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    Resilient Horizons: Building Sustainable Environments for Climate Adaptation and Health (2023)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Sustainability. ; Bioclimatology. ; Environmental management. ; Climate Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Environmental Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: A Practical Urban Habitat for Living in the Extreme Drought Conditions of the Future, Using Advanced Wastewater Recycling Technologies -- Risk assessment of green reuse of abandoned industrial buildings#A case of steel mill -- Adaptation of plant ecosystems to rapid climate change in the Ural region: Carbon fields - the most important arena for assessing climate change in the Urals -- The Healing world from 2020 onwards -- Climate Determinants of Health -- Pedestrian conditions from a climate change vulnerability perspective in low income communities -- Effects of climate change on human security and sustainable -- Role of Value Orientation and Belief in shaping Indian Pre-Service Teachers' Personal Norms to address Climate Change -- Urban energy consumption in the City of Naples (Italy): a geographically weighted regression approach -- Mechanical Properties and Impact Resistance of Steel Fiber Reinforced Fly Ash and Nanosilica Concrete -- Nonintrusive Load Monitoring System for Decarbonization of Built Environment Based on Deep Learning Algorithm -- Sustainable Renovation on Aosta Residential Building for Carbon Neutrality -- Sensitivity Analysis Using Standardized Regression Coefficients of Roof Design Variables for Energy Performance in Residential Buildings -- Study on the Effect of Adding Biochar to Green Roof Substrate on Carbon Dioxide Reduction -- Features of ESG risk management in the implementation of megaprojects: the Belt and Road Initiative -- Informatic analysis and review of literature on the optimum selection of sustainable materials used in construction projects -- Assessing air pollutant distribution and its influencing factors in the urban street canyon environments -- Sustainability, and Post-Covid 19 Era: Changing Housing Design and Models in the Cities and Istanbul.
    Abstract: This book discusses the challenges related to climate change mitigation and adaptation. It adds valuable strategies and insights into the development of new practices solving the identified social and economic problems related to ecosystem deterioration and anticipating other disasters related to climate change. As the decarbonization of cities and communities became an issue of great interest to many researchers, the book in hand is of great importance to decision-makers and energy stakeholders and others seeking a more resilient and sustainable future and developing innovative technologies to overcome environmental deterioration. This book is a culmination of selected research papers from the first version of the international conference on ‘Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability’ which was held in 2022 in collaboration with Chongqing University, China.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIV, 178 p. 102 illus., 92 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031461095
    Series Statement: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46109-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-46109-5
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    Climate Change, Agriculture and Society : Approaches Toward Sustainability (2023)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Bioclimatology. ; Food security. ; Environmental geography. ; Climate Sciences. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Food Security. ; Integrated Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Global warming and Climate Change: Vulnerability in Agricultural Sectors -- Chapter 1. Climate change impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation: An overview -- Chapter 2. Spatio-temporal changes of rainfall pattern under changing climatein West Bengal, India -- Chapter 3. Evaluating Apiculture as a Sustainable Livelihood Option in the Wake of Climate Change: West Bengal, India -- Chapter 4. The Impacts of Drought Disasters on Mexican Agriculture: An Interpretation from the Perspective of the Political Economy of Disasters -- Part II: Extreme Climatic Events: Impacts and Adaptation Issues in agrarian environment -- Chapter 5. Smallholder livestock farmers’ animal health management practices in South Africa -- Chapter 6. Identification of Spatio-temporal extent of agricultural drought using geospatial techniques: A case study of Chhatna Block, Bankura District, West Bengal, India -- Chapter 7. Climate Change and Agriculture: Understanding Short-Term Impact of Climate Change in Selected Crop Production in West Bengal -- Part III: Agriculture under Changing Climate -- Chapter 8. Resilience of Farmers in Response to Sallinity Intrusion Problem in Agricultural Fields of Coastal Region of Bangladesh -- Chapter 9. The ecological significance to maintain rice cropping areas in the rice bowls of Kerala for sustaining food and livelihood security under the purview of climate change -- Chapter 10. Crop diversification: an Adaptive option for climate change resilience in agro-climatic zone of West Bengal -- Part IV: Farmers Perceptions of Climate Change and Adaptation Strategy -- Chapter 11. Unraveling the Interplay between Indian Agricultural Sector, Food Security and Farms Bill: Key to Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter 12. Correlation between Volumetric Loading Rate and Removal Efficiency of Bio-Chemical Oxygen Demand and Chemical Oxygen Demand for Waste Water Treatment by Improved Bio-Tower Technology in Ganga River Basin (India) -- Chapter 13. Site Suitability in Water Harvesting Management Using Remote Sensing Data and GIS Techniques: A Case Study of Sulaimaniyah Province, Iraq -- Chapter 14. Futuristic Climate Change Impacts on rice and groundnut production over Tamil Nadu State, South India -- Part V: Sustainable Adaptive Options to Combat Global Warming and Climate Change -- Chapter 15. Assessment of Soil Suitability for Sunflower Cultivation in Sagar Island, India -- Chapter 16. Agricultural Bill 2020 in India: Agricultural Policy and Transition to Sustainable Agriculture and Self-reliance -- Chapter 17. Urban Heat Island (UHI) Resilience Plan in Varying Climatic Conditions using Geospatial Approach: A Case Study Of Rajkot City -- Chapter 18. Identifying suitable sites for alternative agriculture in drought prone Akarsa watershed, West Bengal.
