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Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Fractionation strategies -- Chapter 3. Biochemical conversion of cellulose -- Chapter 4. Biochemical conversion of hemicellulose -- Chapter 5. Biochemical conversion of lignin -- Chapter 6. Thermochemical conversion of cellulose and hemicellulose -- Chapter 7. Thermochemical conversion of lignin -- Chapter 8. Material application of lignin -- Chapter 9. TEA for evaluating biorefinery strategies.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Introduction -- 1.Sustainability in food science and food industry: where are we now? – Viewpoints of the EFFoST Working Group on Sustainable Food Systems -- 2. Innovative processing: from raw material (culture), harvesting, post harvesting, processing, and applications -- Part II: Mechanism of action of nonthermal processing technologies (NTP) -- 3. Fundamental mechanisms of action -- 4. Electro-technologies: pulsed electric fields, cold plasma, radio-frequency and oscillating magnetic fields, electrohydrodynamic processing, electron beam processing and ionizing radiation -- 5. Pressure-based technologies: high pressure processing; supercritical and subcritical fluid processing -- 6. Mechanical technologies: ultrasound, and hydrodynamic cavitation -- 7. Non-electro-technologies: gamma rays, UV light, pulsed light, ozonation, photodynamic and membrane processing -- 8. Non-electro-technologies: gamma rays, UV light, ozone, photodynamic and membrane processing -- Part 3: Implementation of novel nonthermal technologies in agri-food-bio sciences -- 9. Nonthermal Processing Technologies: Synergies and new applications in food engineering -- 10. Implementation of novel nonthermal plasma air cleaner in a plant factory -- 11. LED-based photosensitization – a prospect for visible light-driven nonthermal fresh produce sanitation -- 12. Electrospinning Technology: Its Process Conditions and Food Packaging Applications -- 13. Application of encapsulation technology in the agri-food sector -- Part 4. Nonthermal processing legislation -- 14. Overview of legislation across the globe, diagnostics and standards which provide a legal and regulatory framework in which NTP is used worldwide -- 15. Current technology readiness levels (TRL) of nonthermal technologies and research gaps for improved process control and integration into existing production lines -- 16. Industry implementation (scale-up): Clients’ experience towards understanding of how regulations are affecting novel product development -- 17. Supercritical fluids as a tool for sustainable manufacturing of added value products -- Part 5 Mechanisms of validation of nonthermal processes in biomaterials and agri-food applications -- 18. Current validation of NTP technologies and overview of their current and potential implementation in the production chain including agri-food wastes -- Part 6. Sustainable perspective of nonthermal technologies -- 19. New product development from marine sources and side streams valorization using nonthermal processing technologies -- 20. Efficient production of functional and bioactive compounds and foods for use in food, pharma, cosmetic and other industries -- 21. Decontamination of fruit juices by combination of high intensity pulsed light and other nonthermal technologies -- 22. Food-On-A-Chip: Relevance of Microfluidics in food processing -- Part 7. Food waste management and sustainable parameters analysis -- 21. Analysis and comparison of environmental impacts of nonthermal food technologies -- 22. Emerging non-thermal processing of food waste and by-products for sustainable food systems - selected cases -- 23. Strategies for commercializing scientific results and combining separate processes into complex technologies -- 24 Sustainable processing through efficient use of energy and minimizing waste production -- 25. Food Safety and Security (HACCP and HAZOP) for Consumers and Workers (Nonthermal Technologies and their use) -- Part 8. Success stories of industrial implementation of nonthermal technologies -- 26.: Innovative success stories on commercial non-thermal technologies - interviews of major food industries working in this area. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Prologue: What is Satoumi? -- Chapter 2. The History and Future of Satoumi Concept -- Chapter 3.Global Effect of the Satoumi Concept – Harmony of Human Society with the Ocean Biome -- Chapter 4. Roles of Women in Satoumi -- Chapter 5. Enlivening Ecosystems with Human Hands: Building Satoumi through Coral Reef Culture -- Chapter 6. Restoring Eelgrass Beds and Culturing Oysters -- Chapter 7. Reviving Abandoned Aquaculture Ponds and Coastal Areas by Integrated Multi Tropic Aquaculture -- Chapter 8. Conserving Multiple Coral Reef Resources -- Chapter 9. Villagers Managing Lake Fisheries Resources by Themselves: Mbenji Islands in Lake Malawi -- Chapter 10. Protecting Fisheries Resources through Marine Protected Area Networks – Fiji -- Chapter 11. Connecting Local Regions and Cities through Mozuku Seaweed Farming and Coral Reef Restoration: Onna Village, Okinawa -- Chapter 12. Divers and Fishermen Working Together to Create Satoumi -- Chapter 13. Models for Implementing the Satoumi Concept via Residential Research Institute Collaborations with Citizen Scientists in the United States -- Chapter 14. Epilogue: Opening the Way to Sustainable Futures with Satoumi.

Description / Table of Contents: 1 General Introduction -- 2 Peace Ecology in the Anthropocene for Africa -- 3 Civil Society, Climate Change, Security Risks Management and Peacebuilding in the Anthropocene -- 4 Faith-based Organisations and Environmental Peace: Impact of Laudato Si’ and Its Relevance in the Anthropocene -- 5 Healing Nature and Creation in the Anthropocene: A Reflection on the Role of Religion -- 6 Empowering Women to Build Peace: A Case Study of Grace to Heal Trust in Lupane District -- 7 Peacebuilding through Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Lessons from Civil Society Organisations in Zimbabwe -- 8 Civil Society and Peacebuilding in the Kivu Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo -- 9 Zimbabwe’s National Peace and Reconciliation Commission and Civil Society: Partners in Peacebuilding? -- 10 Civil Society and Peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Opportunities, Challenges and Recommendations -- 11 Promoting Democratisation in DR Congo: The Case Study of Act for Transparent and Peaceful Elections -- 12 Civil Society Organisations and School Peace Clubs in South Africa: An Outcome Evaluation -- 13 The Challenges and Opportunities for Civil Society in Peacebuilding: Lessons from the Matabeleland Collective, Zimbabwe -- 14 The Role of Civil Society Participation in Social Cohesion Processes in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.-15 Building the Capacity of Civil Society Organisations in Nonviolent Campaigning: A Case Study from South Sudan -- 16 How Informal Peace Committees Complement Macro-infrastructures for Peace in Zimbabwe -- 17 Protecting and Nurturing Children Born from Rape in South Kivu Communities: A Challenge for Civil Society -- 18 Indigenous Peacebuilding Approaches and the Accountability of Former Child Soldiers: African Case Studies -- 19 Navigating Channels for Civil Society Participation in Conflict Prevention and Peace-Making in the African Peace & Security Architecture -- 20 Centre-periphery Relations Between Civil Society Organisations and External Funding Partners: A Case Study of South Kivu’s Peace and Development Agenda. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 - Properties of inorganic nanoparticles that can be applied to agriculture -- Chapter 2 - Strategies to produce cost-effective fertilizer-based nanoparticles -- Chapter 3 - Physicochemical properties of inorganic nanoparticles in aqueous media and agricultural tank mixtures -- Chapter 4 - Mechanisms of root and leaf uptake, transport, storage, metabolism, and detoxication of inorganic nanoparticles -- Chapter 5 - Nanoparticles for seed treatment -- Chapter 6 - Pesticide effects of inorganic nanoparticles -- Chapter 7 - Nanoparticles in soils: transport, fate and capacity to enhance soil properties -- Chapter 8 - Nanoparticles for remediation of agricultural contaminated soils -- Chapter 9 - Implications of nanoparticles on the dynamics of the rhizosphere and microbial community -- Chapter 10 - Nanoparticles as bio stimulants Chapter 11 - Nanoparticles in plant diagnosis -- Chapter 12 - Nanoparticles used as biosensors in the agri-sector -- Chapter 13 - A comparison of the performance of inorganic and organic nanocarriers in agriculture -- Chapter 14 - Balancing the benefits to agriculture and adverse ecotoxicological impacts of inorganic nanoparticles -- Chapter 15 - Efficacy of nanoparticles on crops: lab versus field trials -- Chapter 16 - Porous inorganic nanoparticles as pesticide or nutrient carriers -- Chapter 17 - Uptake and translocation of nanomaterials by plants and their possible inclusion in the trophic chain.

Description / Table of Contents: SEAWEEDS FOR FOOD AND HEALTH APPLICATIONS -- Macroalgae as food: composition, nutritional value and healthy attributes -- Seaweeds foods and their nutritional value; Gracilaria: An Emerging source of agar feedstock – with special reference to industrially important species -- Nutritional value of tropical Seaweeds for functional food applications: An Overview -- Seaweeds: Potential applications to augment the nutritional composition and health benefits of food and food products; Seaweeds as a functional food: a comprehensive review of its antioxidants and therapeutic merits against oxidative stress-mediated chronic diseases -- Nutritional Composition and Phytochemical Profile of Brown Seaweeds: An Overview -- Laminariaceae: Its use in food and health implications -- Sargassum species: its use in food and health implications -- Red seaweeds: a contribution for nutraceutical food products -- Gracilaria as the major source of agar for food, health and biotechnology applications -- Marine algal colorants for the food industries -- The new products from brown seaweeds: Fucoxanthin and phlorotannins.-Seaweed: their role in gut health; Investigation on the beneficial use of seaweed in bread and the broader food industry -- Emerging trends on protein extraction from seaweeds: Challenges and opportunities -- Sustainable and biodegradable active films based on seaweed compounds to improve shelf life of food products -- Seaweed as food: Ways to guarantee their quality -- Global trade of seaweed foods -- Seaweed based polymers for various commercial applications: An overview -- II PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS OF SEAWEEDS AND HEALTH BENEFITS., Vitamin B12 sources and seaweeds -- Health properties of seaweeds., Pharmaceutical applications of Porphyra -- Seaweeds as prospective marine resources for the development of bioactive pharmacophores and nutraceuticals -- Research, development and commercial applications of seaweed derived fibrous materials -- Challenges and recent progress in seaweed polysaccharides for industrial purposes -- Therapeutics properties of Seaweeds in Cardiovascular disease: an Overview., Industrial potential of Seaweeds in Biomedical applications: Current trends and Future Prospects -- Anti-Viral compounds from Seaweeds: An Overview -- Antiviral applications prospect of macroalgae -- Chemical composition and phytopharmaceuticals: An overview of the Caulerpa and Cystoseira genera -- Skin brightening with Seaweeds: Will it be a turning point in natural cosmeceutical market?. .

