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Description / Table of Contents: Section 1: Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorology, Climatology, Oceanography -- Section 2: Biogeochemistry, Geobiology, Geoecology, Geoagronomy -- Section 3: Environmental Earth Sciences and Geohazards -- Section 4: Hydrology, Hydrochemistry, Hydrogeology.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Reproductive biotechnologies applied to the female sheep and goat -- Chapter 2. Oogenesis and folliculogenesis -- Chapter 3 Proteomics of animal viruses -- Chapter 4. Influence of the ovarian reserve and oocyte quality on livestock fertility -- Chapter 5. Metabolomics of food systems -- Chapter 6. Phytobioactive compounds on ovarian functions in mammals -- Chapter 7. Buffalo embryo production.

Description / Table of Contents: (1) Should I Eat Meat? -- (2) Meat and the Environment: How Livestock are Taking a Big Bite Out of Our Planet -- (3) An Ethical Dilemma: To Meat or Not to Meat? -- (4) Meat and Nutrition: Will Eating Less Meat Make Me Healthier? -- (5) Staying Alive: Is a Meat-Free Diet Safer? -- (6) Plant-based Meat: Building Meat from Plants -- (7) Biotech Meat: Growing Meat from Cells -- (8) Bug Meat: Assembling Meat from Insects -- (9) The Past is the Future: Tofu and Tempeh Rejuvenated -- (10) Future Foods: Diet 2050.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 – Why you need this book and why I wrote it -- Chapter 2 – What you need to do before you write a grant -- Chapter 3 – The idea -- Chapter 4 – Go solo or collaborate? -- Chapter 5 – What the entrepreneur needs to know -- Chapter 6 – The grant package -- Chapter 7 – The main event – writing it -- Chapter 8 – Edit / Polish / Shine / Repeat -- Chapter 9 – Are you ready to submit it? -- Chapter 10 - Post submission steps to win the grant -- Afterthoughts -- Index -- About the Author.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Molecular Genetics -- Chapter 1. Introduction to genetics -- Chapter. 2. DNA as hereditary material -- Chapter. 3. Central Dogma of Molecular Biology -- Chapter. 4. Applications of molecular biology in agriculture -- Part. II. Mendelian Genetics -- Chapter. 5. DNA, Genes, Cells and Mendelian Genetics -- Chapter. 6. Gene interactions -- Chapter. 7. Sex-linked inheritance -- Chapter. 8. Gene linkage -- Chapter. 9. Extranuclear inheritance -- Chapter. 10. Chromosomal mutations -- Part. III. Population Management -- Chapter. 11. Population genetics -- Chapter. 12. Quantitative Genetics -- Chapter. 13. Heterosis -- Chapter. 14. Population management and Genetic Improvement.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Advances in Microscopy for Visualization, Education and Healthcare Practice -- Chapter 1. Visualizing the Invisible: Microscopy and How It Affects Our Understanding of Cells and Tissues -- Chapter 2. Morphometric Image Analysis and Its Applications in Biomedicine Using Different Microscopy Modes -- Chapter 3. The Shift in Power from Conventional to Digital and Virtual Microscopy -- Chapter 4. How Visualizations Have Revolutionized Taxonomy: From Macroscopic, to Microscopic, to Genetic -- Chapter 5. Bright New World: Principles of Fluorescence and Applications in Spectroscopy and Microscopy -- Chapter 6. An Introduction to Particle Tracking Techniques with Applications in Biomedical Research -- Chapter 7. An Exploration of the Practice of CT Modalities to Evaluate Anterior Cranial Deformities in Craniosynostosis -- Part II. Anatomical and Cell Biology Education -- Chapter 8. The Use of Biomedical Imaging in Visuospatial Teaching of Anatomy -- Chapter 9. Ultrasound Imaging for Musculoskeletal Research -- Chapter 10. Skill Acquisition in Histology Education.

Description / Table of Contents: Direct Cardiac Reprogramming: Current Status and Future Prospects -- Stem Cell-Based Therapeutic Approaches in Genetic Diseases -- Gene Therapeutic Delivery to the Salivary Glands -- Cancer Stem Cells and Their Therapeutic Usage -- Rafting on the Plasma Membrane: Lipid Rafts in Signaling and Disease -- Sounding a New Era in Biomechanics with Acoustic Force Spectroscopy -- Drug Therapeutics Delivery to the Salivary Glands: Intraglandular and Intraductal Injections -- Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy: What We Know and What We Need to Know -- Vitamin A Deficiency, COVID-19, and Rhino-Orbital Mycormycosis (Black Fungus): An Analytical Perspective -- Treatment Strategies for Multiple Myeloma Treatment and the Role of High-Throughput Screening for Precision Cancer Therapy. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: An Introduction to Small Island Developing States and Building Resilience to Climate Change in the Caribbean -- Chapter 2: Principles of Systemic Resilience to Climate Change in Small Island Developing States -- Chapter 3: Nature-based Solutions for Building Resilience in Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean -- Chapter 4: Assessment of the Effectiveness of Nature-based Solutions for Land Restoration in St. Kitts and Nevis -- Chapter 5: Building Resilience for Caribbean Nations: Showstoppers and Opportunities from Economics and Governance.

