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Description / Table of Contents: Part I. What Is Wrong with Health? What Should the Future of Health Be? -- INNOVATION DESIGN for the FUTURE of HEALTH -- Health Innovations from an Innovators’ Perspective -- From SICKCARE to HEALTHCARE to HEALTH -- Future Look on Health: Opportunities -- Navigating Towards a Future of “One Health” -- Part II. Exponential Medicine + Technologies + Mindset -- Exponential Technologies for an Exponential Medicine -- Exponential Medicine: Challenges of Human Spaceflight Bringing Innovations for Earth—A Case Study -- Healthy Longevity -- The Science of Health Longevity -- Space Healthtech: Innovation Base for Longevity -- Part III. Future Health Value Propositions -- Healthcare the Melting Pot of Technology, Humanity, and Confusion -- Democratize Health Delivery -- Health Innovation Process: Definitions and Short Methodology Introductions -- Prevention, Prediction, Personalization, and Participation as Key Components in Future Health -- Digital Health Business Models: Transformation Is on the Horizon -- Value Propositions for Future Health Developments: Digital, Portable, Connected, Experience-Enhancing, Supportive, Patient-Centric, and Affordable -- (Digital) Patient Journey and Empowerment: Digital Twin -- Part IV. Innovation Methodology Basics -- Stanford Biodesign as Base: Empathy and Patient Centricity as the Main Driver -- Purpose Launchpad Methodology: Introduction -- Design Thinking for Innovations in Healthcare -- VPC to BMC to Exponential Canvas: Canvas Interconnectivity for Exponential Scaling -- Innovation Methodology I3 EME: Awareness for Biomedical Engineers -- Part V. Ethics + Health Innovation -- Integrating Ethical Considerations into Innovation Design -- Part VI. Health Innovation Design -- Case Studies Used Throughout the Book: Innovation Categories Explained -- Why Is Healthcare Different with Respect to Innovation and Entrepreneurial Activities? -- Purpose Launchpad Health (PLH) Methodology Introduction -- Part VII. Purpose Launchpad Health -- Purpose Launchpad Health: Exploration and Evaluation Phases—Actual Case Studies -- Part VIII. Health Leadership, Skills and other Methodologies -- Soft Skills Needed for Problem Understanding and Innovation Generation -- Leadership in Healthcare: A Novel Approach. Healthcare Executives’ Traits, Styles, and Approaches -- Future Skills Framework in Healthcare -- Porter’s Five Forces Analysis: Quo Vadis Immunotherapy Industry -- Part IX. Health Entrepreneurship -- Global Health Markets and Their Different Needs -- Patient: Health Relation and Digital Health Entrepreneurship -- Health Start-Up: Create Impact and be Investment Ready Intra- and Entre-Preneurs -- Regulatory Issues for Health Innovations -- Innovation Think Tank Frameworks for Resolving “The Innovator’s Dilemma” in Healthcare -- A Primer on Patents and IP for Health Innovations -- Successfully Implementing Ambidexterity in the Medical Industry -- Reverse Innovation: Circumvent Digital Health Transformation Issues -- Part X. Health Innovation Education and Incubation -- Health Innovation Design: “CAMPing” for the Unmet Clinical Need -- Health Technology Innovation Generation (HTIG) Lecture and Project Classes at AGH University -- Health Innovation Design at a University: INKA INNOLAB at Otto-von-Guericke-University -- Clinical Innovation at Acibadem Biodesign Center -- Example of a Needs-Driven Innovation Training Program: The BioMedical Design Novo Nordisk Foundation Fellowship Program -- Addressing the Healthcare Needs with Innovation Think Tank Global Infrastructure and its Methodology -- The Power of a Collaborative Ecosystem: Introducing the Edison™ Accelerator -- HealthTec Networks and Clusters (Global): Innovation Clusters in Medtech in Europe -- Leadership-Compass: “Networking and Synapting Empowered by Health Captains” -- Part XI. Purpose Launchpad Health: Toolset Templates and Principles -- PLH Templates and Principles.

