case study of badland /Plateau regions) -- 3. Hypsometry curve analysis (case study analysis) -- 3. Alluvial Fan Morphology (case study of Hillslope / Estuarine) -- 4. Bed Morphology of drainage basin (case study of ephemeral gully basin / Mountain River / Plateau River) -- Part-III: Drainage Basin Hydrology and Modelling -- 1. River Hydraulics properties (case study of badland /Plateau regions) -- 2. Hydrological frequency-magnitude analysis (case study analysis) -- 3. Estimation of Rainfall-runoff with computations (case study analysis) -- 4. Flood risk analysis (case study analysis) -- 5. Ground water prospecting and modelling -- 6. GIS based hydrologic modelling -- Part-IV: Drainage Basin Sedimentology -- 1. Sediment properties: particle size distribution (case study analysis) -- 2. Estimation of erosion and sediment yieldModelling (GIS based) -- 3. Sediment facies analysis (case study analysis) -- 4. Bed load sediment transport modeling (case study analysis) -- 5. River deposition and fluvial landforms (case study analysis) -- 6. Geo-chemical analysis of sediment -- Part-V: Human Interference/interventions on Drainage Basin -- 1. Cheek dam impact (case study analysis) -- 2. River embankments (case study analysis) -- 3. Dams construction (case study analysis) -- 4. Barrage/Bridge construction (case study analysis) -- 5. Sand mining/ stone quarrying (case study analysis) -- 6. Landuse changes(deforestation, urbanization, agricultural expansion) and sediment yield (case study analysis) -- 7. River pollution and channel changes -- Part-VI: Drainage Basin Management -- 1. Quantitative analysis of watershed geomorphology using RS and GIS (Machine learning algorithm, SWAT etc) -- 2. River water management under watershed using geospatial techniques -- 3. Integrated river basin management and geostatistics -- 4. Management of Ecological Variability (ecological flow) and Pollution of the Hyporheic Zone using Geospatial techniques -- 5.. Social engineering and river basin management -- 6. Basin management and regional planning.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Satellite Missions and Instruments -- Satellite Orbit and Scan -- Principles of Statistical Mechanics -- Principles of Electrodynamics and Geometrical Optics -- General Theory of Radiative Processes -- Infrared Sensing -- Visible/Near-infrared Imaging -- Microwave Radiometry -- Active Remote Sensing -- Mathematical Basis of Retrieval Algorithms -- Global datasets of clouds and precipitation -- Satellite Data Simulators. .

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- 1 Causes of Degradation -- 2 Treatment or Remediation Technologies -- 3 Impacts of Degradation -- 4 Socio-economic Framework -- 5 Conclusions and Recommendations.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Development of a preliminary model of infiltration of pollutants in rocks (Cesar Medero) -- 2. Analysis of daily seismicity and mass removal using radar interferometry (Luciana Silva) -- 3. Automated simulation of synthetic earthquakes for vulnerable reservoirs in the central region of Cuba (Miguel Hernandez) -- 4. Forcing factors and space pattern of territorial transformations. The role of environmental and social variables in the dynamics of soil use (Mauricio Aguayo) -- 5. Effect of coverage / use of the soil on the hydrological response in basins of the southern center of Chile (Rebeca Martinez) -- 6. Study of the hydrodynamic transport of nitrate as a contaminant of rivers (Roxana Perez) -- 7. Effects of large-scale climatic variability on the flow of the central watersheds of Chile (Laura Perez) -- 8. Groundwater drought and land use/land cover changes in central Chile (Iongel Duran) -- 9. Productivity variability an Andean Lake of Chile through sedimentary records (Lien Rodriguez) -- 10. Analysis of the surface temperature trend of the lakes of the South Central of Chile by remote sensing for the period 2000-2016 (Roberto Urrutia) -- 11. Monitoring Program of Biobio Region (Chile) (Ricardo Figueroa) -- 12. Use of remote sensing tools applied to the spatial dynamics of the shoreline of the Rancho Luna beach in Cienfuegos, Cuba (Laura Castellanos) -- 13. Seasonal and interannual variability of sea surface temperature in the southern Cuban platform, based on remote perception (Alain Muñoz).

