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    Green Infrastructure and Urban Climate Resilience : An Introduction (2023)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Urban ecology (Biology). ; Climatology. ; Environmental geography. ; Sustainable architecture. ; Sustainability. ; Urban Ecology. ; Climate Sciences. ; Integrated Geography. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings.
    Description / Table of Contents: Green Infrastructure (GI) -- Urban Green Infrastructure and Sustainability -- Climate Change and Built Environment -- Sustainable Urban Planning -- Green Buildings -- Assessment, Quantification, and Valuation of Green Infrastructure -- Urban Climate Resilience -- Multi-functionality of Green Resilient Arena -- Policies -- Challenges and future perspectives.
    Abstract: This book aims to cover most subject areas of green infrastructure such as components, multi-functionality, and integration to build environment, contribution to urban sustainability, sustainable and smart city development, urban climate change nexus, green buildings and rating systems, economic assessment, and quantification of green infrastructure. The impending climate crisis, as well as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, has highlighted the importance of green infrastructure in and around cities, prompting a call for more functional and sustainable urban planning and design. A number of recent studies have shown that green infrastructure provides a wide range of ecosystem functions and services critical to human well-being and urban sustainability, which is especially important during climatic and health crises. In this book, the authors emphasize the importance of existing green infrastructure in coping with climate change-induced stresses, such as increasing climate variability and extreme temperature and precipitation events, as well as contributing to urban dwellers' physical and mental health. Green infrastructure, in both cases, plays a significant role in providing urban areas with resilience capacity, which is critical to urban sustainability. The authors also emphasize the importance of expanding and improving green infrastructure, particularly in vulnerable areas, through integrative and participatory processes. Appropriate integration of green-gray infrastructure and development of climate resilient cities is the core theme of this publication. Further, it emphasizes sustainable development which has become an imperative requirement to the world to move fore and climate change-built environment nexus, the most critical global crisis. Though several books were published globally on the green infrastructure and urban resilience individually, books are rarely published combining both disciplines. This book identifies and addresses the gap through comprehensively discussing on both interlinked areas which is essential for the sustainable urban development. Further, it explores on urban climate resilience, urban sprawl, urbanization, resilience drivers, essentials of city resilience, policy implications, challenges, and future perspectives. This book is a useful fundamental guide in practical applications of green infrastructure in built environment in sustainability context. Further, it enlightens on the significance of transforming the conventional building construction trend to sustainable urban planning designs and building development, exploring on the strategic pathway on building urban climate resilience while signifying the importance of healthy built environment through discussing on the nexus between climate change and built environment.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVI, 400 p. 139 illus., 120 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031370816
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37081-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-37081-6
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    Urban Metabolism and Climate Change : Perspective for Sustainable Cities (2023)
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    Keywords: Human geography. ; Environment. ; Sustainability. ; Climatology. ; Social sciences. ; Human Geography. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Sciences. ; Society.
    Description / Table of Contents: Urban Metabolism and Global Climate Change: An overview -- Interlinkages between Urban Metabolism and Sustainability: An overview -- Urban Metabolism - An Analytical approach for enhancing resilience -- Urban metabolism to understand changes in urban ecology: a case of Bengaluru -- City core and Urban sprawl -- Adaptive reuse of historic buildings: an ecological indicator -- Integrating ecological and social concepts for urban metabolism studies -- Sustainable urban metabolism and urban planning -- Urban metabolism in the circular bio-economy of tomorrow -- Closing the Urban Waste Loop: Delivering Environmental and Financial Sustainability -- Transitioning Urban Agriculture to a Circular Metabolism at a Neighbourhood Level -- Eight years to go, to meet the SDG targets: Waste management as enabler and enabled -- Emerging approaches for sustainable urban metabolism -- Species Selection in Urban Forestry - towards Urban Metabolism -- Geospatial analyses for urban metabolism and climate change work -- Smart Urban Metabolism: A Big-data and Machine Learning Perspective -- Policy initiatives on urban metabolism in Ghana (2002-2021). .
