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Description / Table of Contents: Chinese Human Settlements Philosophy -- The Origin of Trailism of Human Settlement, Inhabitation and Travel Environment -- Three elements and Main Factors Analysis on Human Settlement, Inhabitation and Travel Environment -- The Evolution of the Human Settlement, Inhabitation and Travel Environment Theory -- The Classification and Characteristics of the Human Settlement, Inhabitation and Travel Environment Background -- Analysis and Evaluation on Activity in Human Settlement, Inhabitatin and Travel Environment -- Human Settlement, Inhabitation and Travel Environment Construction Theory and Technology.-Human Settlement, Inhabitation and Travel Environment Studies in Water-net Region -- Human Settlement, Inhabitation and Travel Environment Studies in Valley Region.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Planning model to provide a practical understanding of sustainability perspectives -- Chapter 2-Local Sustainability: measuring the achievement of the urban indicators -- Chapter 3-Assessing regional sustainability by indicators: implications and emerging challenges -- Chapter 4-Integrated Water Resources Management and urban sustainability -- Chapter 5-Smart Cities and sustainability indicators: a structure proposal -- Chapter 6-Educational factors influencing higher education organizations -- Chapter 7-PRME signatory schools and the Interdisciplinary Approach at Education for Sustainable Development -- Chapter 8-Perspectives across education institution and role to sustainable competencies -- Chapter 9-Promoting stakeholders engagement to make feasible, sustainable development -- Chapter 10-The influence on sustainability practices by stakeholders -- Chapter 11-Managing stakeholders for regional sustainability: challenges and mechanisms -- Chapter 12-Understanding and participatory learning the social impact of sustainability perspectives -- Chapter 13-Corporate Social Responsibility and roles of developers for sustainability in companies -- Chapter 14-Waste management: extending beyond local boundaries -- Chapter 15-Observing technologies to environmental sustainability management -- Chapter 16-Access to sanitation services and human health and gender in emerging economies. -- Chapter 17-Assessing sanitation conditions under the SDGs: assisting SDG 6 -- Chapter 18-Risk management and pandemic moment: what is the role of sustainability management?- Chapter 19-Getting the global goals to sustainability in pandemic time: Are we out of track?- Chapter 20. Environmental management and sanitation: Perspectives on waste.

Description / Table of Contents: Does the University Have a Future? -- Humanizing Higher Education: University of the Future -- Role of Universities in Transforming Society: Challenges and Practices -- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and University Transformation -- How to Include SDGs in the Teaching Curricula -- Social Innovation in Advancing SDGs -- Gender-Related and Women Empowerment Challenges -- Knowledge-Based, Innovation, and Entrepreneurial Driven Research and Teaching -- Towards Sustainable Smart Campuses: From AI-Based Platforms for Distance Learning to Virtual Teaching -- Impact of the Industry 4.0 on the University and on Cooperative Education -- Preparing Students for Industry 4.0 -- University 4.0: Social Aspects.

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction. Observed Climate Change and Ecological Environment Evolution and Their Causes -- Projections of Future Climate Change and Risks -- Adaptation and Mitigation: Measures, Actions and Effects -- The Development Pathways with Climate Resilience.

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

Description / Table of Contents: 1. A Review of Recent Small Town Research in South Africa (Ronnie Donaldson & Musfiqah Majiet) -- 2. The Relationship between White Privilege, Segregation, Topophobia and Symbolic Boundaries in Secunda, Mpumalanga (Tarryn Paquet) -- 3. Neglect of Municipal infrastructure in the Mining Town of Phalaborwa (Manfred Spocter) -- 4. Collaborative Governance, Social Capital and Drought: A Case Study of a Collaborative Governance Regime in Graaff-Reinet (Rebecca Light) -- 5. Surviving the Tides: A Study of Small-scale Fisheries and Community Livelihoods in Selected Coastal Towns of the Western Cape, South Africa (Samantha Williams) -- 6. The State and Implications of Housing Provision in Small Towns: Experiences in the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality, Eastern Cape Province (John Ntema, Robert Mongwe & Eliot Mathebula) -- 7. The Socio-economic Wellbeing of Small Mining Towns in the Northern Cape (Avril Gardiner & Ronnie Donaldson) -- 8. Complex Town-gown Relationships and the Paradoxes of Studentification in the South African Traditional Authority Lands (Nothile Ndimande) -- 9. Local Government Election Trends in Small Towns (Stephen Rule) -- 10. The Historical Development of South African Small Towns as Spa Resorts (Christian M. Rogerson & Jayne M. Rogerson).

Description / Table of Contents: An approach from ecovillages and ecocities to Tirana, Albania -- Tirana the capital of Albania. A brief history of regulatory plans, anti-bombing hideouts and its climate conditions -- Leed and Breeam building standards and Albanian law related to building thermal performance -- Social impact in a specific neighborhood in Tirana, Albania -- In the traces of bioclimatic architecture -- Existing site conditions. Building thermography and U-Value measurements. Case study Tirana, Albania -- Bioclimatic eco-renovation concept design and strategies. The use of different materials -- Bioclimatic eco-renovation. Case study Tirana, Albania.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Population and transport: A global view -- The theoretical relationship between population growth and transport -- Passenger mobility and freight movement in China -- Key issues in transport sustainability in China -- Growth and spatial distribution of population in China -- Population migration in China -- The mismatch between population distribution and transport development -- The gaps between population migration, traffic flows and transport -- Transport in the population shrinking in cities and regions -- Population-oriented transport strategies in China -- Transport accessibility-based population distribution -- Future population and future transport.

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). .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Humans and the Environment -- Chapter 2. A Brief History of Human Resource Use.-Chapter 3. Natural Resources and Economic Development -- Chapter 4. Environmental Impacts of Resource Extraction and Consumption -- Chapter 5. Social and Cultural Factors in Human-Nature Interactions -- Chapter 6. Sustainable Resource Management -- Chapter 7. Conclusion: Moving Towards a Sustainable Future.

Description / Table of Contents: - Progress in Biosynthesized of Silver Nanoparticles as Sustainable Approach for Photocatalytic Wastewater Treatment -- Impact of Onshore Construction Activities on Sea Water Turbidity -- Characteristics of Natural Organic Matter and Trihalomethanes Formation in The Southern Part of Songkhla Lake Basin -- Characterization and Statistical Multivariate Analysis of Potentially Toxic Elements Contamination of Groundwater in Chiniot Area, Punjab Plain, Pakistan -- A Systematic Literature Review on Rainwater Quality Influenced by Atmospheric Conditions with A Focus on Bangladesh -- Quantification of Flash Flood Runoff Volume Using Morphometric Parameters Towards Sustainability -- Application of the Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) in Reservoir Optimization Operation under Investigation of Climate Change Impact: A Case Study at Klang Gate Dam, Malaysia -- Development of Cleaner Production Alternatives in Water Management in a Slaughterhouse in Ecuador: A Case Study -- Analyzing the Impact of Food-Energy-Water Nexus-Based Agricultural Patterns on Regional Water Resources -- Categorization of Urban Basin According to The Runoff Depth: Case Study of Katsushika Ward and Edogawa City Basin, Japan -- ETSim: A Reference Evapotranspiration Estimator and Its Evaluation at the Southern Region of Japan -- Performance Evaluation of a Full-Scale Forced Aerated Municipal Solid Waste Composting System: A Case Study in Kalutara, Sri Lanka -- A Systematic Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Hazardous Solid Waste Management -- Pre-paid System for Waste Minimization and Cost Recovery - A Trial in Gaza Strip, Palestine -- Green Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized by Syzygium aromaticum and Thymus vulgaris Extracts against Some Oral Pathogens -- Institutional Pressure, Organizational Factors and E-Waste Management Practice: A Study in Telecommunication and Technology Industries -- Life Cycle Assessment of Sugarcane Biorefinery Complex in the Indian Context -- High-Performance Computing Urban Air Pollution 3D Simulation with CFD PALM4U -- Assessment and Policy Recommendations of School Ambient Air Quality during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Abu Dhabi, UAE -- Particulate Matter Phytoremediation Capacity of Four Japanese Roadside Green Biofilters -- Resilience Assessment of Transportation Networks to Climate Change Induced Flooding: The Case of Doha Highways Network -- Achievements, Difficulties and Challenges of Managing and Adapting to Drought and Saltwater Intrusion in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta -- Public Transportation Resilience towards Climate Change Impacts: The Case of Doha Metro Network -- Social Vulnerability Assessment to Natural Hazards in East Malaysia -- Exploring the Significance of Resilience Qualities in the Context of the Middle East Built Environment -- Vegetation Coverage Assessment for Smart Cities Based on the Sentinel Remote Sensing Data: The Case of Zhejiang Province (China) -- Monitoring of Agricultural Expansion Using Hybrid Classification Method in Southwestern Fringes of Wadi El-Natrun, Egypt: An Appraisal for Sustainable Development -- Quantifying the Dynamics of Ecosystem Services Value in Response to Decentralization and Regional Autonomy in Indonesia: A Case Study of Southeast Sulawesi Province -- Assessment of Human Health Impact of Particulate Matter Formation from Industry Textile Boiler in Cambodia -- Assessment of Heavy Metals Uptake by Carrot at Different Contamination Levels of Soil -- The Economic Impact of California’s Cap and Trade Program: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis with a Matching Approach -- Computing Digital Footprints: A New Model and Empirical Study -- Comparisons of Organic Acid and Inorganic Acid Pretreatment for Production of Reducing Sugar and Ethanol Production from Coffee Shell -- Hydrogen Fuel Cell for Passenger Railway Transport and Its Deployment in Saudi Arabia -- Deep Eutectic Solvent Pretreatment of Durian Peel for Enhanced Bioethanol Production. .

Description / Table of Contents: Bridging Peace and Sustainability amidst Global Transformations -- Toward Synergies between Peace and Sustainability: Using Institutional Research Data to Explore the Diversity of Participants in SDG-related Research -- Interactions between SDG 14 (life below water) and SDG 16 (peace, justice, and strong institutions): A review of co-benefits, synergies, conflicts, and trade-offs -- Ecological Education in Islamic Religious Learning Based on Creative Imagination -- Sustainable peacebuilding through a dignity lens: A case study of caste-based discrimination in Nepal -- Bangsamoro Youth in Peacebuilding: Contributions, Opportunities and Challenges.

Description / Table of Contents: - One Planet One Compliance: Stakeholder Perception Analysis on the Efficacy of the IR Framework of ESG Disclosure -- Sustainable Influence of Instagram and Its Linkages on the Gen Z's Purchase Intention -- “Neuro Marketing: An Astonishing Addition to the Marketing World” -- Impact of Digital Transformation on Impulse Buying Behavior with Special Reference To FMCG Sector In Sustainable Environment -- A Case Study of Sustainable Service Based Marketing Strategy of Food Delivery Business in India -- A Study on Consumer Behaviour Purchasing Pattern on Durable Products in Sustainable Consumer Market -- A Study of Financial Literacy as a Sustainable Factor among Micro Entrepreneurs in Coimbatore District of Tamilnadu -- Techno Stress and Students in Sustainable Work Environment: An Empirical Study -- Indian Economic Crisis: Covid-19 Vs. Russia-Ukrainian War -- Digital Transformation in Sustainable Digital Marketing: Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges in Targeting Millennial Consumers -- A Study on Impact of Exchange Rate of Sustainable Currencies on the Indian Stock Market -- Blended Learning as a Sustainable Strategy in Digital Transformation -A Study of Challenges Faced by Parents at Sultanate of Oman -- A Study on Work-Life Balance of Teaching Women Employees Through Sustainable Training Programs in Government First-Grade Colleges in Chitradurga District -- Way Forward for Sustainable Digital Marketing: A Bibliometric Analysis -- Impact of Digital Taxation for Sustainability among Taxpayers with Special Reference to Bangalore -- A Study on Price Discovery of Jeera and Mustard Seeds Sustainable Trading In NCDEX -- Rational Influence of Debt Structure Patterns on Sustainable Profitability: A Pragmatic Evidence From Tata Steel -- Synthesis of Factors Impacting Usage of OTT Platforms: Sustainability of OTT Industry Post Pandemic -- Digital Transformation for Sustainability in Bengaluru: Is It Happening in a Smarter Way? -- Investment Perception of Working Age Population towards Crypto currency in Sustainable Financial Market. .

Description / Table of Contents: 1-Green engineering and the realisation of the sustainable future perspective -- 2-Economy for green future and modern approaches -- 3-Process Optimization and the Circular Economy: Bridging the sustainable connection through Industrial Symbiosis -- 4-Industry university communication and future interactions -- 5-Sustainable University-Industry Relationship in R&D -- 6-Importance of intellectual property rights for building a sustainable future -- 7-A Movement Towards Well-Being of Economics to Achieve Sustainability -- 8-Bioprocesses for sustainable bioeconomy: fermentation, benefits and constraint -- 9-A Bioeconomy model based on sustainable biorefineries to ensure the SDGs in Colombia -- 10-Sharing economy, impact of tourism sustainable development -- 11-Sustainability management and public healthcare sector: what is the role of public-private partnership?- 12-The importance of vaccines for a sustainable society and healthcare system -- 13-Microalgal proteins for sustainability: how microalgal proteins can solve the crisis in food industry?- 14-Fixing the damage: the evolution of probiotics from fermented food to biotherapeutic products for a sustainable healthy future -- 15-Matching Smart Solutions with Local Needs: a Smart City Framework for a Sustainable Future -- 16-Towards sustainable circular cities - a contribution to the transition to a circular economy and society -- 17-Citizen participation in smart cities -- 18-Implementation Of Vegetated Green Urban Infrastructure: Does It Cost Effective?- 19-Alternative biodesign approaches in architecture for tensile membranes through bacterial cellulose -- 20-Sustainability for building insulating materials -- 21-The impact of hybrid and electrical vehicles design on climate change in a second law perspective -- 22-Valorization of Wastewater in Circular Economy Perspective considering urban needs -- 23-Algae-Based Treatment of Domestic and Industrial Wastewater -- 24-Ecological solutions in hotels as an example of CSR activities in cities. Case study of hotels in Poland -- 25-Bioethanol as an alternative renewable source of energy to sustain a green future -- 26-Smart farming technologies for sustainable agriculture from food to energy -- 27-Society in energy transition and justice, Social acceptance and contribution in Wind energy projects -- 28-Cyanobacteria-based biorefineries for a greener future -- 29-Central role of microalgae in the interaction between renewable energy and bioeconomy -- 30-Bio Energy Sources for Sustainable Development – Affordable and Clean Energy Goal in India -- 31-The role of biomethane in reaching net carbon zero -- 32-A life cycle energy assessment for biogas as energy carrier.