Description / Table of Contents: I. SEAWEEDS BIORESOURCES, ECOLOGY,BIOLOGY, COMPOSITION ,CULTIVATION AND QUALITY CERTIFICATION FOR TRADE -- The ecology and physiology of seaweeds: an overview -- Potential Products from Seaweeds: An Overview -- Palmaria species : Ecology, cultivation , food & Health benefits -- A road to the sustainable seaweed aquaculture -- Seaweed cultivation technologies in Indonesia: Current trends and Future Prospects -- Collection, Biodiversity and Utilization of Seaweeds in Thailand: An Overview -- Seaweeds of Vietnam: Current status and future potentials -- Seaweeds in Mauritius: Current trends and future prospects -- Seaweed resources and their cultivation in Iran -- Seaweed Producers in Korea and their potential applications -- Biodiversity of Seaweeds in Japan and their utilization., Seaweed Producing Industries in Philippines and their utilization -- Seaweed Production companies in Korea: An Overview -- Seaweed Production companies in Australia: An Overview., Seaweeds in Ireland: main compounds, applications and industry prospects -- The Economic and Social potential of Seaweed Faming in Brazil -- A Review of Farming System, Economic Analysis and Risk Management of Kappaphycus Seaweed Farming in Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia., Seaweeds: potential multi-use resource -- Seaweeds: the ecological roles, the economic benefits and the threats for changing Carbon Cycle -- II USAGE OF EXTRACTS OF SEAWEEDS FOR FEED INDUSTRY AND FOR IMPROVED HEALTh -- Seaweed utilization, trade and targeted markets: An Overview., The use of seaweeds, extracts and ingredients from seaweeds to improve health of livestock -- A critical overview of current understanding of the role of seaweed microbiomes in a commercial context -- Seaweeds in animal feeds, current situation, challenges, and solutions., Seaweeds in Aquaculture: An Overview -- Antimicrobial potential of seaweeds- Critical review -- Can Seaweeds be used as immunity boosters? -- Industrial opportunities and challenges of high value compounds from seaweeds -- WASTE WATER TREATMENT, BIOREMEDIATION , ,BIOFUEL, BIOFERTILIZER AND MISCELANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF SEAWEEDS -- Waste water cultivated macroalgae as a bio-resource in agriculture -- Elaboration and evaluation of seaweed extract as growth media for crop plants -- Leveraging seaweeds as a potential biostimulant for agriculture sustainability -- Effect of liquid biofertilizers from Seaweeds: A critical Review -- ocial and Economic of Seaweed farming in globally : an overview -- Global Seaweed Products Trade: An overview -- Economic considerations of energy generation from seaweed resources -- Gracilaria cultivation and the potential role of its associated bacteria for promoting blue carbon sequestration -- Biosorption of heavy metals by seaweed biomass -- Biosynthesis of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles from seaweeds: An Overview -- Nanopesticidal potential of silver nanocomposites from seaweeds: An overview -- Seaweed-based polymers from sustainable aquaculture to “greener” plastic products -- Sustainable and biodegradable active films based on seaweed compounds to improve shelf life of food products -- Recent advances in biotechnology of seaweeds: an overview -- Valorisation of Macroalgal Biomass for Sustainable Biorefinerie -- Utilization of macroalgae (Saccharina japonica) as a novel substrate for production of enzymes and organic pigments by Talaromycesamestolkiae.

Description / Table of Contents: Agri-food systems are facing a growing climate change problem and opportunity (Introduction) -- 2. Putting a farm into an emissions test lab -- 3. Governance issues in carbon emissions – can a food emissions gate be avoided? -- 4. How difficult is it to reach carbon neutrality? Tales of different agri-food chains -- 5. Carbon neutrality as business: decoupling growth from emissions while managing climate risks -- 6. Towards a carbon labelled world? -- Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Water-smart practices to manage water scarcity -- Soil-smart practices: Integrated soil fertility management -- Fish farms effluents for irrigation and fertilizer: A field and modeling studies -- Integration between crop-smart, water-smart and soil-smart practices -- Climate extremes and crops -- Climate-resilient crops -- Assessment of climate variability and wheat productivity in Egypt -- Practices contribute in reduction of greenhouse gases.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Industrial Hemp as a Crop for a Sustainable Agriculture -- Chapter 2. Industrial Hemp for Sustainable Agriculture: A Critical Evaluation From Global and Indian Perspectives -- Chapter 3. Cannabis/Hemp - Sustainable Uses, Opportunities, and Current Limitations -- Chapter 4. Agronomy and Ecophysiology of Hemp Cultivation -- Chapter 5. Patenting Journey of Hemp and Development of Various Applications -- Chapter 6. Industrial Hemp and Hemp Byproducts as Sustainable Feedstuffs in Livestock Diets -- Chapter 7. Biotechnological Transformation of Hempseed in the Food Industry -- Chapter 8. Current Trends in Applications of Cannabis/Hemp in Construction -- Chapter 9. Hemp-Based Materials for Applications in Wastewater Treatment by Biosorption-Oriented Processes: A Review -- Chapter 10. Potential Impacts of Cannabis sativa L. Cultivation on the Environment in Africa – A Review -- Chapter 11. The Cannabis/Marijuana (Cannabis sativa L.) Landscape in Africa: An Overview of its Cultivation and Legal Aspects.-.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1 Policy Analysis and the Policy Environment -- 1 Overview of Agricultural Policy -- 2 Public Policy: An Overview -- 3 Agriculture and Economic Development -- Part 2 Concepts, Approaches, and Measures for Policy Analysis -- 4 The International Trading System Emalene Marcus-Burnett -- 5 Economic Concepts for Agricultural Policy Analysis -- 6 Measuring Competitiveness of Agricultural Markets -- 7 Qualitative Methods for Policy Analysis: Case Study Research Strategy -- Part 3 Tools to Analyse Sectoral and Global Regulations -- 8 General Equilibrium Analysis of Regional Trade Agreements -- 9 Analysing Trade Facilitation using Gravity Models -- 10 Analysing Marketing Policies using Market Integration Models -- 11 Partial Equilibrium Analysis of Agricultural Price Policies -- Part 4 Tools to Analyse Rural Development Programmes -- 12 Cost Benefit Analysis of Irrigation Projects -- 13 Choice Experiment Analysis of Non-Market Values of Ecosystem Services -- 14 Analysing Agriculture Extension Programmes using Randomised Control Experiments -- 15 Using Agricultural Production Functions to Analyse Land Tenure Reforms -- 16 Analysing Land Use Planning Regulations using Linear Programming Models -- 17 Economic Analysis of Climate Change Adaptations in Agriculture -- Part 5 Sri Lanka Case Studies -- 18 Political Economy of Agricultural Policies: Fertiliser Subsidy Reform -- 19 Policy Measures to Address COVID-19 Disruptions of the Agri-Food Sector -- 20 Epilogue. .

Description / Table of Contents: Section 1 The development status of the forage industry in China -- Chapter 1 The development status of forage seed industry in China -- Chapter 2 The development status of forage planting industry in China -- Chapter 3 The development status and prospect of the forage processing technology in China -- Chapter 4 The development status of forage utilization industry in China -- Section 2 The research status of the forage industry in China -- Chapter 5 The research status of novel forage species -- Chapter 6 The research status of soil cultivation -- Chapter 7 The research status of seed and sowing in China -- Chapter 8 The research status of water and fertilizer management -- Chapter 9 The research status of pest control -- Chapter 10 Research progress of forage harvest -- Chapter 11 The research status of silage processing -- Chapter 12 The research status of green hay processing -- Chapter 13 The research status of TMR processing -- Chapter 14 The research status of straw processing -- Chapter 15 The research status of leaf protein processing -- Chapter 16 The research status of agricultural by-products processing -- Chapter 17 The research status of silage utilization -- Chapter 18 The research status of green hay utilization -- Chapter 19 The research status of the application of total mixed ration (TMR) in ruminant production -- Chapter 20 The research status of the straw utilization -- Chapter 21 The research status of the utilization of the leaf protein and its by-products -- Section 3 The Laws and policies on forage in China -- Chapter 22 The laws on forage in China -- Chapter 23 The policies on forage in China.

Description / Table of Contents: About the Editors -- Preface -- Keynotes -- Track 1: Nexus framework and governance -- Track 2: Advanced technologies and nature-based solutions for the environmental sustainability of the water sector -- Track 3: Control of hazardous substances and recovery of renewable/valuable resources -- Track 4: Energy-saving technologies and future clean energy solutions -- Track 5: Implementation and best practices.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Climate change: An Overview -- Chapter 2. Climate change, agricultural productivity, and food security -- Chapter 3. Climate change and Process Based Soil Modeling -- Chapter 4. Soil microbes and climate smart agriculture -- Chapter 5. Climate Change Impacts on Legumes Crop Production and Adaptation Strategies -- Chapter 6. Cereal crop modeling for food and nutrition security -- Chapter 7. Changing climate scenario: Perspectives of Camelina sativa as low input biofuel and oilseed crop -- Chapter 8. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mitigation Strategies in Rice Production Systems -- Chapter 9. Fiber Crops in Changing Climate -- Chapter 10. Estimation of Crop Genetic Coefficients to Simulate Growth and Yield under Changing Climate -- Chapter 11. Climate Change Impacts on Animal Production -- Chapter 12. Climate change and global insect dynamics -- Chapter 13. Sustainable Solutions to Food Insecurity in Nigeria: Perspectives on Irrigation, Crop-Water Productivity, and antecedents -- Chapter 14. Functions of Soil Microbes Under Stress Environment -- Chapter 15. Modeling impacts of climate change and adaptation strategies for cereal crops in Ethiopia -- Chapter 16. Strategies for Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural Ecosystems -- Chapter 17. Environmental and Economic Benefits of Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative and Production Constraints in Pakistan: A Review -- Chapter 18. Modeling Photoperiod Response of Canola under Changing Climate -- Chapter 19. Modeling and Field Based Evaluation of Vernalisation Requirement of Canola for Higher Yield Potential -- Chapter 20. Integrated crop-livestock system: Prospectus for climate change adaptation in Jordan, a case study -- Chapter 21. Impact of Salinity Intrusion Problem in the sediments of paddy field and farmers adaptation initiative: Case Study.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Part One: The essence of sustainability: definitions, interpretations and applications -- Part Two: The challenges of the economic development model -- Part Three: Embracing utopian thought -- Part Four: Sustainability in the current economic paradigm -- Part Five: Barriers to sustainability -- Part Six: Future perspectives - a new beginning? -- Part Seven: Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I Introduction -- Part II Impact of Climate Change on Crop Production -- Part III Case Studies: Improve Crop Adaptability and Stability to Climate Change -- Part IV Conclusions and Recommendations.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to chemigation and fertigation -- Chapter 2. Selecting an injector for fertilizer/chemical injection -- Chapter 3. Fertilizers for fertigation -- Chapter 4. Major, secondary, and micronutrient fertilizers used in fertigation -- Chapter 5. Fertigation practices: Egyptian case study.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Policy Responses to COVID-19- Climate Finance and Carbon Markets -- Chapter 3. Corporate Purpose: An Emerging Approach to Corporate Sustainability -- Chapter 4. An Overview of Sustainable Finance: Linkages with the Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter 5. The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Sustainable Mining: Exploring Mining Impacts of the Kansanshi Mine in Zambia -- Chapter 6. Zambia’s Mining Industry A Closer Look at the Corporate Approaches to Sustainable Development of Konkola and Mopani Copper Mines -- Chapter 7. Legislating Corporate Sustainable Development Agreements as a Corporate Social Responsibility Response for Mining Communities in Zambia A Case Study of Kabwe Lead-zinc Mine, Zambia -- Chapter 8. A Corporate Roadmap to Sustainable Resource Governance in Africa -- Chapter 9. Study of Conflicts for Water in the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework -- Chapter 10. Sustainable Communities in Resource Regions Exploring the Case of Resettlement in Colombia -- Chapter 11. Mining and Sustainable Development in Colombia -- Chapter 12. Sustainable Forest Management: Community Forestry’s contribution to build Climate Resilient Communities in Nepal -- Chapter 13. Ensuring Sustainable Post-Pandemic Tourism in Nepal: The Role of Corporate Agencies -- Chapter 14. Adaptation Strategies adopted by Indigenous Community for Sustainable Livelihood in Response to the Changing Climate: The Role of the Local Authorities and the Corporate Sector in a ca study of Sherpa Community from Lukla, Nepal -- Chapter 15. CSR Disclosure through the Principles of UN Global Compact in Bangladesh : Evidence from Emerging Markets -- Chapter 16. The Role of Managerial Efficiency, Human Capital, Research and Development in Corporate Environmental Disclosure: Insights from Bangladesh -- Chapter 17. Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: 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. .