    Abstract: This book provides a basic understanding and state-of-the-art of urban metabolism. Urban centres are increasingly challenged by population increase and the resultant environmental concerns including the urban sprawl and climate change. Different patterns of urbanization contribute to the changing climate via. differences in their urban metabolism represented by energy and matter. Urban metabolic studies in terms of energy and material inflows, outflows, and stocks can be associated with traditional evaluation techniques to help assess the magnitude and potential effects of variety of environmental challenges the world is facing today. Urban centres are critical real time observatories that indicate the impact anthropogenic activities have on global biogeochemical cycles. Urban processes have significant and lasting impacts on the global carbon budget. The technological and infrastructural advancements have fuelled an increase in urban inputs and outputs of material and energy. Therefore, more sustainable approaches need to be adopted in changing scenarios for urban planning, particularly for sustainable resource utilization and better waste management practices. The book emphasises on the sustainability in urban metabolism, sustainable urban planning, ecosystem services, and disaster resilience to provide an interdisciplinary understanding of urban metabolism. The book also identifies an urgent need to develop new methodological approaches for real time and reliable evaluation of urban metabolism.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIV, 363 p. 69 illus., 64 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031294228
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29422-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-29422-8
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    Sustainable Development Goals in Europe : A Geographical Approach (2023)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Environmental geography. ; Physical geography. ; Human geography. ; Bioclimatology. ; Climatology. ; Sustainability. ; Integrated Geography. ; Physical Geography. ; Human Geography. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Climate Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere -- SDG1 in Europe: Micro-grants, poverty, and the big-picture future of sustainable development in a post-pandemic world -- Part 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture -- Geography: Origin of the complexity of the food system -- Part 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages -- Exploring health and well-being in a European context -- Part 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all -- New horizons for quality education within the framework of the 2030 agenda -- Part 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls -- Recent demographic trends in Spanish rural areas: Poverty and inequality with gender perspective (1999-2020) -- Part 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all -- Sustainable solution for clean water (SDG6) implemented in Ethiopia to remove fluoride from drinking water using natural zeolites from Europe -- Part 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all -- Improving eco-social literacy using Spanish media coverage of the EU's clean energy strategy -- Part 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all -- “Economics for Future” from different perspectives – Critical reflections on SDG 8 with a special focus on economic growth and some suggestions for alternatives pathways -- Part 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation -- Perceived benefits and barriers to cooperation between small farms and clusters – A case study of Poland -- Part 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries -- Spatial disparities: An approach to reveal "hidden areas" to territorial development in the Marrakech-Safi region -Morocco -- Part 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable -- Sustainable cities, urban indicators and planning for the new urban agenda. Sustainable developments goals and the rights to the city -- Part 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns -- Towards a new sustainable production and responsible consumer in the food sectors: Sustainable aquaculture -- Part 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts -- 1975-2018: 43 years of glacial retreat in the Incachiriasca glacier (Nevado Salcantay, Vilcabamba Range, Peru) -- Part 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development -- Jellyfish distribution and abundance on the southern coast of the Iberian Peninsula -- Part 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss -- Using the European CORINE land cover database: A review a 2011-2021 specific review -- Part 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels -- Achieving a sustainable future: The geographical centrality of UN SDG-16, peace, justice and strong institutions -- Part 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development -- Revitalizing the global alliances for sustainable development; analysing the viability of SDG 17 using marine conservation case studies in Europe.