Description / Table of Contents: Roles and Responsibilities of a Virtual Teacher -- Hybrid Learning System: Analysis, Opportunities, Challenges, and Prospects -- COVID-19 Pandemic and changing dynamics in Teaching and Learning Strategies: A study of student-centric blended learning approach -- Blended Learning in COVID-19 Era and Way-Forward -- Blended learning in COVID-19 Era: Pre and Post COVID times, Lessons learned and way forward -- An investigative study of students’ and faculty perspective towards transition to online teaching during COVID-19 pandemic -- Survey of Blended Learning Approaches, Frameworks, Tools and Techniques for Science and Management Students -- Blended Learning and STEM Education for students with special needs and learning disabilities -- Designing Integrative and Collaborative Learning for Students with Special Needs and Learning Disabilities in an Inclusive Classroom -- Maintaining Performance and QoS of Software Tools for Remote-Teaching Environment -- Students’ Learning Outcomes and Emerging Practices of Blended learning: A case study -- Collaborative and Sustainable Blended Learning in UTAS Salalah -- Integration of Blended Mode of Technologies in Teaching and Learning of Engineering Content at Higher Educational Institutions -- Exploring the Scope of Learning Analytics in Blended Learning Environments.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Rethinking the fashion value chain: how reshoring can create a localised product lifecycle and support sustainable economic growth -- Chapter 2. Consumer perspectives of rental of outdoor clothing -- Chapter 3. Does textile recycling reduce environmental impact? A probabilistic and parametric analysis for a case of open-loop recycling -- Chapter 4. Circular Business Strategies in the Fashion Market: Buying Second Hand Clothing -- Chapter 5. The Afterlife of Waste - Sustainable Fashion Businesses & Solutions -- Chapter 6. Aspiring Makers: Making a living without hurting the Planet -- Chapter 7. Sustainable approaches in design & development of Athleisure -- chapter 8. SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES AND SPORTS APPARELS -- chapter 9. Fluctuating Attitudes of Target Consumers for Sustainable Fashion Markets across India -- Chapter 10. UP-CYCLING THE PRE-CONSUMER TEXTILE WASTE INTO INVENTIVE ACCESSORIES.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. 3D Printing, a Road to Sustainable Fashion -- Chapter 2. A critical analysis on the characteristics of raw and treated effluents generated from natural/ayurvedic dyeing unit -- Chapter 3. REALITY AND CHALLENGES IN SUSTAINABLE TEXTILES -- Chapter 4. Scope of Natural dyes and Biomordants in Textile Industry for Cleaner Production -- Chapter 5. SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS FOR FUTURE FASHION.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction – Social Dimension of Circular Economy, step forward or step back? -- Chapter 2. A Systems Perspective on Social Indicators for Circular Supply Chains -- Chapter 3. The Relation Between Social Inclusion and Circular Economy Performance: An Analysis of Circular Economy Social Practices and Their Contributions to The Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter 4. Business models supported by circular economy principles and practices for the fruit and vegetable sector: an analysis from the perspective of social inclusion of family farmers -- Chapter 5. Fighting Hunger and Educating Farmers with Regenerative Agriculture in Maputo’s Green Horticultural Belt -- Chapter 6. Partnerships for Transitions from Open-air Markets to Circular Smart Food Markets in Kenya -- Chapter 7. Implementation of urban organic waste collection and treatment system in a Brazilian municipality: an analysis based on a socio-technical transition theory -- Chapter 8. The significance of SDG 16 ‘Strong Institutions’ towards the adoption of circular economy approaches for artisanal and small-scale mining sector in sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 9. How effective are Circular Models at delivering a sustainable trifactor: a focus on social inclusion? -- Chapter 10. Dirty Work/Decent Work: (De)stigmatization of Sachet Water Plastic Waste Picking in Ghana’s Circular Economy -- Chapter 11. Improving Gender Equality with Social Entrepreneurship and Circular Economy: A Mexican Case -- Chapter 12. Strategies for social inclusion in Circular Economy -- Chapter 13. Circular Economy and Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 7: the case of the PlastiCity ecosystem -- Chapter 14. Wrap-Up: Equitable Circular Economy, nesting the social dimension in the Circular Economy. .

Description / Table of Contents: Global Climate Governance and China’s Role -- Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Conservation -- Global Ocean Governance and Ecological Civilization -- Chapter 4 Green Urbanization Strategy and Pathways towards Regional Integrated Development -- Green Transitions and Sustainable Social Governance -- Major Green Technology Innovation and Implementation Mechanisms -- Green Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development -- The Global Green Value Chain -- Green Finance.

Description / Table of Contents: Overview: Stability, Resilience and the Green Transition -- Carbon Dioxide Emissions Peak and Carbon Neutrality Policy Measures and Implementation Pathways -- Value Assessment of Nature- based Solution (NbS) -- Ecosystem-based Integrated Ocean Management under the Vision of Carbon Neutrality -- Low-carbon and Resilient Urban Development and Adaptation to Climate Change -- Sustainable Food Supply Chain -- The Key Pathways on a Green and Low-Carbon BRI.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Technological innovations promoting Circular Economy: A tool to close resource loops -- Chapter 2. Prospects of Circularity in Steel Industry: Mapping through LCA approach -- Chapter 3. Circular economy as a way forward against material criticality: the case of Rare earth elements in the context of sustainable development -- Chapter 4. Building a Sustainable Future: A Circular Economy-Based Leasing Model for Affordable Housing in Malaysia Evaluated by Life Cycle Assessment -- Chapter 5. ALTERNATIVES TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY -- Chapter 6. Application of green technology for the management of figs’ deseasonalization: an economically and environmentally effective tool.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to Designing Environments (Prof. Dr. Michael U. Hensel et. al.) -- Chapter 2. Anthropocene Risks (Patrick Keyes et. al.) -- Chapter 3. Complexity Science Approaches and Paradigms for Sustainability (Dr. Angela Espinosa) -- Chapter 4. Knowledge & Data-integrated Approaches for Designing Environments (Dr. Cédric Pruski et. al.) -- Chapter 5. Modelling the Anthropocene (Prof. Dr. Ir. Peter H. Verburg) -- Chapter 6. Geodesign & Geoinformatics (Prof. Dr. Olaf Schrot) -- Chapter 7. Land-use Change Modelling (Prof. Dr. Ir. Peter Verburg) -- Chapter 8. Computational Landscape Ecology (Prof. Dr. Ralf Seppelt) -- Chapter 9. Urban Metabolism (Prof. Dr. Vanesa Castán Broto) -- Chapter 10. Socio-metabolic Transitions (Prof. Mag. Dr. Helmut Haberl) -- Chapter 11. Human-Environment Interactions in Urban Systems (Prof. Paola Viganó) -- Chapter 12. Climate Change and Cities (Cynthia Rosenzweig et. al.) -- Chapter 13. Science of Cities: Urban Ecology (Timon McPhearson) -- Chapter 14. Architectural Science: Architecture and Environment Integration (Prof. Dr. Michael U. Hensel et. al.) -- Chapter 15. Towards regenerative architecture – the challenge to design ecologically positive buildings (Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig et. al.) -- Chapter 16. Multi-species Perspectives in Planning and Design (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Weisser et. al.).

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. COVID-19 and its Implications for agriculture, environment, and water sectors -- Chapter2. COVID-19 plus: Addressing food security (SDG 2) and malnutrition within a web of disasters in the SADC region -- Chapter3. COVID-19 IN ZIMBABWE: IMPLICATIONS ON THE COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURAL SECTOR -- Chapter4. Strengthening local food systems in the context of COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from Zimbabwe -- Chapter5. Contributions of small grains grown in Zimbabwe's dryland regions in boosting immunity and combating COVID-19 -- Chapter6. The determinants of positive food procurement practices in COVID-19 affected communities: A cross sectional study conducted in Chiredzi Zimbabwe -- Chapter7. Understanding the dimensions of resilience for food and nutrition security among the informal traders during the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe -- Chapter8. COVID-19 and agricultural entrepreneurship in Zimbabwean townships: A systematic literature review -- Chapter9. Humanistic effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the informal sector in Zimbabwe -- Chapter10. The resilience of the small-scale commercial fishing sector to impacts of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe -- Chapter11. COVID-19 and the horticultural sector: Dynamics and implications for vendors and traders in the City of Masvingo, Zimbabwe -- Chapter12. Coping strategies and Livelihood Sustainability for Rural Women in the face of COVID-19: The case of Mutoko district, Zimbabwe -- Chapter13. Trends and dynamics of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe: Implications on Selected Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter14. COVID-19’s impacts on cities: insights on the provision of safe water, sanitation and waste management in Zimbabwe -- Chapter15. The paradox of 'water is life' in a water rationed city during the COVID-19 pandemic -- Chapter16. A CIPP-TOWS evaluation of blended learning for the Sciences and Mathematics during COVID-19: The case of Great Zimbabwe University -- Chapter17. Fake news, social media and the COVID-19 pandemic: The Zimbabwean experience -- Chapter18. COVID-19 infodemic and misinformation: A global review and implications for Zimbabwe -- Chapter19. Conclusions and Policy Recommendations: The Emerging COVID-19 Trends, Dynamics and Implications.

Description / Table of Contents: Part1. Introduction -- Chapter1. Environmental Sustainability: Status, Scope and Challenges in West Bengal -- Part2. Environmental Issues And Human Sustainability -- Chapter2. Forest Dependency and Rural Livelihood: Strategical Survival of People in Himalayan Foothills of Bengal Duars Region -- Chapter3. Identification of Potential Anthropogenic Barriers on Fluvial Connectivity in the Lower Gangetic Basin of India -- Chapter4. A Case Study of Channel shifting and its impacts on riverside Land Use and Land Cover Using RS and GIS in Teesta River in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India -- Chapter5. Monitoring shifting nature of river Singimari and its impact on riverside Land Use and Landcover in Dinhata-I and Sitai blocks of Cooch Behar district, West Bengal, India -- Chapter6. Societal Instabilities in the Wake of Shifting of River Course: A Study of Hotnagar Char of Bhagirathi River, West Bengal, India -- Chapter7. Strategic Infrastructural Development to Promote Sustainable Coastal Tourism through Geospatial Technology in PurbaMedinipur district, West Bengal -- Chapter8. A Study on the Characteristics of Sea Waves at Mandarmani Sea Beach of West Bengal -- Chapter9. Determining recent trends of forest cover loss and associated driving factors for sustainable management in the dry deciduous forest of West Bengal, India -- Chapter10. Impact of land Inundation Caused by Cyclone ‘Amphan’ across Bangladesh and India Using Spatial Damage Assessment Framework -- Chapter11. Developmental Project (Bandel Thermal Power Station) and Its Impact on Groundwater: An Empirical Study from Indian Perspective -- Chapter12. Spatio-Temporal Variation of Groundwater Table with Relation to Rainfall Distribution: A Study in Nadia District, West Bengal -- Chapter13. Identification of Groundwater Potential Zones (GWPZ) using Weighted Overlay Model: case study on a semi arid district of West Bengal, India -- Chapter14. Groundwater Irrigation and Consequent Hazards in East Barddhaman District, West Bengal, India -- Chapter15. Debates on Urban Environmental Issues and Trends of Urban Forestry in Kolkata Municipal Corporation: A Quantitative Approach -- Chapter16. Pandemic COVID-19, Reduced Usage of Public Transportation Systems and Urban Environmental Challenges: Few Evidences from India and West Bengal -- Chapter17. Estimating the variability of Ground level annual PM2.5 and PM10 using Landuse Regression Model in Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) -- Chapter18. Effects of land use and land cover on Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI) in Durgapur-Asansol industrial region: A linear regression approach -- Chapter19. An Exercise on Valuation of Urban Heritage Site, A Comparative Study of Victoria Memorial Hall and Indian Museum, Kolkata -- Chapter20. Population shifting and its effect on women’s life: A case study at West Bengal, India -- Chapter21. Social Issues and Sustainability of COVID-19: A District Level Spatio-Temporal Analysis in West Bengal -- Part3. Ecosystem Restoration And Sustainable Development -- Chapter22. Dependence on Forest Products to Sustain Rural Livelihood: An Experience From Bankura Forest, West Bengal -- Chapter 23. Deterioration of Mangrove Forest Induced by Tropical Cyclone Amphan in Indian Sundarban: A Geospatial Analysis toward Sustainable Management[N1] Chapter23. Border netting technology with integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for sustainable chilli leaf curl management -- Chapter24. Smart Cities and Sustainable Urban Development in India: A Case Study of West Bengal -- Chapter25. Significance of Sustainable Transportation in Urban Mobility: A Special Study During Covid-19 Unlock Period in Kolkata -- Chapter26. Analyzing the urban land-use dynamics and associated impact on the ecological environment: a study in the selected part of eastern Kolkata for sustainable urban development -- Chapter27. Residents’ Perception Towards Environmental Impact of Municipal Solid Waste Disposal and Suitability Analysis for Landfill Site Selection using Geospatial Technique: A Case Study in Ranaghat Municipality, West Bengal -- Chapter 28. Yoga Tourism As An Emerging Branch of Eco-Tourism For The Restoration Of Sustainable Human Environment -- Chapter29. Formulation of geotourism development strategies for potential geoheritage sites in Subarnarekha-Kangsabati interfluve zone using tourist assessment value and SWOT-AHP hybrid model [N1]According to the review report received from springer on 3rd Jan 2023 I am quoting the comment” Chapter 24/Haque et al.: This paper is essentially a mosaic of text taken from other sources, the main two being this paper and this paper. Neither of these papers are by the authors of the chapter. I would recommend cutting this chapter.” As per the suggestion we have excluded this paper from the book. So kindly remove it from the content.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Framing living labs in large-scale social housing estates in Europe -- Part 1: A critical overview on urban living labs in large-scale social housing estates -- Beyond a buzzword: Situated participation through socially oriented urban living labs -- Governing with urban labs -- Urban living labs: Insights for institutionally promoted urban policies -- Part 2: Positioning research(ers) in large-scale social estates -- Beyond the presence: Dwelling with people and with their places -- 1,460 days of love and hate: An ethnographic account of a layered job -- The inside and outside of high-rise social housing: The broken institution -- From a community of practice to a community of planning: The case of the Sansheroes network in the San Siro neighbourhood in Milan -- Part 3: Approaching space in large–scale social housing estates -- Marginalization through mobility and porosity - How social housing dwellers see and live the city -- Peterbos: Living in the park, inhabiting the city -- Participation and the architect: Creative partnership or communication breakdown?- Confusing the spatial with the social: Can ethnography offer a way out?.