Description / Table of Contents: Society 5.0: Realizing Next Generation Healthcare -- Health informatics applications in healthcare and society 5.0 -- Society 5.0 and quality multidisciplinary care for malignant solid tumors in low- and middle-income settings -- Technological Innovations and the Advancement of Preventive Healthcare for Society 5.0 -- Internet of Things in Society 5.0 and the Democratization of Healthcare -- Merging CyberSpace with Physical Space to Improve Cervical Cancer Management and Women’s Health in Low-Middle-Income Countries -- AI Enhanced Drug discovery and the achievement of next generation human-centered health system -- The role of digital twinning, the next generation of EMR/EHR, in healthcare in a society 5.0: collecting patient data from birth to the grave -- Integration of Cyber-Physical Systems in the Advancement of Society 5.0 Healthcare Management -- Transformation of the healthcare ecosystem in the era of Society 5.0 -- Healthcare transformation using Blockchain technology in the Era of Society 5.0 -- Society 5.0 Healthcare: Ethics, Legal Rights, Human Rights, Safety and Security -- Way forward for Society 5.0 and Next Generation Healthcare.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Review of Literature -- Data Base and Methodology -- India’s Forest Cover, Forest policies and Acts and Impact of Governance on Forest Cover -- Institutions & Enforcement at Local Level -- Forest Dependency and Forest Governance in South Bengal and North Bengal Forest Divisions -- Conclusions and Policy Recommendations.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Khikeya Semy*, Ruokuonuo Kuotsu -- Ethnobotanical study of medicinal herbs used by the Naga tribals of Eastern Himalayas -- khikeyasemy@gmail.com -- 2. Ahirrao YA1, Patil MV2 and DA Patil3* -- Ethnomedicinal Use-reports of Seeds As Tapped From Herbal Vendors In North Maharashtra (India) -- dapatil_10aug@yahoo.com -- 3. Pious Soris Tresina, Murugeswaran Santhiya Selvam, Vallinayagam Sornalakshmi and Veerababu Ramasamy Mohan -- Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers in Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary -- vrmohanvoc@gmail.com -- 4. Jayalekshmi C V 1† , Reshma K Ramesh 1† , Vijai M 2† & Suresh V* -- Ethnomedicinal Plants used by Irula Tribal Settlement of Attappady in Palakkad District Kerala, India -- 5. Jayalekshmi C V 1† , Reshma S 2† & Suresh V* -- Folk Medicine Of Chittur Taluk In Palakkad District, -- 6. R. Manikandan 1 , S.P. Nithya, R. Mehala Devi -- Checklist Flora of Sunderdhunga Valley, Western Himalaya, with Emphasis on Ethno-Medicinal Plants -- 7. Pinki Gogoi, Pyonim Lungphi, A.P. Das & Ayam Victor Singh * -- Phytomedicines Used In Respiratory Diseases By Traditional Healers Of Lakhimpur & Dhemaji Districts Of Assam, India -- 8. Lydia Yeptho*, T. Ajungla -- Understanding phytomedicinal gastronomic culture of the Nagas in Nagaland, India -- 9. Ritee Basu, Sukanya Dasgupta, Spoorthy N Babu, Ayesha Noor* -- Medicinal Plants in the Indian Traditional Medicine and Current Practices -- 10. Rajeev Ranjan Kumar, Jaidev Chauhan, Vijay Kant Purohit and Pratti Prasad -- Conservation of RET Medicinal and Aromatic plants, for their Appraisal in Traditional Medicines and Current practices in Indian Himalayan Region -- 11. Neva Chaudhary 1* , Suresh K. Ghimire 2 and Ram P. Chaudhary -- Traditional Amchi Medicinal Practice in trans-Himalayas of Nepal: Conservation and Bioprospecting -- 12. Salman Majeed 1* , Muhammad Zafar 1 , Mushtaq Ahmad 1,2 , Shazia Sultana 1 , Muhammad Fethi, Ozdemir 3 , Omer Kilic 4 , Ghulam Yaseen 5 , Nabila 1 -- Appraisal of Medicinal Plants Diversity Inhabited in Deserts Areas -- 13. Karma Yeshi, Phurpa Wangchuk -- Bush Medicinal Plants of the Australian Wet Tropics and Their Biodiscovery Potential -- 14. Kausar Rashid1*, Sufiya Rashid1, Aijaz Hassan Ganie2, Irshad A. Nawchoo1, Mudasir A. Tantry3, Anzar A. Khuroo4 -- Trillium govanianum, a promising endemic medicinal herb of the Himalaya -- 15. K. Abirami, P. Revathi, K. Thenmozhi* and K. Sowndhararajan -- Comprehensive Review on Wild Basil Genus Orthosiphon of Lamiaceae -- 16. T. Soumya, P. R. Jayasree and P. R. Manish Kumar -- Zingiberaceae plants – a cornucopia of promising chemotherapeuticals for cancer cure -- 17. Nikita Patel and Ramar Krishnamurthy -- Moringa oleifera Accessions: Perspectives and application as nutraceuticals and phytomedicines -- 18. Sreeja Puthanpura Sasidharanc, Xuefei Yanga,b, Karuppusamy Arunachalama,b* -- An overview of ethnobotany, phytochemicals and pharmacological properties of Ficus species -- 19. Sunil Kumar 1 , Bikarma Singh 2,3 -- Phytochemistry and pharmacology of Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don and Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz -- 20. Naveen Dhingra* 1 , Shaligram Sharma 2 , Pratima Kumari 3 and Anand Kar 4 -- Resilience Activity of Glycyrrhiza glabra in Relation to Cancer: Chemistry and Mechanism -- 21. Reshmi Chembrammal 1 *, Aswathi Pokkadath 2 and John Ernest Thoppil 3 -- Strobilanthes: A plethora of phytomedicine -- 22. Sonia Mol Joseph* And Amala Dev A.R -- Annonaceae: Tropical medicinal plants with potential anticancer compounds: An overview -- 23. Suman Thamburaj † , Chayanika Sarma † , Anju Mariam Johnson † , Akhila Etikala † and Suresh Kumar Kalakandan* -- Biocolorant from Anisochilus carnosus: A natural food preservative -- 24. Azhagu Saravana Babu. P 1 , Vajiha Aafrin. B 2 , Sagorika Goyali 1 , Geethika. M 1 , Sugumari.V 1 , M. Sukumar -- Therapeutic properties of Nardostachys jatamansi and its applications in Post Chemotherapy induced hair loss in cancer patients -- 25. Marney Pascoli Cereda -- Phototherapeutic potential of cassava (Manihot esculenta, Crantz). -- 26. Saranya Surendran and *Raju Ramasubbu -- Phytochemistry and Pharmacological studies of Indian Cinnamomum Schaeff. -- 27. Silvy Mathew, Reshma Rajan -- Medicinal properties and population studies on Sarcostigma kleinii Wight &Arn. -- 28. Anjana Krishnan1, Jomy Joseph2 and Sudha Kalyanikutty1*, -- The Utility of Natural Mucilage from the Medicinal plant, ‘Patha’ (Cyclea peltata) as an Alternative for Solidifying Agent in Cell Growth Media -- 29. S. N. Preethamol 1 * and John E Thoppil 2 -- Secondary metabolites in Ophiorrhiza brunonis Wight &Arn. (Rubiaceae): A lead towards its anticancer potential -- 30. Kajal Chakraborty -- Marine macroalgae as a treasure house of bioactive compounds and nutraceuticals -- 31. Kapish Kapoor †1* , Priyal Jain †2 Joohee Pradhan †1* -- Plant metabolites as new leads to herbal drug discovery: Approaches and Challenges -- 32. Mudasir Maqbool 1 , Kitika Shenmar 2 , Ansab Akther 3 , Reyaz Hassan Mir 2 , Adil Farooq Wali 4* , Roohi Mohi-ud-din 5* -- Biochanin A Chemistry, Structural Modifications, and Therapeutic Applications: An Update -- 33. Biswajit Patra 1 , Nibedita Das 2 , Mohammad Zaki Shamim 3 , Tapan Kumar Mohanta 4, Bishwambhar Mishra 4 , Yugal Kishore Mohanta 5* -- Dietary Natural Polyphenols Against Bacterial and Fungal Infections: An Emerging Gravity in Health care and Food industry -- 34. Joohee Pradhan 1 * Purnima Paliwal 2† Sunita Panchawat 1† Rohini Trivedi 3† , and Devshree Gayakwad 4† -- Phyto-constituents as Potential Leads for the Development of Novel Antiepileptic Drugs -- 35. Hitesh Chopra 1 , Shabana Bibi 2 , Yugal Kishore Mohanta 3 , Sony Kumari 3 , Atif Amin Baig 4* -- Role of Polyphenols in Cardiovascular diseases -- 36. Alankar Shrivastava -- Steam Distillation: Principle And Applications For The Extraction Of Essential Oils From Plants -- 37. Durga Prasad Barik -- Factors Influencing Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation Efficiency In Plants – A Case Study -- 38. Dr T V Binu, C B Athira -- Evaluation Of Medicinal Planttager With Reference To Its Substitute -- 39. Shipra Jha1, Shilpi Yadev2 -- Biotechnology: Production of Natural Bioactive Compounds from Leguminous Plants & Disease Management -- 40. Pawan Mulani*, Dr.Sweta S.Koka, Anirudh Padiyar, Dr. R.K. Maheshwari, Dr. G.N. Darwhekar -- Novel Ecofriendly Method Of Extraction For Fixed Oils Using Solvent Action Of Solid Solubilizers -- 41. 