    Abstract: The aim of this book is to provide a synthesis of the newest research in Geography concerning the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s). Although the world is strongly interconnected, the majority of the chapters in this volume focus on Europe or the work of European researchers. Each chapter of this book focusses on one of the 17 SDG’s providing in-depth knowledge from a geographical perspective, fostering comprehensive research on these global targets to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change. The Sustainable Development Goals are part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. To achieve them, it will be necessary for all stakeholders, including citizens (civil society, doctors, teachers), governments, private sector to collaborate.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: IX, 371 p. 103 illus., 95 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031216145
    Series Statement: Key Challenges in Geography, EUROGEO Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21614-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-21614-5
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    Urban Commons, Future Smart Cities and Sustainability (2023)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Urban policy. ; Climatology. ; Architecture. ; Sustainability. ; Urban Policy. ; Climate Sciences. ; Cities, Countries, Regions.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Introduction -- 1. Diversity and Challenges of the Urban Commons -- 2. Urban Commons and Regeneration -- Part II. Urban Growth, Agglomeration and Urban Infrastructure -- 3. Rethinking Urban Sprawl: Moving Towards Sustainable Cities -- 4. Drivers of urban growth and infrastructure -- 5. Urban Land Use dynamics and sustainable urban management -- Part III. Climate crisis, Urban Health and Waste Management -- 6. Climate Change and Health Impacts in Urban Areas -- 7. Green Spaces: An Invaluable Resource for Delivering Sustainable Urban Health -- 8. Health and wellbeing and Quality of Life in the changing urban environment -- 9. Sustainable Urban Waste Management and urban sustainability-case study -- 10. Global Warming and urban heat Island.
    Abstract: This book provides a critical theoretical framework for understanding the implementation and development of smart cities as innovation drivers, with long-term effects on productivity, livability, and the sustainability of specific initiatives. This framework is based on an empirical analysis of 21 case studies, which include pioneer projects from various regions. It investigates how successful smart city initiatives foster technological innovation by combining regulatory governance and private agency. The typologies of smart city-making approaches are thoroughly examined. This book presents the holistic approach of smart cities, which start from current issue and challenges, advanced technological development, disaster mitigation, ecological perspective, social issue, and urban governance. The book is organized into five major parts, which reflect interconnection between theories and practice. Part one explains the introduction which reflects the diversity and challenges of the urban commons and its regeneration. Part two covers the current and future situation of urban growth, anglomeration agglomeration, and urban infrastructure. This section includes rethinking urban sprawl: moving towards sustainable cities, drivers of urban growth and infrastructure, urban land use dynamics and urban sprawl and urban infrastructure sustainability and resilience. Part three describes climate crisis, urban health, and waste management. This section includes climate change and health impacts in urban areas, green spaces: an invaluable resource for delivering sustainable urban health, health and wellbeing and quality of life in the changing urban environment, urban climate and pollution—case study, sustainable urban waste management and urban sustainability and global warming and urban heat Island. Part four covers the ecological perspectives, advanced technology, and social impact for i.e., smart building, ecosystem services, society and future smart cities (SSC). This section includes urban ecosystem services, environmental planning, and city management, artificial intelligence and urban hazards and societal impact, and using geospatial application and urban/smart city energy conservation—case study. Part five covers urban governance, smart solutions, and sustainable cities. It includes good governance, especially e-governance and citizen participation, urban governance, space and policy planning to achieve sustainability, smart city planning and management and Internet of things (IoT), advances in smart roads for future smart cities, sustainable city planning, innovation, and management, future strategy for sustainable smart cities and lessons from the pandemic: the future of smart cities.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXXII, 1038 p. 404 illus., 365 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031247675
    Series Statement: Springer Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24767-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-24767-5
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    The Food Security, Biodiversity, and Climate Nexus (2022)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Biodiversity. ; Food security. ; Agriculture. ; Climatology. ; Biotic communities. ; Sustainability. ; Biodiversity. ; Food Security. ; Agriculture. ; Climate Sciences. ; Ecosystems.
    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.
    Abstract: This volume is the outcome of an international cooperation between 73 scientists, experts, and practitioners from many countries, disciplines, and professional areas. As a part of a series of CERES publications, the volume attempts to contribute to the scientific debate about the food–biodiversity–climate nexus by developing a comprehensive region-specific and broader global understanding of the linkages between these areas, especially in the context of Global South. Instead of providing only modern science-based solutions for the nexus related challenges, the volume covers case studies that present mixed solutions, offering the use of traditional ecological knowledge in combination with modern science for both resilience and sustainability. This is increasingly instrumental in shaping the needed response options regarding the economic, social, and environmental future of the world. Based on a multi-regional and cross-sectoral analysis, the approach consists of: assessing the different natural and anthropogenic factors currently affecting ecosystems and their services, especially the impacts of climate change; highlighting the different linkages between the state of biodiversity and food systems in many contexts and scales; and exploring the various response mechanisms to effectively manage the implications of such linkages. Most chapters provide inputs for future relevant research and policy agendas.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XLVI, 488 p. 143 illus., 124 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031125867
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12586-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-12586-7
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    Towards a Climate-Resilient Future Together : Tools for Engaging Citizens for a Better Future (2022)
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    Keywords: Human geography. ; Political science. ; Sustainability. ; Climatology. ; Social sciences. ; Human Geography. ; Governance and Government. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Sciences. ; Society.
