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    Balanced Urban Development: Options and Strategies for Liveable Cities (2016)
    Cham : Springer
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    Keywords: Geography ; Hydrology ; Environmental management ; Regional planning ; Urban planning ; Landscape ecology ; Sustainable development ; Geography ; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning ; Hydrology/Water Resources ; Sustainable Development ; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management ; Landscape Ecology
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Introduction --- 1. Balanced Urban Development: Is it a myth or reality? - Part II: Peri-Urbansation --- 2. Re-Ruralising the Urban Edge: Lessons from Europe, USA & the Global South --- 3. Nimbyism and Nature – Whose Backyard is it Anyway? - 4. Connecting Urban and Rural Futures Through Rural Design --- 5. Archaeology and Contemporary Dynamics for More Sustainable, Resilient Cities in the Peri-Urban Interface --- 6. Decontamination of Urban Run-off: Importance and Methods --- Part III: Peri-Urban Culture and Socio-Economy --- 7. Socio-economy of Peri-Urban Areas: The Case of Lisbon Metropolitan Area --- 8. Changing Economic Scenario of the Peri-Urban Area of Udaipur City, India --- 9. Community Stakeholder Viewpoints on Issues of Urbanisation along the River Ma Oya, Sri Lanka --- Part IV: Peri-Urban Landuse Planning --- 10. The role of peri-urban land use planning in resilient urban agriculture: a case study of Melbourne, Australia --- 11. Engaging Peri-Urban Landholders in Natural Resources Management.-12. Urban Farming Master Plan in Western Sydney - From Planning to Reality --- Part V: Urban Water Security --- 13. Study of urban water bodies in view of potential for micro-climatic cooling and natural purification of waste water --- 14. Groundwater Crisis in a Mega City – A Case Study of New Delhi, India --- 15. Safe Water Supply Determinants in Peri-Urban Communities of South-East Nigeria --- 16. Risks of Coal Seam and Shale Gas Extraction on Groundwater and Aquifers in Eastern Australia --- Part VI: Wastewater and Irrigation --- 17. Use of recycled water for irrigation of open spaces: Benefits and Risks --- 18. Global Experiences on Wastewater Irrigation: Challenges and Prospects --- 19. Impacts of Wastewater Reuse on Peri-Urban Agriculture: Case Study in Udaipur City, India --- Part VII: Urban Agriculture and Food Security --- 20. Urban Agriculture in Cuba: Alternative Legal Structures, Crisis and Change --- 21. High quality agricultural land in Western Australia – A new decision tool for planning --- 22. Food Efficient Planning and Design for Peri-urban Neighbourhoods --- 23. Role of Peri-urban Areas in the Food System of Kampala, Uganda --- Part VIII: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations --- 24. Climate Change Adaptation Planning with Peri-Urban Local Government in Victoria, Australia --- 25. Awareness of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation at Local Level in Punjab, Pakistan --- 26. Urbanisation, Nutrition and Food Security: A Climatological Perspective --- 27. Coastal Urban and Peri-Urban Indigenous People’s Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change --- Part IX: Legal, Policy and Institutional Challenges --- 28. Effect of Social and Institutional Fragmentation on Collective Action in Peri-urban Settings --- 29. Gentrification versus Territorialisation: The Peri-Urban Agriculture Area in Beirut --- 30. Reimagining the “Peri-Urban” in the Mega-Urban Regions of Southeast Asia --- Part X: Integrated Urban Development --- 31. Sustainability of Water Resources in Peri-urban Landscapes: Learning from the Journey of Engagement --- 32. Development of Future Management Options for the Hawkesbury River --- 33. Planning Development to Reduce Mosquito Hazard in Coastal Peri-Urban Areas: Case Studies in NSW, Australia --- 34. An Integrated Simulation and Visualisation Platform for the Design of Sustainable Urban Developments in a Peri-Urban Context --- 35. Options and Strategies for Balanced Development for Liveable Cities: An Epilogue
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXII, 601 pages) , 136 illustrations, 109 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319281124
    URL: https://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-3-319-28112-4
    Language: English
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    Evaluating Climate Change Action for Sustainable Development (2017)
    Cham : Springer
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    Keywords: Environment ; Climate change ; Environmental management ; Sustainable development ; Environment ; Climate Change ; Sustainable Development ; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts ; Environmental Management