Description / Table of Contents: 1.An Introduction to Beta Glucan and Beta Glucanases -- 2.Industrial Applications of Beta Glucanases -- 3.Microbial Sources of Beta Glucanase Enzymes -- 4.Role of Beta Glucanases in Animal Nutrition -- 5.Betaglucanse in Breweries -- 6. Exploitation of Actinobacteria for Beta Glucanolytic enzymes –Screening and Characterisation -- 7.Structural Characterisation of Beta Glucanase Genes from Actinobacteria -- 8.Application of Codon Optimization in Actinobacterial Beta Glucanases -- 9.Actinobacterial Beta Glucanases: Recombinant Expression of in E. coli -- 10.Purification and Properties of Recombinant Beta Glucanases Enzymes -- 11.Fungal Beta Glucanases -- 12.Industrial Production and Characterisation of Beta Glucanases -- 13.Protein Engineering of Beta Glucanase Enzymes -- 14.Biotechnological Avenues in Hybrid Beta Glucanase Enzyme Production.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Environment as a feminist issue -- 3. Silesian coal: history of Silesian industrialisation, the emergence of industrial society and its present restructuring -- 4. Silesian modernizations: analysis of the discourses of change -- 5. Coal perception in the region -- 6. Silesian narratives about the energy and ecology -- 7. The changing roles and values of Silesian women -- 8. Silesian women’s identity: the might of myth -- 9. Women's activity: "I" towards the change -- 10. Post-coal Silesia – the emergence of new regional identity -- 11. Upper Silesia: towards a sustainable future?.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Brief Introduction to CRISPR Cas 9 -- Chapter 2: Introduction To Anticipatory Ethics -- Chapter 3: CRISPR, Phenomenology and Lived Experience -- Chapter 4: CRISPR and the Concept of Personhood -- Chapter 5: The use and access to CRISPR in historically socio-economically disadvantaged and marginalized communities -- Chapter 6: Future use of CRISPR: Gene Drive -- Chapter 7: Future use of CRISPR II: CRISPR Kill Switches -- Chapter 8: Domestic and International Regulation of CRISPR -- Chapter 9: Policy Recommendations with respect to CRISPR Germline Editing in Humans -- Chapter 10: Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1. Sustainable technologies for recycling organic solid wastes -- Part II: Production of Biofuels and Chemicals by Thermo-chemical Conversion Processes -- Chapter 2. Recent advances in the catalytic co-pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass and different polymer wastes: from laboratory scale to pilot plant -- Chapter 3. Roadmap to Low-Cost Catalytic Pyrolysis of Plastic Wastes for Production of Liquid Fuels -- Chapter 4. Production of Valuable Compounds from Leaves by Supercritical CO2 Extraction -- Part III: Production of Biofuels and Chemicals by Biodegradation -- Chapter 5. Recovery of biohydrogen and biomethane by anaerobic fermentation of organic solid waste -- Chapter 6 Recycling of multiple organic solid wastes into biogas via anaerobic digestion -- Chapter 7. Recycling of multiple organic solid wastes into chemicals via biodegradation -- Part IV Production of Liquid Biofuels with New Technologies -- Chapter 8. Producing value-added products from organic bioresources via Photo-BioCatalytic processes -- Chapter 9. Depolymerisation of fossil fuel and biomass-derived polyesters -- Chapter 10 Producing Value-added Products from Organic Solid Wastes with Mechanochemical Processes -- Chapter 11. Fundamentals of Hydrothermal Processing of Biomass-Related Molecules for Converting Organic Solid Wastes into Chemical Products -- Chapter 12 Third Generation Biorefineries Using Micro- and Macro-Algae -- Part V. Techno-Economic Analysis -- Chapter 13. Prospects and perspectives for producing biodiesel, bioethanol and bio-chemicals from fruit waste: Case study in Brazil and Serbia -- Chapter 14. Sustainable Recycling and Valorization of Organic Solid Wastes for Fuels and Fertilizers.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to Biobanking -- Scientific Relevance, Problems and the Destitution for Principles of Biobanks and Biobanking Activities -- Types of Biobanks -- Ethical and Legal Principles in the Field of Biobanking -- Business Planning for Biobanks -- Biobanking Concepts Specific for Developing Countries -- Methods of Implementation and Set-up of National Biobanking Networks -- Implementation of Ethical and Legal Considerations in a Biobanking Network -- Collection and Management of Samples -- Quality Control and Risk Management in Biobanks -- Governance and Stakeholder Analysis -- Biobanking IT Systems, Database Structure and Web Applications -- Management Model and Sustainability Plan of Biobanks -- Sustainability Plan and Project Management of a Biobanking Network -- Establishing a Biobank Using Standardisation -- Science and Innovation of Biobanks -- Running a Biobank Network -- Infrastructure: Delivering on the Promise of Biobanking -- Design Considerations and Equipment of Biobanks -- Software Tools for Biobanking in LMICs -- The Importance of Cancer Biobanks in Low- and Middle-Income Countries -- Biobanking in Paediatrics: A Look from Armenia as a Middle-Income Country -- Biobanking of the Central Nervous System -- The Importance of Biobanking COVID-19 Samples -- Oncobiobanking in a Middle-Income Country: The Example of Russia -- Sustainability of Biobanks and Biobanking in LMICs -- Biobanks for Enabling Research and Development by Trusted Patient Data Environment -- Future Perspective of the Biobanking Field.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats: Sources, Properties and Recovery -- Chapter 2. Exotic Oil: Sources, Properties and Recovery -- Chapter 3. Seed Oil: Sources, Properties and Recovery -- Chapter 4. Vegetable Oil Refining -- Chapter 5. MINOR COMPONENTS IN EDIBLE OIL -- Chapter 6. Blending, Hydrogenation, Fractionation and Interesterification Processing -- Chapter 7. Ionic Liquid as a Green Solvent for Lipid Processing -- Chapter 8. Diacylglycerol Oil: Health Benefits, Synthesis and Applications -- Chapter 9. Medium-and Long-Chain Triacylglycerol: Production, Health Effects and Applications -- Chapter 10. Enzymatic synthesis of human milk fat substitutes -- Chapter 11. Cocoa Butter Alternatives for Food Applications -- Chapter 12. Oleogel: Production and Application -- Chapter 13. Characterization of Nanoemulsions: The Way Forward -- Chapter 14. Processing Contaminants In Edible Oil -- Chapter 15. Enzymatic Biodiesel Production from Low-Quality Waste Oils and Non-edible Oils: Current Status and Future Prospects -- Chapter 16. Sustainability and Traceability in the Malaysian Oil Palm Industry -- Chapter 17. Adulteration in Oils and Fats Industry.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Nutrition and Metabolism: Foundations for Animal Growth, Development, Reproduction, and Health -- Chapter 2: Insights into the Regulation of Implantation and Placentation in Humans, Rodents, Sheep, and Pigs -- Chapter 3: A Role for Fructose Metabolism in Development of Sheep and Pig Conceptuses -- Chapter 4: Nutritional Regulation of Embryonic Survival, Growth and Development -- Chapter 5: Phosphate, Calcium, and Vitamin D: Key Regulators of Fetal and Placental Development in Mammals -- Chapter 6: Nutritional and Physiological Regulation of Water Transport in the Conceptus -- Chapter 7: Amino Acids in Microbial Metabolism and Function -- Chapter 8: Potential Replacements for Antibiotic Growth Promoters in Poultry: Interactions at the Gut Level and their Impact on Host Immunity -- Chapter 9: Microbiomes in the Intestine of Developing Pigs: Implications for Nutrition and Health -- Chapter 10: L-Arginine Nutrition and Metabolism in Ruminants -- Chapter 11: Hepatic Glucose Metabolism and Its Disorders in Fish -- Chapter 12: Protein-Sourced Feedstuffs for Aquatic Animals -- Chapter 13: Functional Molecules of Intestinal Mucosal Products in Animal Nutrition and Health -- Chapter 14: Use of Genome Editing Techniques to Produce Transgenic Farm Animals -- Chapter 15: Cows as Bioreactors for the Production of Nutritionally and Biomedically Significant Proteins -- Chapter 16: Use of Agriculturally Important Animals as Models in Biomedical Research -- Chapter 17: Pigs (Sus Scrofa) in Biomedical Research.

Description / Table of Contents: Methods for hemicellulose deconstruction aiming to xylose recovery: Recent progress and future perspectives -- Detoxification of hemicellulosic hydrolysates for improved xylitol production -- Fermentative production of xylitol from various lignocellulosic hydrolysates -- Strain improvement methods for enhanced xylitol production -- Fermentative methods for xylitol production: a comparative account on batch, fed-batch and continuous fermentation -- Methods for xylitol recovery: appraisal and future perspectives -- Critical analysis on xylitol production employing integrated approaches in sugarcane and corn processing mills -- Techno-economic analysis of xylitol production in standalone and integrated biorefineries -- Applications of xylitol in food, health and medical sector -- Market, consumption trends and commercial status of xylitol production.