    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.
    Abstract: Although many local authorities underline the important role of citizens in climate adaptation, many experience difficulties with organizing citizen participation in a way that is meaningful to both citizens and policymakers. Climate change is for many simply not a top priority. Besides, the future is often rather abstract to people, citizens in particular. We argue that practical tools are needed to help citizens structure the process of thinking about and designing the future of their living environment under the impacts of climate change. The toolbox Towards a climate-resilient future together offers practical foresight methods and tools for organizing citizen participation in the process of building climate-resilient futures. It provides an overview of the state the art of and hands-on guidance for executing participatory foresight methods and showcases some of the lessons learned from several international research programs on citizen engagement. In doing so, the toolbox can assist practitioners, students and academics concerned with the question of how local communities in urban and rural areas could adapt to climate change impacts and become more resilient in the future. It is suitable for readers without any experience in citizen participation and/or foresight, while more experienced readers will find innovative combinations of methods and tools that are unique within the field of citizen participation and foresight.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: X, 70 p. 53 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031076824
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07682-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-07682-4
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    Innovative Approaches for Sustainable Development : Theories and Practices in Agriculture (2022)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Agriculture. ; Climatology. ; Botany. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Sustainability. ; Agriculture. ; Climate Sciences. ; Plant Science. ; Water.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. The Economics of Climate Change in Agriculture -- Chapter2. Indigenous Technical Knowledge Under a Changing Climate -- Chapter3. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Mitigation Options: An Approach Towards Climate Smart Agriculture -- Chapter4. New Paradigm for Higher Crop Productivity Through Climate Smart Strategies -- Chapter5. Bio-fertilizers a Future Prospect Towards Sustainable Agricultural Development -- Chapter6. On-Farm Water Harvesting: Promising Intervention Towards Crop Diversification and Doubling Farmers Income in Drought Prone Central Province of India -- Chapter7. Non-thermal Processing of Food: An Alternative for Traditional Food Processing -- Chapter8. Enhancement of Shelf Life of Food Using Active Packaging Technologies -- Chapter9. Nutrient Adequacy, Dietary Diversification, Food Processing Practices to Ensure Household Food Security among Rural Women -- Chapter10. Sustainability Science Perspective in Integrated and Sustainable Agriculture Development: Case Study of Indonesia -- Chapter11. Horticulture: A Key for Sustainable Development -- Chapter12. Nanotechnology for Sustainable Horticulture Development: Opportunities and Challenges -- Chapter13. Sustainable Resource Utilization in Aquaculture: Issues and Practices -- Chapter14. Cotton Leaf Curl Virus Disease Status in Bt Cotton Hybrids in Punjab, India -- Chapter15. Management of Plant Diseases Through Application of Biocontrol Agents in Climate Smart Agriculture- Review -- Chapter16. Role of Modern Agro-Ecosystems in the Origin of New Plant Pathogens -- Chapter17. Microbial Stewardship- The Integral Component of Sustainable Development -- Chapter18. Clubmosses (Huperzia Bernh.) of North East India: Genetic Resources, Utilization and Sustainability.-Chapter19. Impact of Climate Change on Soil Carbon-Improving Farming Practices Reduces the Carbon Footprint -- Chapter20. Impacts of Plastic Leachate on Life Traits of Micro-Crustacean Across Two Generations -- Chapter21. Climate Smart Agriculture and Water Management: Issues and Challenges -- Chapter22. Decoding the Enigma of Drought Stress Tolerance Mechanisms in Plants and its Application in Crop Improvement .