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction --- 2. Action on Climate Change: What Does it Mean and Where Does it Lead To? --- Part 1. Policy --- 3. Mainstreaming Impact Evidence in Climate Change and Sustainable Development --- 4. Pathway to Impact: Supporting and Evaluating Enabling Environments for Research for Development --- 5. Lessons from Taking Stock of 12 years of Swiss International Cooperation on Climate Change --- 6. An Analytical Framework for Evaluating a Diverse Climate Change Portfolio --- 7. Enhancing the Joint Crediting Mechanism MRV to Contribute to Sustainable Development --- Part 2. Climate Change Mitigation --- 8. Using Mixed Methods to Assessing Trade-offs Between Agricultural Decisions and Deforestation --- 9. Methodological Approach of the GEF IEO’s Climate Change Mitigation Impact Evaluation: Assessing Progress in Market Change for Reduction of CO2 Emissions --- 10. Integrating Avoided Emissions in Climate Change Evaluation Policies for LDCs: The Case of Passive Solar Houses in Afghanistan --- 11. Sustainable Development, Climate Change, and Renewable Energy in Rural Central America --- 12. Unpacking the Black Box of Technology Distribution, Development Potential and Carbon Markets Benefits --- Part 3. Climate Change Adaptation.-13. What do Evaluations Tell Us About Climate Change Adaptation? Meta-Analysis with a Realist Approach --- 14. Adaptation Processes in Agriculture and Food Security: Insights from Evaluating Behavioral Changes in West Africa --- 15. Using Participatory Approaches in Measuring Resilience and Development in Isiolo County, Kenya --- 16. Evaluating Climate Change Adaptation in Practice: A Child-Centred, Community-Based Project in the Philippines --- 17. Drought Preparedness Policies and Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Measures in Brazil: An Institutional Change Assessment --- 18. The Adaptation M&E Navigator: A Decision Support Tool for the Selection of Suitable Approaches to Monitor and Evaluate Adaptation to Climate Change
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXIV, 355 pages) , 44 illustrations, 36 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319437026
    URL: https://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-3-319-43702-6
    Language: English
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    Integrated Groundwater Management : Concepts, Approaches and Challenges (2016)
    Cham : Springer
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    Keywords: Earth sciences ; Environmental management ; Hydrogeology ; Sustainable development ; Economic growth ; Earth Sciences ; Hydrogeology ; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management ; Economic Growth ; Sustainable Development
    Description / Table of Contents: From the Contents: Overview concepts, approaches and challenges of integrated groundwater management --- Disentangling the complexity of a groundwater dependent socio-ecological system --- The scale of the groundwater issue internationally --- Groundwater law --- Groundwater regulation and integrated water planning
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIII, 762 pages) , 101 illustrations
    ISBN: 9783319235769
    URL: https://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-3-319-23576-9
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    Designing Sustainable Energy for All : Sustainable Product-Service System Design Applied to Distributed Renewable Energy (2018)
    Cham : Springer
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    Keywords: Energy ; Renewable energy resources ; Industrial management ; Environmental aspects ; Engineering design ; Renewable energy sources ; Alternate energy sources ; Green energy industries ; Sustainable development ; Energy ; Renewable and Green Energy ; Engineering Design ; Sustainable Development ; Sustainability Management
    Description / Table of Contents: PART I – Sustainable Energy for All (SE4A) --- 1. Energy and Sustainable Development --- 2. Distributed Renewable Energies --- 3. Sustainable Product-Service System --- 4. Sustainable Product-Service System applied to Distributed Renewable Energies --- PART II – Design for Sustainable Energy for All --- 5. Design for Sustainability --- 6. Human-Centred Design and Universal Design --- 7. System Design for Sustainable Energy for All (SD4SEA) --- PART III – Method for System Design for Sustainable Energy --- 8. Method for SD4SEA
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXXIII, 208 pages) , 83 illustrations, 79 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319702230
    URL: https://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-3-319-70223-0
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    Education and Skills for Inclusive Growth, Green Jobs and the Greening of Economies in Asia : Case Study Summaries of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam (2018)
    Singapore : Springer
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    Keywords: Business ; Management ; Industrial management ; Technical education ; Sustainable development ; Business and Management ; Innovation/Technology Management ; Sustainable Development ; Engineering/Technology Education