    Abstract: This book discusses emerging contexts of global warming and climate change, agricultural vulnerability and adaptation from local to global scale. Climate change, resilience in relation to agriculture and livelihoods and multi-dimensionality of various approaches are clearly taken into account by providing studies and perspectives on various methods and scales based on natural science to social science frameworks. This edited work contains chapters that are interdisciplinary, covering climate change, agriculture vulnerability, disaster impact, productivity efficiency, food security, livelihood resilience, land degradation, sustainability, in terms of plan and perform for transformation, sustainability and adaptation, including philosophy, change and economics, as well as the natural sciences. This book addresses the sustainable development goals to reduce the adverse impacts on agricultural productivity brought on by climate change and its adaptation and disaster risk reduction in developing and developed nations. Some of the assessed challenges include soil erosion, land use conversion, natural resource mismanagement, crop productivity decline and economic stagnation. This book covers important issues in the production and consumption of food in the past and present periods, agriculture, livelihood, and climate change, disaster risk management and society. All of these are under the threat of ongoing climate change and significant challenges to livelihood sustainability. The book is arranged into five broad sections: each part will cover a set of chapters dealing with a particular issue of the climate change, agriculture and society: approach toward sustainability. This book aims to attract attention of students, researchers, academician, policymakers and other inquisitive readers interested in different aspects of climate change, agriculture, livelihood and sustainability, particularly at local to global context.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXII, 363 p. 142 illus., 130 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031282515
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28251-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-28251-5
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    Climate Change and Microbiome Dynamics : Carbon Cycle Feedbacks (2023)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Bioclimatology. ; Microbial ecology. ; Agricultural biotechnology. ; Climate Sciences. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Microbial Ecology. ; Environmental Microbiology. ; Agricultural Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Overview of Soil microbe dynamics in different biosystems -- 2. Mechanism of carbon exchange and climate change -- 3. Climate-microbe carbon direct and indirect feedbacks -- 4. Climate change drivers and soil microbes across various horizons. 5. Diversity and biogeography of soil bacterial communities -- 6. Carbon cycle and global warming under microbial patterns -- 7. Climate change mechanisms of action in terrestrial and aquatic microbes -- 8. Methanogenesis and role of climate-resistant microbes -- 9. Soil microbial community and climate change drivers -- 10. Microbiome and role in sustainable intensification under climate stress -- 11. Symbiosis mechanisms and usage of other additives like biochar in soil quality management -- 12. Impact of climate change on soil microbial activity (nitrifying, denitrifying) and other interactions -- 13. Molecular and stable isotope probing tools for observing changes in microbial diversity to ecosystem function under climate stress.
    Abstract: The book provides an overview relevant to various biological mechanisms that regulate carbon exchanges between the major components and their response to climate change. Climate change has a significant impact on people's lives, energy demand, food security, etc. The soil microbial ecology is vital for assessing terrestrial and aquatic carbon cycles and climate feedback. However, the primary concern is the complexity of the soil microbial community and its severely affected functions due to the climate and other global changes. Global warming comprises an assessment of the dynamic interactions and feedback between microbes, plants, and their physical environment due to climate change. The book will address the need to use a multifactor experimental approach to understand how soil microorganisms and their activities adapt to climate change and the implications of carbon cycle feedback. The most pressing concern is a clearer understanding of the biological factors that regulate carbon exchanges between land, oceans, and the atmosphere and how these exchanges will respond to climate change via climate–ecosystem feedbacks, which could augment or quell regional and global climate change. Terrestrial ecosystems play an important role in climate feedback as they produce and absorb greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxides. They also strongly contribute to storing enormous amounts of carbon in living vegetation and soils, rendering them a significant global carbon sink. If climate change projections are realistic, such a rapid increase in carbon loss from soil could exacerbate the soil carbon cycle feedback. The book will determine the role of microbial feedback in regulating soil-land-atmosphere carbon exchange under changing climatic conditions at the regional and global levels. The current book will also focus on recent research designed to use beneficial microbes such as plant growth-promoting microorganisms, fungi, endophytic microbes, and others to improve understanding of the interaction and their potential role in promoting advanced management for sustainable agricultural solutions. Understanding the influence on the native microbiome, such as the distribution of methanogens and methanotrophs, nutritional content, microbial biomass, and other factors, is becoming increasingly crucial to establishing climate-resilient agriculture. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XI, 382 p. 29 illus., 26 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031210792
    Series Statement: Climate Change Management,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21079-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-21079-2
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    Advances in Research on Water Resources and Environmental Systems : Selected papers of the 2nd International Conference on Geo-Spatial Technologies and Earth Resources 2022 (2023)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geography. ; Environmental education. ; Environmental management. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Financial risk management. ; Environmental protection. ; Civil engineering. ; Earth and Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental and Sustainability Education. ; Environmental Management. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Risk Management. ; Soil and Water Protection.
    Description / Table of Contents: Application of MODFLOW-based SEAWAT code for seawater intrusion forecasting into the Upper Pliocene coastal aquifer in the Ca Mau Peninsula, Southern Vietnam -- Seawater Intrusion Processes along the Tien river Mouth in the Period 2000-2020 -- Developing software package for 2D modeling hydrodynamics and salinity transport in Cu Lao Dung, Mekong Delta -- An Assessment of Some Algorithms for Modeling and Forecasting Horizontal Displacement of Ialy Dam, Vietnam -- Simulation of The Hydrodynamic Regime of Aquaculture Development Zones within Binh Dinh, Vietnam -- Prediction of Suspended Sediment Concentration By Artificial Neural Networks At The Vu Gia-Thu Bon Catchment, Vietnam -- Criteria affecting groundwater potential: A Systematic Review of Literature -- Pumped Storage Power Plant, Solutions to Ensure Water Sustainability and Environmental Protection -- Modelling the influences of river water level on the flooding situation of urban areas: a case study in Hanoi, Vietnam -- 188 Assessing the current characteristics of concrete in some parts Hoa Binh hydropower plant -- Hydraulic Performance of a Sand Trap in The Flushing Period to Support The Maintenance of The Pengasih Irrigation Network, Indonesia -- Identification of hydrogeochemical processes and controlling factors in groundwater and surface water using integrated approaches, Tuul River basin (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia).-Application of plant endogenous microorganisms (endophytes) in the treatment of heavy metal pollution in soils -- Evaluation of Density Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in Southern Part of Vietnam -- Assessment of Lead (Pb) Accumulation in Native Plants Growing on Coal Mine Site in Northeastern Vietna.