Description / Table of Contents: A Review on Advancements of Novel Building Thermal Insulation Materials: Zirconia Aerogels -- Survey and Research on Mass Participation in Sponge City Construction in Jinhua City -- Evolution process and distribution characteristics of ground displacement induced by shield tunnelling -- Based on the causes of the opening and characteristic space of different types of universities -- Research on Supply Chain Management of Prefabricated Buildings based on Bibliometrics -- Embodied Carbon Footprint Analysis of Signage Industry: Insights from Two Case Studies -- Energy Efficiency Renovation Packages for European Supermarkets: the Experience of SUPER-HEERO Project -- Mass timber construction creates livable urban carbon storages -- Ideas for Improved Energy Saving Constructions for Windows -- Construction standard and input-output analysis of green low-carbon district of enterprise A -- Research on The Innovative Management Model of a Company's Green And Low-Carbon Urban Construction -- Current Situation, Dilemma and Path Selection of Construction Waste Treatment in China -- Investigation, Analysis, and Application Of The Greening Landscape Of Qushuiting Street In Jinan Old City District -- Efficiency in the preparation of Life Cycle Assessment -- Analysis of The Wind Environment in The Building Process of Marine City -- Architecture and Sustainability - Recovering green areas in the construction process -- Study on the Current Spatial Landscape of The Moat in the Western Section of Jinan Mingfu City -- Improved Analysis System for Determining the Effectiveness of Natural Smoke and Heat Exhaust Ventilator.

Description / Table of Contents: South Asia Perspectives on Integrated Reporting for Sustainability: An Introduction (Ch.1) -- Part I: Integrated Reporting for Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities -- Ch.2 Integrated reporting adoption in Sri Lanka through an institutional theoretical lens -- Ch.3 Institutional pressures and integrated reporting adoption in Sri Lanka -- Ch.4 Analysis of institutional pressures and integrated reporting adoption in Sri Lanka -- Ch.5 Adapting a national pandemic control model as a surveillance-control mechanism to facilitate corporate sustainability and integrated reporting -- Part II: Integrated Reporting for Sustainability – Corporate Implementation and Applications -- Ch.6 Application of integrated reporting - A case study of Tata Steel -- Ch.7 Benefits and implementation challenges of integrated reporting: Perspectives of preparers at Indian listed companies. -- Ch.8 Incorporating the International Integrated Reporting Framework in the corporate reporting ecosystem: A case based study from Bangladesh -- Ch. 9 Transformation from a narrow capital to a multi-capital model: a case of logistics and freight forwarding company in Sri Lanka -- Ch.10 DIMO’s integrated reporting journey: From separation to integration -- Ch.11 The role of integrated thinking and reporting in the sustainable business journey: A case study of Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC -- Ch.12 The Aitken Spence approach to integrated reporting -- Ch.13 Private certifications impact on sustainable performance and reporting: A case study of a plantation company in Sri Lanka -- Part III: Integrated Reporting for Practitioners – Professional Practice and Corporate Experience -- Ch.14 Reporting on key performance indicators related to non-financial capitals: Evidence from Sri Lankan integrated report preparers -- Ch.15 Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)’s experience as a professional accounting body promoting integrated reporting -- Ch.16 Role of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka as a facilitator in promoting integrated reporting in Sri Lanka -- Ch.17 Role of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) on supporting, upholding and promoting the integrated reporting concepts in South Asia -- Ch.18 CMA Sri Lanka’s journey towards promoting integrated reporting in Sri Lanka.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Theoretical Foundations of Risk Management in Support of Sustainable Development -- SDGs Risks and Digital Approach to Managing Them -- Macroeconomic Risks of Sustainable Development: Features of Developed and Developing Countries -- The Contribution of Digital Technologies to Management of Sustainable Development Risks -- Innovative Development of Kazakhstan as an Experience for the Economic Development of Russia -- Reducing the Digital Divide as a Mechanism to Ensure Sustainable Economic and Social Development -- The Role of Blockchain in Public Administration in the Field of Economic Activity -- Trends in Dispute Resolution in E-Commerce: China’s Experience -- Transformation of Settlement Relations in the Context of Industry 4.0: Conversion of Blockchain Club’s Crypto-codes into Legitimate Analogues -- Possibilities and Threats of Digitalization for Society -- Integration into Global Value Chains as a Driver of High Technology Exports Development in China -- Regional Aspects of Ensuring Security and Development of Entrepreneurship in the Digital Economy -- Strategic Management of Innovation-Oriented Activities of Business Structures, Taking into Account Noospheric and Sustainable Development Approaches Transformed on an Advanced Methodological Basis -- The Methodology of “Smart City” in the Experience of Theoretical Organization of Knowledge of Contemporary Urban Epistemology -- Assessment of the Risks of Transition from a Global Pandemic Crisis to a Model of Long-Term Economic Growth -- Remote Justice Procedures during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Russian Federation -- National Health as a Condition and Factor of Economic Growth: Legal Aspects -- The COVID-19 Pandemic and Crisis as a Source of Global Risks to Sustainable Development -- The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on the Development of Tour Operating in the Siberian and Far Eastern Federal Districts -- Methodological Approaches to Risk Assessment of the Implementation of State Programs and their State Financing in the Field of Healthcare in the Regions of Russia -- The Impact of COVID-19 on the Economies of Petroleum-Exporting Middle Eastern Countries -- The Impact of COVID-19 on Global Socio-economic Spheres and International Migration -- Development of the Pharmaceutical Industry: Current Trends and the Role of China -- Optimization Diagnosis of Spasm of Accommodation Among Students in the Osh State University -- Electronic Evidence in the Civil Proceedings: The Experience of the Republic of Korea -- Reshaping The Institution of Liability in International Space Law -- International Legal Challenges to Biotechnological Products -- Problems and Prospects for the Use of Electronic (Digital) Evidence in Arbitration Proceedings -- New Forms of Dispute Resolution in the Russian Federation as a Reflection of Innovation in Law Enforcement: Platform Justice -- Legal Assessment of Objective and Subjective Justifiable Defense Signs -- Specifics of Preventive Visit as a Type of Preventive Measures (Using the Example of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) -- Comparison of Legal Regulation of Expense Accounting in the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China -- Mechanisms of the Legal Management of Sustainable Development Risks at the Macro Level of Economic Systems -- Protecting Social Rights in an Era of Economic Change -- A Universal Human Rights Mechanism for the Protection or Revision of the Institution of Family in an Era of Economic Change -- Trends of the Russian Labor Legislation Development in the Era of Great Challenges -- Impact of Customs and Tariff Regulation on Economic Security -- Customs and Tariff Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Context of New Geo-economic Realities and Challenges to Industry -- On the Indicative Approach to Assessing International Trade Within the EAEU -- Russian-Azerbaijani Bilateral Trade Cooperation in Terms of Eurasian Integration -- A Feasibility Study of China-EAEU Free Trade Agreement -- Dollarization in Ecuador, Economic Growth, Trade Balance, Impact on Ecuadorian Foreign Trade -- Integration Processes and the Economy of Peru: Current Trends -- The Impact of Socio-economic Inequality on the Relations Between the European Union Countries and the Assessment of Strategic Areas for its Reduction -- Development of the Institute of Customs Representatives in the Republic of Kazakhstan -- The Impact and Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Modernization of China’s Automotive Industry -- Economic Cooperation of the Levant Countries: Main Directions and Opportunities -- EAEU and BRI: Current Prospects of Mutual Cooperation -- Assessing the Economic Positions of the European Union Countries in the Context of Transforming Foreign Economic Relations and Implementing a New Industrial Strategy for Europe -- Geo-economic Interests of the Republic of Turkey in the Republic of Uzbekistan -- Rethinking the Potential of the International Transport Corridor “North-South” in Sustaining Russia’s Foreign Trade -- Prospects of the Khorgos Free Economic Zone -- Part II. Applied Aspects of Risk Management in Support of Sustainable Development -- Philosophy of System Sustainable Development of Economic Systems from the Position of the Noospheric Approach -- Philosophy of Sustainable Development Risks Through the Lens of the SDGs -- Sociology of Sustainable Development: the Role of Responsible Communities in the Achievement of the SDGs and the Advantages for the Quality of Life -- Social Aspects of the Sustainable Development Risks: Social Support for Responsible Innovations vs. “Human Factor” as a Barrier on the Path of Their Implementation -- Matrix of Risks for Sustainable Development and the Universal Mechanisms of Risk Management of Implementing the SDGs -- Risks of Region’s Sustainable Development: a Systemic View from the Position of Society, Economy and Law -- The Risks of Implementing and Managing the SDGs in the Company’s Activities: a Case Study by the Example of the Largest Companies of Russia -- The Importance of the International Policy of Globalisation and Open Economy to the Reduction of the Global Risks for Sustainable Development -- The Role of the State Management Institutions in the Reduction of the Macro-Economic Risks for Sustainable Development -- Innovations as the Basis for Managing the Region’s Sustainable Development Risks -- Corporate Social Responsibility to Manage the Risks to the Achievement of the SDGs in the Entrepreneurial Activities -- Social Entrepreneurship as an Institute of Sustainable Development Risk Management -- Modern Issues in Sustainability Reporting -- Assessment of the Strain-stress Distribution in the Vicinity Conceding Mountainside’s Scarp using Mathematical Modeling -- Marketing Mix of a Responsible Company to Manage the Risks to the Achievement of the SDGs -- The Role of Personnel Training in Higher Education and HRM to Reduce the Sustainable Development Risks -- Values of Modern Organizations and Social Responsibility of Scientific Institutions -- Regulatory and Legal Provision of Sustainable Development Risk Management in the Agro-Industrial Complex: an Overview of International Experience -- Theoretical Basis of Risk Management in Manufacturing Enterprises -- Problems of Increasing Investment Attractiveness of the Agro-Industrial Complex of the Kyrgyz Republic and Ways to Solve Them -- The Impact of Sharp Fluctuations in Global Crude Petroleum Prices on the World Economy -- International Production in the Russian Automotive Industry -- Regression Analysis of the Development Indicators of Light Industry in Kyrgyzstan -- Development of the Competitiveness of Integrated Sectors of the Economy in the Market of Goods and Services -- Research on the Behavior of Online Consumers in the Global Internet Space -- Creation of a SaaS-System for Image Analysis in Agriculture Using Artificial Intelligence Methods -- Development of the Recycling Sector and its Marketing Support as a Factor in the Sustainable Development of the Forestry Sector of the Economy -- The Influence of Macroeconomic Factors on the Art Market (on the Example of International Sales of the MacDougall’s Auction House) -- Transformation of the Structure of the Cross-border Agri-food Value Chain -- Middle East Energy Policy Transformation: Saudi Case -- Reflections of Gender Inequality in Language and Culture -- Integral Assessment of Labor Potential of the Region in the Age of Digital Economy -- The Model for Assessing the Professional Competencies of Employees in Today’s Labor Market -- Influence of Parents on Formation of National Consciousness of a Teenager -- On the Etymology of the Kyrgyz Names of Dwelling and Family from the Point of View of the Theory of Linguo-Regional Unity of the Altai and Chinese Peoples -- Labor Migrants in the Economy of GCC Countries: History, Modernity, Problems, and Perspectives -- Titulature in the Text of the Epic “Manas” and “Babur’s Notes” as a Source of Information About the Social Institutions of the Central Asian Region -- Monohexamethylenetetramine Zinc Iodide Complex Compound for Cotton Growth and Development Stimulation: Advantages in the Labor Market -- Assessment of Social Security of the Population of Federal Districts -- On the Reflexes of the Ancient Root “But” [Foot] in Nostratic Languages -- Social Unemployment Insurance Systems in China and Russia: Comparative Characteristics -- Instrumental Competencies of Linguists in an Undergraduate Degree -- Ethnonyms as Concepts of Foreign Culture in the Text of a Fiction -- Challenges Affecting Listening Comprehension in Professionally-Oriented English and the Strategies for Improvement (Railway Engineering) -- Translation of Structures with Social and Grammatical Gender in the English Language (based on Feature Film Scripts) -- Humanistic Philosophical Foundations of Social Work -- Quantitative Tool.