1Yasotha Jeyaram, 2Priya Prasannan, 1Arjun Pandian, 2*Ramasubbu Raju -- Conservation attempts of woody medicinal plants of India by Biotechnological tools -- 42. M.V Lakshmi, S. Jeyaraj, and T.S Swapna -- Conservation of endangered medicinal plants by in-vitro propagation methods -- 43. Nadia Iqbal 1* , Sidra Nisar Ahmed 2 , Urooj subhan 1 , Nageen Arif 1 , Humaira Saleem 1 , Farah Deeba 1 -- Application of biotechnology to produce plant-derived biologically important compounds -- 44. Mehmet Zeki Kocak 1 * , Mustafa Güven Kaysim 2 -- Appraisal of Medicinal Plants for Pharmacological Properties -- 45. Yuhong Zheng 1 , Xin Shi 2 , Li Fu 3* -- Pharmacological properties and tissue culture method of endangered medicinal plants -- 46. Morvarid Noormohammadi 1 , Farzad Shidfar 2* -- Natural compounds with pharmacological properties in clinical trials -- 47. Aswathi Pokkadath1, Reshmi Chembrammal2, and John Ernest Thoppil3 -- Phytopharmacological aspects of the genus Terminalia -- 48. Priyanka Soni 1 , Md. Sajid Ghufran 2 and Govinda Rao Duddukuri 3 * -- Anticancer potential of plant-derived compounds: An overview of their epigenetic mode of action -- 49. Nikita Kale -- Treatment of Cancer Using Combination of Herbal & Novel Drug Delivery System -- 50. Nisha Sam Nirmala* 1 , Navina Bala Krishnan 1 , Vaishnavi Vivekanandan 1 , Krishnaraj Thirugnanasambantham -- Anti-Inflammatory Potential Of Lead Compounds And Their Derivatives From Medicinal Plants -- 51. Tanima Bhattacharya a,b# , Debashrita Das c# , Hitesh Chopra d , Atif Amin Baig* e -- Alzheimer disease treatment using natural foods: A perspective overview -- 52. Anjali Saharan 1 , Harkiran Nehra 2 , Chander Parkash 3 , Rakesh Kumar Sindhu 4 , Inderjeet Verma 3 -- Natural products used for the treatment of an autoimmune disorder -- 53. Cristina M. Pérez Zamora 1,2*† , Carola A. Torres 1,2*† and Ana M. Gonzalez 3 -- Strategies to improve antimicrobial activity of natural products: approaches and challenges -- 54. Sinimol Thekkekkoottumughath Peethambaran1* -- Plants Described In Ayurveda With Immunomodulatory Potential -- 55. B Sumithra 1*, Sanjeeb Kumar Mandal 1, B Bishwambhar Mishra 1, Mounika KVSSN 1, Caleb Joel Raj J 1, Aishwarya CVS 1. -- Plant-derived drugs for Alzheimer’s and other neurological disorders -- 56. Afroze Naveed Basha 1 , Ramya Subramanian 2 , Kandeepan Chithan 1 , Gopinath Gurulingam, Vincent 3 , Karthigeyan Murugesan 3 , Ananthavalli Ramachandran 3 , Sivakumar Pethanan 3 , Mani, Panagal 4 , Chella Perumal Palanisamy 5* , Jayakumararaj Ramaraj 6* -- Properties and mechanism of antimicrobial agents from plant derived essential oils -- 57. Thomson Alex 1 , Alankar Shrivastava 2* , Damanpreet Kaur Lang 3 , Rakhi Khabiya 4, Sweta S. Koka 4 , Yasmin Sultana 1* -- Nanotechnological Modus Operandi For The Delivery Of Cytotoxic Phytochemicals -- 58. a Arun John and b Rinu Elizabeth Roy -- Plant Based Green Nano Particles In Cancer Diagnosis And Chemotherapy -- 59. Jeyanthi Palanivelu, R. Sai Nandhini, Kalpana Shree S, Phalguni Maity, G.S.Madhumathi, Anindita Bhar , Jeyanthi Palanivelu* -- Use Of Nanoparticles In Cancer Therapy Using Plant Resources -- 60. Md. Sajid Ghufran 1* , Priyanka Soni 2 and Govinda Rao Duddukuri 3 -- The global concern for cancer emergence and its prevention: A systematic unveiling of the present scenario -- 61. Shaikh Ajij Ahmed Makbul 1,* Sayeedur Rahman 2 -- Regularly used poisonous medicinal pl.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- The Subjective Experience: a brief review -- Two mentalistic portraits: the book and its content -- Workings of the mind: consciousness and the unconscious -- The unfolding of Life: the genetic endowment -- The evolutionary archetypes: values and needs -- One of the line: values and needs -- Affective connectedness: the qualia web -- Talking to the stars: the quanta web -- Putting it all together -- Some closing reflections -- References.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Soil And Water Management -- Chapter 2: Water Erosion -- Chapter 3: Modeling Water Erosion -- Chapter 4: Wind Erosion -- Chapter 5: Wind Erosion Modeling -- Chapter 6: Tillage Erosion -- Chapter 7: Tillage Systems -- Chapter 8: Cropping Systems -- Chapter 9: Crop Residue Management -- Chapter 10: Cover Crops -- Chapter 11: Perennial Plants And Soil Management -- Chapter 12: Soil Amendments -- Chapter 13: Mechanical Structures And Engineering Techniques -- Chapter 14: Restoration And Management Of Degraded Soils -- Chapter 15: Soil Fertility Management -- Chapter 16: Nutrient Erosion And Hypoxia Of Aquatic Ecosystems -- Chapter 17: Soil Water Management -- Chapter 18: Management Of Grazing Lands -- Chapter 19: Soil Management And Carbon Dynamics -- Chapter 20: One Health -- Chapter 21: Soil Resilience -- Chapter 22: Food, Water, And Climate -- Chapter 23: The Way Forward.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. History of Medical Illustration, Graphic Medicine, Humanizing Healthcare and Equitable Visualizations -- Chapter 1. Drawn Together: Merging the Worlds of Health and Comics Through Graphic Medicine -- Chapter 2. Medical Graphics and Graphic Medicine -- Chapter 3. Decolonising Visual Narratives in Global Health: The Case for Equitable and Ethical Imagery Use -- Chapter 4. Medical Illustration in Anatomy -- Chapter 5. Valuing Creativity in Biomedical Science Education: A Reflective Narrative -- Chapter 6. Biomedical Visualization in Embryology Education: A Scoping Review -- Chapter 7. A Framework for the Design, Production, and Evaluation of Scientific Visualizations -- Part II. Anatomical and Cell Biology Education -- Chapter 8. Palpation: The Art of Felt Anatomy -- Chapter 9. Teaching Histology with Analogies -- Chapter 10. Using the Hands for Learning Anatomy -- Chapter 11. Corporeal Pedagogy: Visualizing Anatomy Through Art, Archaeology and Medicine.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: System definitions -- Chapter 1: Introduction: why agroecology, why systems, why now? -- Chapter 2: Systems approach: analysis, design and modelling -- Chapter 3: Structure, functions and diversity of agroecosystems -- Part II: Analysis-oriented approaches -- Chapter 4: Categorising diversity through rural household typologies -- Chapter 5: Production functions and factors in agroecosystems -- Chapter 6: Landscape structure, functions and biodiversity -- Chapter 7: Spatial heterogeneity in agroecosystems -- Part III: Design-oriented approaches -- Chapter 8: Evaluation and indicators in the design of agroecosystems -- Chapter 9: Trade-offs around production and livelihood decisions -- Chapter 10: Pathways for agroecological transitions.