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Towards a sustainable use of land current policies coping with environmental degradation -- Mediterranean Europe, a fragile landscape -- Soil consumption and urban growth in Mediterranean Europe -- Preserving land quality in European metropolis -- Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Waste Management and the Agenda 2030 in the Indian Context -- Waste is Wealth: An Initiative Towards Recycling -- Possible waste to wealth technologies for mixed solid waste in India -- Characterization andValorization of Steel Slag (SS) as a Recycled Aggregates in Indian Concrete Industry” -- Utilization Hazardous Electronic Waste – Waste to Wealth -- Application of green synthesis nanoparticles for the removal of metal ions from industrial waste -- Management of Solid Waste in Pharmaceutical Industries of India -- Erosion Management of Riparian Ecosystem in Coal Mining Area through Selective Vegetation -- Urban Solid Waste Management For Enhancement of Agriculture Productivity In India -- Potential for Energy Generation and Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste Generated in Himachal Pradesh, India -- Food Waste to Bio-Energy: A Clean Technology for sustainable Rural Development -- Development of Low cost microbial fuel cell for converting waste to electricity and abating pollution -- Recent Developments in Energy Recovery from Sewage Treatment Plant Sludge via Anaerobic Digestion -- Mitigating heavy metal pollution using bio-waste derived adsorbent from Pineapple Crown Leaves -- Synthesis, characterization and application of a bio-waste (Beal shell) derived adsorbent for heavy metal remediation -- Gold phytomining in India: An Approach to Circular Economy in the 21st Century -- Management of Environmentally Stressed Areas in Watershed using Multi Criteria Decision Tool in GIS: A Noble Technique to Conserve Soil for Agriculture -- Conclusions and Recommendations.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Climate Change Diplomacy, Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies in South Asian Countries: A Critical Review (Md. Nazrul Islam; Sahanaj Tamanna; Md. Noman; Al Rabby Siemens; S. M. Rashedul Islam; Md. Shahriar Islam) -- 2. Impact of Frequent Cyclonic Storms on Land Use and Land Cover Changes along the Coastal Areas of Indian Sundarban (Prosenjit Kayal and Indrajit Roy Chowdhury) -- 3. Flood Susceptibility Mapping Using the Frequency Ratio (FR) Model in the Mahananda River Basin, West Bengal, India (Arnab Ghosh, Malabika Biswas Roy, Pankaj Kumar Roy) -- 4. Climate Change Impact on Soil Salinity Dynamics at the Gosaba CD Block in India by Integrating Geospatial Indicators and Regression Techniques (Bijay Halder, Jatisankar Bandyopadhyay; Md. Nazrul Islam) -- 5. Monitoring retreat rate of glacier of Pindar basin, Kumaun Himalaya using remote sensing and GIS techniques (Biswanath Das, Anoop K Patel, Santosh Kumar Ismail Mondal) -- 6. Fractional Snow Cover Change in the Himalayan Region (Sanjib Mahata and Dibyendu Khalua) -- 7. Watershed Delineation and Land Use Land Cover (LULC) study of Purna River: A Case Study of Upper Tapi River Basin (Darshan Mehta; Keyur Prajapati, Md. Nazrul Islam) -- 8. Anthropogenic Factors Switch the Ecological Condition of Wetlands in the Southern Kerala Districts in India (Amritha P S a, Dr. K. Varunprasath b & Dr. K. Varunprasath) -- 9. Design of Hydrologic Condition for Urban Storm Water Drainage Under Climate Change Impact (A.S.Pathan, A.P. Nilawar, M.L. Waikar, G.R. Gandhe, S.D.Shinde) -- 10. Modeling the Impact of Surface Water Dynamics on the LULC and LST Alteration at the North 24 Parganas in India (Bijay Halder, Jatisankar Bandyopadhyay; Md. Nazrul Islam) -- 11. Role of Natural Gas in Energy Security and Climate Change Mitigation: Indian Context (Anirbid Sircar, Kriti Yadav, Namrata Bist, Hemangi Oza and Kamakshi Rayavarapu) -- 12. Farmer’s Perception on Impact of Climate Change and Adaptive Strategies in Sikkim Himalaya (Aakash Upadhyay and Prof. S.C. Rai) -- 13. Land Use Change and Ecological Implications in Uttar Pradesh in India: A Sectoral Perspective (Shahab Fazal; Azharuddin S.K. and Salma Sultana) -- 14. Study and Analysis of Precipitation Trends