    Abstract: This book provides recent understanding about the sustainable development in agriculture. It includes information regarding new approaches for sustainable development in agriculture, horticulture and fisheries. It examines the effect of climate change and provides information on climate smart practices. In addition, some important aspects like quality seed production, role of bioinoculants, on-farm water harvesting, non-thermal processing of food, importance of water use in organic agriculture have also been discussed. It also presents in detail plant disease aspect and their management strategies. This book aims to provide an overall understanding of all aspects related to the study of environment resources, its protection for sustainable development. To meet the growing food demand of the over nine billion people who will exist by 2050 and the expected dietary changes, agriculture will need to produce 60 percent more food globally in the same period. The goal of sustainable agriculture is to meet society’s food and textile needs in the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Practitioners of sustainable agriculture seek to integrate three main objectives into their work: a healthy environment, economic profitability, and social and economic equity. Every person involved in the food system growers, food processors, distributors, retailers, consumers, and waste managers can play a role in ensuring a sustainable agricultural system.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VII, 368 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030905491
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90549-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-90549-1
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    Climate Change and Agriculture in Zimbabwe : Sustainability in Minority Farming Communities (2021)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Climatology. ; Physical geography. ; Environment. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Sciences. ; Physical Geography. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Agriculture.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Climate change and lessons from world indigenous minority farmer communities -- Chapter 3. Climate change and indigenous farmers in Zimbabwe -- Chapter 4. Rainfall and Temperature fluctuations in South-west Zimbabwe(1922-2012) -- Chapter 5. Climate Change impact on indigenous minority farmer communities in SW Zimbabwe -- Chapter 6. Interventions on climate climate change among indigenous minority farmer communities in SW Zimbabwe -- Chapter 7. Indigenous minority communities development basket of priorities in SW Zimbabwe -- Chapter 8. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book proves, through empirical research, that indigenous and traditional agricultural communities have experienced severe climate change impacts, and have developed corresponding livelihood strategies to strengthen their resilience in a variable climate. With a focus on indigenous minority farming communities in the developing region of South-Western Zimbabwe, the study presents both qualitative and quantitative approaches of data analysis to assess sustainability problems amid climate change and climate variability challenges, and proposes potential solutions. In eight chapters, the book expands on the scarce availability of community-based research on climate change and variability in Zimbabwe. The book is meant for college and university students and stakeholders involved in development work in rural minority farmer communities, especially in climate change prone regions of Africa and other developing countries who have very few options of adaptation and mitigation.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: X, 98 p. 23 illus., 19 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030513467
    Series Statement: Sustainable Development Goals Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51346-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-51346-7
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    Applications of the Universal Thermal Climate Index UTCI in Biometeorology : Latest Developments and Case Studies (2021)
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    Keywords: Human geography. ; Climatology. ; Public health. ; Human physiology. ; Sustainable architecture. ; Buildings Environmental engineering. ; Human Geography. ; Climate Sciences. ; Public Health. ; Human Physiology. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. ; Building Physics, HVAC.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Issues in UTCI Calculation from a Decade’s Experience -- Literature Review on UTCI Applications -- Sensitivity of UTCI thermal comfort prediction to personal and situational factors – residual analysis of pedestrian survey data -- Long and short-term acclimatization effects on outdoor thermal perception versus UTCI -- Regional adaptation of the UTCI: Comparisons between different datasets in Brazil -- Outdoor thermal environment and heat-related symptoms of pedestrians: An application of the UTCI for health risk assessment -- Mapping UTCI (in different scales) -- Application of the UTCI in high-resolution urban climate modeling techniques -- The universal thermal climate index as an operational forecasting tool of human biometeorological conditions in Europe -- Proposed framework for establishing a global database for outdoor thermal comfort research -- Afterword.