Description / Table of Contents: Electromagnetic Properties and the Basis for CDI, MREIT and EPT -- Modeling for Electromagnetic Characterization, Prediction and Reconstruction -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Basics -- Phantom Construction and Equipment Configurations for Characterizing Electrical Properties using MRI -- MR Current Density and MREIT Data Acquisition -- Magnetic Resonance Current Density Imaging (MR-CDI) -- Magnetic Resonance Electrical Impedance Tomography -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: General aspects of neural diseases and requirements of CNS implantable biomaterials as diagnostic and/or therapeutic tools -- Characteristics of the traumatic brain and spinal cord injured patients as a host of a CNS implanted biomaterial -- Electrophysiological recording at the damaged neural tissue -- Mechanical aspects of biomaterials and neural tissues -- Nanostructures to potentiate axon navigation and regrowth in CNS damaged tissue.-Electrical stimulation-based approaches focused on electrodes -- Engineered 2D and 3D biomaterials for neural applications -- Magnetic nanoparticles for the treatment of neural pathologies -- Magnetic devices for sensing at the neural tissue -- Cell therapies for neural applications -- Basics on electrical modeling of the electrode/tissue interface -- CNS therapeutic approaches in implantable devices for neurological diseases -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: An introduction to CRISPR/Cas based genome editing -- Chapter 2: History and classification of CRISPR/Cas systems -- Chapter 3: Bioinformatic tools -- Chapter 4: Delivery methods in CRISPR/Cas platform -- Chapter 5: Re-engineering of CRISPR/Cas system -- Chapter 6: Beyond genome editing: CRISPR approaches -- Chapter 7: RNA editing with CRISPR/Cas13 -- Chapter 8: CRISPR for rewriting genetic codes -- Chapter 9: Applications of CRISPR/Cas system in plants -- Chapter 10: Challenges and Future perspective of CRISPR Technology.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. The Musculoskeletal Burden – Where are we now? -- 2. Bacterial Adhesion, Virulence and Biofilm Formation -- 3. Prevention of Infection: Best Practice and Novel Strategies -- 4. Prosthetic Infection: Colonization and Diagnosis -- 5. Soft Tissue Infections -- 6. Incidence, Complications and Novel Treatment Strategies: Diabetic Ulcer of the Limb -- 7. Incidence, Complications and Novel Treatment Strategies: Osteomyelitis -- 8. Incidence, Complications and Novel Treatment Strategies: Joint Arthroplasty -- 9. Incidence, Complications and Novel Treatment Strategies: Massive Bone Tumour Surgery -- 10. Incidence, Complications and Novel Treatment Strategies: Pediatric Spinal Surgery & Management -- 11. War Wounds and Orthopaedic Trauma Devices.

Description / Table of Contents: I. Basic Features and Potential Toxicity of Graphene Family Nanomaterials -- Principles and Biomedical Application of Graphene Family Nanomaterials -- Differential Toxicity of Graphene Family Nanomaterials Concerning Morphology -- II. Graphene-based Nanomaterials as Scaffolds for Stem Cell Fate Modulation and Tissue Regeneration -- Graphene-based Materials for Efficient Neurogenesis -- Functional Graphene Nanomaterials-based Hybrid Scaffolds for Osteogenesis and Chondrogenesis -- Role of Graphene Family Nanomaterials in Skin Wound Healing and Regeneration -- III. Graphene as Agents for Drug Delivery, Bioimaging, Theranostics, and Therapeutics -- Graphene-based Nanomaterials as Drug Delivery Carriers -- Graphene-based Nanomaterials for Biomedical Imaging -- Graphene - A Promising Theranostic Agent -- Graphene as Photo-thermal Therapeutic Agents -- IV. Graphene for Nanobiosensors, Biochips, and Antibacterial Agents -- Graphene for Nanobiosensors and Nanobiochips -- Antibacterial Activity of Graphene-based Nanomaterials -- Conclusions -- Reflections and Outlook on Multifaceted Biomedical Applications of Graphene.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Chapter. 1. Outer Membrane Vesicles (OMVs) as a Platform for Vaccination and Targeted Drug Delivery -- Chapter. 2. CRISPR/Cas9 Nano-Delivery Approaches for Targeted Gene Therapy -- Chapter. 3. Lipoplexes and Polyplexes for Targeted Gene Delivery -- Chapter. 4. Aptamer-Based Targeted Drug Delivery Systems -- Chapter. 5. Artificial Exosomes as Targeted Drug Delivery Systems -- Chapter. 6. Nanoarchaeosomes in drug delivery -- Chapter. 7. Bioengineered Metallic Nanomaterials for Nanoscale Drug Delivery Systems -- Chapter. 8. Nanobody-Based Delivery Systems for Diagnosis and Therapeutic Applications -- Chapter. 9. Phytosomes Used for Herbal Drug Delivery -- Chapter. 10. Porphysomes and porphyrin-based nanomaterials for drug delivery system -- Chapter. 11. Ethosomes for Dermal and Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems -- Chapter. 12. Liposomes and Niosomes for Targeted Drugs and Gene Delivery Systems -- Chapter. 13. Dendrimers as Targeted Systems for Selective Gene and Drug delivery -- Chapter. 14. Polymersomes for Targeted Drug and Gene Delivery Systems -- Chapter. 15. Quantum-Dot-Based Nanomaterials for Diagnostic and Therapeutic applications -- Chapter. 16. Carbon-based Nanomaterials for Targeted Drug and Gene Delivery Systems -- Chapter. 17. Hybrid Multifunctional Nanomaterials for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications -- Chapter. 18. Polymeric Micelles for Targeted Drug Delivery Systems -- Chapter. 19. Polymeric Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug and Gene Delivery Systems -- Chapter. 20. Magnetic Nanoparticles for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: - 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: 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: Records of Press Conference during the Two Sessions -- Records of the Press Conference of the State Council Information Office -- Records of the Press Conference of the Second National Census of Pollution Sources -- Records of the Press Conference of Science and Technology Help Win the Battle to Protect the Blue Sky -- Records of the Press Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection during the 13th Five-Year Plan Period -- Records of Implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee and Promote Green Development through High-level Protection -- Records of Regular Press Conferences in 2020. .