    Abstract: This book composes the proceedings of the international Conference on Geo-Spatial Technologies and Earth Resources (GTER 2022) which was co-organized by Hanoi University of Mining and Geology and the International Society for Mine Surveying (ISM) held at Hanoi city on October 13–14, 2022. GTER 2022 is technically co-sponsored by Vietnam Mining Science and Technology Association (VMST), Vietnam Association of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing (VGCR), Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited (VINACOMIN), and the Dong Bac Corporation (NECO). GTER 2022 aims to bring together experts, researchers, engineers, and policymakers to discuss and exchange their knowledge and experiences in recent advances research water resources and environmental systems.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XV, 669 p. 291 illus., 252 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031178085
    Series Statement: Environmental Science and Engineering,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17808-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-17808-5
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    Climate Change Adaptation, Risk Management and Sustainable Practices in the Himalaya (2023)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Environmental management. ; Sustainability. ; Economic policy. ; Social policy. ; Climate Sciences. ; Environmental Management. ; Sustainability. ; Socio-Economic Policy.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1-Introduction: Climate Change, adaptation and risk management for the mountain sustainability -- 2-Dynamics of demographic, socio-cultural, economic and ecological aspects -- 3-Indigenous knowledge system and traditional sustainable management practices in the Himalayan region -- 4-Anthropogenic intervention, globalized economic development impacts and trans border political issues in the Himalaya -- 5-Urbanization, migration and assessment of the carrying capacity of Himalayan mountain ecosystem -- 6-Environmental degradation and ecological instability: Issues, challenges and way forwarded in the Himalaya -- 7-Climate change, natural hazards and dynamics of landscape changes -- 8-Socio-economic, livelihood and ecological transformation in the Himalayan region -- 9-Human-animal conflicts and wildlife management in the Himalaya -- 10-Climate Change in glacial, periglacial and paraglacial regions of the Himalaya -- 11-Climate induced and geophysical disasters, and risk reduction management in mountains regions -- 12-Available field-based, geophysical and geospatial tools and techniques, their applied practice, strengths, and limitations to study Mountain environment -- 13-Millennium to centennial to contemporary period climate trends and associated climatic variability over the mountain areas of Himalaya -- 14-Regional variation of climatic changes and associated environmental modifications -- 15-Mountain policy, law, governance and role of Institutional and organization for sustaining Himalayan mountain ecosystem -- 16-Interface of technology-science-policy-society and environmental sustainability in the Himalaya -- 17-Integrated ecological restoration, upstream-downstream integration and sustainable development in the Himalaya -- 18-Integrated planning for mountain sustainability and sustainable development: new challenges, innovative approaches and way forward -- 19-Climate change coping strategies and climate smart communities adaptation in the Mountain ecosystem -- 20-Environmental Governance for Environmental Sustainability of Mountainous regions.
    Abstract: This volume analyzes ecological and socio-economic risks due to climate change in the Himalayan mountain ecosystems, communities, and proposes adaptation strategies and sustainability practices. In order to better understand the potential actions required to improve natural resource conservation and the development of mountain people's livelihoods. The authors discuss the current status of local knowledge system on various environmental aspects of conservation and sustainable use of mountain resources in the Himalaya. The book addresses the institutional capacities, gaps, and priority areas of capacity building to strengthen policies and governance in regard to climate change, landuse management, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable management in the Himalayan region. The aim of this book is to enhance coordination building among policymakers, planners, mountain communities to foster collaboration between different stakeholders by understanding local perceptions of climate change as well as variability issues, and establishing adaptation strategies to cope with these impacts. The chapters incorporate theoretical and applied aspects, and may serve as baseline information for the sustainability of mountain ecosystems through the contribution of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary expertise from the Himalayan region. The book will be useful for students, teachers, and researchers working in different areas pertaining to mountain ecosystems, as well as policymakers and planners working on issues related to the sustainability of the mountain ecosystem.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XII, 421 p. 113 illus., 103 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031246593
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24659-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-24659-3
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    Climate Change and Environmental Impacts: Past, Present and Future Perspective (2022)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Bioclimatology. ; Paleoecology. ; Paleontology . ; Climate Sciences. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Paleoecology. ; Paleontology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Floral Diversity and Climate Change in the Siwalik Succession -- Early Paleogene Megaflora of the Palaeoequatorial Climate: A Case Study from the Gurha Lignite Mine of Rajasthan, Western India -- Development of Cenogram Technique over the Past Six Decades with Some Insights into the Varied Habitats Occupied by Diverse Mammalian Communities Across Spain, China, and India Transiting the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum -- Palynofloral Diversity During Mid-Miocene Warming in Kerala Basin, South-Western India: Palaeoclimatic Implications -- Non-Pollen Palynomorphs from the Late-Holocene Sediments of Majuli Island, Assam (Indo-Burma Region): Implications to Palaeoenvironmental Studies -- Climate Variability and Its Causal Mechanisms Over the Northeastern Indian Himalaya -- Quaternary Climate of Narmada Valley: A Case Study on Understanding Provenance, Weathering and Depositional Environment Using Alluvium Geochemistry from Tawa River Basin, Hoshangabad District, Madhya Pradesh -- Heterogeneity in Glacier Area Loss in Response to Climate Change in Selected Basins of Western Himalaya -- Proglacial Landscape Transformations in Arctic, Ny-Alesund Area, Svalbard: Paraglacial Processes and Climate Warming During Late Quaternary -- Impact of Changing Climate Over Polar Ice Sheet – A Case Study from Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica -- Prevalent Climate Variables During Ablation Season Around Gangotri Glacier -- Compacted Snow Dune Complexes in Antarctica and their Applicability as New Climate Change and Basement Tectonic Parameters -- Investigating the Effect of Environmental Variables on the Isotopic Composition of Transpiration: Implications to Study the Monsoon Processes -- Investigating the Effect of Air-sea Carbon Dynamics and Water Quality Parameters on the Coral Reef Ecosystem of Lakshadweep Sea -- Trend Analysis and Change Point Detection of Annual and Seasonal Precipitation Timeseries Over Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh -- Assessment of Snow Cover Changes Over the Tons River Basin During Last Two Decades (2000-2019) -- Extreme Rainfall Trends and their Statistical Significance -- Examination of Historical Trends and Future Projections for Climate and Land-use Variables and its Impacts on Kalna River Flow in Goa, India -- Temporal Trends in Water Discharge Characteristics of the Large Peninsular Rivers: Assessing the Role of Climatic and Anthropogenic Factors -- Groundwater Responses to Climate Variability in Punjab, India -- Reflections on Temporal Trends in Water Quality and Climate Variability at Three Degradation Hotspots of Leading Rivers in India -- Drought Frequency Assessment and Implications of Climate Change for Maharashtra, India -- Multi-temporal Impact Analysis of Covid-19 Lockdown and Unlock Measures on Major Air Pollutants in Guwahati City, India -- Impact of Lockdown on Air Quality in Megacities of India During COVID-19 Pandemic -- Understanding Urban Floods as Extreme Events and Disaster Management: A Case Study of Bengaluru -- Engendered Climate Risk Analysis: A Precursor to Gender Equality and Empowerment -- Covid Lockdown Improves the Health of River Yamuna: A Pilot Study.