Description / Table of Contents: Partnerships for Re-framing: Community -- Re-framing: Participation -- Re-framing: Commons -- Re-framing: Design -- Re-framing: Agency -- Re-thinking: Land.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Modeling local product development through multidisciplinary collaboration: A case study in Nagara, Chiba Prefecture in Japan -- 2. Developing reusable packaging for FMCG: Consumers’ perceptions of benefits and risks of refillable and returnable packaging systems -- 3. Design, evaluation, and acceptance of advanced energy efficient houses for Thailand -- 4. Explore the Framework Construction of Gamification Applied to Basic Design Teaching -- 5. Future Design Based Policy Making Card Game For High School Education -- 6. Frugal innovation in BoP communities: co-design of a technical solution to support community agriculture in Mexico -- 7. Exploring frugal innovation as an eco-design strategy: a case study of a water access solution at the BoP -- 8. A methodical concept for the development of sustainable products through radical innovations -- 9. Thinking Model for Japanese Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Innovation Explicated by OntoIS -- 10. Applying regenerative sustainability principles in manufacturing -- 11. The Potential for Reverse Innovation in Sustainable Development: A Knowledge-Directed Outlook -- 12. Finding applications for secondary raw materials -- 13. Digital product passports in circular economy – case battery passport -- 14. Data Platforms as tools for circular economy -- 15. Artificial Intelligence for Process Control In Remanufacturing -- 16. Machine Recognition of ICs in Recycling Process of Small-sized Electronics -- 17. Exploring new way media information of the product that promote sustainable consumption and production -- 18. Towards digital circular design -- 19. Circular furniture design: A case study from Swedish furniture industry -- 20. Current challenges in the lifetime extension of smartphones -- 21. Dielectric Elastomer Transducer (High Efficiency Actuator and Power Generation System) -- 22. Sustainable Services in Convenience Stores: a case study of food loss label -- 23. An Overview of Sustainability Held During 1992 to 2021 in China - An Industrial Design Perspective -- 24. Increased personal protective and Medical Equipment manufacturing to fight COVID-19: an egregious approach for the environment -- 25. Silver Recovery from Spent Photovoltaic Panel Sheets using Electrical Wire Explosion -- 26. Procedure Model to support the Recycling-oriented Design of Lithium-Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles -- 27. Holistic Eco-design Framework Developed Through a Case Study in the Automotive Industry -- 28. Depth and detail or quick and easy? Benefits and drawbacks of two approaches to define sustainability criteria in product development -- 29. Designing Interventions for Sustainability: A conceptual framework for information scoping in the design research phase -- 30. A Sustainable Product Service System (PSS) Design for Retail Food Loss and Waste: Research Through Design -- 31. Environmental and Economical Design Problem of Upgrading and Remanufacturing Option Selection -- 32. Renewable Energy System in the Off-grid Communities: The Systems' Characteristics and Storage Technologies -- 33. Optimal Cooling Strategy for Energy Management using Multi-Temperature Acquisition Points in a Protected Cropping Facility -- 34. Price – based demand response programs considering fixed and dynamic price elasticity matrix (PEM) of demand in the wholesale market in Japan -- 35. Wind Turbine Minimum Power Loss Optimization, using Nonlinear Mathematical Programming.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Sustainable Development Goals – An Initiative towards Inclusive Growth and Circular Economy -- Chapter 2. Key Drivers and Challenges for Financial Inclusion -- Chapter 3. Socio-Economic Impact of Financial Inclusion -- Chapter 4. Financial Literacy for promoting Sustainability -- Chapter 5. Financial Capability and Financial Well-Being for a Sustainable Society -- Chapter 6. Expanding Financial Inclusion through Fintech and E-Governance -- Chapter 7. Financial Inclusion for Empowering Women – Way ahead -- Chapter 8. MFIs and NBFCs Contributions towards Financial Inclusion and Circular Economy -- Chapter 9. Financial Sector Governance Policies and Regulations.

Description / Table of Contents: 1-The Human Factor In Sustainable Project Management -- 2-The Role of Higher Education In Transition To A Circular Economy: Journey On The “Yellow Brick Road” To Sustainable Project Management -- 3-The role of CE business model in developing GHRM in projects -- 4-The loop of circular economy in construction -- 5-Transitioning to Responsible Project Management, a Process perspective -- 6-Corporate social responsibility and sustainable development, business, change and implications on projects -- 7-Development and review of circular economy indicators with reference to European Union circular economy indicators -- 8-Financing startup projects in circular economy: Does crowdfunding fits?- 9-Methodology Hybridization for Sustainable Strategic Management of Infrastructure Programs -- 10-The recurrent neural network model for the impact assessment of project management on circular economic processes -- 11-A conceptual framework for enabling benefits from linking sustainability and project management -- 12-The impact of the circular economy approach on the project portfolio life cycle and selection process -- 13-Circular Economy and Project Management: The Road Ahead. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The Bark as a Bioindicator of Atmospheric Contamination by Heavy Metals According to Vehicular Traffic Intensity in El Tambo, Huancayo, Peru -- Chapter 2. Nipa Sap (Nypa Fruitican) as Supplementary Feedstock for Bioethanol Production in the Philippines: The Pamplona Experience -- Chapter 3. Optimization of Fuel Cell Power Systems using Biogas from Palm Oil Mill Plant -- Chapter 4. Identification of Community-Level Sustainability Indicators: A Climate Change and Risk Management Perspective -- Chapter 5. Study of extreme precipitations in corn culture in Chupaca, Junín - Perú 2009 – 2019 -- Chapter 6. Spatiotemporal Mapping of Agroforestry Degradation of Five Districts of Uttarakhand, India with Spectral Indices -- Chapter 7. Wood as a Catalyst for Construction and Architecture that facilitates the creation of sustainable and resilient communities. The case of the Palafitos de Chiloé, Chile -- Chapter 8. Identifying the most significant factors affecting urban housing sustainability and their scales/sectors of influence: a systematic review of the recent literature -- Chapter 9. Academic Study of Tourists’ Pro-Environmental Behaviour: A Literature Review -- Chapter 10. Green Building Design as a mechanism to strengthen resilient and sustainable communities. The case of the churches and the palafitos, Chiloé Chile -- Chapter 11. Analysis of the Vicugna pacos (alpaca) wool fiber in the properties of concrete -- Chapter 12. Assessment of Bridge Damage Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process -- Chapter 13. Hill-Patch system as a strategic management model to activate and conserve urban axes: The case of the San Bernardo Green Corridor, Santiago, Chile.

Description / Table of Contents: Sustainable Development Goals in Northeast India -- Challenges and Achievements -- Professor Narendra Nath Bhattacharyya: A Brief Profile of His Life, Academic Career and Contributions -- Just Transition, The Story Hitherto -- An Analysis of the Performance of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) in the North East Region of India: An Economics Perspective -- Extreme Weather Events and Food Insecurity in Northeast India -- Food Security in North-East India: the Role of Agriculture, Challenges and the Road Ahead -- Juxtaposing Food Security and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Northeast India: Evidence and Explanations -- Land Degradation, Desertification and Food Security in North East India: Present and Future Scenarios -- Enhanced Vegetation Index and Land Use Analysis for Seven Sister States of India (2000-2022) -- Quality of Living Space Among Rural Households in North Eastern Region of India -- Augmentation of North-East Resources: intervention through Data Science & Advanced Technology -- Sustainable development goals (SDG 3) “health and wellbeing”: What’s ailing north eastern states? -- Progress Made by The North Eastern States of India Towards the 2030 Health-Related Sustainable Development Goals -- Performance of The Health and Well-Being Indicators -- Status of Gender Equality in the North Eastern States: A Pathway towards Achievement of Sustainable Development Goal -- Change in Dominant and Deficient Functions of Rural Female Workers in North-Eastern Region of India: An Analysis -- An Evolving Paradigm Of Cybersecurity In North East India -- Sustainable Development Goals and Assam -- A Roadmap to a Better Future -- Measuring Gaps to Achieve the SDG 1 in Assam and Identifying the Causes -- On Understanding the Drinking Water Treatment Requirements in India during Emergencies -- Perilous Waters: Gendering Community Based Disasters Management Practices from floods a study of Majuli Assam -- Rejuvenating Geographies of Manas through People’s Participation: A Success Story of Community Conservation -- Ephemeral char ecosystems and mitigation of flood induced vulnerability along River Brahmaputra -- Making Unpaid Work Visible -- The Key To Removing Gender Inequality: A Study In The Urban Households Of Assam -- Wildlife habitat dynamics and sustainable development: revisiting Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary of Assam -- Prospects of Tourism Sector in Assam to achieve Sustainable Development Goals -- Sustainable Ethnic Tourism Development in Arunachal Pradesh -- SDG 3 in Manipur: A Story of Hill-Valley Divide -- An Analytical Study on the inseparable relations between food, population, arable land and economy in Manipur from the Perspective of Sustainability -- Application of Remote Sensing and GIS techniques for Landslide hazard Zonation in Tamenglong District of Manipur, North East India -- Analysing development induced trade-offs: A Case Study of Loktak Multipurpose Project (LMP) in Manipur.

Description / Table of Contents: Cultural and Ecological Significance of the Date Palm -- The Date Palm Byproducts and Their Technological Heritage of Utilization -- Date Palm Byproducts In Enzymes, Food, Beverage, Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics and Natural Wax -- Date palm Byproducts In Fibers, Textiles and Composites -- Date palm Byproducts For Cellulose and Cellulose Derivatives Production -- Date palm Byproducts In Timber and Wood Substitutes -- Date palm Byproducts In Architecture Isolation and Building Materials -- Date palm Byproducts In Organic Fertilizers, Compost and Soil Amendment -- Date palm Byproducts For Natural Fodder and Silage -- Date palm Byproducts For Waste Water Treatment -- Date palm Byproducts For Green Fuels and Bioenergy Production -- Other Fields of Use of Date palm Byproducts -- The Date palm As A Springboard For Circular Bioeconomy: A Biorefinery For Each Date Palm Byproduct.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Why consider science in international policy? -- Chapter2. Scientific Evidence in Policy Processes: Concepts and Histories -- Chapter3. Tracing the SDG Deliberation Process: A Focus on Health, Cities and Data -- Chapter4. Influencing multilateral policy processes through science -- Chapter5. Conclusion: Evolving evidence systems in the institutions of global governance.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Key Challenges to Urban Water Management in ASEAN -- Chapter 3. Developing a WDM Plan -- Chapter 5. Water Losses -- Chapter 6. Economic Instruments -- Chapter 7. Non-price Mechanisms -- Chapter 8. Alternative Water Supply Systems -- Chapter 9. Concluding Remarks and WDM Measure Overview -- Appendix. .

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1. Knowledge Systems -- Chapter 1. Introduction – Ocean Governance for Sustainability (Partelow et al.) -- Chapter 2. How do we know the Ocean (Hornidge & Partelow) -- Chapter 3. Managing fish or governing fisheries stakeholders? An historical recount of Fisheries Governance in the last Century (a South American Case) (Barragán et al.) -- Chapter 4. Post-War Reconnaissance of Japanese Fishery and Ocean Science and its Contribution to the Development of U.S. Scientific Programs: 1947-1954 (Finley, Carmel) -- Part 2: Policy foundations -- Chapter 5. Ocean governance from the perspective of the law of the sea: an inquiry into the past, present and future, with an emphasis on fisheries, area-based management and international seabed mineral resources. (Singh et al.) -- Chapter 6. International Fisheries Law: Past to Future -- Chapter 7. Legal aspects of the sustainable exploitation of marine energy and mineral resources (present/future) (Willemez, Alix) -- Chapter 8. Making Marine Spatial Planning Matter (Flannery, Wesley) -- Chapter 9. Marine and Coastal Governance: Lessons from Current Practice of Managing Land Sea Interactions and Marine and Coastal Governance in EU Member States (Lawlor and Depellegrin) -- Chapter 10. Developing progressive marine biodiversity indicators to support the functions of area-based management tools for the sustainable use of oceans: case studies from European territorial waters (Kaymaz, Ipek) -- Chapter 11. Ocean Governance in An Era of Climate Change: Protecting Living Marine Resources on the Sea Bed – the Need for an Integrated Approach (Borg, Simone) -- Chapter 12. The diverse legal and regulatory framework for marine policy in the North Atlantic – A case of a never-ending “horrendogram” or an opportunity for convergence? (Calado, Helena et al.) -- Part 3. Thematic Analyses -- Chapter 13. Assembling the seabed: Pan-European and interdisciplinary advances in understanding seabed mining (Chen et al.) -- Chapter 14. Societal transformations and governance challenges of coastal small-scale fisheries in the Northern Baltic Sea (Salmi, Pekka & Svels, Kristina) -- Chapter 15. Marine Governance as a process of reflexive institutionalization? The case of Arctic Shipping (Van Tatenhove). Chapter 16. The plastic bag habit on Bali: From Banana Leaf Wrappings to Reusable Bags (Schlüter et al.). Chapter 17. Market initiatives of small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean: innovation in support of sustainable blue economy (Penca, Jerneja & Said, Alicia) -- Chapter 18. Towards Just and Sustainable Blue Futures: Small‐Scale Fisher Movements and Food Sovereignty (Ertör et al.) -- Chapter 19. Ocean acidification as governance challenge in the Mediterranean Sea (Bernadsek et al.) -- Chapter 20. Futuring the terra-aqueous: Reading alternative urbanities from the Java Sea (Siriwardane- de Zoysa et al.). Chapter 21. Moving forward on Ocean Governance: Key messages for students, researchers and policy-makers (Hornidge, Hadjimichael, Partelow). .