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

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

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: COVID-19 and Australian cities: when the pandemic came to town -- Population challenges and change in pandemic cities -- COVID-19 and the social structure of cities: The forgotten vulnerable -- The great job reshuffle: How COVID-19 changed urban labour markets -- Housing and the pandemic -- Moving around the COVID city -- Planning the COVID city -- The future of COVID cities.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Management geography—An Asian perspective focusing on Japan and surrounding regions -- Performance analysis of boundary spanners in multinational enterprises through the lens of management geography -- Changes in the locational conditions of the Japanese machinery and instrument industry in China: A case study of the Dalian Economic and Technological Development Zone -- Management issues in global R&D of Japanese chemical companies -- Small- and medium-sized “global-niche” firms in Japan: A key for the rejuvenation of Japan’s local economy? -- Industrial agglomeration and regional development planning analysis by GIS in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan -- Unique functions of a metropolitan co-working space: A case study in Tokyo, Japan -- How customer service centers in foreign cities serving Japan changed their business?: A case study of the city of Dalian, China -- Factors influencing enterprise development in the inland regions of Fujian province in China -- Transformation of agricultural management in Japan under globalization pressure: A focus on product differentiation strategy. .

Description / Table of Contents: Importance of Asclepias Syriaca (Milkweed) Fibers in Sustainable Fashion and Textile Industry and Its Potential End-Uses -- Organic Cotton: Fibre To Fashion -- Product Development Using Corn Husk Fibres- A Sustainable Initiative -- Design and Development of under arm Sweat pad -- Production of Sustainable Banana Fibers from Agricultural Wastes and Their Properties -- Evaluating the potential of pineapple leaf fiber fabrics and its blends for sustainable home textile applications -- Development of Union Fabrics from Lotus Petiole Waste -- Popularisation of Agrowaste Fibres- Banana and Areca Nut Fibre - A Sustainable Approach -- Sustainable Agrotextile: Jute Needle-punched Nonwoven Preparation, Properties and Use in Indian Perspective -- Extracellular Polymeric Substances in Textile Industry -- Development of Sustainable Sound and Thermal Insulation Products from Unconventional Natural Fibres for Automobile Applications.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: Synthetic Textile And Microplastic Pollution – An Analysis On Environmental And Health Impact -- Enabling circular fashion through product life extension -- Challenges And Opportunities For Circular Fashion In India -- A study on the comparison of fabric properties of recycled and virgin polyester denim -- A look back at zero-waste fashion across the centuries -- Advancements in recycling of polyethylene terephthalate wastes: A Sustainable Solution to achieve a Circular Economy -- Converting Textile Waste Into Designer Wall And Floor Tiles: A New Approach To Recycle Textile Waste -- Sustainable Development Goal – Sustainable Management & Use Of Natural Resources In Textile & Apparel Industry.

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

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

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 ‘The Story of Geographical Names and Disputes’ -- Chapter 2 ‘Beginning of Discomfort and Dispute’ -- Chapter 3 'East Sea, an Endonym of Korea' -- Chapter 4 'Endonym and Exonym of Japan' -- Chapter 5 'Various Exonyms Used in the West' -- Chapter 6 ‘Sea of Japan and East Sea in Geography Education of the Modern Period’ -- Chapter 7 ‘The Unfinished Story of Geographical Names’ -- Bibliography -- Sources of Maps and Pictures -- Chronology of the Names of East Sea/Sea of Japan -- Epilogue.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Transport and mobility situations of African cities -- Part 1: Urban form, accessibility and travel demand -- Urban form, accessibility and travel demand in African cities: An introduction -- Urban form and access to public transport in Accra, Ghana -- Disparities in public transport coverage and bus service quality in Algiers -- An Analysis of transportation demand Patterns in Ghana -- Part 2: Transport poverty, equity and inclusion -- Transport poverty and social divisions in African cities: An introduction -- Mobility regimes and equity in urban transport: Examining women’s mobility experiences in Accra -- Community severance in urban Africa -- Transport poverty, distance covered to access to basic infrastructures and modal choice in urban areas in Cameroon -- Conceptualizing an urban transport framework for enhanced residential quality of life in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case study of Ghana and Namibia -- Part 3: Public transport policy and governance -- Public transport policy and governance in African cities: An introduction -- Bus rapid transit implementation in African cities: The case for a more incremental reform approach -- Pricing transport services in urban Ghana – The politics and socio-spatial conflicts between transport operators and the state -- Safe, inclusive public transport in Africa - Challenges and opportunities identified in Ghana and Namibia -- Part 4: Non-motorized transport and traffic safety -- Non-motorized transport and traffic safety in African cities: An introduction -- Planning for walkability in Johannesburg -- Exploring barriers and prospects of bicycle transportation: A case study of a Ghanaian University campus -- The provision of NMT in the City of Lusaka: An analysis of policy and practice -- The future of non-motorized transport in Urban Africa -- Part 5: ICT, platforms and new technologies -- ICTs, digital platform mobility services, and transport de-carbonization in African cities: An introduction -- Opportunities and challenges for addressing personal safety concerns on public transport through ICTs in South African cities -- Smart mobility in urban Africa: Geography of diffusion, user characteristics and emerging impacts of digital platform/app-based mobility services -- e-Quantum leap: Planning for electric minibus taxis in sub-Saharan Africa’s paratransit system -- Conclusion: What futures for transport and mobility in African cities?

Description / Table of Contents: Aquaculture -- Fisheries management -- Ecology and protection of aquatic ecosystems -- Fishing.

Description / Table of Contents: COVID 19, Containment, Life, Work and Restart: Urban and Regional Studies -- Gas Tragedy and Covid-19 Vulnerabilities: An analysis of Health infrastructure in Bhopal, India -- Post-Covid Urban Resilience through Entrepreneurship: Vignettes from Kozhikode -- COVID-19, Containment, Policy Initiatives and Urban Restart: Glimpses from Mumbai, India -- Architectural interventions for the design of adaptable spaces with COVID 19 risk management using Analytical Hierarchy Methodology - A case of Vijayawada City -- Collaborative Research COVID 19, Containment, Life, Work and Restart: Urban studies and Conclusion. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Risks, Resilience and Sustainable Development -- Chapter 2-Cities Sustainability in a Risk Prone World -- Chapter 3-Urban Mega Risks: Monitoring, Management and Sustainability (Remote Sensing and GIS Solutions) -- Chapter 4-Mega Risks and Digital Solutions for Sustainability -- Chapter 5-Mega Risks, Urban Economies and Sustainability: Making Cities Economically Resilient -- Chapter 6-Mega Risks, Urban Energy Use and Sustainable Development -- Chapter 7-Mega Risks, Urban Health and Sustainability -- Chapter 8-Mega Risks, Education, Knowledge and Sustainability -- Chapter 9-Mega Risks, Social Protection and Sustainability -- Chapter 10-Mega Risks, Urban Governance and Sustainability -- Chapter 11-Vision of a Sustainable and Resilient City.