Description / Table of Contents: 1 Papain-Like cysteine protease (PLpro) -- 2 3C-Like protease (3CLpro) -- 3 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) -- 4 RNA-helicase -- 5 RNA-helicase binding with [RdRp, NSP7, NSP8a, NSP8b, pRNA, tRNA, ADP-Mg2+, ATP-Mg2+] -- 6 RNA-helicase binding with [ADP-Mg2+, ATP-Mg2+, and RNA] -- 7 Spike (S) glycoprotein -- 8 Spike (S) glycoprotein D614G mutant -- 9 Spike (S) glycoprotein N501Y mutant -- 10 Spike (S) glycoprotein N165A-and-N234A mutant -- 11 SARS (SARS-CoV-1) -- 12 MERS-coronavirus (MERS) -- 13 Human-ACE2, human-L6, human-L6R, human-nAChRs -- 14 PLpro binding with 12 compounds -- 15 3CLpro binding with N3/Lopinavir/Ritonavir -- 16 3CLpro dimer binding with 7 HIV-inhibitors and Others -- 17 Spike RBDs binding with 50 drugs -- 18 Human ACE2 ectodomain binding with 78 drugs -- 19 Spike-and-ACE2 binding with 100 drugs -- 20 Envelope protein (E-protein) -- 21 Membrane glycoprotein (M-protein) -- 22 Nucleocapsid phosphoprotein (N-protein) -- 23 SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome -- 24 NSP7, NSP8, NSP9, NSP10, NSP16, NSP14 -- 25 NSP15 -- 26 Other mutants -- 27 Vaccines and Drugs -- 28 Pandemic Mathematical Models, Epidemiology and Virus Origins -- A Mathematical Optimization Algorithms and Free Energy Calculations -- References -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Preliminary study of the opportunity to predict changes in rock samples inner structure caused by triaxial loading based on stress-strain relationship -- Estimates of the periodicity of atmospheric blockings over Kazakhstan in the spring-summer time according to ERA 5 reanalysis data -- Relations of interannual variability of topography of water surfaces of oceanic regions with solar activity on the example of Black and Azov seas -- Filtration of salt solutions taking into account the Osmotic effect -- Investigation of features of water circulation in the northern part of the Black Sea on the basis of the assimilation of observational data in the autumn-winter season of 2016 -- Propagation of tsunami waves in a T-shaped bay -- The Features of Simulation of Radar Altimeter Return Waveform Using Hermite Polynomials -- Abnormal Statistics of Sea Waves -- Emission of nanoparticles during loading rock salt -- Retrospective analysis methods in the study of the existence of anomalous processes in geodynamic systems.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Dimensional Stone -- Aggregates -- Portland Cement -- Lime -- Gypsum Products -- Concrete -- Mortar -- Ceramic Materials -- Metals and Alloys -- Bituminous Materials -- Geosynthetics and other Plastics -- Wood and Cork -- Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW).