    Description / Table of Contents: Overview --- Introduction --- Summary of Main Research Findings and Storylines: India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam --- Case Study of a Private Sector Firm in Indonesia --- A Holistic Approach to Greening TVET: A Case Study and Analysis of Bac Thang Long Economic Technical College Practices --- Summary, Conclusions, and the Way Ahead: Cross-Country Concerns, Issues, and Prospects
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXII, 198 pages) , 19 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9789811065590
    URL: https://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-981-10-6559-0
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    Evaluating Climate Change Action for Sustainable Development (2017)
    Cham : Springer
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    Keywords: Environment ; Climate change ; Environmental management ; Sustainable development ; Environment ; Climate Change ; Sustainable Development ; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts ; Environmental Management
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction --- 2. Action on Climate Change: What Does it Mean and Where Does it Lead To? --- Part 1. Policy --- 3. Mainstreaming Impact Evidence in Climate Change and Sustainable Development --- 4. Pathway to Impact: Supporting and Evaluating Enabling Environments for Research for Development --- 5. Lessons from Taking Stock of 12 years of Swiss International Cooperation on Climate Change --- 6. An Analytical Framework for Evaluating a Diverse Climate Change Portfolio --- 7. Enhancing the Joint Crediting Mechanism MRV to Contribute to Sustainable Development --- Part 2. Climate Change Mitigation --- 8. Using Mixed Methods to Assessing Trade-offs Between Agricultural Decisions and Deforestation --- 9. Methodological Approach of the GEF IEO’s Climate Change Mitigation Impact Evaluation: Assessing Progress in Market Change for Reduction of CO2 Emissions --- 10. Integrating Avoided Emissions in Climate Change Evaluation Policies for LDCs: The Case of Passive Solar Houses in Afghanistan --- 11. Sustainable Development, Climate Change, and Renewable Energy in Rural Central America --- 12. Unpacking the Black Box of Technology Distribution, Development Potential and Carbon Markets Benefits --- Part 3. Climate Change Adaptation.-13. What do Evaluations Tell Us About Climate Change Adaptation? Meta-Analysis with a Realist Approach --- 14. Adaptation Processes in Agriculture and Food Security: Insights from Evaluating Behavioral Changes in West Africa --- 15. Using Participatory Approaches in Measuring Resilience and Development in Isiolo County, Kenya --- 16. Evaluating Climate Change Adaptation in Practice: A Child-Centred, Community-Based Project in the Philippines --- 17. Drought Preparedness Policies and Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Measures in Brazil: An Institutional Change Assessment --- 18. The Adaptation M&E Navigator: A Decision Support Tool for the Selection of Suitable Approaches to Monitor and Evaluate Adaptation to Climate Change
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXIV, 355 pages) , 44 illustrations, 36 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319437026
    URL: https://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-3-319-43702-6
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    Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides : Volume 1 ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025 (2017)
    Cham : Springer
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    Keywords: Earth sciences ; Natural disasters ; Engineering geology ; Engineering ; Geology ; Foundations ; Hydraulics ; Sustainable development ; Earth Sciences ; Natural Hazards ; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics ; Sustainable Development
    Description / Table of Contents: ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025 --- The ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025: Background and Content --- Forum lectures --- Rupestrian world heritage sites: Instability investigation and sustainable mitigation --- Subaerial landslide-generated waves: Numerical and laboratory simulations --- Rockfall occurrence and fragmentation --- Contribution from signatory organizations of the Sendai Partnerships --- International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) --- International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) - The proposing organization of the ISDR-ICL Sendai partnerships 2015-2025 --- United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) --- UNISDR‘s Contribution to Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Role of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) --- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) --- UNESCO’s Contribution