Description / Table of Contents: Unpacking Key Terms: Sustainable Development, Indigenous Knowledges, Methodology -- Decolonisation of Research Methodologies Toward Sustainable Development in Indigenous Settings -- On the Impossibility of Instrumentalising Indigenous Methodologies for the Sustainable Development Agenda -- Deconstructing Community-Based Research for Sustainable Development: The Role of Indigenous Knowledge Holders -- The Iloco Ammu as Indigenous Research Ontology, Epistemology, and Methodology.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. Scientific and Indigenous Knowledge for Socio-Ecological Systems: A 20-Year Global Bibliometric Analysis -- Chapter3. Interfacing indigenous knowledge with scientific knowledge for improved health outcomes: A case of Eswatini -- Chapter4. Indigenous Ways of Predicting Agricultural Droughts in Zimbabwe -- Chapter5. Kusintha kwa nyengo: local meanings of climate change in Malawi -- Chapter6. Unravelling indigenous knowledge using the Msangu (Faidherbia albida) tree in Malawi: through the voice of farmers -- Chapter7. Traditional Early Warning Signals for Floods and Drought in Nsanje and Chikhwawa Districts, Malawi -- Chapter8. Conservation of Natural Forests through Indigenous Religious Beliefs and Practices: A Case Study of M’bona Cult, Nsanje District, Malawi -- Chapter9. Cross-scale properties and adaptive management of indigenous residual moisture crop cultivation systems in Malawi -- Chapter10. Indigenous Knowledge and Practice Related to Health, Nutrition and Environments in Bangladesh -- Chapter11. Assessment of Knowledge and Attitudes of Pastoralists towards Tsetse flies and Trypanosomiasis in the Maasai Steppe, Northern Tanzania -- Chapter12. Shortage, meanings, and adaptations of water: Reflections on the perspectives elders from San José Lachiguirí Oaxaca, Mexico -- Chapter13. North American case studies of medicinal plant conservation -- Chapter14. Contested understanding of river health from communities’ perspective in the Lower Komati River in South Africa -- Chapter15. Awajun and Ginger: Introduced Species Becoming Important Traditional Medicines -- Chapter16. Overview of Brazilian Biodiversity Law and Identification of Legal Instruments and Strategies for Effective Participation of Traditional Communities in exporting and other commercial opportunities related to biodiversity assets -- Chapter17. Lessons learnt.

Description / Table of Contents: Section A Physiology -- An Overview On Sleep Medicine -- Covering The Gap Between Sleep And Cognition – Mechanisms and Clinical Examples -- Obstructive sleep apnoea: Focus on Pathophysiology -- Diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with associated comorbidity -- Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea: What’s in a Name? -- Treatment of Cheyne-Stokes respiration in heart failure with adaptive servo-ventilation: An integrative model -- Section B Diagnostic innovations -- Automated scoring of sleep and associated events -- Conventional machine-learning methods applied to the automatic diagnosis of sleep apnea -- Home Sleep Testing of Sleep Apnea -- ECG and heart rate variability in sleep-related breathing disorders -- Cardiopulmonary Coupling -- Pulse oximetry: the working principle, signal formation, and applications -- Oximetry indices in the management of sleep apnea: from overnight minimum saturation to the novel hypoxemia measures -- Airflow Analysis In The Context OF Sleep Apnea -- Deep-learning Model Based on Convolutional Neural Networks to Classify Apnea-hypopnea Events From The Oximetry Signal -- Tracheal sound analysis -- Obstructive Sleep Apnea with COVID-19 -- Section C Therapeutic innovations -- APAP, BPAP, CPAP and new modes of positive airway pressure therapy -- Adherence monitoring using telemonitoring techniques -- Innovations in The Treatment of Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation Therapy -- Anna M. Mohammadieh -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Gender and Migration: an Introduction -- Chapter 2: Gendered Migrations and Conceptual Approaches: Theorising and Researching Mobilities -- Chapter 3: Gendered Labour -- Chapter 4: Transnational Families, Intimate Relations, Generations -- Chapter 5: Gendering Asylum -- Chapter 6: Engendering Integration and Inclusion -- Chapter 7: Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: 1 Introduction -- 2 Biomechanical study on injuries of human head-neck complex -- 3 Resist mechanism of woodpecker's head and neck injury -- 4 Biomechanical study on the mechanism of eye injuries -- 5 Biomechanics of the optic nerve -- 6 The mechanism of pulsatile tinnitus and treatment -- 7 Biomechanics of lower limb injuries during landing -- 8 The biomechanical study of half-squat parachute landing and injuries prevention -- 9 Biomechanical study on injury and treatment of human knee joint -- 10 The protective effect of insole on foot injury -- 11 Biomechanics of magnesium-based implant during tissue repair -- 12 Image-based finite element modeling for the descriptions of bone failure behaviors -- 13 Weightless musculoskeletal injury and protection -- 14 Study on the strength of manual work -- 15 The ergonomic system for the partial pressure suit.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1.Impact of isotropic and anisotropic plasmonic metal nanoparticles on healthcare and food-safety management -- Chapter 2. An introduction to different methods of nanoparticles synthesis -- Chapter 3. Classification, Synthesis, and Application of Nanoparticles against Infectious Diseases -- Chapter 4. Nanotechnology in Food Science -- Chapter 5. Facets of Nanotechnology in food processing, packaging and safety: an emerald insight -- Chapter 6. Nanotechnology and its potential application in postharvest technology -- Chapter 7. Nanotechnology mediated detection and control of phytopathogens -- Chapter 8. Nanosystems for Cancer Therapy -- Chapter 9. Phytoplankton mediated nanoparticles for cancer therapy. Chapter 10. Nanotechnology and its potential implications in Ovary Cancer -- Chapter 11. Nanotechnology: An Emerging Field in Protein Aggregation and Cancer Therapeutics -- Chapter 12. Bio-nano interface and its potential application in Alzheimer’s disease -- Chapter 13. Potential of curcumin nanoparticles in tuberculosis management -- Chapter 14. Application of Nanobiosensor in Health care sector -- Chapter 15. Bioactive nanoparticles: A next generation smart nanomaterials for pollution abatement and ecological sustainability -- Chapter 16. Smart nano-materials for bio-imaging applications:An overview -- Chapter 17. Biology of Earthworm in a World of Nano-materials: New Room, Challenges and, Future Perspectives -- Chapter 18. Bioethanol production from agricultural wastes with the aid of nanotechnology -- Chapter 19. Nanotechnology for sustainable bioenergy production.