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Mitigation of Rayleigh-Taylor Convection in a Porous Medium by Initial Periodic Fluctuations -- 2. Viscose mutual involvement of moving contacting liquids -- 3. The study of a drop collision with an obstacle -- 4. Methods of cavitation flows investigation -- 5. Modeling of a ring wave system source using satellite surveillance -- 6. Static form and quasi-stationary evaporation of groundwater in soil cracks and human biofluid between slides -- 7. Effect of barrier discharge plasma treatment on winter wheat seed germination -- 8. On the treatment of seeds with cold plasma to improve germination processes -- 9. Non-potential waves on the surface of stratified liquid -- 10. Scattering short hydroacoustics wave in the presence of long surface –waves -- 11. On the determination of diffuse reflectance of PTFE -- 12. Features of admixture dynamics in the fluid depth for complex vortex with free surface -- 13. Features of using perturbation theory to study convective diffusion -- 14. Stratification and segregation under laminar convection -- 15. Arctic air intrusions and changes in 7be fluxes from the atmosphere to the earth's surface -- 16. n Simulation of the Physical and Chemical Complex for Processing Hydrogen Sulfide in the Black sea region -- 17. Analysis of microbiological and sanitary-hygienic indicators of water from an underground source -- 18. Joint influence of Arctic ice dynamics and magnetic field diffusion on magnetohydrodynamic processes in geoenvironments -- 19. Approximation of the soil temperature by piecewise-continuous functions.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Mathematical model of acoustic processes -- Acoustic phenomena in the language of the theory of elasticity -- General properties and characteristic types of sound waves -- Flat sound waves -- Geometric acoustics -- Beam description of the sound field in inhomogeneous media -- Wave description of the sound field in inhomogeneous media -- The reflection of sound waves from the bottom of the ocean -- The scattering of sound by the roughness of the surface and bottom of the ocean.