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Chapter I, Sierra Leone: First impressions and experience in Africa -- Chapter II, Ghana: a model Colony and the only Sub-Sahara African Country without a civil war -- Chapter III, Madagascar: An Island Nation seeking to end its isolation and update the education system -- Chapter IV, A Peoples’ Liberation in South Africa -- Chapter V, Pakistan: leading from the topChapter VI, Afghanistan: Thought on rebuilding Afghanistan -- Chapter VII, Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Evolution of Megacities and Megacity Regions -- Megacity Region Spatial Model -- Dynamics of Megacity Regional Development -- Megacity Regional Governance and Plan Implementation -- Emerging Advances in Regional Spatial Planning. .

Description / Table of Contents: Scientific Foundations for the Formation of the Organizational Structure of the Grain Market -- Priorities and Efficiency of Government Support for the Agricultural Sector of Ukraine -- Development of Methods of Revision Control of Financial and Economic Activities of Agricultural Consumer Cooperatives -- Sustainable Agriculture for Food Security: Conceptual Framework and Benefits of Digitalization -- Methodological Approach to the Polycriteria Assessment of Agricultural Sustainability: Digitalization, International Experience, Problems, and Challenges for Higher Education in Russia -- Environmental and Energy Efficiency as a Criterion for Sustainable Agriculture -- Agriculture in developing countries: cultural differences, vectors of sustainable development, digitalization, and international experience -- Potential and Opportunities of Organic Agriculture in Russia -- Agflation as a Threat to Food Security: Analysis of Inflationary Factors -- Growth Reserves of Agricultural Production in the Ryazan Region -- The Current State of the Organic Market in Russia -- Farm Size in Organic Agriculture: Analysis of European Countries and Russia -- Study of the Labor Resources of Peasant (Farm) Households by Production Type -- Expanded reproduction as the basis for agricultural sustainability: marketing, digital economy, and smart technologies -- Changes in the Agrochemical Indicators of Light Gray Forest Soil and the Yield of Grain Crops during the Rotation of Crop Rotation under the Influence of Various Systems of its Processing in the Conditions of the South-East of the Volga-Vyatka Region -- Improving the Price Mechanism in Milk Production and Processing -- Assessment of Efficiency and Production Risks in Crop Production Innovative Development -- Innovative Calculating of Products in Industry Enterprises.