    Abstract: Earth’s climate varies even without human influence but the acceleration in the changing pattern with cause and effect by/to the civilisation is a matter of concern to scientists. These patterns are lessons to understand future trends and ways and means for mitigation. The extreme weather events in almost every region of the globe involving excessive loss of human life and property are causing anxiety in society and posing challenges before scientists and planners. Cyclical variations in the Earth’s climate occur at multiple time scales, from years to decades, centuries, and millennia. Cycles at each scale are caused by a variety of physical mechanisms. In the last 65 Ma only, there have been several cycles of glacial advances and retreat, with the abrupt end of the last ice age about 11,700 years ago marking the beginning of the modern climate era and human civilization. A multidisciplinary approach in studying the Earth’s changing climate will provide a holistic view and guide us in future planning and programming.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIII, 454 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031131196
    Series Statement: Society of Earth Scientists Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13119-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-13119-6
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    Climate Change : The Social and Scientific Construct (2022)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Environment. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental management. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Climate Sciences. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Monitoring.
    Description / Table of Contents: Understanding climate change -- Scientific opinion on climate change -- Public perspective of climate change -- Predictors of public climate change awareness and risk perception around the world -- Drivers of Climate change. .
    Abstract: Beginning in the second half of the twentieth century, the impacts of climate change have been fierce, causing loss of human life and irreparable destruction to natural and man-made infrastructure in many parts of the world. The difference between climate change now and in the past is that of sudden and disproportionate disruption of the natural energy dynamics by the changing consumption patterns of billions of human beings who have polluted terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The picture that emerges from the exhaustive analysis of international data drawn from the most reliable sources indicates that we have possibly gained access to the gateway of extinction and it is time that we take corrective steps immediately. Global climate change is further altering our relationship with the environment, modifying relatively stable climatic factors and making them uncertain, unpredictable, and threatening. Changes in land use and an increasing demand for water resources due to climate change have affected the capacity of ecosystems to sustain food production, ensure the supply of freshwater resources, provide ecosystem services, and promote rural multi-functionality. Ensuring food production does not just depend on increasing water efficiency, promoting climate resilient crop production, or reducing land-use competition for urbanization but also on a more suitable and stable climate as the changes in climatic factors like precipitation, temperature, radiation, evaporation, and wind bring about some major shifts in global food supplies. According to Special Report on Emission Scenarios (SRES), focused on greenhouse gas emissions projections, and Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) conducted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate change increases the risk of simultaneous crop failures (including corn, rice, legumes, and vegetables) if irrigation systems are not fully adapted to water stress situations. A changing climate could have many adverse impacts on other sectors of our environment. This book offers concrete, up-to-date, and appropriate study cum research material for students, researchers, academicians and policymakers. It will be of a greater interest to students and researchers in the field of environmental science, agriculture science, agronomy, and sustainable development.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VI, 390 p. 90 illus., 78 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030862909
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86290-9
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    Climate Change in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Region (2022)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Bioclimatology. ; Geography. ; Climate Sciences. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Regional Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Climate Change Models and Impacts -- Assessment of Future Climate Trend Based on Multi-RCMs Models and Its Impact on Groundwater Recharge of the Mediterranean Coastal Aquifer of Ghis-Nekkor (Morocco) -- Species distribution based-modelling under climate change: the case of two native wild Olea europaea subspecies in Morocco, O. e. subsp. europaea var. sylvestris and O. e. subsp. maroccana -- The frequency of rare Cyclones in the Eastern Mediterranean and Northeastern Africa as a sign of climate change Using satellite Imagery, Climate data models and GIS-Based Analysis -- Climate Change Impacts on Hydrology in the Mediterranean Part of Slovenia -- Climate change impacts and the role of forestry: Insights from the Mediterranean region -- Energy Impacts on Climate Change: Issues, challenges and solutions with clean Conversion Technology -- Montenegro and World: Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation -- Portrayals of Climate Change and Drought in the Politically Oriented Turkish Press: Socialist, Islamist, and Nationalist Accounts of Extreme Weather in 2007 and 2014 -- Climate changes and insolation in the Mediterranean basin: the case of Montenegro -- The conservation challenge of traditional agroecosystems in Morocco: the case study of six oases agroecosystems -- Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Initiatives -- Enhancing the Resilience of Oasis Agrosystems to Climate Change in Morocco -- Climate Change and Agricultural production in Algeria -- Ready for climate change? An assessment of measures adopted by 45 Mediterranean coastal cities to face climate change -- Climate change or climate crisis? Investigating the views of forestry students on the causes, consequences and tools for the mitigation of climate change -- Development of a water security index incorporating future challenges.
    Abstract: This book serves the purpose of showcasing some of the works in respect of applied research, field projects, and best practice to foster climate change adaptation across the region. Climate change is having a much greater impact in the Mediterranean than the global average. In the Paris Climate Agreement, the UN member states pledged to stop global warming at well below two degrees, if possible at 1.5 degrees. This mark, which is expected elsewhere only for 2030 to 2050, has already been reached in the region. The situation could worsen in the coming years if the global community does not limit its emissions. The above state of affairs illustrates the need for a better and more holistic understanding of how climate change affects countries in the Mediterranean region on the one hand, but also on the many problems it faces on the other, which prevent adaptation efforts. There is also a perceived need to showcase successful examples of how to duly address and manage the many social, economic, and political problems posed by climate change in the region, in order to replicate and even upscale the successful approaches used. It is against this background that the book "Climate Change in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Region" has been produced. It contains papers prepared by scholars, practitioners, and members of governmental agencies, undertaking research and/or executing climate change projects, and working across the region.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: IX, 527 p. 156 illus., 141 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030785666
    Series Statement: Climate Change Management,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78566-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-78566-6
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    Climate Adaptation Modelling (2022)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Natural disasters. ; Ecology Methodology. ; Bioclimatology. ; Earth sciences. ; Geography. ; Climate Sciences. ; Natural Hazards. ; Ecological Modelling. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Earth and Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction from DG-CLIMA -- Introduction from the Editors -- Challenges for adaptation modelling -- Hazard, exposure and vulnerability modelling -- Sectoral models for impact and adaptation assessment -- Adaptation modelling and policy action -- Conclusions.