Description / Table of Contents: Saint Petersburg - the city of stone -- Saint Petersburg - the stones city -- The Bronze Horseman and Thunder Stone - the symbol of St. Petersburg -- Peter and Paul Cathedral – the beginning of St. Petersburg -- Alexander Column - the world's largest monolith -- Natural stone in the modern St. Petersburg -- Part II. Historical quarries of natural stone -- History of stone quarrying in Virolahti area -- Serdobolsky granites from Lake Ladoga -- Granite necklace of the Karelian Isthmus -- Ruskeala marble - joyful stone of Karelia -- Part III. Natural stone in the history of two cultures -- Saimaa Canal - the history of the sea route -- Stones of Valaam and Novovalaam monasteries -- Natural Stone in church buildings -- Towns-fortresses (Vyborg, Korela) -- Dragon's Teeth - Mannerheim defense lines -- Life and Stone (bridges, roads, dwellings, basements). .

Description / Table of Contents: Geological Approaches to the Coast -- Coastal Processes -- Coastal Systems: Dynamics and Sedimentary Sequences -- Coastal Evolution on a Geological Time Frame -- The Humans in the Coast: Interaction Problems and Coastal Management -- Final Remarks. .

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Part 1- Assessing Climate Change Impacts -- Chapter 1- Impact of Climate Change and its Adaptation in the Semi-Arid Environment of Flood-Prone Dechatu Catchment, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia -- Chapter 2- Online consumption impact: Sustainable practices of young adults facing climate change -- Chapter 3- Rerouting food waste for climate change adaptation: the paths of research -- Chapter 4- Modeling climate resilient economic development -- Chapter 5- Local context of Climate Change Adaptation in the South-Western Coastal Regions of Bangladesh -- Chapter 6- Vulnerability Assessment on Agriculture in East Nusa Tenggara -- Chapter 7- National Integrated Coastal Zone Management Frameworks Need to Adapt -- Chapter 8- The Influence of Climate Factors in the Distribution of Birds -- Chapter 9- Effect of extreme climatic events on plant-pollinator interactions in blueberry -- Chapter 10- Understanding the Politics of Climate Change in Zimbabwe -- Chapter 11- Geospatial surveillance of Vicissitudes observed in the Land Surface Temperature of the Federal Capital of Pakistan over three decades -- Chapter 12- Mapping multi-decadal mangrove forest change in the Philippines: Vegetation extent and impacts of anthropogenic and climate-related factors -- Chapter 13- Anthropogenic Climate Change in the Mangrove-Dominated Indian Sundarbans: Spatio-Temporal Analyses, Future Trends, and Recommendations for Mitigation and Adaptation -- Part 2- Implementing mitigation and adaptation measures -- Chapter 14- Carbon Trading and Sustainable Development Goal 13: The Malaysia Perspectives -- Chapter 15- Composite Water Resources Management: A Decentralized Approach for Climate Change Adaptation -- Chapter 16- Innovative Ways to Mobilise Private Sector Capital in Climate Change Adaptation Investments in Developing Countries - Mechanisms and Forward-looking Vision from Practitioners’ Standpoint -- Chapter 17- Lessons in Adaptation and Innovation of Selected Local COVID-19 Responses in the Philippines -- Chapter 18- Climate change and disaster risk management policy integration in Pacific Island Countries: trajectories and trends -- Chapter 19- Mainstreaming agri-compatible virtual resource flows in agri-food system adaptation to climate change in the Caribbean -- Chapter 20- Climate change perceptions and adaptation strategies in vulnerable and rural territories -- Chapter 21- Human Mobility: The Invisible Issue in Climate Change Adaptation Policies The Case of Morocco -- Chapter 22- Written press´s approach to climate change in the Autonomous Region of Madeira and the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands -- Chapter 23- Indigenous Knowledge of Artisanal Fisherfolks on Climate Change Adaptation in Ondo State, Nigeria -- Chapter 24- Clarifying Local Government Policymakers’ Needs on Climate Change Science and Technologies: Experiences of science and policy deliberation at co-design workshops in Japan -- Chapter 25- Climate change adaptation: An overview of contextual factors constraining adaptation responses of smallholder agricultural producers -- Chapter 26- Spatial distribution modeling of Odonata in the New Aquitaine region (France): a tool to target refuge areas under climate change -- Chapter 27- Climate change, soil saturation, and risk of yield penalties to key cereal crops: a neglected issue in agri-food system adaptation -- Chapter 28- Soil fertility recovery at the Kara River Basin (Togo, West Africa): Local solutions at the interface of climate and land use change -- Chapter 29- Can biostimulants mitigate the negative impact of climate change on oliviculture? -- Chapter 30- The vulnerability of small-scale fisheries-based livelihoods to climatic and non-climatic stressors in Kani Ward, Binga, Zimbabwe -- Chapter 31- Hydro-Meteorological Risk Emergency planning and management using big data as a platform.

Description / Table of Contents: Vortex flow in a homogeneous fluid -- Solute admixture transport from a compact source in a composite vortex -- Transfer of immiscible admixture in a vortex flow -- Motion of solid markers in a vortex flow -- Modelling hydrocarbon spillage on the surface of water.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. The order parameter fluctuations of seismicity are minimized before major earthquakes -- 2. A straightforward experimental fact demonstrating the physical interconnection of a SES activity with seismicity -- 3. The spatiotemporal variations of the minimum of the seismicity order parameter fluctuations may estimate the epicenter of an impending major earthquake -- 4. Temporal correlations in the magnitude time series before and after the minimum of the order parameter fluctuations of seismicity -- 5. Identifying the occurrence time of a mainshock by means of the minimum of the seismicity order parameter fluctuations -- 6. On a unique increase of the seismicity order parameter fluctuations before the ����9 Tohoku earthquake in Japan in 2011 -- 7. Minimum of the seismicity entropy change under time reversal before major earthquakes in natural time analysis -- 8. Fluctuations of the entropy change of seismicity under time reversal before major earthquakes in natural time analysis -- 9. Identifying the occurrence time of a mainshock by means of the fluctuations of the seismicity entropy change under time reversal -- 10. Compatibility of the SES generation model with the precursory phenomena before the Tohoku ����9 earthquake in Japan in 2011 -- 11. Recent advances on the estimation of a future earthquake epicenter based on natural time -- 12. Study of the global seismicity using natural time analysis -- 13. Applications of natural time analysis to disaster prediction in other disciplines. .