and Varaiability for Karnataka State in India (Shashwata Chatterjee, Sathyanathan Rangarajan) -- 15. Trend Analysis of Precipitation (1901–2015) over Telangana State, India (Aravind Murali; Sathyanathan Rangarajan; Deeptha Thattai; Manikandan Kamaraj; Divyashri Varadharajan; Sangay Yangzom Bhutia; Md. Nazrul Islam) -- 16. Causes, Effects and Remedial Measures of Climate Change in the East Coast of India with special reference to the state of Odisha (Tarun Kumar Lohani) -- 17. Statistical Approach to Detect Rainfall Trend over Tamil Nadu state, India (Sathyanathan Rangarajan; Karthik Raja R; Aravind Murali; Deeptha Thattai; Manikandan Kamaraj; Md. Nazrul Islam) -- Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Drawing the lines, knowing the borders. An overview of recent scholarship on boundary-making and modern regimes of territorialization -- Part I. Boundary Treaties and Joint Commissions: Theoretical Foundations and Praxis on the Ground -- 2. Modern State Sovereignty as Geometric Purification of Territory. Delimitation Theories and Practices in the 1864 Spanish-Portuguese Boundary Treaty -- 3. Delimitation of the Spanish-Portuguese Border and the Controversy over La Contienda -- 4.From a Line on a Map to Realities on the Ground. The French-German Joint Boundary Commission at Work (1871-1877) -- 5. Mexican Geographer Engineers and the Demarcation of Mexico's Borders -- Part II. Contesting the Naturalness of Borders. Cartographic Practices, Geographical Knowledge and Territorial Issues -- 6. Borders on Paper, Borders on the Ground. Boundary Commissions Under the Treaty of Madrid and Their Role in the Reinvention of the Rio de la Plata Frontier (1752-1759) -- 7. Rights of Use vs. Natural Boundary: Demarcation of the Iraty Forest Massif (Western Pyrenees, 17th-19th Centuries) 8. A Water Borderline Adrift Between France and Spain. The Bidasoa and the Bay of Higuer at the End of the 19th Century -- 9. Demarcation of the Border of the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco (1913–1931): Chronicle of Failure -- Part III. Concluding Essay -- 10. Borders at the Global Turn.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Local Government and the Covid-19 Pandemic: An Introduction (Carlos Nunes Silva) -- PART I -- Chapter 2. Renaissance of Public Health as a Determining Factor of Urban Governance (Maria de Pilar Tellez Soler and Remy Sietchiping) -- Chapter 3. Local actions to combat COVID-19 crisis: Contextual insights into local institutional responses to COVID-19 in Europe and the United States (Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko and Arto Haveri) -- Chapter 4. Metropolises Overcoming the Covid-19 Pandemic: An urgent call for territorialising global agendas at sub-national levels (Rafael H. Forero and Remy Sietchiping) -- Chapter 5. The political economy of COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned from the responses of local government in Sub-Saharan Africa (Matamanda et al.) -- PART II -- Chapter 6. German Local Authorities in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Challenges, impacts and adaptations (Jochen Franzke) -- Chapter 7. Momentum of Federalism? National, State, and Municipal Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic in Germany (Sascha Krannich) -- Chapter 8. Local Government response towards COVID-19 Pandemic in Portugal (Carlos Nunes Silva) -- Chapter 9. Local Government response to COVID-19. Some insights from Spain (Ramon Galindo Caldés and Marc Vilalta Reixach) -- Chapter 10. Administrative boundaries and COVID-19. The case of Catalonia, Spain (Galindo Caldés et al.) -- Chapter 11. Covid-19 and multilevel territorial governance. Transcalar patterns, frictions of competencies and planning conflicts in Italy (Teresa Graziano) -- Chapter 12. Local and National Government response towards COVID-19 Pandemic in Lombardy, Italy (Sara Belotti) -- Chapter 13. The 2020 Pandemic Governance in Italy and Lombardy: Institutional Conflict in Health Emergency (Renzo Riboldazzi) -- Chapter 14. Reorganisation of businesses, processes and the development of policies for safely emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic in Italy (Anna Trono and Valentina Castronuovo) -- Chapter 15. Coping with COVID-19 Pandemic in Greece - A Joint Effort at the National and Urban Level (Stratigea et al) -- Chapter 16. Covid-19 Crisis Management in Croatia: The Contribution of Subnational Levels of Government (Dana Dobrić Jambrović) -- PART III -- Chapter 17. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on local government units in Poland (Mariusz W. Sienkiewicz and Katarzyna Kuć-Czajkowska) -- Chapter 18. Presidential Elections in Poland during the Covid-19 Pandemic: An Unexpected Challenge for Political Actors and the Relationship between National Government and Local Government -- (Tomasz Kaczmarek and Łukasz Mikuła) -- Chapter 19. Local self-government and governance during Covid-19 pandemic in Slovakia (Ján Buček) -- Chapter 20. Anti- and post-COVID-19 measures taken by the Czech Government in relation to the spatial distribution of COVID-19 indicators (Paszto et al.) -- Chapter 21. The Role of Regional and Local Governance in Dealing with the Socioeconomic Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Russia (Glezer et al.) -- PART IV -- Chapter 22. Local Governments in Networked Space: Changing social media networks of local governments during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey (Eda Ünlü-Yücesoy et al.) -- Chapter 23. Jalisco versus COVID-19: Local governance and the response to the health, social, and economic emergency (Katia Magdalena Lozano Uvario and Rocio Rosales Ortega) -- Chapter 24. Local governments and the meanings of social distancing: Implementation deficiencies in the times of COVID-19 (Paulo Nascimento) -- Chapter 25. Small-scale farming and alternative food alliances in the context of COVID-19 crisis in Brazil (Felipe da Silva Machado) -- Chapter 26. The South African Local Government and Municipal Planning Responses to COVID-19 (Verna Nel and Martin Lewis) -- Chapter 27. The Impact of Covid-19 on Urban Form and Governance: Early Experiences from the City of Cape Town (Daniel J du Plessis) -- Chapter 28. Sub-national Political Culture and Covid-19 Pandemic: Governance Response towards Life and Livelihood Vulnerabilities of Urban Poor in India (Chatterji et al.) -- Chapter 29. Technological interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic in India (Falguni Mukherjee) -- Chapter 30. End of the World: New Zealand’s local government and Covid-19 (Jeffrey McNeill and Andy Asquith). .

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: Geographical Position, Borders And Size Of Bosnia And Herzegovina -- Chapter 1. Geographical Position, Spatial Coverage And Size Of Bosnia And Herzegovina -- Chapter 2. Borders Of Bosnia And Herzegovina -- Part II: Physical Geography Of Bosnia And Herzegovina -- Chapter 3. Geology And Geotectonics Of Bosnia And Herzegovina -- Chapter 4. Geomorphology Of Bosnia And Herzegovina -- Chapter 5. Climatology Of Bosnia And Herzegovina -- Chapter 6. Hydrography Of Bosnia And Herzegovina -- Chapter 7. Pedogeography Of Bosnia And Herzegovina -- Chapter 8. Biogeography Of Bosnia And Herzegovina -- Part III: Human Geography Of Bosnia And Herzegovina -- Chapter 9. Historical Geography Of Bosnia And Herzegovina -- Chapter 10. Political Geography Of Bosnia And Herzegovina -- Chapter 11. Population Geography Of Bosnia And Herzegovina -- Chapter 12. Urban And Rural Geography Of Bosnia And Herzegovina -- Part IV: Economic Geography Of Bosnia And Herzegovina -- Chapter 13. Natural Resources Of Bosnia And Herzegovina -- Chapter 14. Economic Development Of Bosnia And Herzegovina -- Part V: Geographic Regions Of Bosnia And Herzegovina -- Chapter 15. Geographic Regionalization And Regions Of Bosnia And Herzegovina -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Challenges of Climate Resilient Livelihoods and an Inquiry of Mitigation Strategies in India -- Analysing LULC change on runoff and sediment yield in urbanizing agricultural watershed of monsoonal climate river basin in West Bengal, India -- Remote Sensing Based Analysis of Relationship between Urban Heat Island and Land Use/Cover Type in Bhubaneswar Metropolitan Area, India -- Statistical Downscaling method for Improving Global Model Rainfall forecasts of seasonal rainfall over West Bengal (WB), India -- Identification of Climate Change