Description / Table of Contents: Blockchain Technology: A Fundamental Overview -- Fundamentals of blockchain and new generations of Distributed Ledger Technologies. Circular economy case uses in Spain -- Security Magnification in Supply Chain Management Using Blockchain Technology -- Implementation of Blockchain technologies in Smart Cities, opportunities and challenges -- Blockchain Technology Enables Healthcare Data Management and Accessibility -- Blockchain as a Service: A holistic approach to traceability in the circular economy -- The Smart City, Smart Contract, Smart Healthcare, Internet of Things (IoT), Opportunities and Challenges -- Applications of Blockchain Technology for a Circular Economy with focus on Singapore -- Leveraging Blockchain Technology in Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Logistics.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Importance of Yangtze River -- Chapter 2. Stages of Yangtze River Rehabilitation and Protection -- Chapter 3. Achievements in Rehabilitation and Protection -- Chapter 4. Situation Facing the Yangtze Rehabilitation and Protection in the New Era -- Chapter 5. Visions on Yangtze River Rehabilitation and Protection -- Chapter 6. Strategic Measures -- Chapter 7. Master Plan of the Yangtze River Basin -- Chapter 8. Change of River-lake Relation and the Regulation of Dongting and Poyang Lakes -- Chapter 9. Master Plan of the Yangtze River Basin -- Chapter 10. Joint Operation of the Group Reservoirs -- Chapter 11. Water Resources Protection -- Chapter 12. Major Scientific and Technological Research Subjects.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Valuing Heritage as A Public Good: An Application of Zonal Travel Cost Method (ZTCM) in Hoi An, Vietnam -- Chapter2. The Effects of Human Resource Management Practices on Organizational Commitment – The Case of Viettel Group -- Chapter3. Impacts of Economic Freedom on Economic Growth in Developing Countries -- Chapter4. The Effect of Government Size on Economic Growth and Technical Change -- Chapter5. Assessing Effects of FDI on Economic Growth via Impact on Domestic Firms in Vietnam -- Chapter6. The Kien Nguyen. Analysis the Factors Affecting Satisfaction of the Quality of Seafood Logistics in Vietnam -- Chapter7. Fight against Counterfeit Goods Related to IP Infringement: Criminal Perspective and Judiciary Role in Vietnam -- Chapter8. Vietnam and “Non-market economy” in the U.S Anti-dumping Law -- Chapter9. An Analysis of Supply Response of Black Tiger Shrimp Production Using Nerlove Model: A Case Study of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta -- Chapter10. Highly-Skilled Migration, Recognition and Motivation towards Knowledge Share with the Indigenous Co-Workers: Empirical Findings from the Vietnamese in the Laos Construction Sector -- Chapter11. Is Public Debt Good or Bad for Economic Growth? Fresh Evidence in Emerging Economies -- Chapter12. Factors Affecting Depositors’ Behavior at commercial Banks in Northern Vietnam -- Chapter13. Determining the Impact of Financial Development on the Environment based on Biquadratic Equation in ASEAN Countries -- Chapter14. A Study on the Factors Affecting Intention Using Online Banking Services in Vietnam -- Chapter15. The Research on Interpolation Methods and Fitting Models for the Lorenz Curve -- Chapter16. Analyze the Differences in the Impact of FDI and Exports on Labor Productivity of Enterprises: the case of Vietnam -- Chapter17. A Fuzzy Logic Approach to Career Orientation for Students: A Case Study in Human Resource Management -- Chapter18. Downstream Market Equilibrium and Optimal Policy for the Conventional Food Distribution System in Vietnam: An Industrial Organization Analysis -- Chapter19. Compensation Policies and Employee Perceptions of Pay Equity in a Transitional Economy: The Case of Vietnamese State-Owned Enterprises -- Chapter20. Sustainable Agriculture for Hanoi City: An Application of Thünen’s Agricultural Rings based on the Gravity Model -- Chapter21. Building a New Management Model for Vietnamese Higher Education Institutions based on the Made in Vietnam Lean Management -- Chapter22. Key Factor in the Made in Vietnam Lean Decision Making Method -- Chapter23. Empirical Research on the Influence Factors of Ecommerce Adoption among Ecommerce Companies in Vietnam -- Chapter24. Antecedents of Social Media Adoption: A Case Study of Individual Online Retailers in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City -- Chapter25. Contribution of Industry to Labor Productivity Growth in Vietnam -- Chapter26. Improving the Competitiveness for Enterprises in Brand Recognition Based on Machine Learning Approach -- Chapter27. The Role of Official Development Assistance on the Development of Economic Infrastructure in Vietnam.-Chapter28. Relationship between Organizational and Employee Work Innovation: Mediation Role of Brand Support Behavior and Psychological Capital (Hotels in Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam) -- Chapter29. Improving the Managerial Performance in the Context of Financial Autonomy: An empirical investigation in public education sector -- Chapter30. The Strategy of Vietnamese Business Associations in Knowledge Sharing for the Sustainable Development of Vietnam Businesses Community -- Chapter31. Macroeconomic Factors Affecting Merger and Acquisition (M&A) Activity in Vietnam -- Chapter32. A Comparative Analysis of Market Definition in Antitrust Law and WTO Law: Some Suggestions for Vietnam -- Chapter33. Website Marketing Activities in Healthcare Service Sector - A Case in Danang, Vietnam -- Chapter34. Valuing tourism landscapes in Ba Vi National Park (Vietnam) -- Chapter35. An Empirical Analysis of the Factors Influencing the Switching Intention from Cash Payment to Mobile Payment in Vietnam -- Chapter36. Trade facilitation and its impacts on Vietnam’s trade. Chapter37. Value Chain Financing Approach: A Good Way to Sustainable Agricultural Growth in Vietnam -- Chapter38. Improving the Position of Ethnic Minority Women through the Policy of Credit Support for Poor Households: A Case Study of Northern Mountains of Vietnam -- Chapter39. Factor Affecting Financial Sustainability of People’s Credit Fund in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta Region -- Chapter40. In Search of Solutions for the Governance of the Rights of Migrant Workers in Southeast Asia: Regulatory Regionalism as a Reasonable Approach -- Chapter41. Towards Responsible Tourism in Vietnam: Critical Review and Implications for Future Research -- Chapter42. Fostering Sustainable Development by Eliminating Gender Stereotypes in Career Choice -- Chapter43. The Impact of Tourism Development on the Life of Residents in Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Justice is Needed in Three Governance Orders -- Chapter 1: Small-Scale Fisheries in the Blue Economy -- Chapter 2: Justice in Three Orders -- Part 2: Justice Issues Have Deep Historical Roots -- Chapter 3: Coastal Small-Scale Fisheries in Brazil: Resentment against Policy Disarray -- Chapter 4: Social (In)Justice for Small-Scale Fisherfolk in the Turks And Caicos Islands: Struggling to Stay Afloat in a Tax Haven -- Chapter 5: Governance for Blue Justice: Examining Struggles and Contradictions in Atlantic Canada’s Small-Scale Fisheries -- Part 3: Justice Issues Stem from Old and New Conflicts -- Chapter 6: Conflicts in the Artisanal Fishing Industry of Ghana: Reactions of Fishers to Regulatory Measures -- Chapter 7: Blue Justice and Small-Scale Fisher Migration: A Case Study from Sri Lanka -- Chapter 8: Marginalization and Reinvention of Small-Scale Fisheries: A Finnish Case Study of Social Justice -- Part 4: Justice is Systemic and Multi-Dimensional -- Chapter 9: An Evaluation of Multidimensional Conflicts in Small-Scale Fisheries in Nigeria -- Chapter 10: Perception and Reality of Justice in the Small-Scale Fisheries of Nigeria -- Chapter 11: Making Sense Of Multidimensional Injustice for Creating Viable Small-Scale Fisheries in Chilika Lagoon, Bay of Bengal -- Part 5: Justice Is a Territorial and Spatial Issue -- Chapter 12: Legalized Injustices: Old Providence Island (Colombia) Small Scale Fisheries in the Context of Geopolitical Disputes and State Power -- Chapter 13: Social Conflicts and Fishery Governance Systems in the Estuary and Coast of Pará, Amazonia, Brazil -- Chapter 14: Flagging Justice Matters in EU Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs) -- Part 6: Justice is Competitive in Alternative Livelihoods -- Chapter 15: Adopting a Blue Justice Lens for Japanese Small-Scale Fisheries: Important Insights from the Case of Inatori Kinme Fishery -- Chapter 16: Feeling the Pinch: Perceived Marginalization of Small-Scale Commercial Crab Fishers by an Expanding Recreational Sector -- Chapter 17: Making Pescatourism Just for Small-Scale Fisheries: The Case of Turkey and Lessons for Others -- Part 7: Justice is an Imminent Issue for Inland Fisheries -- Chapter 18: Exploring Challenges of “Blue Justice” in Landlocked Mountainous Countries: The Case of Nepal -- Chapter 19: Blue Justice and Inland Fisheries: How Justice Principles Could Support Transformative Knowledge Production in the Mekong Region -- Chapter 20: Navigating Conflicts to Improve Livelihoods of Traditional Communities Impacted by Hydroelectric Dams -- Part 8: Justice Issues Are More Evident when in Crisis -- Chapter 21: The 2019 Brazilian Oil Spill: Perceptions of Affected Fishers -- Chapter 22: Small-Scale Fishers in the Time of Covid-19: Reinforcing the Inequalities in the Food, Economic and Governance Systems in South Africa and Zimbabwe -- Chapter 23: Vulnerability and Social Justice among Fishing Households Headed by Women in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka -- Part 9: Justice is a Priori Condition for Sustainable Development -- Chapter 24: Understanding Vulnerability of Urban Waterfront Communities to Rapid Development: the Case of Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria -- Chapter 25: Mariculture Parks in the Philippines Push Small-Scale Fishers out of, or far into, the Waters -- Chapter 26: Incentives to Mariculture Development in Brazil: Environmental Injustice on Traditional Fishing Communities -- Chapter 27: Pescastemic Rights for Blue Justice: Aquaculture and Coal Power Complexes in Chile -- Part 10: Justice Is about Going beyond Claims -- Chapter 28: Institutionalizing Injustice? Aligning Governance Orders in Swedish Small-Scale Fisheries -- Chapter 29: Navigating Institutional Change in the French Atlantic Fishing Sector: How do Artisanal Fishers Obtain and Secure Fishing Opportunities? -- Chapter 30: Blue Justice and Small-Scale Fisher Mobilizations in Istanbul, Turkey: Justice Claims, Political Agency and Alliances -- Part 11: Justice Needs a Strong Knowledge Foundation -- Chapter 31: Transdisciplinarity and Blue Justice: The Alianza Nuquí, a Research-Action Platform for Wellbeing and Reflexive Governance in the Colombian Pacific Coast -- Chapter 32: Strengthening Capabilities of Individuals and Communities through a Small-Scale Fisheries Academy -- Chapter 33: Understanding Gender Equality in Small-Scale Fisheries and its Role in Enhancing Blue Justice -- Part 12: Justice is Better Understood from Experience -- Chapter 34: Collective Experiences, Lessons and Reflections about Blue Justice -- Chapter 35: Towards Blue Justice for Small-Scale Fisheries.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The state and trend of China's low-carbon development -- Chapter 3. End-use energy consumption & CO2 emissions -- Chapter 4. Power sector -- Chapter 5. Primary energy consumption and CO2 emissions -- Chapter 6. Non-CO2 GHG emissions -- Chapter 7. Technical support for long-term deep decarbonization -- Chapter 8. Investment & cost analysis for realizing a low emission strategy -- Chapter 9. Long-term low-carbon transition pathways -- Chapter 10. Strategic linchpins and policy safeguards -- Chapter 11. Global climate governance & international cooperation -- Chapter 12. Conclusions and policy recommendations.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. The Sustainable Development of Green Space in the Tourism Zone of Moc Chau Mountains (Son La, Vietnam) -- Chapter2. Wooden Funeral Sculptures of the Jrai and Bahnar in the Vietnam Central Highlands: Conservation or Destruction?- Chapter3. Traditional Concepts on "Sustainability" in Vietnamese Culture and the Impacts on Forming Modern Values of Sustainable Development -- Chapter4. Educational Renovation in a Restructuring Society: Vietnam’s Case Study -- Chapter5. Tourism Climate Indicators (TCI) Applied in Moc Chau District (Son La, Vietnam). Chapter6. Carbon Footprint of Vietnam’s Small Urban Areas (A Case Study of Ha Dong District, Hanoi) -- Chapter7. Agriculture Land Conversion and Its Implications for Food Requirements and Farming in Vietnamese Northern Mountains -- Chapter8. Urban Exclusion: Theoretical Approaches and Emerging Trajectories for Vietnam -- Chapter9. Applying Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to Analyze Factors Affecting the Entrepreneurial Intention of the Students of Vietnam National University, Hanoi -- Chapter10. Creating an Added-Value Capital of Forest Based on the Local Knowledge of Tai in Tuong Duong (Nghe An, Vietnam) -- Chapter11. Minimizing the Negative Effects of Irrigation and Hydropower System on Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection in the Huong River Basin -- Chapter12. Socio-Economic Development towards Sustainable Ecological Model in Vietnam -- Chapter13. Perennial Cropping System Development and Economic Performance of Perennial Cropping System in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam -- Chapter14. Sustainable Agriculture Development in Vietnam -- Chapter15. Community Participation in Urban Planning in Vietnam towards Sustainable Development - Prospects and Challenges -- Chapter16. Current Status and Impact of Imbalance of Sex Ratio at Birth in the Son La Province, Vietnam -- Chapter17. Obstacles in the Sustainable Development of Industry in Ethnic Minorities’ Areas of Vietnamese Mekong Delta (Kien Giang and Can Tho) -- Chapter18. Integrating Sustainable Development into National Policy: The Practice of Vietnam -- Chapter19. Building Human Capital for Sustainable Development: Experience from Some East Asia Countries and Policy Implications for Vietnam -- Chapter20. Mapping Marine Functional Zoning for the Northern Tonkin Coastal Zone, Vietnam -- Chapter21. Rainfall Regime and Its Impact on Water Resources on Ly Son Island, Central Vietnam -- Chapter22. Factors Affecting Community Forest Management in Ha Giang Province, Vietnam -- Chapter23. Impacts of Urban Expansion on Landscape Pattern Changes: A Case Study of Da Nang City, Vietnam -- Chapter24. An Assessment of Pollution Load Capacity of Son La Hydropower Reservoir in the Northwest Mountains of Vietnam 40 -- Chapter25. An Approach for Prioritising Climate Change Mitigation Measures: A Case Study in Ho Chi Minh City -- Chapter26. Developing Agricultural Production of Ethnic Minority Households in the Context of Climate Change (Lak District, Dak Lak Province, Central Highland of Vietnam) -- Chapter27. Detecting Flash Flood Susceptible Areas Using Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model: A Case Study of Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam -- Chapter28. Implementing Agricultural Land Use Solutions to Adapt Climate Change in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta -- Chapter29. Geothermal Renewable Energy in Vietnam: A Current Status Overview and Proposing Solutions for Development -- Chapter30. Study on stand structure of secondary mangrove forest; Sonneratia caseolaris - Aegicerus corniculatum stand for introducing silvofishery systems to shrimp-culture ponds -- Chapter31. Evaluation the effectiveness of sheath blight disease controlling on rice caused by Rhizoctonia solani in green house condition by applying some biofungicides -- Chapter32. Consideration on the Use Sentinel-1 Radar Image and GIS for Flood Mapping in the Lai Giang River Basin of Binh Dinh Province (Central Coast Vietnam) -- Chapter33. Studying Shoreline Change in Ky Anh Coastal Area of Ha Tinh Province during 1989-2013 based on the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) -- Chapter34. How Do Yao Farmers Cope with Extreme Weather Events with Their Indigenous Knowledge? A Case Study of Mo Vang Mountains (Yen Bai, Vietnam) -- Chapter35. Multilevel Governance Roles in Land Use Change: Lessons for REDD+ from the Case Study in Nghe An Province, Vietnam -- Chapter36. Technical Efficiency of Irrigation Water Use of Robusta Coffee Production in the Dong Nai river basin (Vietnam): A case study of Lam Dong province -- Chapter37. Climate Change Vulnerability of Agriculture in Coastal Communes of Quang Tri Province, Vietnam -- Chapter38. A GIS Application in Optimizing the Collection and Transportation Route of Domestic Solid Waste in Hue City, Vietnam -- Chapter39. Water-Food-Energy Nexus in the Context of Climate Change: Develop a Water Security Index for Water Resources Management in Vietnam -- Chapter40. An Integrated Approach for Saltwater Intrusion Monitoring based on Remote Sensing combined with Multivariable Analysis: A Case Study of Coastal Zone in Southern Vietnam -- Chapter41. Diversity of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in the Hoang Lien - Van Ban Nature Reserve (Lao Cai, Vietnam): Implications for Local Livelihood Improvement and Biodiversity Conservation -- Chapter42. Quantify Forest Stand Volume Using SPOT 5 Satellite Image -- Chapter43. Evaluating Impact of Climate Change to Fishing Productivity of Vietnam: An Application of Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Regression Model -- Chapter44. An Experimental Study on Using Biogas Slurry to Improve the Water Quality of Aqua-Culture Systems in Acid Sulfate Soil Areas -- Chapter45. Assessment of Saltwater Intrusion Vulnerability in the Coastal Aquifers in Ninh Thuan, Vietnam -- Chapter46. Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Urban Planning of Vietnamese Coastal Towns toward Sustainable Development -- Chapter47. Mike Flood Application for Solving Inundation Issues for Ho Chi Minh City in The Context of Climate Change: A Case Study in the District 1 -- Chapter48. Enhancing the Efficiency of Land Dispute Mediation for Ethnic Minorities in Van Canh district (Binh Dinh, Vietnam) -- Chapter49. A Stakeholder Delphi Study on Local Communities Adaptation to Climate Change in the Coastal Area: Case Study in An Duong District (Hai Phong, Vietnam) -- Chapter50. Assessing Flash Flood Risks based on Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Geographic Information System (GIS): A Case Study of Hieu Catchment (Nghe An, Vietnam) -- Chapter51. Analysis and Prediction of Noise Pollution from Wind Turbines: A Case Study of Loi Hai Wind Power Plant (Ninh Thuan, Vietnam) -- Chapter52. An Environmental Zoning for Sustainable Development in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam -- Chapter53. Climate Change Vulnerability of Urban Development in the Phanrang-Thapcham (Ninh Thuan, Vietnam).

Description / Table of Contents: Microfiber Pollution – A Sustainability Issue -- Microfiber Shedding of Textile Materials – Mechanism and Analysis Techniques -- Factors Influencing Microfiber Shedding – Role of Textile and Apparel Characteristics -- Domestic Laundry – A major cause of microfiber shedding -- Impact of microfiber/Microplastic pollution -- Microfiber Pollution Prevention - Mitigation Strategies and Challenges.