    Abstract: This open access book focuses on an issue only marginally tackled by this literature: the still existing gap between adaptation science and modelling and the possibility to effectively access and exploit the information produced by policy making at different levels, international, national and local. To do so, the book presents the proceedings of a high-level expert workshop on adaptation modelling, integrated with main results from the “Study on Adaptation Modelling” (SAM-PS) commissioned by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA) and implemented by the CMCC Foundation – Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change, in collaboration with the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Deltares, and Paul Watkiss Associates (PWA). What is the latest development in adaptation modelling? Which tools and information are available for adaptation assessment? How much are they practically usable by the policy community? How their uptake by practitioners can be improved? What are the major research gaps in adaptation modelling that needs to be covered in the next future? How? This book addresses these questions presenting the results of a study on adaptation modelling commissioned by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA) enriched by the outcomes of a high-level expert workshop on adaptation also part of the research. This book aspires to provide a useful support to academics, policy makers and practitioners in the field of adaptation to orient them in the expanding adaptation modelling assessment literature and suggest practical ways for its application. This book, mainly addressed to academics, policy makers and practitioners in the field of adaptation, aims to providing orientation in the large and expanding methodological/quantitative literature, presenting novelties, guiding in the practical application of adaptation assessments and suggesting lines for future research. .
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    Pages: XVII, 238 p. 49 illus., 46 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030862114
    Series Statement: Springer Climate,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86211-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86211-4
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    Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability (2022)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Sustainability. ; Bioclimatology. ; Environmental management. ; Climate Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Environmental Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Towards mitigating climate change by pipeline integrity management: Resilient pipelines -- Research Progress and Hotspot Analysis of Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS): A Visual Analysis Using CiteSpace -- Using air2water model to predict the water temperature of Fuxian Lake -- Impact of urban park allocation on local geothermal environment: Case study of Chaoyang, China -- Mitigating the impacts of drought via wastewater conversion to energy, nutrients, raw materials, food and potable water -- Analysis of Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Land Surface Temperature Change in Yunnan Province -- Is it possible to achieve carbon neutrality in palm oil production? -- Impact of urban overheating on critical infrastructure -- Tree Canopy Characteristics affect Street-canyon’s Microclimate Conditions and Human Thermal Comfort in Hot-humid Climate -- Research on space resilience assessment and space optimization of old community in city -- Trends in Incentive Policies of Green Roof: An Overview -- Natural wetland evolution in China: A review -- Urban morphology, urban ventilation and urban heat island mitigation: A methodological framework -- Istanbul; the Planning of Residential, and Industrial Areas in the Process of Transformation Into a Sustainable city.
    Abstract: This book discusses the challenges related to climate change mitigation and adaptation. It adds valuable strategies and insights into the development of new practices solving the identified social and economic problems related to ecosystem deterioration and anticipating other disasters related to climate change. As the decarbonization of cities and communities became an issue of great interest to many researchers, the book in hands will be of great importance to decision-makers and energy stakeholders and others seeking a more resilient and sustainable future and developing innovative technologies to overcome environmental deterioration. This book is a culmination of selected research papers from the first version of the international conference on ‘Climate Chance and Environmental Sustainability’ which was held in 2021 in collaboration with Chongqing University, China.
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    Pages: X, 250 p. 146 illus., 136 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031120152
    Series Statement: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12015-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-12015-2
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    Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals : Part 2: Science-based Target Setting for the Finance industry — Net-Zero Sectoral 1.5˚C Pathways for Real Economy Sectors (2022)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Environmental management. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Sciences. ; Environmental Management. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Science-based industry GHG targets, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and the scientific status quo of climate change -- Chapter 2: Development of industry GHG emission and energy demand– past, present and future perspectives -- Chapter 3: Industry GHG target setting, Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions – the concept -- Chapter 4: Modelling approaches -- Chapter 5: Main assumptions for Industry pathways -- Chapter 6: Renewable Process Heat -- Chapter 7: Renewable Fuels: Hydrogen-, Synthetic- and biofuels -- Chapter 8: Negative emissions: Nature-based-solutions -- Chapter 9: Industry energy pathways - Scenario results -- Chapter 10: Scope 3 industry emissions and future pathways -- Chapter 11: Mapping out Carbon Conservation and Protection Zones (CCPZ) -- Chapter 12: Discussion, Conclusions and Recommendations.
    Abstract: This open access book is designed as a continuation of the editor’s 2019 book Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals. This volume provides an in-depth analysis of industry sectors globally, and its purpose is to present emission reduction targets in 5-year steps (2025 to 2050) for the main twelve finance sectors per the Global Industry Classification System. This scientific analysis aims to support the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment initiative to give sustainability guidance for the global finance industry. The industry sector pathways presented here are based on the latest global and regional 100% renewable energy and non-energy greenhouse gas Representative Concentration Pathways in order to keep climate change significantly under +1.5 C and thereby achieve the Paris Climate Agreement goals. The heart of this book is three chapters presenting the results of industry scenario modelling. These chapters cover twelve industry and service sectors as well as transportation and buildings. The specific energy demand and specific emissions are presented based on the emission accounting concept of “Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3” emission pathways. This methodology has been developed to measure the climate and sustainability index for companies, and this research project expands the methodology to apply it to entire industry sectors. The results presented here are the first overall industry assessments under Scope 1, 2 and 3 from 2020 through 2050. The base for the energy pathways is the scenarios scenarios published in the previous volume. The nonenergy GHG emission scenarios, broken down to agriculture & forestry and industry, are detailed and include all major greenhouse gases and aerosols. The final section of the book presents the main conclusions of the industry pathway development work and recommendations for the finance industry and policy makers. Additionally, future qualitative future investment requirements in specific technologies and measures are presented.