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction - The digital polis and its practices: Beyond gated communities -- Digital polis and the ‘safe’ feminism: Focusing on the strategies of direct punishment and gated community -- Toward digital polis: Gendered data (in)justice and data activism in South Korea -- Subjection or subjectification: representation of 'networked individuals' in Korean web novels -- Digital polis and urban commons: Justice beyond the gated community -- Production and reproduction of space and culture in the virtual realm: Gated communities as the imaginary, intermediary and real spaces -- The ghettoised city and the affect of anxiety in Park Wan-soe’s ‘apartment novels’ -- Spatial and digital fortressing of apartment complexes in Seoul: Two case studies -- Inclusion, exclusion, and participation in digital polis: Double-edged development of poor urban communities in alternative smart city-making -- Online-based food hubs for community health and well-being: Performance in practice and its implications for urban design -- Third places: The social infrastructure of the smart city. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Background and Literature -- Chapter 2: Developing a Synthetic Index of Business Sustainability -- Chapter 3: Application of the Sustainability Index: Sustainability in Italian Businesses -- Chapter 4: Conclusions. .

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Retrofitting ETRO: Upholstering the robe’s design tradition through transitional spaces -- A Communal approach to Sustainable Fashion -- Towards an inclusive Fashion System -- Frankie Welch’s “Cherokee Alphabet” Design: Cultural Appreciation or Cultural Appropriation -- Fashion and the ethnography museum - Practices of decoloniality -- Other Voices: Dynamic Tradition, Empowerment and Andean Fashion in Peru -- Cultural & Cultural Appropriation Challenges of Indigenous People in the Global Fashion Industry -- The Anatomy of One Size Fits All -- Conversations on Decoloniality and Fashion: Speaking, Listening and Collectively (Un)Learning -- Fashion and identity in virtual spaces -- Interventions in traditional clothing systems through anthropological perspective -- Foregrounding the Value of Traitional Indian Crafts: Voices from the Fringe -- Change, imitation and cosmotechnics: fashion and its political possibilities -- Telling the Indigenous Ghanaian Fashion Cosmovision: The Case of Royal Ahenema Sandals -- Artisans, Creativity, and Ethics: “Skill Regimes” in a Mumbai Fashion Export House -- The Fashion Crossroad Method: Political and Epistemological Practices.

Description / Table of Contents: Part1. Chapter1. Inclusive Sustainability: The Emergence and Vision of PoCSC -- Chapter2. Student Voices on Environmental Spaces and Experiences in Higher Education -- Chapter3. Teaching Critical Sustainability Studies: Towards a Relational Pedagogy -- Part2. UCSC Students’ Sustainability Perceptions, Understandings, and Values -- Chapter4. Student Understandings of Sustainability -- Chapter 5. The Environmental Belief Paradox -- Chapter6. Environmental Sustainability and Epidemiological Struggle: Student Experiences of COVID-19 -- Chapter7. Critical Environmentalisms: Overcoming Institutional Obstacles to Meet Students’ Demands for Sustainability Curricula and Action -- Part3. Community-Engaged Critical Sustainabilities -- Chapter8. Developing a Praxis of Loving Relations: Lessons from a Community-University Partnership that Centers Undergraduate Research and Learning -- Chapter9. The Calabasas Community Garden: Sustaining Community through Meaningful Relationships -- Chapter10. Environmental Justice Youth Leadership in Salinas Valley, CA.

Description / Table of Contents: Hydrocarbon Content and Enzymatic Activity of Urban Soils in Kola Subarctic -- Acute and Chronic Phytotoxicity of Subarctic Urban Soils and Industrial Wastes -- The Ecotoxicological State of Urban Soils of the Saint-Petersburg City -- Assessment of Soil Quality in Urban Green Areas of Two Russian Cities by Means of Chemical and Biological Methods -- Assessment of Urban Soil Pollution by Heavy Metals (Russian Federation, Republic of Bashkortostan) -- Distribution of Microelements in the Mineral Part of Chernozems under Different Types of Plant Communities in the Rostov Agglomeration -- Seasonal Dynamics of Mobile Phosphorus and Potassium in Podzol Soils Within Slope Catena of Different Anthropogenic Load at the RSAU-MTAA Forest Experimental Station -- Grazing Effect on Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in Soils of the Mountainous Pastures -- Ecosystem Services and Ecological State of Postpyrogenic Soils in Urban Forest Environments -- The Dynamics Peculiarities of the Xylem Sap of Coniferous Woody Plants on the Example of Picea Abies in Rostov-on-Don -- Daily and Seasonal Dynamics of Mixed Forest Biodiversity in the Moscow Region According to Acoustic Monitoring Data -- A Tremendous Green Roof or Biodiversity Museum? First Outcomes from Soil Survey in Zaryadye Park. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 - Society x Nature – Anthropocene and limits of balance on Earth -- Chapter 2 - Global Environmental Change, Climate Crisis, and Desertification -- Chapter 3 - Desertification: concepts, myths, and reality -- Chapter 4 - Causes and impacts of Desertification in the world.-Chapter 5 - Deserts, desertification, and environmental degradation in the world -- Chapter 6 - Water management in drylands: susceptibility and risk of desertification -- Chapter 7 - Agenda in addressing global environmental changes and desertification.

Description / Table of Contents: Homes for changing times -- Denser living -- Quality affordable dwellings -- Comfortable small interiors -- Attractive and energy-efficient facades -- Innovative construction practices -- Utilities systems for sustainability -- Green and healthy materials -- Energy-efficient dwellings -- Home automation -- Cooking and dining at home -- Storing stuff and furnishing a home -- Getting old at home -- Working from home and in common.

Description / Table of Contents: Foundation Concepts for Industry 4.0 -- PROSPECTIVE APPLICATION OF BLOCKCHAIN IN MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY -- Waste Management 4.0- An Industry 4.0 Approach to the Future Waste Management System -- Artificial Intelligence Powered Automation for Industry 4.0 -- To Trust or not to Trust Cybots: Ethical Dilemmas in the Posthuman Organization -- Business Sustainability and Growth in Journey of Industry 4.0- A Case Study -- Challenges and opportunities for mutual fund investment and the role of industry 4.0 to recommend the individual for speculation -- Blockchain Based Secure Manufacturing Network Management for Industry 4.0 -- AIC Algorithm for Using Intention of Online Food Delivery Services in Industry 4.0: Evidence from Vietnam -- Design and Automation of Hybrid Quadruped Mobile Robot for Industry 4.0 Implementation -- Hydrogel based on alginate as an ink in Additive Manufacturing technology - processing methods and printability enhancement -- Industry 4.0 Internet of Medical Things Enabled Cost Effective Secure Smart Patient Care Medicine Pouch -- 3D PRINTING PATHWAYS FOR SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING -- IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL AGE EXPERIENCE MARKETING TO MAKE CUSTOMER RELATIONS MORE SUSTAINABLE -- 3D Printing: A Game Changer for Indian MSME Sector in Industry 4.0 -- ROLE OF 3D PRINTING IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: The Sustainability Challenges of Brazilian Agriculture -- Part I The International Dimension of Sustainability -- The Shanghai Connection: Governing the Sustainability Impacts of Brazilian Agri-exports to China -- Sustainability Governance of Soybean Trade Between Brazil and Europe: The Road Travelled and the Challenges Ahead -- Brazilian Agriculture and the International Political Economy of Climate Change -- Brazilian Agriculture and the Global Environmental Agenda -- Carbon Markets and the Financing of Forestry, Agricultural, and Livestock Activities -- Part II Technical Challenges and Innovation -- Effects of Land Use Changes on Soil Biodiversity Conservation -- The Brazilian Way of Farming: Potential and Challenges to Agricultural Decarbonization -- Crop-Livestock-Forest Integration Systems as a Sustainable Production Strategy in Brazil -- Land Sparing and Sustainable Intensification within the Livestock Sector -- Green Digitalization? Agriculture 4.0 and Slow Environmental Governance in Brazil -- Part III The Challenge of Inclusion -- The (Un)Feasibility of Inclusive Rural Development in Brazil -- Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Brazilian Agriculture: Constraints and Opportunities to Sustainability -- Bioeconomy: Brazilian Potential and Challenges -- Part IV Public Governance -- The Brazilian Forest Code: The Challenges of Legal Implementation -- Brazilian Biofuel Governance: The Case of Brazilian Ethanol and Renovabio -- Land Governance: Getting the Incentives Right -- Part V: Private Governance -- Jurisdictional and Landscapes Approaches to Sustainability: Principles and Experiences from the Field in Brazil -- Tracing and Monitoring to Achieve Deforestation-Free Supply Chains in Brazil -- Private governance: Multistakeholder Initiatives and Moratoriums.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Introduction of the Study -- Chapter 2-Tourism Industry in India and Himachal Pradesh -- Chapter 3-Research Framework -- Chapter 4-Rural Tourism: A strategic approach for solving socio-economic challenges -- Chapter 5-Rural Tourism Development: A Perception of Tourism Industry Experts -- Chapter 6-Perception of Tourist on the Rural Tourism Development in Himachal Pradesh: the state of Indian Himalayan Region -- Chapter 7-Understanding the Perception of other stakeholders on the Development of Rural Tourism in Himachal Pradesh -- Chapter 8-Integrating the Industry Perspective on the Development of Rural Tourism in Himachal Pradesh -- Chapter 9-Major challenges in response to vulnerability of Himalayas to global climate change -- Chapter 10-Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: 1-Introduction to the Third Pole -- 2-Overview of the Third Pole’s Grasslands -- 3-Third Pole’s Grasslands in the Global Context -- 4-Grassland Plant-soil interfaces -- 5-Grassland biodiversity and conservation -- 6-Grassland ecosystem function and service -- 7-Grazing management and pastoral production -- 8-Grassland Social-ecological systems -- 9-Grassland degradation and restoration -- 10-Climate change and adaptation of Grassland -- 11-Future of the Third Pole’s Grasslands.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Application of Life Cycle Costing in Building Energy Performance -- Chapter 2: Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Nearly-Zero Energy Buildings: An Introduction to the Methodologies -- Chapter 3:Analysis of Life Cycle Cost, Barriers and Strategies towards Enhancing its Application: Case Study of Commercial Buildings -- Chapter 4: Applications of Life Cycle Costing in Waste-to-Energy Projects -- Chapter 5: Life Cycle Cost Assessment of Various Wave Energy Converters (Based on Energy & Carbon Intensity) -- Chapter 6: Towards Optimising Life Cycle Costs of High-Rise Residential Apartments: A Case of Sri Lanka.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Circular economy aspirations: Three strategies in search of a direction -- Chapter 2. The environment value system and green circular economy -- Chapter 3. Circular economy and sustainable production and consumption -- Chapter 4. Green human resource management and circular economy -- Chapter 5. Economies of scale in green circular economies -- Chapter 6. Temporal study of the interrelationship between economics and environmental degradation -- Chapter 7. Cities as emerging centers in a circular economy: An assessment of Indian cities -- Chapter 8. Trade and management of waste -- Chapter 9. Carbon emission from liquid fuel and pollution haven hypothesis -- Chapter 10. The development practice and reform optimization path of green circular economy in Erhai Lake of China -- Chapter 11. Recent trends in biohydrogen economy: Challenges and future perspectives -- Chapter 12. Strategic planning and business sustainability in agribusiness: Analysis in a model farm in Brazil -- Chapter 13. Application of industrial ecology principles in and around cement industry in NCR of Delhi: Potentials, problems and possibilities -- Chapter 14. Challenges and recommendations for a green circular economy.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Transition from a Linear to a Circular Economy -- Chapter 2: Circular economy and energy transition -- Chapter 3: Circular Economy and Renewable Energy: A Global Policy Overview -- Chapter 4: Circularity and sustainability performance of hybrid renewable energy systems: exploring the benefits and challenges behind the hybridization of wind farms -- Chapter 5: Circular Economy to Decarbonize Electricity -- Chapter 6: Circular Economy in Materials to Decarbonize Mobility -- Chapter 7: Waste to energy in circular economy -- Chapter 8: Biofuels in Circular Economy -- Chapter 9: Circular Economy and Climate Change Mitigation -- Chapter 10: Circular Economy Indicators and Environmental Quality -- Chapter 11: Circular economy approach to green energy: Agenda-Setting towards Indonesia’s Ambitious Renewable Electricity 2030 -- Chapter 12: Biofuel Circular Economy in Environmental Sustainability -- Chapter 13: Accelerating the Transition to a Circular Economy: An Investigation on the Enablers of Blockchain-based Solar and Wind Energy Supply Chains -- Chapter 14: Circular economy and Energy efficiency: The role of the Energy Management Systems (EnMS) in industrial SME -- Chapter 15: Energy decarbonization via material-based circular economy.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Introduction -- Chapter 1: The COVID-19-Health Nexus: Trends and Dynamics -- Part 2: Health system dynamics in a COVID-19 environment -- Chapter 2: The COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe: A Spatial and Temporal Perspective -- Chapter 3: Public Safety and Health Systems in the Context of Covid-19 in Zimbabwe: Gaps and Prospects -- Chapter 4: Devolution as Health Governance Paradigm Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe: Convergences and Divergences -- Chapter 5: The Global COVID-19 Pandemic: A Strategic Opportunity for Operationalizing One Health Approach in Zimbabwe -- Chapter 6: An Analysis of the Dynamics of COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe Using the Extended SEIR Model with Treatment and Quarantine -- Chapter 7: Indigenous health practices and lifestyles: Can they help Zimbabwe transform its health systems in the face of Covid-19 pandemic? -- Chapter 8: Virtual communities in supporting access to health services during COVID-19 pandemic: The Implications and Impacts on Zimbabwe’s health system -- Part 3: COVID-19 restrictive measures and related impacts -- Chapter 9: Decongesting global cities as part of Health Reform in the era of COVID-19: Impacts and implications for Zimbabwe -- Chapter 10: Deciphering Synergies and Tradeoffs Between COVID-19 Measures and the Progress Towards SDG 15: Implications on Health Systems in Zimbabwe -- Chapter 11: The Impact of COVID-19 on Economic Development in Zimbabwe: Implications on the Health Delivery System -- Part 4: Vaccine uptake and diplomacy -- Chapter 12: COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy. Interrogating the Trends, Dynamics and Implications for the Health Delivery System in Zimbabwe -- Chapter 13: The Complexities of Public Health Communication on COVID-19 Vaccination in Social Media. Implications on Zimbabwe’s Health System -- Chapter 14: COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy: Tracking the Chinese, Indian and Russian global pathways and undertones -- Part 5: Conclusion -- Chapter 15: The COVID-19-Health Systems Nexus: Conclusions, Emerging trends, Key findings and Policy implications.