Description / Table of Contents: I. FUNDAMENTALS -- 1. The medical industry: Present situation, global health concerns and outlook -- 2. General considerations for engineering open-source medical devices.-3. Systematic assessment of needs and viability analyses.-II. DESIGN METHODS FOR OPEN-SOURCE MEDICAL DEVICES -- 4. Creativity promotion: Collaborative design environments & open-innovation.-5. Safety-guided design methods for open-source medical devices -- 6. Design and simulation of open-source medical devices -- III. MANUFACTURING METHODS FOR OPEN-SOURCE MEDICAL DEVICES -- 7. Prototyping of open-source medical devices -- 8. Manufacturing of personalized open-source medical devices -- 9. Mass-production of open-source medical devices -- IV. MAKING A REAL IMPACT WITH OPEN-SOURCE MEDICAL DEVICES -- 10. Open-source medical device approval and certification -- 11. Marketing open-source medical devices: Managing quality and supply chain -- 12. Issues linked to the long-term sustainability of open-source medical devices.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. A Brief Overview Of Applications Of Machine Learning In Life Sciences -- Chapter 2. Introduction To Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Methods In Biology -- Chapter 3. Machine Learning Methods -- Chapter 4. Introduction To Machine Learning Models -- Chapter 5. Model Selection Formachine Learning -- Chapter 6. Multivariate Methods In Machine Learning In The Context Of Biological Data -- Chapter 7. Dimensionality Reduction Methods In Machine Learning -- Chapter 8. Hidden Markov Method -- Chapter 9. Neural Network And Deep Learning. Chapter 10. Ethics In Machine Learning And Artificial Intelligence -- Chapter 11. Machine Learning And Life Sciences -- Chapter 12. Machine Learning And Negleced Tropical Diseases- Chapter 13. Machine Learning In Cardiovascular Diseases -- Chapter 14. Machine Learning And Diabetes -- Chapter 15. Machine Learning And Epilepsy -- Chapter 16. The Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Pytorch And Applications In Biology -- Chapter 17. Applications And Software Of Machine Learning And Ai In Medical Knowledge In Health -- Chapter 18. Cloud Computing Infrastructure In Healthcare Industry -- Chapter 19. Amazon Web Services (Aws) And Microsoft Azure In The Domain Of Life Sciences -- Chapter 20. Toxicity: An Introduction -- Chapter 21. Machine Learning (Ml) And Toxicity Studies. Chapter 22. Applications Of Machine Learning In Study Of Cell Biology -- Chapter 23. Genomics And Machine Learning -- Chapter 24. Cell Fate Analysis And Machine Learning -- Chapter 25. Study Of Biomarker And Machine Learning -- Chapter 26. Animal Behaviour: An Introduction -- Chapter 27. Study Of Animal Behaviour And Machine Learning -- Chapter 28. Machine Learning And Precision Farming -- Chapter 29. Machine Learning In The Study Of Animal Health And Veterinary Sciences -- Chapter 30. Macinelearning And Animalresorviors -- Chapter 31. Challenging Problems In Plant Biology -- Chapter 32. Machine Learning And Plant Sciences. Chapter 33. Machine Learning In Understanding Of Plant Pathogen Interactions -- Chapter 34. Machine Learning In Plant Disease Research -- Chapter 35. Biorobots -- Chapter 36. The Challenges To Application Of Machine Learning In Biological Sciences -- Chapter 37. The Future Of Machine Learning.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Ecosystem Engineers: A Sustainable catalyst for Environmental Remediation -- Chapter 2. Microbial Nanobiotechnology in Environmental Pollution Management: Prospects and Challenges -- Chapter 3. Soil Microbiome: A Key Player In Conservation of Soil Health Under Changing Climatic Conditions -- Chapter 4. Anaerobic Digestion for Climate Change Mitigation: A Review -- Chapter 5. Mitigation of microbially influenced corrosion of concrete sewers using nitrite -- Chapter 6. Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic and Semi- Synthetic Pathways: Biofuel Production for Climate Change Mitigation -- Chapter 7. Handmade paper Industry: A Green and Sustainable Enterprise and its challenges -- Chapter 8. Bioremediation Approaches and the Role of Microbes in the Bio-sustainable Rehabilitation of Polluted Sites -- Chapter 9. RECENT BIOREMEDIATION TECHNIQUES FOR THE REMOVAL OF INDUSTRIAL WASTES.-Chapter 10. Pesticides: Indian Scenario on Environmental Concerns and Future Alternatives -- Chapter 11. Phytoremediation: a Sustainable Solution to Combat Pollution -- Chapter 12. Phytoremediation and Therapeutic Potential of Neglected Plants: An Invasive Aquatic Weeds and Ornamental Plant -- Chapter 13. Phytoremediation of Coastal Saline Vertisols of Gujarat through Biosaline Agriculture -- Chapter 14. Emerging Biotechnologies in Agriculture for Efficient Farming and Global Food Production -- Chapter 15. Role of beneficial microbes in alleviating stresses in plants -- Chapter 16. Mainstreaming of Underutilized Oilseed Safflower Crop Through Biotechnological Approaches for Improving Economic and Environmental Sustainability -- Chapter 17. Clean Energy for Environmental Protection: An Outlook Towards Phytoremediation -- Chapter 18. Role of Process Intensification in Enzymatic Transformation of Biomass into High Value Chemicals -- Chapter 19. Wetland Flora of West Bengal for Phytoremediation: Physiological and Biotechnological Studies: A Review -- Chapter 20. Vertical Cultivation: Moving towards a Sustainable and Eco-friendly Farming -- Chapter 21. Climate Change and its Effects on Global Food Production -- Chapter 22. Genetically Modified Crops to Combat Climate Change and Environment Protection – Current Status and Future Perspectives -- Chapter 23. Efficacy of Algae in the bioremediation of pollutants during wastewater treatment: future prospects & challenges -- Chapter 24. The use of Bio-Pesticides for sustainable farming: way forward towards sustainable development goals (SDGs) -- Chapter 25. Endocrine disruptor compounds: Human health and diseases -- Chapter 26. Monitoring of paralytic shellfish toxins using biological assays -- Chapter 27. Bioinformatics Towards Improving Bioremediation -- Chapter 28. Role of Environmental Factors in Increased Cancer Incidences & Health Impacts -- Chapter 29. Wastewater Based Epidemiology (WBE): An Emerging Nexus between Environment and Human Health -- Chapter 30. Fundamentals of SARS-CoV-2 detection in wastewater for early epidemic prediction and key learnings on treatment processes for removal of viral fragments -- Chapter 31. COVID-19 mRNA vaccines -- Chapter 32. CRISPR-Cas technology: A Genome-Editing Powerhouse for Molecular Plant Breeding -- Chapter 33. Recent reductive transformation from lignin derivatives to aliphatic hydrocarbons -- Chapter 34. Understanding Environment and Sustainability with Molecular Approaches -- Chapter 35. Bxb1-att site-specific recombination system mediated autoexcision to prevent environmental transgene escape -- Chapter 36. Microorganism: An Eco-friendly tool for Waste Management and Environmental safety -- Chapter 37. Biochemical effect of Nanoparticles treated plants extract on water-borne pathogen: A way towards future technique for water purification -- Chapter 38. Modern Waste Management -- Chapter 39. Health Aspects of Indoor Environmental Quality -- Chapter 40. Innovation Elements in the Sustainable Production of Indigenous Coffee in the Amazon.