    Abstract: This book introduces the UTCI (Universal Thermal Climate Index) and summarises progress in this area. The UTCI (Universal Thermal Climate Index) was developed as part of the European COST Action Program and first announced to the scientific community in 2009. Since then a decade has followed of applicability tests and research results as well as knowledge gained from applying the UTCI in human adaptation and thermal perception. These findings are of interest to researchers in the interdisciplinary areas of biometeorology, climatology and urban planning. The book summarizes this progress, discussing the limitations found and provides pointers to future developments. It also discusses UTCI applications in the areas of human biometeorology and urban planning including possibilities of using UTCI and similar indices in climate-responsive urban planning. The book’s message is illustrated with many case studies from the real world. Chapter 10 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
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    Pages: XII, 228 p. 50 illus., 43 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030767167
    Series Statement: Biometeorology, 4
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76716-7
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    Water Science and Sustainability (2021)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Climatology. ; Physical geography. ; Sustainability. ; Water. ; Climate Sciences. ; Physical Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Academic Contributions of Prof. R. B. Singh -- Water Science and Sustainability: An Introduction -- The Acceleration Of The Extractivism In The Global Market And The Mudslide In The City Of Mariana (2015): The Human Rights and Brazilian Legislation Perspectives -- Water Use and Management in the Thirthar Valley Basin in Iraq -- Forecast changes in runoff for the Neman River basin -- Integrated Water Resources Management in Southern Africa Two Decades after the Dublin Conference: The Zimbabwean Experience -- Environment and Use of Water with Reference to Kolkata Drainage, West Bengal, India -- Physical Environmental Impact Assessment of Flood: A Case Of Lower Darakeswar-Mundeswari Interfluve In West Bengal -- Quantitative Study of the Relationship between Regional Development and Water Resource Protection-Core Area of Three Gorges Reservoir Area As An Example -- System-Analytical Modeling Of Water Quality for Mountain River Runoff -- River Basin Councils: Evidence from Russia -- Development of The Approach For the Complex Prediction of Spring Flood -- Water Resources Of Madhya Pradesh: Contemporary Issues and Challenges -- Heavy Metal, Oil and Grease Pollution of Water and Sediments in Estuarine Lagoons in Sri Lanka: A Case Study In Negombo Estuarine Lagoon -- Flood Simulation Modelling And Disaster Risk Reduction Of West Tripura District, Tripura, North-East India -- Changing Rainfall Patterns and Their Linkage to Floods in Bhagirathi-Hooghly Basin, India: Implications for Water Resource Management -- Impacts of Beach Placer Mineral Mining in The Shallow Coastal Aquifers Of Southern Tamil Nadu Coast, India -- Industrial Operation of the Biological Early Warning System Bio Argus for Water Quality Control Using Crayfish -- Accepting the Fate: A Study on Water Induced Disaster Affected People Living in Slums -- Water Resource Management through Ecological Restoration in Garhwal Himalaya -- Using structure from motion (SfM) technique for the characterisation of riverine systems – case study in the headwaters of the Volga River -- Change Of Erosive Activity In The Context Of Change Of The Climate -- Assessment of groundwater response and soil moisture fluctuations in the Mugello basin.
    Abstract: This book describes the importance of water resources for socio-economic and ecological development including geomorphic and ecological environments. Hence, conservation, management and development of water resources have become necessary for the all-around development of global populations and the environment. It is the outcome of valuable contributions made by eminent scientists and research scholars who have developed alternative strategies, solutions and models for sustainable water resources through research, monitoring and experiments varying from regional to global scale. This book is of immense use to the policymakers, environmentalists, ecologists, academician, research scholars and people in general concerned with water resources management. .