Description / Table of Contents: Sustainable Regional Development with Environmental Practices -- Geopolitics of Sustainable Development -- The Transversal and Territorial Praxis of Regional Development -- Regional Development and Sustainable Responses to Climate Change and other Environmental Issues in Sri Lanka -- Regional Planning Strategy to Sustainable Development in Nepal -- Consequences of Dislocation and Involuntary Migration: Some Lessons from the Teesta River Bank Erosion Affected Communities -- Micro-Spatial Analysis of Rural Accessibility for Imbricating Regional Development: Exemplifying an Indian District -- Managing the Regional Inequalities in India with Particular Reference to the Transformation of Aspirational Districts Programme -- Understanding the Disability Divides in India: A Spatio-temporal Analysis with District-level Datasets -- How Far Gender Inequality Suppresses Human Development: Evidence from India -- Association of Morbidity among Children with Housing, Water, Sanitation Conditions in Urban India: A Policy Perspective -- Urban Heat Island Formation in Relation to Land Transformation: A Study on a Mining Industrial Region of West Bengal -- Housing Conditions with Reference to Seepage in Different Residential Localities in Mumbai -- Livelihood of the Displaced: A Study on Selected Areas of Bangladeshi Immigrants in West Bengal, India -- Household Vulnerability of Tribal People to Climate Change in the Part of Dooars Region, West Bengal, India -- Exploring the Options for Sustainable Livelihood in the Indian Sunderbans: An Attempt through Contingent Valuation Method.

Description / Table of Contents: - Livelihood Transformations and Sustainability in India -- The Exodus in Times of Pandemic: Mobility, Migration and Livelihood of Informal Migrant Workers during COVID 19 Crisis in India -- Challenges in Livelihood of Residents in Kilinochchi District, Sri Lanka due to Water Scarcity -- Tobacco cropping increases sediment delivery in a subtropical agricultural catchment in Brazil -- Digital Elevation Model and Irrigation Management Planning in Bangladesh -- Small Holder Tea Farming in West Bengal, India: An Exploratory Insight -- The Transition of Traditional Agriculture in Nagaland, India: A Case Study of Shifting (Jhum) Cultivation -- Land Use Land Cover Dynamics in Baku Micro-watershed Area of Ausgram Block-II, Purba Barddhaman District, West Bengal, India -- Spatio-Temporal Changes of Crop Combination in Selected C.D. Blocks of Purba Bardhaman District, West Bengal, India -- Development of Sericulture in Murshidabad with Special Reference to Women’s Participation -- Opportunities and the Challenges of Tourism Industry in Bangladesh -- Socio-economic Development through Tourism: An Investigative Study for the Himalayan State Sikkim, India -- Tourism Potentials of Fossil Parks as Geoheritage Sites: A Study in Western and South Western Region of West Bengal, India -- Classifying the million plus urban agglomerations of India - geographical types and quality of life -- Urban Rejuvenation and Social Sustainability in Smart City: An Empirical Study of Community Aspirations -- Urban Wetlands: Opportunities and challenges in Indian Cities – A case of Bhubaneswar City, Odisha -- Analysing Spatial Inequalities of Amenities in Jammu City using Geoinformatics -- Land Suitability Analysis of Settlement Concentration using GIS-based Multicriteria decision-making Technique in Fringe area of Siliguri Town, West Bengal (India) -- GIS-based healthcare accessibility analysis- A case study of selected municipalities of Hyderabad -- Dynamics of Disease Diffusion: A Critical Analysis of Dengue Outbreak in Kolkata and Adjacent Areas -- Tuberculosis Patients in Malda District of West Bengal, Eastern India: Exploring the Ground Reality -- An Assessment Study on Hierarchical Integrity of Road Connectivity and Nodal Accessibility of Maternal Health Care Service centres in Itahar Block, Uttar Dinajpur District, West Bengal -- Strategies for Sustainable Tribal Development in Purulia District, West Bengal, India: A Socio-Ecological Perspective -- Development of Tribal Livelihood in Manbazar-II Block of Purulia District, West Bengal, India -- The Fourth Paradigm in Geographical Sciences -- Establishing relationships of cellular communication coverage provided by governmental and non-governmental companies as a function of digital elevation, population density, and transport infrastructure in Jodhpur District, Rajasthan. .

Description / Table of Contents: Performance improvement of usbr vi stilling basin model for pipe outlet -- Rain water harvesting for the main campus of jaipur national university, jagatpura, Jaipur -- Bio Inspired Genetic Algorithm for Optimal Design of Water Distribution Networks -- Drought assessment using various drought indices: a case study of banaskantha district -- Top surface soil moisture retrieval using c- band synthetic aperture radar over kudremukh grasslands -- Meteorological drought assessment in the bharathapuzha river basin -- Experimental and numerical analysis of mean pressure coefficient on C-shaped building with and without round corner. .

Description / Table of Contents: Ecological Footprint Assessment of Recycled Asphalt Pavement Construction -- Carbon Footprints Of Recycled Plastic Packaging And Household Food Consumption By Gender In Spain -- An Environmental Construction And Demolition Waste Management Model To Trigger Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery Towards A Circular Economy: The Mexican and Spanish Cases -- Ecological Footprint of Multi-Silicon Photovoltaic Module Recycling -- The Potential of Refuse Derived Fuel Production in Reducing the Environmental Footprint of the Cement Industry.

Description / Table of Contents: Rural Domestic Water Supply in India: Progress and Issues -- Factors Influencing Groundwater Behaviour During Monsoon: Analysis from Maharashtra -- Factors Influencing the Performance of Rural Water Supply Schemes: Analysis from Maharashtra -- Studying the Performance of Rural Water Supply Schemes in Different Geological Settings -- Locating Water for Augmenting Rural Water Supply Schemes -- Strategies for Improving Rural Domestic Water Supply in Maharashtra -- Managing Groundwater Quality for Drinking Water Security in India: Emerging Challenge -- Improving Institutional Responses to Groundwater Pollution: Use of a Drinking Water Quality Surveillance Index -- Managing Rural Drinking Water Supply across Hydro-Climatic Zones of India -- Rural Drinking Water Security in India: The Challenge of Piping Water to Every Household by 2024.

Description / Table of Contents: Challenges of Climate Resilient Livelihoods and an Inquiry of Mitigation Strategies in India -- Analysing LULC change on runoff and sediment yield in urbanizing agricultural watershed of monsoonal climate river basin in West Bengal, India -- Remote Sensing Based Analysis of Relationship between Urban Heat Island and Land Use/Cover Type in Bhubaneswar Metropolitan Area, India -- Statistical Downscaling method for Improving Global Model Rainfall forecasts of seasonal rainfall over West Bengal (WB), India -- Identification of Climate Change Vulnerable Zones in Bangladesh through Multivariate Geospatial Analysis -- Water Scarcity in Coastal Bangladesh: Search for Arsenic-safe Aquifer with Geostatistics -- Biodiversity Degradation of Southwestern Region in Saudi Arabia -- Causes and Effects of Water Logging in Dhaka City -- Water Resource Development and Sustainable Initiatives of India: Present and Future -- Mapping and Reclamation of Wastelands in Drought-prone Purulia District of West Bengal, India using Remote Sensing and GIS -- Soil, water salinization and its impact on household food insecurity in the Indian Sundarbans -- Impact of Water Reservoir and Irrigation Canals on Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Upper Kumari River Basin, West Bengal, India -- Spatial pattern of Arsenic contamination in floodplain aquifers, western bank of Bhagirathi River, Lower Ganges Delta, West Bengal, India -- Spatial Pattern of Groundwater Depletion, Its Access and Adaptive Agricultural Strategies in Barddhaman District, West Bengal, India -- Detection of Land Use/Land Cover Changes of Irga Watershed in the North-Eastern Fringe of Choto Nagpur Plateau, Jharkhand, India -- An Analytical Study on Interplay between Physiographic Condition and Land Use Land Cover Dynamicity -- Assessment of Land use and Land cover change dynamics using remote sensing and GIS techniques in most effected parts of Rajpur-Sonarpur municipality -- Disaster Risk Reduction in the Changing Scenario -- Exploring the Impacts of River Morphology Change Associated Natural Disasters on Teesta Riparian Environment of Bangladesh -- An Assessment on Effects of Coastal Erosion on Coastal Environment: A Case Study in Coastal Belt between Kalu River mouth and Bologoda River mouth, Sri Lanka -- Vulnerability and Exposures to Landslides in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: A Case Study of Rangamati Town for Building Resilience -- Hydrometeorological Analysis of the 2015 Rarh Bengal Flood in the Lower Gangetic Plain of India: Exceptional, Fast and Furious -- Application of Remotely Sensed Data for Estimation of Indices to Assess Spatiotemporal Aspects of Droughts in Bankura District of West Bengal, India -- Temporal variability of discharge and suspended sediment transport in the Subarnarekha River Basin, eastern India: A geomorphic perspective -- Assessment of Jiadhal River Basin using Sedimentary Petrology and Geospatial Approach -- An Assessment of RUSLE Model and Erosion Vulnerability in the Slopes of Dwarka – Brahmani Lateritic Interfluve, Eastern India -- Urban Flooding Scenario and Human Response in Guwahati, India.

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

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

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

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: Water Footprint of Fruits in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions -- Appraising the Water Status in Egypt through the Application of the Virtual Water Principle in the Agricultural Sector -- Cereal Water Footprint in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: Past, Today and Future -- Environmental Footprints of Hydrogen from Crops -- Designing an Energy Use Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment of the environmental sustainability of conservation agriculture wheat farming in Bangladesh.

Description / Table of Contents: Overview of climate change in water resources management studies -- Basic concepts -- Climate Change Drivers -- The Effect of Climate Change on Water Resources -- Review on IPCC reports -- Introduction to Key Features of Climate Models -- Downscaling Methods -- Hydrological models -- Mitigation and Adaptation Measures -- Case Studies Around the World.

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.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. ITS & Smart Mobility Technologies -- 2. Equipping Roads for Autonomous Driving -- 3. Highway Engineering & Construction -- 4. Transportation Planning & Traffic Operations -- 5. Innovations in Road Materials -- 6. Bridges & Tunnels -- 7. Environmental Management & Climate Resilience -- 8. Safe Roads by Design -- 9. Asset Management & Maintenance -- 10. Road Financing & Procurement -- 11. Parking Strategies & Policies -- 12. Transportation & Society.