to the Implementation of UNISDR’s Global Initiative and ICL --- United Nations University (UNU) --- The United Nations University: Research and Policy Support for Environmental Risk Reduction --- World Meteorological Organization (WMO) --- Concerted International Efforts for Advancing Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems --- International Council for Science (ICSU) --- On Future Challenges for the Integration of Science into International Policy Development for Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction --- World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) --- World Federation of Engineering Organizations Activities in Disaster Risk Reduction --- Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University --- National Civil Protection Department, Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Government of Italy --- Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk: Challenges and Opportunities for Italian Civil Protection --- Landslide Dynamics: ISDR-ICL Landslide Interactive Teaching Tools (LITT) --- Progress of the World Report on Landslides --- International Programme on Landslides (IPL): Objectives, History and List of World Centres of Excellence and IPL Projects --- UNESCO-KU-ICL UNITWIN Cooperation Programme for Landslides and Water-Related Disaster Risk Management. Landslides: Journal of the International Consortium on Landslides --- IPL Activities --- Advanced Technologies for Landslides (WCoE 2014-2017, IPL-196, IPL-198) --- Mechanisms of Landslides and Creep in Over-Consolidated Clays and Flysch (WCoE 2014-2017 --- Research on Heavy-Rainfall-Induced and Hydraulic-Driven Geological Hazards in China (WCoE 2014-2017). Landslide Risk Reduction in Croatia: Scientific research in the framework of the WCoE 2014-2017, IPL-173, IPL-184, ICL ABN --- Shapes and Mechanisms of Large-scale Landslides in Japan: Forecasting Analysis from an Inventory (WCoE 2014–2017 --- Retrospective and Prospects for Cold Regions Landslide Research (2012-2016) (WCoE 2014-2017, IPL-132, IPL-167, IPL-203, CRLN --- Large-scale Rockslide Inventories: from the Kokomeren River Basin to the Entire Central Asia Region (WCoE 2014-2017, IPL-106-2) --- Interventions for Promoting Knowledge, Innovations and Landslide Risk Management Practices within South and Southeast Asia (WCoE 2014-2017) --- Promoting a Global Standard for Community-based Landslide Early Warning Systems (WCoE 2014-2017, IPL-158, IPL-165) --- Model Policy Frameworks, Standards and Guidelines on Landslide Disaster Reduction (WCoE 2014-2017) --- Landslide Hazard and Risk Management (WCoE 2014-2017) --- Mitigation of Landslide Hazards in Ukraine under the Guidance of ICL: 2009–2016 (IPL-153, IPL-191) --- Development of a Hazard Evaluation Technique for Earthquake-Induced Landslides Based on an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) (IPL-154) --- The Croatian-Japanese SATREPS Joint Research Project on Landslides (IPL-161)
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXVI, 586 pages) , 372 illustrations, 350 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319594699
    URL: https://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-3-319-59469-9
    Language: English
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    Life Cycle Management (2015)
    Dordrecht : Springer
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    Keywords: Environment ; Renewable energy resources ; Environmental sciences ; Renewable energy sources ; Alternate energy sources ; Green energy industries ; Environmental management ; Sustainable development ; Environment ; Sustainable Development ; Environmental Management ; Renewable and Green Energy ; Environmental Science and Engineering
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Introducing Life Cycle Management --- Introduction: Life Cycle Management --- Life Cycle Management: Implementing Sustainability in Business Practice --- Life Cycle Management as a Way to Operationalize Sustainability Within Organizations --- How to Implement Life Cycle Management in Business? --- Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: A Tool for Exercising due Diligence in Life Cycle Management --- Life Cycle Management: Labeling, Declarations and Certifications at the Product Level —Different Approaches --- Mainstreaming the Use of Life Cycle Management in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Using a Sector Based and Regional Approach --- Part II: Advancing the Implementation of Life Cycle Management in Business Practice --- From Projects to Processes to Implement Life Cycle Management in Business --- How to Make the LCA Team a Business Partner --- Sustainability Improvements and Life Cycle Approaches in Industry Partnerships --- Sustainable Value Creation with Life Cycle Management --- Part III: Life Cycle Management as Part of Sustainable Consumption and Production Strategies and Policies --- Hotspots Analysis: Providing the Focus for Action --- From Sustainable Production to Sustainable Consumption.