Description / Table of Contents: A Brief Introduction to Recombinant DNA Technology -- Cloning and Gene Manipulation -- Selection of Cloning and Expression Plasmid Vectors -- Transformation and Protein Expression -- Introduction to Recombinant Protein Purification -- Protein Purification by Affinity Chromatography -- Protein Purification by Ion Exchange Chromatography -- Gel Filtration Chromatography -- Protein Purification by Reversed Phase Chromatography and Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography -- Purification of Difficult Proteins -- Protein Quantitation and Detection. .

Description / Table of Contents: Part I In Quest of National Security: World of Sapiens -- 1. Humans and Human Systems: Shifting Centroid of National Security -- 2. National Security: Concept, Evolution and Descriptive Stasis -- 3. National Security: Definitions and Manifestations -- 4. Threats, Risks and Uncertainty: Triad of Chaotic Balance in a Chancy, Chancy World -- 5. Terrains and Terrain Specificity -- 6. Elements of National Security: Gravity Centres -- 7. Convolution of Apparent Security and Perceived Security in Governance -- 8. Rule of Law and Role of Government —Law Making, Enforcing and National Security -- Part II Elements of National Security -- 9. #1 Military Security (Milsec) (ms) -- 10. #2 Economic Security (Econosec) (es1) -- 11. #3 Resource Security (Resourcesec) (rs) -- 12. #4 Border Security (Bordersec) (bs1) -- 13. #5 Demographic Security (Demosec) (ds1) -- 14. #6 Disaster Security (Disastersec) (ds2) -- 15. #7 Energy Security (Energysec) (es2) -- 16. #8 Geostrategic Security (Geosec) (gs1) -- 17. #9 Informational Security (Infosec) (is) -- 18. #10 Food Security (Foodsec) (fs) -- 19. #11 Health Security (Healthsec) (hs) -- 20. #12 Ethnic Security (Ethnicsec) (es3) -- 21. #13 Environmental Security (Envirosec) (es4) -- 22. #14 Cyber Security (Cybersec) (cs) -- 23. #15 Genomic Security (Genomesec) (gs2) -- 24. #16 Microbiomic Security (Microbiomicsec) (ms2) -- Part III Strategising National Security -- 25. Trendlines in National Security -- 26. Strategic National Security and National Security Strategy -- 27. Tradeoffs in National Security Governance -- Part IV Examining National Security -- 28. Research Purpose—National Security Governance -- 29. Research Factors and Questions—National Security Governance -- 30. Assessing and Indexing National Security -- Part V Future of Governance and Human Well-being -- 31. Beyond National Security—Global Perspective -- 32. Will Sapiens End? Premising Governance… -- 33. Human Well-being—Visions in Dark and Grey -- Part VI Conclusions -- 34. Present Imperfect—Future Perfect -- 35. Capsuling National Security.

Description / Table of Contents: 1 Environmental pollutants: metal(loid)s and radionuclides -- 2 Environmental pollutants: organic and emerging contaminants -- 3 Biosorption, Bioaccumulation And Biodegradation – A Sustainable Approach For Management Of Environmental Contaminants -- 4 Bioremediation technologies for the treatment of water contaminated by organic and inorganic contaminants -- 5 Biological treatment of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and odorous compounds -- 6 Biological treatment of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) -- 7 Biological Treatment Of Pharmaceuticals And Personal Care Products (Ppcps) -- 8 Genetic engineering strategies and degradation of pollutants using genetically engineered microbes (GEMs) -- 9 Biogenic synthesis of nanoparticles and its application in wastewater treatment -- 10 BioTechnological approach for treatment of sludge from municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plant -- 11 Microwave Assisted Chemically Modified Biochar For The Sequestration Of Emerging Contaminants.

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

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

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Part 1: Informalities – An overview -- Everything but housing -- Room by room: An exploration of the house -- Tactical appropriations in the urban realm: Informal practices and re-inventions in the contemporary city -- Milan potential city: Informality and resilience in times of crisis -- The mathematics of an ideal village -- Assembling informal urbanism -- Informalizing Yugoslavia -- Micro-informalities: Spatial appropriations in the Covid-19 Era -- Part 2: Latin America -- Red and Green: Towards a new framework of civilized coexistence -- No time to lose: Fostering the predominantly informal city in Latin America -- Exploring critical urbanities: A knowledge co-transfer approach for fragmented cities in water landscapes -- The practice of listening: Community learning towards a social architecture -- The limits of urban design in the slum-upgrading process: The case of Parque Fernanda I in São Paulo, Brazil -- Villa 31: Regeneration as a consequence of social urbanism -- El Amate in Guatemala City: An urban intervention -- Cuba’s informal gardens: Situating state support and public participation -- Urban permeability in Medellin: Case studies of Santo Domingo Savio and el Poblado -- Hopeful Rebar: Leveraging informality in architecture and urban design education -- Part 3: US–Mexico borderlands -- Lesson of hope: A case study on self-built homes in the informal neighborhoods of Tijuana -- Informality in South Texas: Understanding the evolution of Colonias in el Cenizo and the Rio Bravo -- Stigmas of informality: Disaster recovery and reconstruction in South Texas Colonias -- Quasi-informality on the border: The economic and socio-spatial dimensions of Latino marketplaces -- Houston, informal city -- Tanks, wells, tacos, and pitches -- Understanding informal housing in the Mississippi Delta: Lessons from Latin American informal settlements -- Part 4: Asia -- Understanding ‘free-form’ micro-morphology in informal settlements -- Informality and the production of publicness in India -- Desperate city builders -- (In)formal land delivery processes: Relational perspectives on squatter settlements in Kathmandu -- Meeting unmet expectations revisited: Environmental management in Indonesian urban Kampungs after 30 years -- Urban informality tactics through layers of socio-spatial connectivity -- Carnival nonmovements and the repoliticization of urban space in Yazd, Iran -- Popup cities: Refugee camps between transience and resilience -- Leveraging rural urbanisms: Design at the intersection of formality and informality in Xixinan, China -- Part 5: Africa -- Towards sustainable interventions in unplanned communities: Adapting the urban nexus approach to the Greater Cairo Region -- Power relations and the influence of cultural factors in Cairo’s Ashwa’eyat informal settlements -- Obscured innovations? Inventiveness in collective infrastructure management in Accra, Ghana -- The inclusion of “unequals:” Hotspot network strategy for a metropolitan agricultural revolution eluding informality -- Towards an architecture of civil disobedience in the upgrading of informal settlements -- Seeking disciplinary relevance in the informal city: Rebuilding architectural practice through community engagement -- Ponte city: An architecture of Utopia, informality, and rebirth -- Urban housing in Nairobi: Expectations and realities of densification in the middle- and low-income sectors -- Afterword.