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    Pages: LXXVIII, 384 p. 87 illus., 81 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030991777
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99177-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-99177-7
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    Perspectives on Public Policy in Societal-Environmental Crises : What the Future Needs from History (2022)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geography. ; Ecology . ; History. ; Bioclimatology. ; Earth and Environmental Sciences. ; Ecology. ; History. ; Climate Change Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction: what sort of past does our future need? -- Part I: History and public policy in the era of planetary crisis -- 2. What stories should historians be telling at the dawn of the Anthropocene? -- 3. The Anthropocene contract. What kind of historian–reader agreement does environmental historiography need? -- 4. History and utopian thinking in the era of the Anthropocene -- 5. Potentials and risks of futurology: lessons from late socialist Poland -- 6. Globalization as adaptive complexity: learning from failure -- 7. Disjunctures of practice and the problems of collapse -- Part II: Climate change -- 8. Geoengineering and the Middle Ages: Lessons from medieval volcanic eruptions for the Anthropocene -- 9. A perfect tsunami? El Nino, War and Resilience on Aceh, Sumatra -- 10. Social Responses to Climate Change in a Politically Decentralized Context: A Case Study from East African History -- 11. Resilience at the Edge: Strategies of Small-Scale Societies for Long-Term Sustainable Living in Dryland Environments -- 12. Beyond Boom and Bust: Climate in the History of Medieval Steppe Empires (c. 550-1350 CE) -- 13. Lessons for Modern Environmental and Climate Policy from Iron Age South Central Africa -- Part III: Crisis and recovery -- 14. Systemic Risk and Resilience: The Bronze Age Collapse and Recovery -- 15. Panarchy and the Adaptive Cycle: A Case Study from Mycenaean Greece -- 16. Managing the Roman Empire for the long term: risk assessment and management policy in the fifth to seventh centuries -- 17. Success and Failure in the Norse North Atlantic: Origins, Pathway Divergence, Extinction and Survival -- 18.Resilience of coupled socio-ecological systems: historic rice fields of the U.S. south -- 19. The Short- and Long-Term Effects of an Early Medieval Pandemic -- Part IV: Migration and the environment -- 20. The integration of settlers into existing socio-environmental settings: reclaiming the Greek lands after the Late Medieval crisis -- 21. Eastward migration in European history: the interplay of economic and environmental opportunities -- 22. The Environmental Dimension of Migration: the case of Post-WWII Poland -- Part V: Conclusions -- 23. Concluding remarks: interdisciplinarity and public policy.
    Abstract: This is an open access book. Histories we tell never emerge in a vacuum, and history as an academic discipline that studies the past is highly sensitive to the concerns of the present and the heated debates that can divide entire societies. But does the study of the past also have something to teach us about the future? Can history help us in coping with the planetary crisis we are now facing? By analyzing historical societies as complex adaptive systems, we contribute to contemporary thinking about societal-environmental interactions in policy and planning and consider how environmental and climatic changes, whether sudden high impact events or more subtle gradual changes, impacted human responses in the past. We ask how societal perceptions of such changes affect behavioral patterns and explanatory rationalities in premodernity, and whether a better historical understanding of these relationships can inform our response to contemporary problems of similar nature and magnitude, such as adapting to climate change.
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    Pages: IX, 347 p. 46 illus., 34 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030941376
    Series Statement: Risk, Systems and Decisions,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94137-6
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    Interlocal Adaptations to Climate Change in East and Southeast Asia : Sharing Lessons of Agriculture, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Resource Management (2022)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Natural disasters. ; Environmental management. ; Sustainability. ; Agriculture. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Climate Sciences. ; Natural Hazards. ; Environmental Management. ; Sustainability. ; Agriculture. ; Environmental Social Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Climate Change Risk and Adaptation (Makoto Tamura) -- Part 1. Agriculture and Natural Resource Management -- 2. Participatory Climate Change Adaptation Using Watershed Approach: Processes and Lessons from the Philippines (Juan M. Pulhin, Maricel A. Tapia-Villamayor, Josephine E. Garcia, Catherine C. De Luna, Rex Victor O. Cruz, Florencia B. Pulhin, and Mark Anthony M. Ramirez) -- 3. Climate Change Adaptation Practices Towards Sustainable Watershed Management: The case of Abuan Watershed in Ilagan City, Philippines (Orlando F. Balderama) -- 4. Economic Evaluation and Climate Change Adaptation Measures for Rice Production in Vietnam using a Supply and Demand Model: Special Emphasis on the Mekong River Delta region in Vietnam (Yuki Ishikawa-Ishiwata and Jun Furuya) -- 5. Small Coastal Island Ecosystems and Conservation Perspectives within Adaptation Efforts (Dietriech Geoffrey Bengen) -- Part 2. Disater Risk Reduction and Human Resource Development -- 6. Geotechnical Approaches to Disaster risk Reduction in Japan and Vietnam (Kazuya Yasuhara and Satoshi Murakami) -- 7. Climate Change Adaptation in Fisheries Livelihoods Associated with Mangrove Forests in Xuan Thuy National Park, Vietnam: A case study in Giao An Commune, Giao Thuy District, Nam Dinh Province (Thu Nguyen Hoai) -- 8. Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction Education in Japan (Aiko Sakurai and Tetsuji Ito) -- 9. The Practice of Education for Disaster Risk Mitigation in Vietnam: Lessons Learned from a Decade of Implementation 2010-2020 (Tong Thi My Thi , Nguyen Thi Hong Duong1, Nguyen The Hung , Tae Yoon Park) -- Part 3. Conclusion -- 10. Sharing Interlocal Adaptation Lessons (Makoto Tamura , Tetsuji Ito) -- Column 1. Southeast Asia Research-based Network on Climate Change Adaptation Science (SARNCCAR) (Tetsuji Ito and Akihiko Kotera) -- Column 2. Variations of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants in Hanoi, Vietnam (Tung Duy Do and Kazuyuki Kita) -- Column 3. Mixing Grey and Green Infrastructures for Coastal Adaptation in Vietnam (Makoto Tamura and Oanh Thi Pham) -- Column 4. The Effect of Climate Change and Natural Disasters on Mangrove Forests in Xuan Thuy National Park: Proposed Adaptation Solutions for Mangrove forests (Quang Van Nguyen) -- Column 5. Climate Change and Crop Management in Indonesia (Eri Matsuura and Nobuo Sakagami) -- Column 6. Stakeholder Perception and Empirical Evidence: Oil Palm Biomass Utilization as Climate-Smart Smallholder Practice (Sachnaz Desta Oktarina , Ratnawati Nurkhoiry, Rizki Amalia, Zulfi Prima Sani Nasution) -- Column 7. Water resource assessment and management in Phuket, Thailand (Sukanya Vongtanaboon) -- Column 8. Analysis on Measures for Preventing the Desertification in Inner Mongolia in China (Yulu Ma) -- Column 9. The Power of Dialogical Tools in in Participatory Learning.