Vulnerable Zones in Bangladesh through Multivariate Geospatial Analysis -- Water Scarcity in Coastal Bangladesh: Search for Arsenic-safe Aquifer with Geostatistics -- Biodiversity Degradation of Southwestern Region in Saudi Arabia -- Causes and Effects of Water Logging in Dhaka City -- Water Resource Development and Sustainable Initiatives of India: Present and Future -- Mapping and Reclamation of Wastelands in Drought-prone Purulia District of West Bengal, India using Remote Sensing and GIS -- Soil, water salinization and its impact on household food insecurity in the Indian Sundarbans -- Impact of Water Reservoir and Irrigation Canals on Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Upper Kumari River Basin, West Bengal, India -- Spatial pattern of Arsenic contamination in floodplain aquifers, western bank of Bhagirathi River, Lower Ganges Delta, West Bengal, India -- Spatial Pattern of Groundwater Depletion, Its Access and Adaptive Agricultural Strategies in Barddhaman District, West Bengal, India -- Detection of Land Use/Land Cover Changes of Irga Watershed in the North-Eastern Fringe of Choto Nagpur Plateau, Jharkhand, India -- An Analytical Study on Interplay between Physiographic Condition and Land Use Land Cover Dynamicity -- Assessment of Land use and Land cover change dynamics using remote sensing and GIS techniques in most effected parts of Rajpur-Sonarpur municipality -- Disaster Risk Reduction in the Changing Scenario -- Exploring the Impacts of River Morphology Change Associated Natural Disasters on Teesta Riparian Environment of Bangladesh -- An Assessment on Effects of Coastal Erosion on Coastal Environment: A Case Study in Coastal Belt between Kalu River mouth and Bologoda River mouth, Sri Lanka -- Vulnerability and Exposures to Landslides in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: A Case Study of Rangamati Town for Building Resilience -- Hydrometeorological Analysis of the 2015 Rarh Bengal Flood in the Lower Gangetic Plain of India: Exceptional, Fast and Furious -- Application of Remotely Sensed Data for Estimation of Indices to Assess Spatiotemporal Aspects of Droughts in Bankura District of West Bengal, India -- Temporal variability of discharge and suspended sediment transport in the Subarnarekha River Basin, eastern India: A geomorphic perspective -- Assessment of Jiadhal River Basin using Sedimentary Petrology and Geospatial Approach -- An Assessment of RUSLE Model and Erosion Vulnerability in the Slopes of Dwarka – Brahmani Lateritic Interfluve, Eastern India -- Urban Flooding Scenario and Human Response in Guwahati, India.

Description / Table of Contents: Part-A: Introduction to the Disasters and Hazards in the Himalayan Terrains -- 1. Disasters in the Complex Himalayan Terrains -- 2. Hazards in the perspective of Himalayan Terrain: A review -- Part-B: Landslides in the Himalayas – Causes and Consequences -- 3. Himalayan Landslides – Causes and Evolution -- 4. Landslides in the Himalayas: Causes, Evolution, and Mitigation – A Case Study of National Highway 44, India -- 5. Geo-environmental Impact of Road Widening Project along the National Highway- 44A, Jammu & Kashmir, India -- Part-C: Floods in the Himalayas – Causes and Consequences -- 6. September 2014 floods in Kashmir Himalaya - Impacts and Mitigation Strategy -- 7. A review on the estimation of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) in the Himalayan region using remote sensing and geographic information system -- 8. Impact of Floods on the Green Energy Sector in the Himalayas using remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) – A case study of Gagas Watershed, Uttarakhand, India -- Part-D: Earthquakes in the Himalayas – Assessment and Forecasting -- 9. Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry to Measure Earthquake Related Deformation: A Case Study from Nepal -- 10. Earthquake Forecasting in the Himalayas using Artificial Neural Networks -- Part-E: Hazard mitigation strategies in the Himalayas -- 11. Forest Fire Alert System of India with a Special Reference to Fire Vulnerability Assessment of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir -- 12. Hazard mitigation and climate change in the Himalayas – Policy and Decision making.