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    Pages: XIV, 255 p. 125 illus., 89 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030574888
    Series Statement: Sustainable Development Goals Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57488-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-57488-8
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    Emerging Challenges to Food Production and Security in Asia, Middle East, and Africa : Climate Risks and Resource Scarcity (2021)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Food security. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Agriculture. ; Climatology. ; Biodiversity. ; Sustainability. ; Food Security. ; Water. ; Agriculture. ; Climate Sciences. ; Biodiversity.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Enhancing Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security within a Changing Climate -- Chapter 2. Impacts of Climate Change on Agricultural Sector of Pakistan: Status, Consequences, and Adoption Options -- Chapter 3. Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Security in Tunisia: Challenges, Existing Policies, and Way Forward -- Chapter 4. Food Security in the MENA Region: Does Agriculture Performance Matter? -- Chapter 5. Emerging Threats to Food Security in Nigeria: Way Forward -- Chapter 6. Food Security in Morocco: Risk Factors and Governance -- Chapter 7. Climate Change and Agricultural Policy for Realizing Food Security in Morocco -- Chapter 8. Livestock and Food Security under Climate Change Scenario in Pakistan -- Chapter 9. Water Scarcity Threats to National Food Security of Pakistan – Issues, Implications, and Way Forward -- Chapter 10. Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Food Security in Egypt and Possible Adaptive Measures – A Review -- Chapter 11. The Combined Impact of Climate Change and the Use of Solar Energy on the Water Consumption in Agriculture: A Case Study from Souss Massa Region -- Chapter 12. Mathematical Model for Estimating Optimal Water Resources in Irrigation Problems -- Chapter 13. Readiness of Entrepreneurs towards Group Performance Development of OTOP Product: A Case Study in North-Eastern Thailand.
    Abstract: This book, as a part of a series of CERES publications, provides a multi-regional and cross-sectoral analysis of food and water security, especially in the era of climate risks, biodiversity loss, pressure on scarce resources, especially land and water, increasing global population, and changing dietary preferences. It includes both conceptual research and empirically-based studies, which provides context-specific analyses and recommendations based on a variety of case studies from Africa, Middle East, and Asia regarding the fostering of long-term resilience of food and water security. The core approach of the volume consists of: assessing the structural drivers affecting the vulnerability of food and water security, under the persistence of current trends; identifying the best solutions and practices to enhance the climate resilience for food and water security; and fostering climate adaptation and biodiversity protection for food and water security.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXXIX, 330 p. 98 illus., 90 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030729875
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72987-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-72987-5
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    Environmental Footprints : Assessing Anthropogenic Effects (2021)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Climatology. ; Environment. ; Biogeography. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Electric power production. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Sciences. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Biogeosciences. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management. ; Electrical Power Engineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: General Introduction -- A Conceptual Framework for Constituting a Footprint Family -- Exploring Some Fundamentals of Environmental Footprints -- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): Nice to have or Essential for Environmental Footprints? -- Understanding the Complementarities of Environmental Footprints and Planetary Boundaries -- Benchmarking the National Carbon, Water and Land Footprints Against Allocated Planetary Boundaries -- General Discussion. .
    Abstract: This book focuses on environmental footprints that have attracted considerable interest and discussion within academia, policy makers and the public as a tool to assess anthropogenic effects on the environment. It begins with an overview which provides a starting point for understanding the concept of environmental footprints. On the basis of a thorough investigation into the theoretical and methodological aspects of selected environmental footprints that have been widely adopted, a unified framework for structuring, categorizing and integrating various footprint indicators is established. Furthermore, the book brings clarity to the relationship between footprint analysis and life cycle assessment, and challenges the isolation of environmental footprints and planetary boundaries. The findings provide novel insights into the development of environmental footprints for environmental impact assessment and environmental sustainability assessment.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIV, 122 p. 17 illus., 14 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030610180
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61018-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-61018-0
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    Scaling up SDGs Implementation : Emerging Cases from State, Development and Private Sectors (2020)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Human geography. ; Political science. ; Community development. ; Social service. ; Climatology. ; Sustainability. ; Human Geography. ; Governance and Government. ; Social Work and Community Development. ; Climate Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: PartI: Introduction and Background -- Chapter1: Scaling up SDGs implementation: Down the road to fast approaching 2030 -- PartII: Drawing up national SDGs Baselines and Cases involving State Actors -- Chapter2: Emerging African picture of Official Development Assistance and education-related SDGs indicators -- Chapter3: Africa and the 2030 sustainable energy goal: A focus on access to renewables and clean fuels for cooking -- Chapter4: SDG 15 and socio-ecological sustainability: Spring waterscapes and rural livelihoods in the Save Catchment of Zimbabwe -- Chapter5: Auditing the adequacy of NDCs in addressing the climate action sustainable development goal -- PartIII: The Business Sector and the SDGs -- Chapter6: Beyond’s response to the twin challenges of pollution and climate change in the context of SDGs -- Chapter7: Major global aircraft manufacturers and emerging responses to the SDGs agenda -- Chapter8: Ending poverty through affordable credit to small scale cotton farmers: The Case of the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe -- Chapter9: Insurance, increasing natural disaster risks and the SDGs: A focus on Southern Africa -- PartIV: Civil Society and the SDGs -- Chapter10: The contribution of community-based recycling cooperatives to a cluster of SDGs in semi-arid Brazilian peri-urban settlements -- Chapter11: Critical Analysis of the Contribution of Women’s University in Africa towards the Attainment of SDG 5 -- Chapter12: Role of SDGs in Reconceptualizing the Education for Sustainable Development curriculum in Higher Education in South Africa -- PartV: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations -- Chapter13: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations.