    Abstract: This Open Access book’s main focus is agriculture and natural resource management, disaster risk reduction, and human resource development in the countries of East and Southeast Asia and Japan. Asia is one of the regions which is the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. More than sixty percent of the world’s people live in the region, making it the growth center of the world. Asia is vast and includes various countries and regions, this book is focused on East and Southeast Asia including Japan. It is essential to share the knowledge and experiences for adapting climate change among these areas. In order to tackle these issues, the book aims to: Promote inter-local lessons learnt sharing climate change adaptations; "agriculture and natural resource management" and "disaster risk reduction and human resource development" Provides insights into new adaptation measures and research approaches that can consider the regional nature of Southeast Asia Share practical adaptation options permeated by society in each country/region This book will be of interest to researchers and students examining climate change impacts in East and Southeast Asia.
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    Pages: XXIII, 164 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030812072
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81207-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-81207-2
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    Sustainability and the New Economics : Synthesising Ecological Economics and Modern Monetary Theory (2022)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geography. ; Sustainability. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Environmental management. ; Schools of economics. ; Economic policy. ; Earth and Environmental Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Renewable Energy. ; Environmental Management. ; Heterodox Economics. ; Economic Policy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction by William Rees -- Ch 1: The great acceleration, planetary boundaries and the Anthropocene, Will Steffen, Ch 2: Assessing natural environments: a summary, David Lindenmayer & Chris Dickman -- Ch 3: Human health and the natural environment, Colin D. Butler -- Ch 4:UN Sustainability Goals, Kerryn Higgs -- Ch. 5: The evolution of neoliberalism, John Quiggin -- Ch 6: Population growth, Ian Lowe -- Ch 7: Evaluation ‘The Limits to Growth’ 50 Years On, Kerryn Higgs -- Ch 8: The role of the fossil fuel industry, Ian Dunlop -- Ch 9: Economic failures of the IPCC process, Steve Keen -- Ch 10: Introduction to ecological economics, Philip Lawn & Stephen Williams -- Ch 11: Energy systems for sustainable prosperity, Mark Diesendorf -- Ch 12: Climate litigation and human rights, Michael Kirby & Sean Ryan -- Ch 13: What is a green deal without growth, Riccardo Mastini -- Ch 14: Paying a Green New Deal: MMT and the job guarantee, Steven Hall -- Ch 15: The Paradigm Shift, Stephen Williams -- Appendix.
    Abstract: This multidisciplinary book provides new insights and hope for sustainable prosperity given recent developments in economics – but only if swift and strong actions consistent with Earth’s biophysical limits and principles of justice are universally taken. It is one thing to put limits on resource throughput and waste generation to conform with the ecosphere’s biocapacity. It is another thing to efficiently allocate a sustainable rate of resource throughput and ensure it is equitably distributed in the form of final goods and services. While the separate but interdependent decisions regarding throughput, distribution, and allocation are the essence of ecological economics, dealing with them in a world that needs to cure its growth addiction requires a realistic understanding of macroeconomics and the fiscal capacity of currency-issuing central governments. Sustainable prosperity demands that we harness this understanding to carefully regulate the rate of resource throughput and manipulate macroeconomic outcomes to facilitate human flourishing. The book begins by outlining humanity’s current predicament of gross ecological overshoot and laments the half-century of missed opportunities since The Limits to Growth (1972). What was once economic growth has become, in many high-income countries, uneconomic growth (additional costs exceeding additional benefits), which is no longer advancing wellbeing. Meanwhile, low-income nations need a dose of efficient and equitable growth to escape poverty while protecting their environments and the global commons. The book argues for a synthesis of our increasing knowledge of the ecosphere’s limited carrying capacity and the power of governments to harness, transform, and distribute resources for the common good. Central to this synthesis must be a correct understanding of the difference between financial constraints and real resource constraints. While the latter apply to everyone, the former do not apply to currency-issuing central governments, which have much more capacity for corrective action than mainstream thinking perceives. The book joins the growing chorus of authoritative voices calling for a complete overhaul of the dominant economic system. We conclude with policy recommendations based on a new economics that, if implemented, would come close to guaranteeing a sustainable and prosperous future. Upon reading this book, at least one thing should be crystal clear: business as usual is not a viable option.
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    Pages: VIII, 344 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030787950
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78795-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-78795-0
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    Introduction to Climate Change Management : Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Economy (2021)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Cogeneration of electric power and heat. ; Fossil fuels. ; Environmental management. ; Political planning. ; Environmental Law. ; Climate Sciences. ; Fossil Fuel. ; Environmental Management. ; Public Policy. ; Environmental Law.
    Description / Table of Contents: The science background -- Counting carbon -- Reducing emissions -- Policy framework -- Adapting to climate change -- Monitoring, reporting and verification -- Conclusions and further reading.