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: The Mediterranean, and the Port Cities in Modern Times -- Overture -- Urban Planning in a Mediterranean Port City: The contested nature of urban redevelopment in the el Raval neighborhood in Barcelona -- PART I A Mediterranean Tour d’horizon with the Port City Articles as the Ports of Call -- Alexandria: A Glorious Past, Troubled Present and a Promising Future -- Beirut--Forever on a Tightrope: The Search for a Fragile Modernity in Travelogues, Memoirs, and Archives -- The Character of Mersin as an Eastern Mediterranean Port City -- Izmir, the Port City That Will Follow You No Matter Where You Go -- Intermezzo: A View from the Bridge of Volos Collapsing into Infinity -- Volos in the Network of Mediterranean Cities: Comparative Mapping of the City’s Spatial Evolution through the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- PART II Fragments of Connectivity -- Transnational Trajectories: From Chios to London through Alexandria, A Family Story -- City, Fathers, and Sons: Life Trajectories of Salonican Sabbatians in the Nineteenth Century -- Ex-Changing Houses in Rethymno after the Treaty of Lausanne.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Towards a systemic understanding of equitable sustainability in cities: a conceptual framework -- Chapter 2. Assessing the person-environment fit framework for active ageing -- Chapter 3. Role of public parks and spaces in creating age-friendly cities -- Chapter 4. Neighbourhood outdoor shared spaces and mental well-being of the elderly: The case of a high-rise neighbourhood in Delhi -- Chapter 5. Healthy cities for adolescents: Learnings and reflections from Bhubaneshwar and Jaipur city -- Chapter 6. Reclaiming healthy cities through nature-based planning solutions -- Chapter 7. Spatiotemporal variability of urban greenspace and surface temperature in Dhaka city: A Public health aspect -- Chapter 8. Access to health promoting green space in relation to population density : A case study of Leuven (Belgium) -- Chapter 9. Technology and ecology in a green mesh: a healthy alliance for the smart city -- Chapter 10. Evaluating Nature-based Solutions (NbS) as a tool for urban resilience in the Global South -- Chapter 11. Differentials in medication non-adherence in India: Does place of living matter? -- Chapter 12. Geographical inequalities in health in public housing districts in the context of Rome: An observational study on the territory of Local Health Unit Roma 1 -- Chapter 13. A Case Study: An Intersectoral Partnership Approach to Embedding Health in Land Use Planning -- Chapter 14. The impacts of an urban cable car system on liveability: a mixed methods study in Bogotá, Colombia -- Chapter 15. Precincts and promises -- Chapter 16. Conclusion. .

Description / Table of Contents: PART I : The climate threat and democracy -- Chapter 1 The point of departure -- Chapter 2 The climate problem and climate policy -- Part II Antidemocratic threats -- Chapter 3 The antidemocratic heritage and the dream about “Eco dictatorship” -- Chapter 4 The current climate debate and the threat to democracy -- Chapter 5 Popular climate uproar and the undermining of democracy -- Chapter 6 The “non-political” solution of the climate problem -- PART III DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATIVES -- Chapter 7 A wicked problem -- Chapter 8 Contributions to democratic answers to the climate problem -- Chapter 9 The dream about Paradise.

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

Description / Table of Contents: Characterization of Groundwater Contamination in the North Lebanese Aquifer -- Spatial-temporal variation of vegetation cover in the Dadu River basin and the impact of cascade hydropower development -- Research on Installation Height Optimization Technol-ogy of Energy Dissipation Box of Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger -- Application Research of Educational Management in Fluidized Soil Engineering -- Assessment of green infrastructures performance for water quality management -- Removal rate of pollutants in water body by MBBR based on folded cylindrical biological carrier -- Salt-water Intrusion Prediction Using an Artificial Neural Network in the Bouregreg Estuary (Morocco) -- Progress and foresight in wetland environmental science research: an econometric analysis based on the knowledge map of the WOS core database literature -- Calculation for resistance loss of fine dredged slurry in long-distance straight pipeline -- Simulation analysis of sediment corrosion of mixed transport pipeline based on FLUENT.

Description / Table of Contents: Conceptual analysis of the processes of geospatial management of the development of complex systems -- Methodological bases of development management complex systems -- Methodological apparatus for providing geoinformational management of the development of complex systems -- Geoinformation systems of development management complex systems -- Risk management in management decision making development of complex systems.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Historical and contemporary processes -- Part 2: New grounds -- Part 3: Territories and Taxonomies -- Part 4: (Re)definitions -- Part 5: Questions of Agency.