Description / Table of Contents: The Role Of Business Model Innovation (Bmi) In Social Enterprises During Pandemic Covid-19 In Indonesia: A Case Of Islamic Boarding Schools’ Business Units -- Co-Creation Strategy In Empowering Indigenous Women’s Innovation In Indonesia: Empirical Evidence Of Weaver Community Entrepreneurs In West Nusa Tenggara -- Underlying Factors Of Green Innovation Adoption Among Indonesian Batik Enterprises -- Towards Adopting Innovative Quick Response (Qr) Enabled Contactless Transaction Payment: The Malaysian Msmes’ Entrepreneurial Perspective In Covid-19 Setting -- Digital Strategies And Policy Approach For Small Medium Micro Business Development In Indonesia -- Social Media As An Open Innovation: Deciphering Its Relationship With Firm Performance, Compatibility And Security Concern -- Designing Value Proposition For Increasing Business Competitiveness: A Case Study Of Startup Business In Indonesia -- Comparing Critical Factors For Big Data Analytics (Bda) Adoption Among Malaysian Manufacturing And Construction Smes -- Unpacking The Potential Of Crowdsourcing Via Social Media To Foster New Product Development Among Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises -- How The Innovation Climate And Open Innovation Practices Contribute To Firm Innovativeness In Small- And Medium-Scale Enterprises? An Empirical Analysis -- Characteristics Of Small And Medium-Scale Enterprises: Orientation, Innovation, Performance, And Competitiveness -- A Review On Innovation Audits -- A Study Of Muslim Women Entrepreneurs’ Smes Challenges And Motivation In The Asia Pacific Region -- Rethinking Economic Crises In Islamic Perspective: Innovating Approach In Systematic Literature Review -- Sustainability Indicator Performance Measurement Framework For The Malaysian Defence Industry Offset Program -- A Comprehensive Review On Innovation In Small Business -- A Human Resource Management Framework For The Knowledge Economy For Developing Market Sensitivity And Creative Capacity In Sme Industry -- Family Business And Innovation On Internationalisation Process -- Shariah Governance Framework For Islamic Donation-Based Crowdfunding Platforms In Malaysia.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Reinforced Concrete & Masonry Structures -- Part 2: Fiber Reinforced Polymeric (FRP) Composite Structures -- Part 3: Smart Building Systems -- Part 4: Mechanical Performance of Composite Structural Systems.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. SUSTAINABILITY BY USING PRECONSUME TEXTILE BASED DEADSTOCK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CAPSULE COLLECTION: A CASE REPORT -- Chapter 2. SUSTAINABLE COLORANTS FROM NATURAL RESOURCES -- Chapter 3. Tillandsia usneoides L. (Spanish Moss) Air Plant and Its Important Potential for Sustainable Technical Textile Applications -- Chapter 4. Luxurious sustainable fibers -- Chapter 5. Sustainable products from natural fibres/biomass as a substitute for single-use plastics : Indian context -- Chapter 6. SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES FOR NON-APPAREL TEXTILE PRODUCTS USED IN SPORTS -- Chapter 7. COTTON FIBER AND ITS SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES -- Chapter 8. Ancient Natural Colors From Chincheros -- Chapter 9. ECOPOTS- AN ALTERNATIVE TO PLASTIC SAPLING BAGS -- Chapter 10. An Alternative Fiber Source in Sustainable Textile and Fashion Design: Cellulosic Akund Fibers.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1. Challenges of the Modern Economy as Barriers to Sustainable Development -- 1. Statistic Indicators for Assessing the Measuring Efficiency to Counter Economic Sanctions -- 2. The Innovative and Sustainable Development of Energetics Under the Conditions of the Post-pandemic Recovery of the Economy -- 3. Scenario Analysis of the Development of the Russian Digital Economy Until 2025 -- 4. The Post-pandemic Analysis of the Specifics of Industrial Economies’ Development from the Positions of Innovativeness and Sustainability -- 5. The Post-Pandemic Model of the Sectoral Development of Emerging Economies’ Industry -- 6. Perspective Role of Digitalization in the Well-Balanced Development of the Global Economic System of the Future -- 7. The Role of Digital Security for the Stable Development of the Global Economic System of the Future -- 8. Sustainable Development of the World Economy of the Future on the Basis of Digitalization: the 2030 Perspective -- 9. Dialectics of Systems Development -- 10. Problems of Consideration of Environmental Factors in Urban Planning as a Mechanism for Sustainable Development -- 11. Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Agri-Food Policy as a Component of the Economic Security of the Region -- 12. Employment of Workers in Green Jobs: Industry, Product and Skill Approaches -- 13. Problems and Implementation Prospects of Experimental Legal Regimes in Russia -- 14. Globalization as a Factor of Influence on Russian Federation’s Foreign Economic Activity: Engineering Exports -- 15. Import Substitution: the Main Directions of Import Substitution, the Pros and Cons of the Implemented State Program, Some Success Stories of Import Substitution and its Prospects -- 16. Problems and Prospects for the Development of Import Substitution in the Agro-Industrial Complex of the Russian Federation -- 17. Cooperation, Humanism, Tolerance: Realities of History and Modernity -- 18. Features of the Sustainable Development of the Tourism Economy in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic -- 19. Development of the Cooperative Movement in the Republic of Bashkortostan: Problems and Prospects -- 20. Supervision and Control over the Investigation of Crimes in the Field of Entrepreneurial Activity -- 21. Countering Aggressive Tax Planning -- 22. Problems of Economic Security of Special Economic Zones -- 23. Conceptual Approach to the System of Controlling in the Public Sector -- 24. Sustainable Development Based on Knowledge Sharing: An International Aspect (a review of the problem) -- 25. New Functional Product as a Result of International Interaction -- 26. Anti-Corruption Strategies: Forms and Mechanisms of Participation of Civil Society Institutions -- 27. Methods of Acquisition and Termination of Subjective Rights to Immovable Property as an Element of Social Security of Citizens -- 28. Problems of Practical Application of Legal Norms Containing Accessory Obligations in the Legislation of the Russian Federation in the Conditions of the COVID-19 Pandemic -- 29. Uncertainty and Risk as Factors in the Development of Insurance -- 30. School and University Cooperation in the Aspect of Studying Linguistic and Cultural Literacy of Migrant Children -- Part 2. Economic and Legal Foundations and Cooperative Mechanisms for Sustainable Development -- 31. Program-Targeted Approach to the Innovative Development of Industrial Economies under the Modern Post-COVID Conditions -- 32. State and Corporate Management of Industrial Economies for Their Sustainable Development and Recovery after the Pandemic -- 33. Credit Cooperation in Russia: Problems and Possible Solutions -- 34. Leasing as an Effective Tool for the Implementation of Investment Projects in Different Countries -- 35. Optimization of the Use of the Potential of Specially Protected Natural Areas within the Framework of the Sustainable Development of Domestic Tourism in the Russian Federation -- 36. Changes in Cooperative Legislation in the Context of Solving Socio-economic Problems -- 37. Development of Legislation on Cooperation in Ukraine in 1992-2014 -- 38. Assessment of the Socio-economic Sphere of the Countries of the European Union in the Context of the Implementation of Joint Strategies and Programs -- 39. Role of Consumer Cooperatives in Overcoming Unemployment in Contemporary Russian Society -- 40. Development of Cooperation Legislation in Germany -- 41. Agricultural Cooperatives in France: Toward Environmental Neutrality and Sustainability -- 42. A National Model of Cooperation as a Track of Sustainable Development of New Zealand -- 43. Development of the Cooperative Sector in Canada: Features of the National Model -- 44. Infrastructural Factors of the Digital Economy Development and Their Management in the Interests of Accelerating Its Growth -- 45. New Opportunities for Human Potential Development in the Digital Economy and Their Implementation in Developed and Developing Countries -- 46. Integration Mechanisms of Development of the Digital Economy and the Prospects for Their Activation in Russia -- 47. Designed Innovative and Investment Development of the Region in the Conditions of Digital Economy to Ensure Economic Security -- 48. State Regulation of the Development of Cooperative Formations in Agriculture of the Republic of Bashkortostan -- 49. Regional Features of Digital Transformation During the Pandemic -- 50. Formation of a Conceptual Tourist Product for the Effective Development of Territories Without a Pronounced Tourist and Recreational Potential -- 51. Sustainable and Advanced Development of Region’s Economy Based on Digital Competitiveness -- 52. Regional Aspects of the Development of the Consumer Lending Sector in Russia during the Pandemic -- 53. Methodological Aspects for Assessing the Financial Stability of Regions in the Context of the Coronavirus COVID-19 in 2021 -- 54. Development of the Nuclear Icebreaker Fleet as a Strategic Priority of the Arctic Region -- 55. Sustainable Development Capital of Rural Territories: The Role and Significance of Cooperation -- 56. Methods for Quality Control of Products of the Kamchatka Territory -- 57. Improving the Competitiveness of the Regional Fishery Complex by Strengthening Foreign Economic Relations of the Region -- Part 3. Advanced Digital Technologies and Their Contribution to Sustainable Development -- 58. Current Vectors of Investment Security of the Krasnodar Territory -- 59. Social Orientation of the Regional Economic Cluster of Consumer Cooperation -- 60. Prospects for the Development of the Cooperative Movement in Public Catering Enterprises of Almetyevsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan -- 61. Cluster Cooperation as a Factor in Ensuring Sustainable Development of the Region -- 62. Development of Agricultural Cooperation in the Republic of Tatarstan -- 63. Industrial Cooperation in Chuvashia in the Post-war Years: Historical and Legal Aspect -- 64. Role of Agricultural Cooperation in the Development of Regional Food Markets -- 65. Formation of the Model of the Social-Oriented Cluster as Method of Cooperation of the Subjects of SMEs of the Smolensk Region -- 66. Methods of Organizing the Design of Construction Works -- 67. Corporate Social Responsibility in Industrial Economies as the Basis of their Innovative and Sustainable Development in the Post-COVID Period -- 68. Digital Mechanisms of the Future Development of Social Entrepreneurship and Humanisation of Economic Growth -- 69. Formation of Experimentation Skills in Children 5–6 Years Old through Visual Modeling -- 70. Project Technology in Education as a Promising Form of University and Business Cooperation -- 71. Innovative Corporate Strategies as Sources of Sustainable Development -- 72. Strategic Guidelines for the Development of Non-profit Corporate Structures in the Context of the Transformation of the Regional Information -- 73. Standard for the Development of Competition in the Subjects of the Russian Federation as a Tool for the Development of Entrepreneurship in Regional Commodity Markets -- 74. Innovations in Corporate Relations and their Contribution to the Development of Cooperation -- 75. Cooperative Strategy in Sociosystems -- 76. Strategic Management, Analysis, and Control: General Provisions -- 77. Development of Professional and Qualification Potential of an Employee -- 78. Efficiency of the Organization’s Performance as a Factor of Sustainable Development and Economic Security -- 79. Controlling as an Accounting and Analytical System of Personnel Management -- 80. Foreign Language Training of Specialists in the Economic Sphere as a Factor of Sustainable Development: Historical and Pedagogical Aspect -- 81. Entrepreneurship Development as the Basis for a Competitive Environment After the Pandemic -- 82. Service System and Service Targeting as a Key Aspect of the Company’s Competitiveness -- Part 4. Prospects for the Sustainable Development of Countries: Review of International Experience -- 83. Formation of Responsible Cooperative Entrepreneurship Based on Socially-Oriented Cluster -- 84. Efficiency of Biopreparation Treatment of Wheat Grain; Baking Properties of Flour and Quality of Baked Bread in Consumer Cooperative Enterprises -- 85. Experience of Cooperation of All Levels of Education in the Process of Project Development -- 86. Problems of Liability for Illegal Entrepreneurship Committed within the Framework of Cooperative Legal Relations -- 87. Business Support During the Pandemic: View of the Representatives of the European Cooperative Movement -- 88. Biosocial Essence of Person and Crime -- 89. Assessing the Institutional Framework for Russia’s Foreign Trade Cooperation with North African Countries: Foreign Trade and Customs Aspects -- 90. Modern Marketing Technologies in Promoting Consumer Cooperation Organizations -- 91. Actual Issues of the Development of Consumer Cooperation Legislation in Addressing Social Questions -- 92. Development of Cooperation between the Europea.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Materials Used -- Chapter 3. Methodology -- Chapter 4. Results and Discussion. .