    Abstract: This book provides climate students with the basic scientific background to climate change management. Students will learn about international and national approaches to climate change management defined in voluntary initiatives as well as in national law and international agreements. The book describes mitigation and adaptation measures, monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions, and strategies for achieving a low-carbon economy, including green finance. This book combines theory and practice, introducing students to the conceptual background but also taking a professional and technical approach with case studies and low carbon toolkits. Filled with didactic elements such as concept schemes, tables, charts, figures, examples, as well as questions and answers at the end of the chapters, this book aims to engage critical thinking and the discussion of important topics of our days. The low-carbon strategy is one of the answers to limiting the greenhouse effect on our planet. This strategy is to minimize the overall carbon consumption in the life cycle of the products we consume, from the extraction of raw materials to the end of their life. The future is being built today. This book will guide its readers along the path of imagining and realizing a low-carbon economy.
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    Pages: XIX, 263 p. 51 illus., 43 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030879181
    Series Statement: Springer Climate,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87918-1
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    Towards Implementation of Sustainability Concepts in Developing Countries (2021)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geography. ; Science Study and teaching. ; Bioclimatology. ; Engineering geology. ; Landscape architecture. ; Earth and Environmental Sciences. ; Science Education. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Geoengineering. ; Landscape Architecture. ; Earth Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Evaluation of the Sustainable Building Materials for Economic Housing in Egypt -- The Architectural Design of Outdoor Spaces in Oncology Hospitals. Toward Achieving Social Sustainability for Oncology Patients -- Visual Comfort in Elder Care Facilities: Promoting Environmental Gerontology Theory -- The Relation Between Walking and Urban Form: Identifying Gaps in Egyptian Literature -- Heritage Sites: Towards Creative Ambiance in Public Spaces Attached - Impact of Creative Ambiance on Societal Development -- Understanding challenges/barriers and the motivations of farmers to adopt Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs): case study of Sumerpur Tehsil of Rajasthan, India -- Sustainable Living Fences (SLF): To Develop the Function and Form of Universities’ Fences. (Based on Value Architecture) -- Toward a Sustainable Design of the Rehabilitation Centers For Addiction -- Toward Resiliency through Sustainable Urban Formation in Baghdad -- Improving Sustainability in Indian Cities through Expansion of Edible Green Spaces: Exploring Million Plus Cities of Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad.
    Abstract: This book focuses on sustainability concepts in architecture and urban design, environmental issues, and natural resources. Today it has become essential to reduce carbon emissions, protect habitats, and preserve the delicate ecosystems of our planet. Accordingly, sustainable development has to be improved by decreasing the consumption of non-renewable resources, in order to help nature replenish itself. Further, it highlights the efforts that have been made by architects, environmentalists, engineers, students, planners and everyone in between in order to improve sustainability in various developing communities and countries.
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    Pages: XV, 324 p. 214 illus., 183 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030743499
    Series Statement: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74349-9
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    Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Volume 255 : Glyphosate (2021)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geography. ; Environmental management. ; Food Safety measures. ; Earth and Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Management. ; Food Safety.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Glyphosate: Uses Other than in Glyphosate-Resistant Crops, Mode of Action, Degradation in Plants, and Effects on Non-Target Plants and Agricultural Microbes -- 2. History and Outlook for Glyphosate-Resistant Crops -- 3. Ecotoxicology of Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds -- 4. Ecotoxicology of Glyphosate, its Formulants, and Environmental Degradation Products.
    Abstract: Glyphosate: Uses Other than in Glyphosate-Resistant Crops, Mode of Action, Degradation in Plants, and Effects on Non-Target Plants and Agricultural Microbes Stephen O. Duke History and Outlook for Glyphosate-Resistant Crops Jerry M. Green and Daniel L. Siehl Evolution of Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds Yousoon Baek, Lucas Kopecky Bobadilla, Darci A. Giacomini, Jacob S. Montgomery, Brent P. Murphy, and Patrick J. Tranel Ecotoxicology of Glyphosate, its formulants, and Fnvironmental Degradation Products José L. Rodríguez-Gil, Ryan S. Prosser, Stephen O. Duke, and Keith R. Solomon.
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    Pages: XVII, 205 p. 10 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030684839
    Series Statement: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Continuation of Residue Reviews, 255
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68483-9
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    Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Volume 257 (2021)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geography. ; Environmental management. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Earth and Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Management. ; Water. ; Environmental Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Trends and Sources of Heavy Metal Pollution in Global River and Lake Sediments from 1970 to 2018 -- A Review on Prediction Models for Pesticide Use, Transmission, and Its Impacts -- Effects of Dissolved Organic Matter on the Bioavailability of Heavy Metals During Microbial Dissimilatory Iron Reduction: A Review -- The Toxic Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Nerve Cells: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis -- A Systematic Review on Occurrence and Ecotoxicity of Organic UV Filters in Aquatic Organisms -- Micro and Nano-plastics in the Environment: Research Priorities for the Near Future.
    Abstract: Trends and Sources of Heavy Metal Pollution in Global River and Lake Sediments from 1970 to 2018 Yandong Niu, Falin Chen, Youzhi Li, and Bo Ren A Review on Prediction Models for Pesticide Use, Transmission, and Its Impacts Edwin Prem Kumar Gilbert and Lydia Edwin Effects of Dissolved Organic Matter on the Bioavailability of Heavy Metals During Microbial Dissimilatory Iron Reduction: A Review Yuanhang Li and Xiaofeng Gong The Toxic Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Nerve Cells: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Atousa Janzadeh, Michael R Hamblin, Narges Janzadeh, Hosseyn Arzani, MahsaTashakori-Miyanroudi, Mahmood Yousefifard, and Fatemeh Ramezani A Systematic Review on Occurrence and Ecotoxicity of Organic UV Filters in Aquatic Organisms Ved Prakash and Sadasivam Anbumani Micro and Nano-plastics in the Environment: Research Priorities for the Near Future Marco Vighi, Javier Bayo, Francisca Fernández-Piñas, Jesús Gago, May Gómez, Javier Hernández-Borges, Alicia Herrera, Junkal Landaburu, Soledad Muniategui-Lorenzo, Antonio-Román Muñoz, Andreu Rico, Cristina Romera-Castillo, Lucía Viñas, and Roberto Rosal.
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    Pages: XV, 218 p. 10 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030882174
    Series Statement: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Continuation of Residue Reviews, 257
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88217-4
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