Description / Table of Contents: Section I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Ecological Footprints in Changing Climate – An Overview -- Chapter 2. Assessing Global-scale Synergy between Adaptation, Mitigation and Sustainable Development for projected Climate Change -- Chapter 3. Global Warming Impacts on Environment in the last Century -- Chapter 4. Analysis of low-flow frequency in the era of climate change: An application of CanESM2 model -- Section II. Climate Change and contemporary issues, challenges and sustainability -- Chapter 5. Climate Change Impact on Land Degradation in Hilly and Mountainous Landscape: Sustainability Issues and Adaptation Strategies -- Chapter 6. Impacts of the Inherent Hazards of Climate Change on the Coastal Environment of the Mahanadi Delta along the East Coast of India -- Chapter 7. Assessment of Ground Water Vulnerability to Climate Change of Jalgaon District (M.S.) India using GIS Techniques -- Chapter 8. Impact of Climate Change on Water Crisis in Gujarat (India) -- Chapter 9. Factors affecting governance aspect of disaster management: Comparative study of the Sundarbans in India and Bangladesh -- Chapter 10. Application of Geospatial Technology in Understanding Seasonal Flood Hazard Event in Dhemaji District of Assam -- Chapter 11. Geospatial Approach in Watershed Vulnerability to Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability -- Section III. Agriculture and Forestry and Climate Change -- Chapter 12. Agro-climatic Variability in Climate Change Scenario: Adaptive Approach and Sustainability -- Chapter 13. Peri-urban farmers perception of climate change: values and perspectives. A French case study -- Chapter 14. Determinants and Spatio-Temporal Drivers of Agricultural Vulnerability to Climate Change at Block Level, Darjeeling Himalayan (Hill) Region, West Bengal, India -- Chapter 15. Forest Landscape Dynamics and People’s livelihood Dependency on Forest: A Study on Bankura District, West Bengal -- Chapter 16. Forest fire risk modelling using GIS and remote sensing in major landscapes of Himachal Pradesh -- Section IV. Food security and Livelihoods -- Chapter 17. Climate Smart Agriculture Interventions for Food and Nutritional Security -- Chapter 18. Critical appraisal and evaluation of India’s first carbon Neutral Community project- A case of Meenangadi Panchayat, Kerala, India -- Section V. Infrastructure and resilient cities and settlements -- Chapter 19. Land use and land cover change dynamics and modeling future urban growth using cellular automata model over Isfahan metropolitan area of Iran -- Chapter 20. Analyzing of Spatio- Temporal Changes in Land Surface Temperature of Coastal Goa using LANDSAT Satellite Data -- Chapter 21. Analysing the Relationship between Rising Urban Heat Islands and Climate Change of Howrah Sadar Subdivision in the Past Two Decades Using Geospatial Indicators -- Chapter 22. Assessment of Site Suitability Analysis for Solar Power Plants: An Optimal Utilization of Wastelands -- Chapter 23. Integrated Study on Tsunami Impact Assessment in Cilacap, Indonesia: Method, Approached and Practice -- Chapter 24. The public health risks of waterborne pathogen exposure under a climate change scenario in Indonesia -- Chapter 25. Perceived Impact of Climate Change on Health: Reflections from Kolkata and Its Suburbs -- Section VI. Global Health, Sustainable and Adaptive Approaches and Sustainability -- Chapter 26. Health implications, Leaders Societies, and Climate Change: A Global Review -- Chapter 27. A Retrospective Cohort Study on Ambient Air Quality and Respiratory morbidities -- Chapter 28. Coping Practices of Women fisherfolk in Responses to Climate Change at UNESCO declared World Heritage Site of Sundarbans -- Chapter 29. Climate Change and Health Impacts in the South Pacific: A Systematic Review -- Chapter 30. Changing Climate, Flood Footprints, and Climate-Related Actions: Effects on Ecosocial and Health Risks Along Ugbowo-Benin Road, Edo State, Nigeria.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Anthropogenic impact on plant biodiversity -- 3. Single large or several small (sloss) -- 4. Ecological connectivity -- 5. Ecological restoration -- 6. Pollination and dispersal in fragmented landscape -- 7. Plant biodiversity conservation and lost opportunities in ethiopia -- 8. The concept of potential natural vegetation (pnv) -- 9. Forests, woodlands, grasslands -- 10. Strategic conservation planning (scp) approach.

Description / Table of Contents: Urban Overheating and Impact on Health: An Introduction -- A Global Synthesis of Heat-Related Mortality in Overheated Cities -- The Impact of Urban Overheating on Heat-Related Morbidity -- Heat and Mental Health in Cities -- Human Adaptation to Higher Ambient Temperature -- Models and Forecasts on the Future Heat-Related Mortality under Climate Change -- The Impact and Influence of Mitigation Technologies on Heat Related Mortality in Overheated Cities -- Heat-related Mortality in London -- The Impact of Greenery on Heat Related Mortality in Sydney, Australia -- Impact of Increased Urban Albedo on Heat-Related Health: The Case Study of the Greater Toronto Area.

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

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Revisiting Abundance Theory -- Chapter 3. Water Abundance and Water Incompatibilities in New Zealand -- Chapter 4. Research Design -- Chapter 5. Glenorchy -- Chapter 6. Ashburton -- Chapter 7. Analysis -- Chapter 8. Conflict Intentionality Classification -- Chapter 9. Research Intersections and Limitations -- Chapter 10. Conclusions.

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

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

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: Water Resources Management -- Water Policies and Planning -- Sustainability and Water -- Water and Wastewater Treatment -- Aquatic Ecosystems -- Groundwater -- Wetland Systems -- Clean Energy and Water -- Clean Energy and Environment -- Energy and Geothermal -- Integrated Water Resources Management -- Solid Waste Management: Waste Disposal and Recycling -- Artificial Intelligence Tools in Environmental, Hydrology and Climatic Researches -- Geo-Environment -- Environmental Education -- Environmental Management.

Description / Table of Contents: Ensuring Water Security under Climate Change -- Water Security in the Face of Climate Change: Singapore’s Way -- Consequences of Declining Resources on Water Services: The Risks If We Do Not React! -- Resilience through Systems Thinking for Water Infrastructure -- Water Security and Climate Change: Hydropower Reservoir Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- Climate Change and its Implications for Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Management -- Designing Research to Catalyse Climate Action -- Water Resilient Places—Developing a Policy Framework for Surface Water Management and Blue-Green Infrastructure -- Supporting Evidence-based Water and Climate Change Policy in Scotland through Innovation and Expert Knowledge: The Centre of Expertise for Waters (CREW) -- Building A Resilient and Sustainable Water and Wastewater Service for Scotland -- What are the Key Enablers in Pursuing both Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation? Practical Lessons from Asian River Basins -- The Great Glacier and Snow Dependent Rivers of Asia and Climate Change: Heading for Troubled Waters -- Assessment of and Adaptation Measures to the Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in China -- Using Waternomics to Develop and Avoid Systemic Shocks to the Economy -- Managing Risks on Egypt Water Resources Security: Climate Change and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as Challenging Aspects -- Water Security Under Conditions of Increased Unpredictability: A Case Study -- Temperature-Rainfall Anomalies and Climate Change: Possible Effects on Australian Agriculture in 2030 and 2050. .

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction and conceptual framing – transformation literacy as a future-making skill -- Part 1: Mindsets in service of wellbeing on a healthy planet -- Setting the scene: How to connect with a world as an interconnected whole -- The same tone, but a new sound – understanding the story of the soul as pathway to regenerative civilizations -- Possible futures -- Transformative literacy as the ability to look forward from within -- Chinese cultural treasures as contributions to a mindset of interconnectedness for global transformations -- The systems aliveness approach - from navigating emergency to stewarding wellbeing on a healthy planet -- Part 2: Systems that enable and safeguard wellbeing on a healthy planet -- Setting the scene: Viewing the world as interconnected systems -- Everything is connected - envisioning how a regenerative world looks like -- Managing forestry in a sustainable manner, the importance of system´s analysis -- Sustainable community transformation process -- The role of capacity-building in Sumba, Indonesia -- Towards transformation to a wellbeing economy in an African country: A case study from Namibia -- A not-for-profit economy for a regenerative sustainable world -- Politics, systems thinking and building the wellbeing economy: The example of Wales -- Part 3: Processes for stewarding transformations towards wellbeing and a healthy planet -- Setting the scene: How to enhance the knowledge and practice of transformation literacy -- Turning mindshifts into transformation leadership -- Models of Change: Strategies to make the socio-ecological transformation a success -- Red Snow - when the Climate Bleeds: A Nordic art and science project -- Collaborative transformations: Circular economy strategies in Europe -- Small scale and large scale – why networks are the cornerstone of transformations -- Collective stewardship towards economies in service to life -- Memories of our collective future.

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

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction - Ponds of Indian Sundarban as an important socio-ecological systems -- Assessment of Pond water quality and its impact on health and local livelihood in the Indian Sundarban -- Role of Fe2+ on the enhancement of Phytoplankton Community in pond system of Indian Sundarban -- Role of controlled lime treatment on the productivity of pond ecosystem. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Introduction of the framework -- Chapter 2-Literature Review -- Chapter 3-Implementation of the Climate Change Adaption for Youth Development Framework (CCAYF) -- Chapter 4-Internal assessment of NAYCOM and the Ministry of Youth -- Chapter 5-Added value to the project implementation process -- Chapter 6-Conclusion and Recommendation.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Sustainable products -- Chapter 2. Sustainable technologies -- Chapter 3. Sustainable organizations -- Chapter 4. Sustainable markets and policy -- Chapter 5. Sustainable methodological solutions.

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

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

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

Description / Table of Contents: 1-Introduction to the Forest Resources in India -- 2-Assessment of Carbon sequestration in Delhi, India -- 3-Assessments of Bio-physical characteristics of Vegetation cover in Western Part of Rarh Plateau in West Bengal -- 4-Forest Cover Change Detection Using Remote Sensing and GIS in The Uttara Kannada District of Karnataka -- 5-Delineating the mangrove patches along coastal Kerala using GIS, satellite data and field validation -- 6-Assessing potential Habitat suitability for Panthera Tigris using multiple grain size and different ensemble methods in maximum entropy modeling -- 7-Bhutan heading from carbon negative to carbon neutral country -- 8-Analyzing the Dynamics of Forest Fire in Almora District using GIS and Remote Sensing -- 9-Green placemaking in Kolkata: Role of Urban Greens and Urban Forestry -- 10-Forest Resource Scenario of Industrial town: A Study of Asansol Durgapur Region -- 11-Application of participatory rural appraisal and geospatial techniques for analyzing the dynamics of mangrove forest and dependent livelihood in Indian Sundarban -- 12-Forest Cover Change Detection and Local Community Participation in Forest Management: Evidence from Rural North Sikkim, India -- 13-Seasonal relation of NTFPs and socio-economic indicators to the household income of the forest-fringe communities of Jaldapara National Park -- 14-A People’s Biodiversity Register of Henry’s Island, Indian Sundarban -- 15-Forest Management in the age of Geospatial technology -- 16-Landscape characterisation and forest fragmentation analysis using geospatial techniques: Case study from Central Indian Highlands -- 17-Monitoring forest status in Barail wildlife sanctuary using forest fragmentation approach -- 18-Geo-spatial analysis to assess the changing pattern of land use and its impact on forest fragmentation in Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2020 -- 19-Assessment of mangroves suitability in Andaman Islands, using geospatial technique -- 20-Remote Sensing Based Forest Cover Change Detection and Ecosystem Assessment in Madhupur Sal Forest of Bangladesh -- 21-Changing landscape and increasing human wildlife conflict: Introspection from a transboundary landscape -- 22-Corridor Mapping of Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) in Central Indian Corridors (Jharkhand and West Bengal), using Geospatial Techniques -- 23-Issues of Biodiversity Conservation and Conflict in Gorumara National Park, West Bengal, India -- 24-A Combined Machine Learning and Data Fusion Based Approach for Flood Susceptibility Analysis to Study Impact on Vulnerable Wildlife in Kaziranga National Park -- 25-The future of Indian forests: Conservation and Monitoring and management perspectives.