Description / Table of Contents: The basalt fiber -- The production of basalt fiber -- Uses and fields of application -- Sustainability -- The italian scenario -- Ethics + Aesthetics -- Research paths -- The texture -- The volume -- The light -- Proposals.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Glaciers of Central Ladakh: Distribution, Changes and Relevance in the Indian Trans-Himalaya -- Floods and Debris Flows in Ladakh: Past History and Future Hazards -- Impact of 2010 Leh Cloudburst: a Psychological Perspective -- Traditional Mathematical Theories of Rainfall Prediction through Lotho as Practised in Ladakh -- The Contribution of Czech Researchers to the Botanical Survey of Ladakh -- The Adaptations of High-Altitude Mushrooms in the Cold Desert of Ladakh -- A Brief Description of Sacred Trees (lhachang) -- Environmental Change in Ladakh’s Changthang: a Local, Regional and Global Phenomenon -- Wildlife versus Livestock: Conservation Dilemma of the Pastoralists of Changthang -- Harnessing Traditional Knowledge for Wildlife Conservation in the Ladakh Trans-Himalaya -- Changing Production, Changing Consumption: Food System Transformation in Ladakh -- Eating Habits In and Around Leh Town -- Seeds of Change: A Review of Agricultural Developments in Central Zangskar -- Influences of Tourism, Indian Administration and Army on Community Identity Processes in Padum (Zangskar) -- “We Are Puppets in the Hands of Nature”: Road Construction and the Transformation of People-Environment Relationships in Ladakh -- Trade-Off between Continuity and Change in Leh District: an Emergy Evaluation in Time Series: 1999-2011.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. From Biopolitics to Ecopolitics: A Philosophical Framework for Geopolitics (Jessica Ludescher Imanaka) -- 2. Global Biogovernance: Between Intergovernmental and Supranational Cooperation (Janusz Ruszkowski) -- 3. Ecopolitics to International Environmental Law: A Literature Review on how Countries are Performing under the International Convention on Climate Change (Nima Norouzi) -- 4. Ocean Governance in the Anthropocene: A new Approach in the Era of Climate Emergency (Ana Flávia Barros-Platiau, Guilherme Lopes da Cunha, Carlos Henrique Tomé, Fábio Albergaria de Queiroz, Paulo Eduardo Câmara, Carina Costa de Oliveira, Fábio Henrique Granja e Barros) -- 5. International Water Law where World Needs Ecopolitics Most: A Study of the Framework of States' Right to Exploit Transboundary Water Resources via Dam Construction (Nima Norouzi) -- 6. China's Growing Footprint in Antarctica: Soft Power, Science, and Global Ecopolitics (Jonathan Harrington) -- 7. Environmental Management through Ecopolitics: an Alternative and Strategic Approach for Rebuilding the Global Carbon Sink (Bill Butterworth) -- 8. Urban Governance Transformation under the Background of Ecological Civilization Construction (Lin Dan, & Luo Yan) -- 9. The Missing Link: Environmental Humanities and the Climate Crisis (Jyotishman Kalita) -- 10. Ecopolitics and International Security: the Challenges and the Politics (Cláudia Toriz Ramos) -- 11. Global Ecopolitics: Media Discourse and Conflicting Climate Change Frameworks (Amarendra Kumar Aarya) -- 12. Media's Role in Global Ecopolitics: Unraveling Climate Change Narratives and Fostering Informed Dialogue (Neha Jingala, & Nidhi Chaudhry) -- 13. Leave Fossil Fuels in the Soil, Halt Deforestation’: Stop Threatening the Planet (M. Satish Kumar).

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. Literature review -- Chapter3. The Caribbean perspective: Building the capacity of national institutions as a strategy for enhancing the resilience of people and communities to the impact of Climate change in St Vincent and the Grenadines -- Chapter4. Capacity-building of institutions for climate change adaption and sustainable development in a post-conflict LDC -- Chapter5. Capacity-building at the international level – Stories from the field -- Chapter 6 Reflections and Guidance for Implementing Capacity-Building Climate Resilience Programmes.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction. Interfaces among Placemaking and Cultural Landscapes: Review and Appraisal -- Vision and Exposition of Placemaking: Homage and Memorial Tribute to Sung-Kyun Kim -- Pung-su: Evolving Cultural Landscapes and Placemaking in Korea -- Cultural Landscapes: Integrating Culture and Nature to Uplift Global Sustainability and Climate Action -- Branding the image of religious heritage in India -- Cultural Landscapes: Essence and application perspectives in Georgia -- Ayodhya (India): Placemaking and Transformation of Historic Urban Landscape -- Placemaking Approach in Revitalising Cultural Tourism in Temple Towns: Case of Melukote, Karnataka -- The Challenges of Integrated Conservation and Development in Historic Rural Landscapes; Case study: The Historic Villages of East Azerbaijan, Iran -- Chinese Cities as Sacred Landscapes: The case of the Capitals of the Ming Dynasty -- Protagonists for Making Sacred Places and Its Cultural Landscape: Sansa, Korean Buddhist Mountain Monasteries -- Placemaking of the Barotse Cultural Landscape, Zambia -- Pandemics, Travel, and the Search for Sustainability -- Post Covid-19 Strategies: Cloisters as Urban Oases and Heritage to Reconnect Memory -- Archaeological sites in Northern Japan: Interfacing landscape and sacred rituals -- Archaeological Landscapes of Religious Significance on the UNESCO World Heritage List from Turkey: Continuities, Discontinuities -- The Sustainability and Spatial Analysis of Rural Cultural Landscapes: The historic Village “Maymand” in Iran -- Reuse of unoccupied religious monuments for tourist accommodation: Santa Maria da Ínsua (North of Portugal) -- Survival of Heritage from the Mangroves of Sundarbans to the Sattras of Majuli -- ‘Pūch’ as an institution for maintaining the cultural landscape of the Kullu Valley. .

Description / Table of Contents: Part I Sustainability: challenges and opportunities -- Chapter 1: Business Challenges in the Transition to Sustainability -- Chapter 2: The CapSEM Model -- Chapter 3: Sustainable Development Goals and CapSEM -- Part II The Toolbox: Methodologies and Theories -- Chapter 4: Input-output Analysis and Cleaner Production -- Chapter 5: Looking Beyond the Factory Gates -- Chapter 6: Communicating Product Life Cycle Performance through Labels and Declarations -- Chapter 7 : Environmental Management Systems -- Chapter 8: Analytical frameworks, indicators and performance evaluation -- Chapter 9: Reporting Schemes -- Chapter 10: Business Models for Sustainability -- Chapter 11: Closing the loop: Industrial Ecology, Circular Economy and Material Flow Analysis -- Chapter 12: Systems Engineering. Introduction, Methods and Tools -- Part III From Theory to Practice: Case Studies -- Chapter 13: Introduction to the Case Studies -- Chapter 14: From Waste to Value – a story about Life Cycle Management in the Furniture Industry (Case study 1) -- Chapter 15: The Role of Public Sector Buyers: Influencing Systemic Change in the Construction Sector (Case Study 2) -- Chapter 16: CapSEM Applied to the Construction Sector (Case Study 3) -- Chapter 17: Material Flow Analysis: Mapping Plastics within the Fishing Sector in Norway (Case Study 4) -- Chapter 18: Environmental Management at Fiskerstrand Verft AS: a 30 year Journey (Case Study 5) -- Chapter 19: A Transportation Planning Decision Support System (Case Study 6) -- Chapter 20: First Steps towards Sustainable Waste Management (Case Study 7) -- Part IV The Road Ahead -- Chapter 21: Transition to Sustainability -- Chapter 22: Helping business contribute to a sustainability transition: Archetypes of business models for sustainability -- Chapter 23: Building Decision Support Systems for Sustainable Transformation -- Chapter 24: The Way Forward?.

Description / Table of Contents: Definition of sustainability - my version -- A picture is worth a thousand words -- Adapting to climate change and its consequences requires sustainability -- Changing consumer behaviour leads to sustainability -- Finding ways to the best sustainability strategy -- The challenge of sustainability management -- Cooperatives - actors of sustainable development -- Life cycle assessment and carbon footprint - two sides of the same coin? -- Sustainability report - compulsory or freestyle? -- Make your dream come true as a sustainability manager -- The key to your success as a sustainability manager -- At the right place at the right time -- Sustainability - the future is waiting for you.

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.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1:Current scenario on conventional and modern approaches towards eco-friendly E-waste management -- Chapter 2:Electronic waste and their management strategies -- Chapter 3:E-waste management practices in India: challenges and approaches -- Chapter 4:Bioleaching for heavy metal extraction from E-waste: a sustainable approach -- Chapter 5:Bioremediation strategies for sustainable E-waste management -- Chapter 6:Challenges and approaches in E-waste management -- Chapter 7:Bioremediation: A sustainable way for E-waste management -- Chapter 8:Role of bacteria for the recovery of precious metals from e-waste -- Chapter 9:Importance of microorganisms in metal recovery from E-waste -- Chapter 10:Bioleaching: A sustainable resource recovery strategy for urban mining of E-waste -- Chapter 11:Microbial biodegradation of e-plastic in diverse ecosystem -- Chapter 12:Metal bioleaching from E-waste using fungal communities -- Chapter 13:Association of algae to water pollution and waste water treatment -- Chapter 14:E-waste and its management by using algae -- Chapter 15:Bioremediation of e-waste through microbial exopolysaccharides: A perspective -- Chapter 16:Genetically modified microbes in e-waste management: a perspective -- Chapter 17:Recent trends in bio-mining microorganisms for solid waste management -- Chapter 18:Plant-bacteria interaction in the recovery of metals from electronic waste -- Chapter 19:E-waste management: prospects and strategies -- Chapter 20:Role of biotechnological approaches for the valorization of precious metals from E-waste -- Chapter 21:A summary of the role of microorganisms in waste management.

Description / Table of Contents: Creating a green circular entrepreneurship mindset in students -- Green entrepreneurship - added value as a strategic orientation business model -- Effectiveness of renewable energy policies in promoting green entrepreneurship: A benchmark global comparison -- Theory of sustainable paths for entrepreneurship associated with fashion and practical examples -- The impact of plastic and the small businesses’ measures to combat plastic overproduction -- Redefining entrepreneurship: The incorporation of CSR and Positive Corporate Image as business strategies in green entrepreneurialism -- Creation of sustainable enterprises from the female directionality -- Growing the green entrepreneurial intention youth - A worldwide comparative Analysis -- Green marketing and entrepreneurship -- Sustainable Entrepreneurship: How create firms and support SDG -- FinTech: an innovative green entrepreneurship model -- Intention of green entrepreneurial among university students in Colombia.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Why is “Gentrification as a Dirty Word” Irrelevant in Japan: A Brief History of Recent Residential Rights -- A Neighbourhood Commons Proposition Based on a Comparison of the Gentrification Processes in the Global North, South and Japan -- Jjok-bang as Symbols of Poverty: The Creation and Eradication of Seoul’s Last Residential Safety-Net -- Material Changes, Symbolic Transformations: Commercial Gentrification and Urban Change in Turin, Italy -- Service hubs: Stuck in Time, Stuck in Place -- Spatial Dynamics and Strengths of Service Hubs Addressing Homelessness in Global Miami -- The Impact of Increasing Welfare Needs and Exclusion of Homeless People in Urban Underclass Communities: The Case of Kotobuki, Yokohama -- Resilience of Homeless People in Hong Kong: A Structurational Perspective -- Voluntary services in Disordered Space: The Inner-city Service Hub for Foreign Workers in Singapore -- Transition or Consolidation? The Role of Inner-City Neighbourhoods in the Integration of Immigrants in Brussels -- The Historical Transformation of Korean Resident Areas in Osaka: Its Dynamics in the Absence of Urban Policy -- Community Creation and Transformation in Higashikujo, Kyoto -- Uncovering the Inclusivity of Brixton: A Historical Analysis of Diversity and Its Relation to Gentrification in London’s Inner City -- Housing Policy and the Role of Housing Associations: The Case of Amsterdam and Urban Renewal in the Bijlmermeer -- From “Politique de la Ville” to “Renouvellement Urbain”: Paradigm Shifts of Urbanism in the Banlieue of Paris -- From Confinement to Dispersion: The Changing Geographies of Tokyo's Homeless Policies and Last Housing Safety Net -- Housing Policies and the (Re-)Shaping of the Inner City: The Case of Osaka City’s Nishinari Ward -- From Stigma to Pride: New Practices of Housing-based Welfare for Regenerating Disadvantaged Communities in Taipei -- Synthesis. .

Description / Table of Contents: Appraising Visioning Sustainability for a Healthy and Happy Future -- Sustainable Health in Territorial Planning -- Food Consumption Patterns and Associated Health Risks in Douala Metropolis – Cameroon -- Geostatistical Study on Waterborne Disease Outbreak in India [2011-2020] -- Peri-urban Agriculture and Food Supply -- Gender Dimension of Child Malnutrition among Tribal Children in India -- Food Processing and Nutrition Delivery -- Undernutrition Among the Adult Tribal Populations of India: Review and Meta-analysis -- The Food and Nutrition Status in India: A Systematic Review -- Spirituality in Sustainable Mental Health Protection: Evidence from Vocational Training of Information Technology Professionals -- Physical Activity as a Vital Element of the Development of the Concept of Healthy Cities (SDG 3 and 11) with a Role of Local Governments (SDG 17) -- Body Mass Index and Healthy Lifestyle among Adolescent Girls: A Case Study on Delhi -- Can Doctor's Resource Allocation Improve Residents' Health?: Price, Quality, Patient Mobility -- The Role of Urban Gardening in Global Cities: Three Case Studies in Berlin, Rome and Tokyo -- Distributional Analysis and Access to Fresh Fruits and Vegetable Shops in Residential Neighborhoods of Birnin-Kebbi Metropolis, Nigeria: Implications for Informal Landuse Planning -- Nutrition, Lifestyle and Health Status among Tribal Communities: A Case Study of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group of Kerala -- Living with Reduced HIV/AIDS Stigma & Discrimination: A Grounded Theory Analysis of Infected Migrants -- Towards Sustainable Understanding of Health: Perception and Worldview on Erectile Dysfunction Nigeria -- An Integrated Enviro-Psychological Approach to Health. .

Description / Table of Contents: Health at the Margins: Exploration of an Academic Studio Approach to Design for Physical and Mental Resilience in a Sustainable Context -- Mapping Migration in the SDGs: A Pedagogical Tool of Sustainability Learning for Students of Migration -- Creating Space for Student Action and Reflection on Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger -- Roll the Dice: Using Game-Based Learning to Teach Sustainability in Higher Education -- Be(coming) an Ambassador of Transformative Change from the Inside Out -- Active Learning to Foster Economic, Social, and Environmental Sustainability Awareness -- Academic Community Expectations on Climate Change Learning and Engagement: A Case Study at University of Passo Fundo.