Description / Table of Contents: COVID 19, Containment, Life, Work and Restart Urban and Regional Studies -- COVID-19 pandemic and urban air quality: Delhi Region -- Containment Strategies for COVID-19 Pandemic: The Past and Future -- COVID Management Strategies and Techniques adopted by the Municipal Corporations in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region -- Collaborative Research COVID 19, Containment, Life, Work and Restart: Regional studies and Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-The UN Sustainable Development goals -- Chapter 2-Partnerships and SDG Implementation -- Chapter 3-SDG Governance and Partnership -- Chapter 4-Partnering for data harvesting, sharing and analysis: the UN open SDG data hub -- Chapter 5-Modelling and Assessing Multi-Stakeholder Relationships: The Case of Collaboration in Global Public-Private Partnerships -- Chapter 6-National Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals: Multi-stakeholder partnerships in Ireland -- Chapter 7-Comparing practical SDG partnerships in Wales and Sweden -- Chapter 8-Learnings and reflections from Sustainable Antioquia: A Colombian pioneer experience of SDG -- Chapter 9-Mapping an Ecosystem of Minnesota Organizations and Corporations in Alignment to the Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter 10-Ingredients for Partnership Success and Failure -- Chapter 11-Conclusions and Recommendation.

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Critical Geography: From the Office to the Streets -- Far Beyond the ‘Natural Environment’: Geography at the Crossroads of the Capitalocene -- Brazilian Geography and the Study of Territorial Formation -- Man in his being in the world -- Geography and Geographicity -- Physical Geography and the Study of Environmental Problems: The Brazilian Contribution -- The Study of Cities in Brazilian Geography -- The Production of Urban Space and “Critical Geography” -- Dialogues on Brazilian Political Geography and its Perspectives in the 21st Century -- The Consensual Divorce of Geography -- Adherence to Neoliberalism, the Cult of Freedom and the Overthrow of Democracy -- Scientific Research and the Construction of the Field of Teaching of Geography in Schools: Trends and Challenges -- The Contribution of Milton Santos to the Theoretical Formation of Brazilian Geography -- Carlos Augusto de Figueiredo Monteiro and the Construction of Brazilian Geographical Climatology -- Aziz Nacib Ab'saber and the Professionalisation of Research in Geomorphology in Brazilian Geography Courses -- The Right to the City and the Housing in Brazilian Cities -- The Long March of the Brazilian Peasantry: Socioterritorial Movements, Conflicts and Agrarian Reform -- Land and Food: the New Struggles of the Landless Workers Movement (MST) -- Geography and Indigenous Peoples: Struggles of Resistance -- The Geography of Labour under Construction: Theoretical Challenges and Research Praxis -- A Popular Environmentalism in Defence of Life, Dignity and Territory (an autobiographical contribution from an activist geographer) -- Challenges in Decolonisation of the Brazilian/Latin American Geography/ies -- Brazilian Feminist Geographies: Occupying Space, Resisting Negation and Producing Challenges to Geography -- Association of Brazilian Geographers (AGB): The Construction of a Geography of Struggle -- Epilogue.

Description / Table of Contents: EVA effect on Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA) Behaviour -- HDPE effect on Rutting Resistance of Binder -- High Dosage Rubber Addition to Asphalt Mixtures -- Sodium Chloride Impact on Cemented Clay -- Recycled Sawdust effect on Controlling Sulphate Attack in Cemented Clay -- Recycled-Seashells Cement Stabilised Kaolinite Clay Exposed To Sulphate.

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: Overview of technology entrepreneurship for sustainable development -- Experiential Learning Approaches for Enhancing Development Skills: A Review of the Social Business Canvas as a Pedagogical Tool -- Practicum-oriented Entrepreneurship Education: A Systematic Literature Review -- Applicability of Business Model Canvas in the Context of Entrepreneurship in Asia: A Systematic Literature Review -- Global entrepreneurship sustainability through evolving ecosystems -- Starting up STEAM in China: A Case Study of Technology Entrepreneurship for STEAM Education in China -- Sustainable Societal Development through Holistic Education Programs -- The Role of Technology Entrepreneurship in Facilitating Corporate Donations: A Model for B2B Social e-Business Development -- Harnessing Mobile technologies for Healthy Living: A Case Study on Smoking Cessation -- Linking Climate Action and Sustainable Development Goals by Activating Co-benefits -- Social entrepreneurship and disaster risk reduction- A case of India -- Mapping Water Salinity in Coastal Areas Affected by Rising Sea Level -- Citizen science for Urbanization, Disaster, and Environmental management -- Technology and innovation for societal resilience through multistakeholder collaboration -- Technology entrepreneurship and wildfire risk management -- A sustainable water supply business model by utilization of the innovative water flocculants, A Case Study in Bagamoyo, Tanzania -- Emerging technologies and innovation to reach out to vulnerable populations in Nepal.

Description / Table of Contents: Land Property from a Position of Political Economy -- Impact of Geoeconomics on the Availability of Financing for Entities in the Agricultural Sector during the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Development of Rural Green Tourism of Regions of Kazakhstan -- Analysis of International Legal and National Legal Support for the Formation of a Single Environmentally Safe Space in the EAEU -- Gaps and Constraints in the Agricultural Production and Supply Chains as a Source of Food Waste and Loss -- Features of Criteria of Profitability of Cotton-Textile Cluster -- Investment Development and Competitiveness of Pig Breeding in Russia -- Environmentally Friendly Technologies in Municipal Infrastructure Projects as a Factor of Regional Sustainability -- Green Human Capital: Problems and Development Strategy -- Imbalances in Food Security of the World Countries as a Problem of Sustainable Agricultural Development -- Agricultural Sector in the System of Food Security of Russia -- Comparative Analysis of the Economic Security of the Regions and the Methodology of its Implementation -- Vertical Farms as a Promising Direction for the Development of Sustainable Agriculture.