-Life Cycle Management Responsibilities and Procedures in the Value Chain --- Policy Options for Life Cycle Assessment Deployment in Legislation --- Part IV: Mainstreaming and Capacity Building on Life Cycle Management --- Taking Life Cycle Management Mainstream: Integration in Corporate Finance and Accounting --- Building Organizational Capability for Life Cycle Management --- Promoting Life Cycle Thinking, Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Management Within Business in Brazil --- Mainstreaming Life Cycle Sustainability Management in Rapidly Growing and Emerging Economies Through Capacity-building.-Communication and Collaboration as Essential Elements for Mainstreaming Life Cycle Management.-Part V: Implementation and Case Studies of Life Cycle Management in Different Business and Industry Sector --- Exploring Challenges and Opportunities of Life Cycle Management in the Electricity Sector --- Life Cycle Management Applied to Urban Fabric Planning --- Implementing Life Cycle Engineering in Automotive Development as a Helpful Management Tool to Support Design for Environment --- Managing Life cycle Sustainability Aspects in the Automotive Industry --- Life Cycle Management as a Way to Operationalize the Creating Shared Value Concept in the Food and Beverage Industry: A Case Study
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 353 pages) , 49 illustrations, 28 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9789401772211
    URL: https://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-94-017-7221-1
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    Enabling Asia to Stabilise the Climate (2016)
    Singapore : Springer
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    Keywords: Environment ; Climate change ; Environmental management ; Sustainable development ; Environment ; Sustainable Development ; Climate Change Management and Policy ; Environmental Management
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction --- Part 1: Asia is a key for sustainable low carbon society --- 1. GHG reduction potential in Asia --- 2. Transition to a low carbon future in China towards 2°C Global target --- 3. India’s GHG Emission Reduction and Sustainable Development --- 4. 80% reduction scenario in Japan --- 5. Potential of low carbon development in Vietnam, from practices to legal framework --- Part 2: Brigding the gap between modeling and real policy development --- 6. Designing a National Policy Framework for NAMAs -Lesson learnt from Thailand- --- 7. ‘Science-to-Action’ of the Sustainable Low Carbon City-region --- Part 3:Best parctices and recommendations in each sector to make it happen --- 8. Low Carbon Transport in India - Assessment of Best Practice Case Studies - --- 9. Potential of Reducing GHG Emission from REDD+ Activities in Indonesia --- 10. Fostering capacity development for ASIA leapfrog --- 11. Capacity development on GHG inventories in Asia -WGIA Workshop on Greenhouse gas Inventory in Asia- --- 12. Japan’s Comprehensive and Continual Support Package for the Creation of Scientific Climate Policies in Asia
    Pages: Online-Ressource (X, 270 pages) , 99 illustrations, 70 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9789812878267
    URL: https://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-981-287-826-7
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    Bioeconomy : Shaping the Transition to a Sustainable, Biobased Economy (2018)
    Cham : Springer
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Ecosystems ; Sustainable development ; Natural resources ; Agricultural economics ; Life Sciences ; Ecosystems ; Sustainable Development ; Agricultural Economics ; Natural Resource and Energy Economics ; Natural Resources
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction --- Part I: Bioeconomy Concepts and Research Methods --- Chapter 2: Context --- Chapter 3: Bioeconomy concepts --- Chapter 4: Core principles --- Chapter 4: Inter- and Transdisciplinarity in the Bioeconomy --- Part II: Knowledge Base for Biobased Value Chains --- Chapter 5:Biobased Resources and Value Chains --- Chapter 6: Primary Production --- Chapter 7: Processing of Biobased Resources --- Chapter 8: Markets, Sustainability management and Entrepreneurship.- Part III: Transition to a Sustainable Bioeconomy --- Chapter9:  Modelling and Tools Supporting the Transition to a Bioeconomy --- Chapter 10: Environmental Economics, the Bioeconomy and the Role of Government --- Chapter 11: Economic Growth, Development, and Innovation – The Transformation towards a Knowledge-based Bioeconomy --- Chapter 12: The Bioeconomist
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VI, 354 pages) , 165 illustrations, 139 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319681528
    URL: https://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-3-319-68152-8
    Language: English
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