    Abstract: This volume challenges global leaders and citizenry to do more in order to resource the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (AfSD) and its 17 interwoven Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Starting from the concept ‘we cannot manage what we cannot measure’, the book presents some cases showing how to draw national level baselines for the domestication and localisation of the SDGs seeking to provide a clear roadmap towards achieving the 2030 AfSD. Scaling up SDGs Implementation is targeted at the United Nations, national and state governments, sub-national governments, the corporate sector and civil society, including higher education institutes, labour groups, non-governmental organisations and youth movements. The book is cognizant of these institutions’ common, but differentiated responsibilities and capabilities within their socio-political, environmental and economic conditions. The book presents case studies of how the corporate sector has been scaling up SDGs implementation, from the tourism sector, insurance, to the aviation and agricultural sectors. To make sure that no one is left behind, the volume includes cases on solutions for pressing environmental and socio-economic problems ranging from cooperatives in Brazil to the conservation of springs in Zimbabwe. The matter of finding synergies between the climate SDG and the Paris Agreement’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) is elaborated at length. Lastly, the book discusses how institutions of higher education remain critical pillars in SDGs scaling up, with cases of curriculum re-orientation in South Africa to the rolling out of the Women’s University in Africa. In this context, this volume challenges every global citizen and organization to invest every effort into making the implementation of the SDGs a success as we welcome the second four to five year segment down the road to the year 2030.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XX, 194 p. 53 illus., 51 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030332167
    Series Statement: Sustainable Development Goals Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33216-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-33216-7
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    Sustainable Rice Straw Management (2020)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Environmental management. ; Climatology. ; Agriculture. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Management. ; Climate Sciences. ; Agriculture. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Mechanized Collection and Densification of Rice Straw -- 3 Rice Straw-Based Composting -- 4 Thermochemical Conversion of Rice Straw -- 5 Co-digestion of Rice Straw for Biogas Production -- 6 Mushroom production -- 7 Rice straw-based fodder for ruminants -- 8 Rice straw incorporation influences nutrient cycling and soil organic matter -- 9 Rice straw management effects on greenhouse gas emissions -- 10 Life cycle assessment and best management practices -- 11 Overview of rice straw value chain and business model -- Conclusions.
    Abstract: This open access book on straw management aims to provide a wide array of options for rice straw management that are potentially more sustainable, environmental, and profitable compared to current practice. The book is authored by expert researchers, engineers and innovators working on a range of straw management options with case studies from Vietnam, the Philippines and Cambodia. The book is written for engineers and researchers in order to provide them information on current good practice and the gaps and constraints that require further research and innovation. The book is also aimed at extension workers and farmers to help them decide on the best alternative straw management options in their area by presenting both the technological options as well as the value chains and business models required to make them work. The book will also be useful for policy makers, required by public opinion to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, looking for research-based evidence to guide the policies they develop and implement.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIII, 192 p. 60 illus., 52 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030323738
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32373-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-32373-8
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