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

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: Reconstruction of resettlement community from the perspective of Rural Memory -- a case study of ChunXinYuan in Shanghai -- Temporary Urbanism and Community Engagement: A case study of Piazza Scaravilli in Bologna -- Urban Circularity: city planning perspectives from the regeneration of Amsterdam’s Buiksloterham district -- Reinventing Bilbao, The Story of the Bilbao Effect -- The waterfront development in Europe: between planning and urban design sustainability -- Transit Oriented Development as a tool of urban transformation addressed at urban regeneration processes -- The Concept of “Smart Density Planning” Principles for Livable and Sustainable Urban Transformation -- Livable Streets Determinants in Egypt, A study on streets’ physical attributes in new urban communities -- Using Cool Coating for Pavements, Asphalt, Façades and Building Roofs in the Urban Environment to Reduce the Summer Urban Heat Effect in Giza Square, Egypt -- Towards Sustainability in Resettlement Plans, the Necessary Conditions and their Interplay: The Case of Mumbai -- Urban Morphology, Environmental Performance and Energy Use: Holistic Transformation of Porto di Mare as Eco-District via IMM -- Can Skopje museums regenerate the social and urban sustainability, through “Social Friday Activity”? -- Elementary Waste Insulation Panels in Hot Arid Regions -- Comparative review of different rating systems approach and responses to pandemic situations -- Multiplying effects of urban innovation districts - Geospatial analysis framework for evaluating innovation performance within urban environments.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Competitive Bioaccumulation by Ceratophyllum demersum -- Chapter2. Climate Change, Sustainability and Resilience in Egypt and Africa -- Chapter3. Mathematical Models Ensuring Freshwater of Coastal Regions in Arid and Semi-arid Zones -- Chapter4. Multicriteria Decision Making for Risks of Natural Disaster in Social Project Assessment -- Chapter5. Mathematical Modelling and Simulation of Chemical and Biological Reaction in Peat Solidification Work For Environmental Sustainability -- Chapter6. Green Energy Conversion System (GECS) -- Chapter7. Flood Risk Estimation and Mapping: Present Status and Future Challenges -- Chapter8. Trend Analysis of Rainfall: A Case Study of Surat City, India -- Chapter9. Risk Assessment Applications — Exposure, Safety, and Security -- Chapter10. Application and Control of Quadrotors -- Chapter11. Sustainable Wind Turbine Systems Based on On-line Fault Estimation and Fault Tolerant Control -- Chapter12. Deep Learning and its Environmental Applications.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Environmental Awareness Studies in Environmental Management at Terengganu, Malaysia -- Chapter2. Human Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals Exposure Due to Selected Freshwater Fishes Ingestion from Sungai Kuantan, Malaysia -- Chapter3. Determination of Nickel and Cadmium in Freshwater Fishes in Kuantan River and Riau River -- Chapter4. Tourism Sustainability: Perspectives on Past Works, Issues and Future Research Opportunities -- Chapter5. Overview on Particulate Matter Emissions at Construction Site: Story in Malaysia -- Chapter6. The Contribution of Polluter Pays Principle (Ppp) Approach on Environmental Pollution Reduction and Health Risk for Municipal Solid Waste (Msw) -- Chapter7. General Overview on Cellulose and Cellulose Nanocrystals: Properties, Extraction and Application -- Chapter8. Strengthening Wildlife Protection Laws in Malaysia to Deter Poaching -- Chapter9. Lifting of Corporate Veil in Wildlife Crime: The Lacuna of Law in Malaysia.

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

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

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Climate smart and wise cities -- Planning instruments for climate smart cites: A spatial, green and digital approach -- The role of block-chain, big data, internet of things and artificial intelligence for transformative climate-action -- Part II: Nature-based approach in cities -- Climate change and urban nature: Impacts and policies at the urban level -- Vulnerability and risk assessment of the port Moresby(Papua New Guinea) coastline: A case study -- Assessment of mangrove distribution and drivers of mangrove cover change from 2010-2020 of the national capital district(Port Moresby) Papua New Guinea -- Part III: Fostering climate action in cities -- Possible climate actions in cities -- Innovative new market mechanism from project to mitigation activities in the urban context: a new paradigm -- How can global carbon markets promote low-carbon cities in developing countries? Lessons learned from the clean development mechanism -- Climate change mitigation action enablers for climate smart cities -- Market mechanism in the building sector from an urban perspective : Creative building solutions -- New advanced GHG accounting system for cities enabled by DLT -- Appendix: A guide to carbon neutral city plan 2050: An urban integration platform modeling approach.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. CORDEX Southeast Asia: Providing Regional Climate Change Information for Enabling Adaptation -- 2. Technical and Infrastructure Modality for Extreme Climate Early Warning in Indonesia -- 3. Challenges in Predicting Extreme Weather Events Over the South Asian Region -- 4. Statistical Characteristics of Extreme Rainfall Events over the Indian Subcontinent -- 5. Complexities of Extreme Rainfall in the Philippines. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Causes of Land Degradation -- Chapter 3. Effects of Land Degradation -- Chapter 4. Control of Land Degradation -- Chapter 5. Benefits of Land degradation Control -- Chapter 6. Climate change and Land Degradation.

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: Integrated Design Concept for Identifiable Commercial Heritage Tourism in Tunjungan District of Surabaya City -- Environmental product declarations for building materials: advantages, limits, developments -- Public-private partnerships in Romanian new urban developments - a potential valuable instrument in the privatization era -- Interaction of prehistoric heritage with today's landscape: the case study of Arslantepe Mound (Malatya/TURKEY) -- HygroMorphs: Exploring Morphologies of Architectural Adaptive Systems using Hygroscopic Properties of Wood -- Analyzing Public Transport System in Twin Cities of Rawalpindi/Islamabad -- Assessing the environmental aspects of road network resiliency.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Envisioning the mangrove future through mapping and modelling of mangrove ecosystem services -- Chapter 2. Monitoring Spatial and Temporal Distribution, Pattern and Trend Prediction of Coastal Mangroves in Pakistan using Geospatial Techniques -- Chapter 3.Assessment of mangrove colonization of aquaculture ponds through satellite image analysis: Implications for mangrove management -- Chapter 4. Ecosystem services and their future scenarios centring on mangrove ecosystem in Ishigaki Island, Japan -- Chapter 5. A participatory stakeholder-based approach to assess the drivers and challenges of mangrove loss in Kochi, Kerala, India -- Chapter 6.Understanding potential drivers of mangrove loss in Bhitarkanika and Mahanadi Delta, India to enhance effective restoration and conservation efforts -- Chapter 7. Advancement in measurement and estimation methods of blue carbon studies -- Chapter 8. Change mapping of aboveground carbon stocks and ecosystem services in the mangrove forest of Andaman Islands - implications for conservation and Ecosystem-Based Adaptation -- Chapter 9.Depicting Mangrove’s Potential as Blue Carbon Champion in Indonesia -- Chapter 10. Eco-engineering and mangrove restoration methods to stabilize earthen embankments and establishing bio-shield against natural disasters: a case study from Sundarban Ramsar Wetland, India -- Chapter 11. Ecosystem Services of Urban Fringe Mangrove Forests: The Case of Tamsui River Estuary Mangrove Forest, Taiwan -- Chapter 12. Diversity and Structural Characteristics of Mangrove Forests in the Southern District of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines -- Chapter 13. Cultural Ecosystem Services of Mangroves: A Review of Models and Methods -- Chapter 14. Capacity-building around indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) systems for effective climate adaptation in the low-lying coasts and small-islands -- Chapter 15. Ecosystem services and well-being in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh: A multiple evidence base trajectory -- Chapter 16. Fostering Mangrove Ecosystem Services for Resilient Future of the Asia-Pacific: A Knowledge Synthesis.

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Constructed wetlands as a green and sustainable technology for domestic wastewater treatment under the arid climate of rural areas in Morocco (Laila Mandi) -- Chapter 2. Efficiency of constructed wetlands and wastewater stabilization ponds for wastewater treatment in northern Algerian Sahara (Khaled Bouchama) -- Chapter 3. A review of constructed wetlands types and plants used for wastewater treatment in Egypt (Mohamed S. Gaballah) -- Chapter 4. Two decades of experience on Nature-Based Solutions for wastewater treatment in Egypt, Palestine and Tunisia (F. Masi) -- Chapter 5. Constructed Wetlands for wastewater management in Egypt: an overview of 30-years experiences in small / medium-size treatment plants (Hussein I. Abdel-Shafy) -- Chapter 6. Constructed wetland as an efficient technology for the treatment of urban/industrial wastewater in the arid regions: Morocco as a model (Ayoub El Ghadraoui) -- Chapter 7. Vertical Flow Constructed Wetlands for horticulture wastewater treatment under a hot climate in Ethiopia (Frank van DIEN) -- Chapter 8. Constructed Wetlands in a community setting in Mombasa, Kenya (Sarah den Haring) -- Chapter 9. Performance of Constructed Wetlands in a hot tropical climate: the case of Tanzania (Jamidu H.Y. Katima) -- Chapter 10. Constructed wetlands lessons from Israel, Jordan and Palestine: the effect of plants and filter media on CW performance (Hassan Azaizeh) -- Chapter 11. Performance of decentralized Vertical Flow Constructed Wetlands for reuse in agricultural irrigation in Jordan: enhancing nitrogen removal (Ghaida Abdallat) -- Chapter 12. Constructed wetlands for sustainable wastewater treatment in Oman: experiences from research and case studies (Alexandros I. Stefanakis) -- Chapter 13. Constructed Wetlands for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment – Case Studies from Pakistan (Atif Mustafa) -- Chapter 14. Constructed wetland case studies for municipal and glass industry wastewater treatment in Iran (Amir Gholipour) -- Chapter 15. Research and case studies of Sludge Treatment Wetlands in hot and arid climates: experiences and opportunities for sustainable sludge management (Alexandros I. Stefanakis) -- Chapter 16. Full-scale experiences of arid and semi-1 arid land-based decentralized constructed wetlands in India and China (Meera Keraliya) -- Chapter 17. Performance assessment of Constructed Wetland in a semi-arid region in India employing SWOT analysis (Kirti Avishek) -- Chapter 18. Novel media and unit configurations in advanced Constructed Wetlands: case studies under hot climate in Thailand (Thammarat Koottatep) -- Chapter 19. Treatment Wetlands in Atacama 1 Desert, Chile: experiences and lesson learnt from wastewater treatment and reuse (Ismael Vera-Puerto) -- Chapter 20. Wastewater Gardens systems in Yucatan, Mexico; northwest Australia; northern Algeria and southern Iraq (Mark Nelson) -- Chapter 21. Selected Constructed Wetlands case studies in Africa, Asian and Latin American countries (M.A. El-Khateeb).

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Dedication -- 2. Introduction and preface -- 3. Chapter 1. The university culture -- 4. Chapter 2. Reasons why a university faculty member might want to become entrepreneurial, whether with or without involvement of a commercial entity -- 5. Chapter 3. Innovations in biology -- 6. Chapter 4. Conflicts of interest -- 7. Chapter 5. Formation of companies from an academic base -- 8. Chapter 6. Agreements, contracts, regulatory affairs, and patents.