Description / Table of Contents: Developing Aquatic Urbanism: A Taxonomy describing 35 Tactics -- Systemic urban-wetland interdependencies -- HydroPolis: How to evolve solutions for floating Eco-Village collectives? -- An overview of artificial islands growth processes and their adaptation to sea-level rise -- Transferring the Plastic Sea into the Sea: Environmental Opportunities for Floating Greenhouses in Almería (Spain) -- Floating Jakarta: A Human Dimension -- Marine spatial planning at the municipal scale: lessons from China and Sweden.

Description / Table of Contents: Perspectives and challenges of world charcoal production in technological, social, and climate change fields -- Wood-based materials for sustainable applications -- The volumetric sustainability of timber-based tropical forest management -- Insights About The Use Of Wood For The Generation Of Clean And Sustainable Energy In Thermoelectric Plants -- Bamboo-based medium density particleboards: studying the different compositions of the core layer -- Potential Of Non-Wood Fibers As Sustainable Reinforcements For Polymeric Composites – A Review -- Forest-based polymeric biocomposites: current development, challenges and emerging trends -- Changes in land use and occupation and their implications for the production chain of non-forest timber products from babassu (Attalea speciosa) in the cocais region,Maranhão state, Brazil -- Brazilian resin method: Handmade, Sustainable and Profitable.-Plants that heal: The sustainable exploitation of medicinal resources in Brazilian forests.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Sustainable development within Higher Education Institutions: the occupational health field example (Rives Rocha Borges) -- Chapter 2. Contribution to social sustainability and the gender equality at public Universities: women empowerment in the Brazilian context (Rives Rocha Borges) -- Chapter 3. Pursuing 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda through gender equality: Synergies of gender diversity and financial performance in Brazilian publicly traded companies (Adriana Cristina Ferreira Caldana) -- Chapter 4. Impact of a social responsibility program on citizen education Gisely Fernanda Rodrigues de Almeida (Alex Sandro Quadros Weymer) -- Chapter 5. SDGs and scientific community: a case study of the University of Campinas (UNICAMP/Brazil) (Thais Aparecida Dibbern) -- Chapter 6. Teaching strategies for sustainability in creative disciplines (Ana Elena Builes-Vélez) -- Chapter 7. Sustainable development in Latin American higher education institutions (Gricelda Herrera-Franco) -- Chapter 8. Greening the University?: Assessing the impact of sustainability and SDGs in universities’ values and strategies (Evandro Coggo Cristofoletti).

Description / Table of Contents: Demystifying Metaverse in Business: A Conceptual Study -- Relativity of Metaverse in Business Model: A Conceptual Analysis -- An analysis of Future Prospects of Metaverse -- Is Metaverse in Education Blessing in Disguise? -- Are You Ready to Take Avatar in Virtual Classroom – Metaverse in Education from Student’s Perspective -- XR and the Metaverse: New Opportunities in Education -- The Role of Accounting Disclosure of Sustainable Development Activities Using Metaverse in The Field of Education and Training -- An Analysis of the Impact of Metaverse on Climate Change -- An Exploratory Study on Metaverse and SDGs -- Opportunities and Risks of the “Metaverse” for Environmental Sustainability -- Metaverse as a Tool for the achievement of SGDs: Challenges, Opportunities and Applications -- Metaverse and Tourism Industry: A Conceptual Proposition -- The Price Determinants of NFTs: The Case of Metaverse -- Role of Metaverse in The Fourth Industrial Revolution for Providing Customer Experiences -- Metaverse and Skill Set: A Conceptual Investigation -- Metaverse Beyond the Hype: Possibilities and Challenges -- Application of Metaverse and Its underlying Challenges in the 21st Century.

Description / Table of Contents: Adaption of Livelihood Practices by Hawkers during COVID 19 Jolt – An Empirical Study with Special Reference to the Tenkasi Town -- Role of IoT in Business Sustainability -- Moderating Effect of Board Size and Board Independence between Women on Board and ESG -- A Review on Economic Assessment on Solid Waste Management -- The Impact of Marital Status on Female Labour Force Participation Rate – A Study on Bangalore City -- Welfaronomics of Price Discrimination -- A Case Study on the Buying Behaviour of Online Customers in Bangalore -- The Financial Intermediation of the Shabari Tribal Fi-nance and Development Corporation Limited, Nashik (STFDC) in Welfare of Scheduled Tribe Community of State of Maharashtra -- Macro-Economic Impact of COVID 19: Case Story of Trade-off between Industrial Revolution and Traditional Workforce in Bangladesh -- Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture Sector in Kerala with Special Reference to Champakulam and Ramankary Gramapanchayath -- Construction of Optimal Portfolio Using Sharp Index Model with Special Reference to Banking, Pharmaceutical and FMCG Sectors -- Growth of OTT Platforms in India during the Covid-19 Lockdown.

Description / Table of Contents: Recent Progress on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment in Textile Industry: Applications for Environmental, Economic and Social Impacts of Cotton and Its Derivatives -- A framework for life cycle inventory modelling of chemical substances in the footwear and apparel industry -- Life Cycle Assessment of the Renting of Leisurewear -- The environmental impact of textiles and clothing: a regional and a country approach -- Performing life cycle assessment at scale in the footwear industry -- Life cycle assessment of textile fibers in Brazil: a literature review -- The role of country specific gate to gate ecolabels: Case study for Sri Lankan clothing industry -- The role of Life Cycle Assessment in analyzing Circular Economy strategies in the clothing sector: a review -- LCA Studies on Regenerative Agriculture and Regenerative Textiles: Two Routes of Regenerative Cotton.

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.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Measuring textile (un)sustainability to raise purchasing choices awareness: theoretical background -- Chapter 2. Consumers’ sustainable clothing consumption practices: adopting the principles of voluntary simplicity -- Chapter 3. Towards increasing public awareness of cellulose-based textiles with improved sustainability -- Chapter 4. A long-time approach to promote sustainability awareness -- Chapter 5. The influence of social media usage on consumers’ sustainable clothing consumption practices -- Chapter 6. Measuring textile (un)sustainability to raise purchasing choices awareness: the case of cotton fabrics -- Chapter 7. Sensory evaluation of hemp textiles by consumers as a prospective market research method for new textile products.

Description / Table of Contents: Geostatistical Modeling and Mapping of As Occurrence and Vulnerability-A Case Study on Bihar, India -- Livelihood change and sustainability potential in a Sri Lankan mountain village -- Ensuring potable water supply to rural areas: A case of rural water supply in Tumkuru district, Karnataka, India -- A Change Detection Analysis of Mangrove forests in and around Devi river mouth, Odisha using Remote Sensing & GIS technique -- Study of Spatio-Temporal Variation in Rainfall at Suketi River Basin by using Rainfall Anomaly Index (RAI) -- Hydrogeomorphic investigation to select the suitable locations for water conservation structures in PG-4 watershed of Painganga river basin of the Buldhana district, Maharashtra, India -- Suitability of Groundwater for Irrigation: A Spatial Analysis with Reference to Rohtak District -- Policy Perspectives and State Responses on Water and Politics in Two States (Telangana State and Andhra Pradesh) -- Estimation of surface runoff using NRCS CN method and Geospatial Techniques for sub-basins prioritization of conservation planning of Ghera Sinhagad Land System, Western Maharashtra -- Valuing Benefits of Urban Green Spaces for Mitigation of Climate Change Impacts and Promoting Urban Resilience -- Reinforcement of Drinking Water in Fluoride Affected Areas of Nalgonda District Through Improvised Rainwater Harvesting System -- Assessment of the Farmer Support Initiative Programmes in Telangana State-A Case of Mission Kakatiya and Rythu Bandu -- Role of Women in Water Resource Management in Sikkim -- Assessing Human-wildlife conflicts in Tiger corridor habitat: A Case Study of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, India -- Environmental Ethics: In the Context of the COVID-19 -- Building Sustainable Livelihoods Through Everyday ‘Green Urbanism’ Practices-A case study of GTB Nagar Neighborhood Delhi, India -- Understanding the Impact of Climate Change and Policy Development in India during Post-NAPCC Era -- Carbo Dioxide Reduction in Environment by Biomass Gasification Approach.

Description / Table of Contents: Circular Re-strategies in building management: reviewing basic concepts -- Multiple streams framework: support tools for circularity -- Requesting circular design approaches: integration of Preliminary Documents for Design (PDD) -- Provision of circular building services: integration of Invitations to Tender (ITTs) -- Assessing circular practices: integration of corporate Sustainability Reports.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Accountancy & Fiscal Organization -- Chapter 1: Sustainability reporting in the Portuguese municipalities: an empirical analysis of the 25 largest municipalities -- Chapter 2: Understanding Sustainable Innovations in Malaysia’s Public Procurement Initiatives -- Part 2: Electronics & Industrial Automation -- Chapter 3: Induction Heating System for Industrial Bearings or Common Appliances -- Chapter 4: Magnetic field imaging prototype -- Chapter 5: Sensory Application in Intelligent Monitoring for the Sustainability of Indoor Spaces -- Chapter 6: The Double Benefit of Environmental Sustainability – The Case of ISPGAYA -- Part 3: Energy Efficiency -- Chapter 7: Energy Consumption Analysis from Main Parameters: A Dataset in the Brazilian Scenario -- Chapter 8: New Energies Framework: Hydrogen Ecosystem, Geopolitical and Economic Impacts -- Part 4: Information Technology & Cybersecurity -- Chapter 9: A comparative model for female and male Generation Y individuals regarding their interest and intention to use eBooks -- Chapter 10: Gamification on cybersecurity literacy: social sustainability and educative projects -- Chapter 11: Relevance and Characteristics of Responsible Innovation Assessment Tools -- Chapter 12: Sustainability in Erasmus+ Projects: StartIT -- Chapter 13: The challenges of teaching in a context of concern for sustainability and strong technological innovation: a literature review -- Part 5: Management & Administration -- Chapter 14: Exploring the Determinants of Social Entrepreneurship Intention -- Chapter 15: Perceived Neuroticism and Sustainability: A Perfect Storm? An Analysis of U.S. Equity Crowdfunding Projects -- Chapter 16: Private Agricultural Insurance and its Current Adhesion by Rural Producers: a Partial Analysis in Paraná State -- Chapter 17: Integrating Sustainability into Decision-Making: an Analysis of different Types of Management Control Systems -- Chapter 18: Sustainable Cities? Insights from Brazil and Portugal -- Part 6: Marketing -- Chapter 19: The relationship between corporate social responsibility and customer satisfaction: literature review -- Part 7: Mechanics -- Chapter 20: Comparison of Numerical and Experimental Approaches to Determine Tensile Strength in Mechanical Components -- Chapter 21: Analysis of the Variation of th Mechanical Properties of a LLDPE Matrix by Incorporation of Reused XLPE -- Chapter 22: Indoor Navigation of an Autonomous Guided Vehicle Using ArUco Markers -- Part 8: Sustainability & Innovation -- Chapter 23: Plastic and Copper Reduction in Residential Building, an Empirical Analysis on Materials Usage and Energy Efficiency -- Chapter 24: Sustainability in Society 5.0 Perspective -- Chapter 25: The Role of Mathematics on the Sustainability: a Systematic Review -- Chapter 26 : Impacts on Students and Teachers of the Course Strategies for Well-being -- Chapter 27: Peace as an Essential Condition for Sustainable Development -- Chapter 28: The Sustainability of the Cork Sector Through a Second Life of Retired Wine Bottle Corks: an Empirical Study -- Part 9: Tourism & Leisure -- Chapter 29: A Grounded Theory of Historic Housing Tourism: a methodological path -- Chapter 30: Attitudes of Internal Stakeholders About Museums in Vojvodina and their Offer in Tourism -- Chapter 31: Perception and expectations of an employability fair as a generator of sustainable wealth in the tourism sector -- Chapter 32: Rail Tourism – emergencies and possibilities on national territory -- Chapter 33: Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Portuguese Tourism Context: a Preliminary Study -- Chapter 34: The impact of COVID-19 on active population perception, motivation, and decision to travel in the northern zone of Portugal.

Description / Table of Contents: Evaluation of the Efficiency of Silica Removal in Effluents with (Zea Mays Var. Saccharata) in the Santa Rosa 94-1 Mining Concession in C.C Llocllapampa, Jauja-Peru -- Initiation and Recovery of Nitrosation in Zeolite Bioreactors.-Immobilized Anaerobic Digestion of Molasses-based Distillery wastewater in Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor -- Effects of Straw Returning on Paddy Soil Environmental Remediation -- Expression and Characterization of Dichloromethane Dehalogenase for Dichloromethane Degradation -- Optimal Solution for Increasing Groundwater Pumping by Integrating MODFLOW-USG and Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm: A Case Study of Wadi El-Natrun, Egypt.-Estimating VKT on Rural Roads for Carbon Emission Estimation -- Toxic Effects of Chromium (VI) on Chlorella vulgaris in Water -- Analysis of the Deforestation Process of Amazon from During 2001 to 2020 in Peru -- Evaluation of a Reliable Method for Flash Flood Hazard Mapping in Arid Regions: a Case Study of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt -- Numerical Study on Response Characteristics of Layered Rocks under Tunnel Blasting -- Prediction and Regression Analysis of Trans-Himalaya New Energy Development Trends Based on Logistic Model -- Algae Biomass for Biofuel Production; Yield Analysis of Chlorella Vulgaris and Scenedesmus Meyen in Different Culture Media -- Hardware in the Loop and Experiment Validation for a PV inverter under Flexible Power Control -- Bioclimatic architecture as a design basis for the use of renewable energies and sustainable development, the case of sustainable social housing in Patagonia, Aysén, Chile -- Simulation of the use of air-source heat pumps in different European cities -- Simulation analysis of dynamic characteristics of urban central cooling system. .

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. .