Description / Table of Contents: Unravelling the microbiome interactions in the environment and agriculture in the era of metagenomics -- Antimicrobial Resistance in Environmental Microbiome: an overview -- Mechanistic adaptation of microbiomes in extreme environments -- Mangrove microbiomes: Biodiversity, ecological significance, and potential role in the amelioration of metal stress -- Dynamics of the coral microbiome and its link to Climate Change -- A paradigm shift in the role of the microbiomes in environmental health and agriculture sustainability -- Modifications in Environmental Microbiome and the Evolution of Viruses through Genetic Diversity -- Novel Insights into Environmental Niche Adaptations and Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis Potential of marine sponge microbiome -- Microbiome-based Sustainable Agriculture Targeting Plant Protection -- Rhizobacteriome: Plant Growth-Promoting Traits and its Functional Mechanism in Plant Growth, Development, and Defenses -- The Cellulosome: A fiber degrading strategist of the rumen microbiome -- Metagenomic approaches for studying plant-microbe interactions -- Nitty-gritty into the plant microbiomes: Understanding Microbial niche associations and dynamics in various plant parts -- A conceptual framework to explore the functional implications of Coral-associated microbiomes and their role in promoting plant growth -- Soil microbiome- characteristics, the impact of climate change, and resilience -- Endophytic microbiomes and their role in drought stress tolerance in plants.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Agricultural System Transformation for Food and Income Security in Coastal Zones -- Chapter 2. Dhani (Oryza coarctata): A Wild Relative of Rice is a Potential Source of Coastal Salinity Tolerance Genes Suitable for Rice -- Chapter 3. SSR Marker Analysis for the Identification of the Elite Rice Variety Lavanya with its Parent VTL-3 and DNA Fingerprinting -- Chapter 4. Field Evaluation of Submergence Tolerant Rice Lines in a Coastal Ecosystem of Kerala -- Chapter 5. Development of Ionome (Salt-Omic) for the Varietal Improvement and Food Security of the Coastal Region of India -- Chapter 6. Agro-morphological, Yield and Grain Quality Analysis of Sub1 Introgressed Lines of Rice Variety Jyothi -- Chapter 7. – Sahyadri Panchamukhi: A Red Rice Variety Identified for Low Land Situation of Coastal Karnataka -- Chapter 8. Impact of Different Tillage Systems on the Dynamics of Soil Water and Salinity in the Cultivation of Maize in a Salt-Affected Clayey Soil of the Ganges Delta -- Chapter 9. Zero Tillage Potato Cultivation Following Rice in the Coastal Ganges Delta -- Chapter 10. Customized Nutrient Management Strategies for Acid Saline Soils (Orumundakan Tract) of Kerala -- Chapter 11. Effect of Phosphorus and Biofertilizers on Growth, Yield and Quality of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) in Coastal Region of Maharashtra -- Chapter 12. Biodiversity of Vegetables: Sustainable Food and Nutritional Security in Coastal Areas -- Chapter 13. Managing Major Insect Pests of Mango in the Southern Coastal Belts of India -- Chapter 14. Advances in Banana (Musa acuminata, M balbisiana Colla) Production Technologies for the Coastal Ecosystems -- Chapter 15. Dhanvantari Vatika - A Model Herbal Garden for an Agro-ecotourism Unit -- Chapter 16. Potentials of Teen (Ficus carica) as a Fruit Crop in Coastal Bangladesh -- Chapter 17. Evaluation of Efficacy of Insecticides and Fungicides Combinations Targeting Dieback Disease of Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) -- Chapter 18. Effect of Land Configuration on Yield and Nutrient Uptake by Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Under Partially Reclaimed Coastal Salt Affected Soil of South Gujarat -- Chapter 19. Studies on Organic Farming in Coriander [Coriandrum sativum (L.)]- Radish [Raphanus sativus (L.)] Cropping Sequence in Coastal Region of Karaikal -- Chapter 20. Effect of NaCl Salinity on Various Parameters of Seed Germination of Cashew Nut (Anacardium occidentale L.) -- Chapter 21. Exploring the Growth and Yield Performance of Intercrops in Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) Orchard under Coastal Climate of Karnataka -- Chapter 22. Development in rice-fish-livestock farming for higher production and income in coastal areas -- Chapter 23. Coastal Homestead Farming Systems for Enhancing Income and Nutritional Security of Small-Holder Farmers -- Chapter 24. Water Budgeting and Enhancing Water Productivity in Lowland Rice-Fish Farming System -- Chapter 25. Multilevel Integrated Farming Model in Pokkali Lands of Kerala -- Chapter 26. Sustainable Nutritional and Income Security through Integrated Farming in the Coastal Saline Pokkali Ecosystem of Kerala -- Chapter 27. Integrated Farming System Model for Sustainable Production, Livelihood Security, Income and Employment Generation to Farmers under North Konkan Coastal Zone of Maharashtra -- Chapter 28. A Critical Appraisal on the Present Status of Coconut Cultivation in Lakshadweep Islands and Strategies for Enhancing Sustainability -- Chapter 29. New Paradigms in Freshwater Aquaculture in Coastal Ecosystems in India: Happiness and Hope -- Chapter 30. River Basin Management for Sustainable Fisheries: Valuing for River Water Sources -- Chapter 31. Genetic Resources of Livestock and Poultry in Coastal Ecosystems of India -- Chapter 32. Ornamental Fish Culture for Enhancing Livelihood of Coastal Farming Communities -- Chapter 33. Brackishwater Aquaculture: Options for Livelihood Improvement of Farmers in Indian Sundarban -- Chapter 34. Water Management for Sustainable Brackishwater Aquaculture in Coastal Ecosystem-Innovative Approaches -- Chapter 35. Feed and Feeding Strategies in Freshwater Aquaculture -- Chapter 36. Mapping of Aquaculture Potential Zones using Geospatial Multi-criteria Method for Sustainable Aquaculture Development-ThiruvallurDistrict -- Chapter 37. Traditional Knowledge on Cast Net Design and Selectivity Along the Coastal Area of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, India -- Chapter 38. Genome Wide Characterization and Analysis of Simple Sequence Repeats in Cultrinae Species -- Chapter 39. Estradiol Dependent Stimulation of Brain Dopaminergic Systems in the Female Gold Spot Mullet, Liza parsia -- Chapter 40. Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture (IMTA): A Potential Farming System to Enhance Production of the Red Seaweed Agarophyton tenuistipitatum (Chang and Xia) in Brackishwater -- Chapter 41. Growout Culture of Red Snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus) in Cages -- Chapter 42. Better Management Practices and their Adoption in Shrimp Farming: A Case from South Konkan Region, Maharashtra -- Chapter 43. Studies on Growth and Mortality of Spineless Cuttlefish, Sepiella inermis (Orbigny, 1848) from Ratnagiri (Arabian Sea; Northwest Coast of India) -- Chapter 44. Effect of Electron Beam Irradiation in Combination with other Treatments on Shrimp Allergen, Tropomyosin -- Chapter 45. Coastal Ecosystems of India and Their Management to Enhance Blue Carbon Storage -- Chapter 46. Soil quality assessment for coastal agroecosystem - problems and perspectives -- Chapter 47. Participatory Conservation and Management of the Godavari mangrove wetlands, Andhra Pradesh, India -- Chapter 48. Unraveling the Potential of Below- Ground and Above- Ground Biodiversity for Sustainable Management of the Health of Plantation Crop Soils in Coastal Agro-Ecosystem -- Chapter 49. Nanofertilizers and Nanobioformulations: Blessings for Global Farming -- Chapter 50. Carbon Dynamics and Greenhouse Gases Emissions in Coastal Agriculture: Mangrove-Rice ecology in Sundarban, India -- Chapter 51. Coastal Agriculture and Water Resources Management in Southern Italy -- Chapter 52. Groundwater Salinity- Impacts and Possible Remedial Measures and Management Solutions -- Chapter 53. Importance of Monitoring by Application of GALDIT Method for the Sustainable Management of Salinity in the Coastal Aquifers of the Bengal -- Chapter 54. A Remote Sensing Assessment of Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Coastal Ecosystem: Evidence from Indian Sundarbans -- Chapter 55. Application of Geotextiles for Protection against Coastal Erosion -- Chapter 56. Efficacy of Jute Geotextiles in mitigating soil related problems along with a few case studies -- Chapter 57. Carbon Dynamics as Influenced by Biochar Application in Ultisols (Typic Plinthustults) of Kerala -- Chapter 58. Spatio-Temporal Change in Salinity Dynamics in Different Land-Use Systems of Climatically Vulnerable Indian Sundarbans -- Chapter 59. Soil Quality and Productivity Assessment for Bridging the Yield Gap in Farmers’ Fields of Coastal Deltaic Region of Karaikal -- Chapter 60. Assessment of Nutrient Index in the Post Flood Scenario of Pokkali Soils -- Chapter 61. STCR-A Tool for Fertilizer Recommendation for Rice –Rice Cropping Sequence in UT of Puducherry -- Chapter 62. Effect of Saline Water Irrigation through Drip System on Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) in Salt Affected Soils of West Bengal -- Chapter 63. Climate Change and Coastal Agriculture: Can Developing Countries Adapt? -- Chapter 64. Management of Climate Change and Natural Disaster Impacts in Agriculture -- Chapter 65. Innovative Solutions for Managing Tropical Cyclone Risk in India-Bangladesh Coastal Region of Bay of Bengal -- Chapter 66. The Challenge of Climate Change in Agriculture Management in the Persian Gulf-Oman Sea Coasts in Iran -- Chapter 67. Groundwater Modelling for Sustainable Management of Coastal Aquifers of Irrigated Regions under Climate Change -- Chapter 68. Dynamic Behaviour of the Estuaries in Response to the Phenomenon of Global Warming in the Coastal Ecosystems of West Bengal and Odisha, India -- Chapter 69. Dynamic Behaviour of the Estuaries in Response to the Phenomenon of Global Warming in the Coastal Ecosystems of West Bengal and Odisha, India -- Chapter 70. Time Series Analysis of Climate Variables for Baitarini River Basin of Odisha -- Chapter 71. Animal Shelter Designs and Construction in Tropical Cyclone Prone Coastal Areas as Disaster Management Strategies for Livestock -- Chapter 72. Animal Shelter Designs and Construction in Tropical Cyclone Prone Coastal Areas as Disaster Management Strategies for Livestock -- Chapter 73. Strengthening Agricultural and Allied Value Chains for Income and Livelihood Security in Coastal Economies of India -- Chapter 74. Analysis of Seaweed Value Chain to Improve Coastal livelihood and Blue Economy of Bangladesh -- Chapter 75. Decision Support System: An Essentiality for Micro Planning in Coastal Agro Ecosystem -- Chapter 76. Soil Salinity Effects on Traditional Agricultural Practices in Three Coastal Rural Villages of Indian Sundarban, West Bengal -- Chapter 77. Mechanization of Small Farms to Reduce Drudgery of Women Workers -- Chapter 78. Development and Performance Evaluation of Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana) Cleaning System -- Annex. .