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Integrated Approaches to Agri-Nanotechnology: Applications, Challenges and Future Perspectives -- Chapter 2. Microbiota in sustainable degradation of organic waste and its utilization in agricultural industry -- Chapter 3. Microbial degradation of toxic Agri wastes -- Chapter 4. Introduction of Biofertilizers in Agriculture with Emphasis on Nitrogen Fixers and Phosphate Solubilizers -- Chapter 5. Biofertilizers and biopesticides: approaches towards sustainable development -- Chapter 6. Credibility of biofertilizers towards restoration of fertility phenomenon in degraded soil environs -- Chapter 7. Macrophytes as biofertilizer for Agriculture: Concept and Applications -- Chapter 8. Potential role of biofertilizers in fruit crops -- Chapter 9. Microbial Biofertilizers: An Approach to Sustainable Agriculture -- Chapter 10. Actinomycetes as biofertilizers for Sustainable agriculture -- Chapter 11. Innovations in Biotechnology: Boon for Agriculture and Soil fertility -- Chapter 12. Microbiomes in Climate Smart Agriculture and sustainability -- Chapter 13. Genetic engineering towards improvement of phosphorus agricultural utilization -- Chapter 14. Pseudomonas as backbone for environmental health -- Chapter 15. Cyanobacteria as sustainable microbe for agricultural industries -- Chapter 16. Functional Diversity of Endophytic Microbiota in Crop Management of Cucumis sativus L -- Chapter 17. NANOSCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL STEADINESS -- Chapter 18. Carbon and Silver Nanoparticles for Applications in Agriculture.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Yangtze River delta and the discovery of a third space -- Elements: A case study of Tangqi -- Layers: Reading the territory -- Systems: Construction of a Utopia -- Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Traditional Rainwater Harvesting -- Traditional Rainwater Harvesting in India -- Management of Rainwater Structures -- Conclusions -- References.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Water decontamination through Thiamethoxam removal using DL menthol-octanoic acid Deep Eutectic Solvent : Molecular dynamics insights -- Chapter 2: Methyl Red dye abatement from aqueous solution using Calcium Ferrite and Manganese Ferrite magnetic nanocomposite: Kinetics and isotherm study -- Chapter 3: Adsorption of Fluoride onto PANI-Cl jute fibre - designing higher flow rate and initial concentration column reactor from a batch reactor -- Chapter 4: Biosynthesis of Nano Zero valent Iron (nZVI) using Shorea robusta Leaf Extract and its application in UV-assisted Photocatalytic Degradation of Methyl Orange -- Chapter 5: Method Development for detection of 2-Methylpyridine by High Performance Liquid Chromatography -- Part 2 - Industrial effluent treatment, reuse and conservation -- Chapter 6: Importance of cost functions for biological treatment of wastewater -- Chapter 7: Removal of heavy metals by Laterite soil -- Chapter 8: Removal of Methylene Blue from wastewater by Red Sandy soil-Based Alkali activated binder -- Chapter 9: Assessment and Treatment of iron from industrial wastewater using activated carbon derived from Parkia Speciosa pod -- Chapter 10: Activated Carbon developed from Phumdi biomass and Deccan Hemp for adsorption of Methylene Blue -- Chapter 11: An experimental study of Metanil Yellow dye remediation using Fe-Mn Bimetal oxide composites -- Chapter 12: Optimization of electrocoagulation process parameters using magnesium electrodes for treating pharmaceutical wastewater containing salicylic acid -- Chapter 13: Optimization of process parameters for biodegradation of Cresol by mixed bacterial culture using Response Surface Methodology -- Chapter 14: Biological degradation of Cresol containing wastewater using mixed microbial culture in presence of heavy metals -- Part 3 - Monitoring of industrial emission and control -- Chapter 15: Development of a simplistic model for the prediction of reactive air pollutants in the atmosphere -- Chapter 16: Controlling Air and Metal pollution in industrial area Singrauli, India: Role of plants -- Part 4 - Industrial solid waste management -- Chapter 17: Enhancing the dewatering ability of sludge by locally available biomass -- Chapter 18: Production of Xylose from Water Hyacinth Biomass (WHB) (lignocellulosic waste) for Xylitol production: waste to wealth -- Chapter 19: A simplistic mathematical model for two-stage Anaerobic Digestion of plastic wastes -- Part 5 - Handling and disposal of hazardous waste -- Chapter 20: Modeling migration of Cr(VI) contaminant through Clay Liner using Hydrus-3d -- Chapter 21: Electrokinetic remediation of total Chromium from contaminated soil -- Chapter 22: Low-Cost recovery of Cadmium from wastewater by soil bacteria -- Part 6 - Case Studies on industrial pollution control -- Chapter 23: Tannery waste management in India: A case study -- Chapter 24: Removal of natural organics and selected antibiotics using PAC and AL electrode: A study for Jumar River -- Chapter 25: Quantification of floating plastics using UAV images and Identification of Microplastics in Ukkadam tank -- Chapter 26: Study of wastewater treatment in Hindustan Coca-Cola plant at Khurda -- Part 7 - Innovative technologies in industrial waste management -- Chapter 27: In Vitro Performance Analysis of Ti and Zn doped Hydroxyapatite made from waste Eggshells -- Chapter 28: Production of non-toxic, non-polluting herbal soaps using plant extracts having anti-microbial activity -- Chapter 29: Decolourization of Textile Dye RR 141 using electrochemical process.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: The Most Climatically Diverse State in the U.S -- Chapter 2. The Physical Environment: Causes of Regional Climate Types -- Chapter 3. California Sunshine: The Most Sunshine in the U.S -- Chapter 4. Temperatures are Rising (isn’t surprising) -- Chapter 5. Fog: A Menace or Friend? -- Chapter 6. Precipitation: It Does Rain in California -- Chapter 7. Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions: Do El Niños Predict Rainfall? -- Chapter 8. Winds: Sea Breezes and Santa Anas -- Chapter 9. Mid-latitude Cyclones: Pacific Storms Refresh the Parched Land -- Chapter 10. Thunderstorms: Lightning, Hail and Tornadoes, Oh My -- Chapter 11. Climate Change: The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be -- Chapter 12. Air Pollution: Smoggiest Place in the U.S -- Chapter 13. California Agriculture: Leading the Continent in Produce.

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

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction to Nanosponges -- 2. General Synthetic Routesfor Different Types of Nanosponges -- 3. ImportantFunctionalization strategies for Nanosponges -- 4. Characterizationtechniques for Nanosponges -- 5. Different types of Nanosponges used in environmental remediation -- 6. Introduction to Cyclodextrin-Based Nanosponges -- 7. Synthesis, functionalization strategies and application of different types of Cyclodextrin-Based Nanosponges for water treatment -- 8. Introduction to Metal-organic Framework Sponges and their Synthetic and functionalization strategies -- 9. Application of Metal-organic Framework Sponges for toxic or greenhouse Gas Adsorption -- 10. Metal-organic Framework Sponges for Water remediation -- 11. Introduction to Spongelike Functional Materials from TEMPO-Oxidized Cellulose Nanofibers -- 12. Synthesis and application of types of Metal Oxide Nanosponge in water treatment -- 13. Synthesis and Applications of Metal and Metal Oxide-based Nanosponges as sensors -- 14. Cellulose-based Nanosponges for the removal of metal ions from wastewater -- 15. Application of nanosponges for aquifer bioremediation -- 16. Nanostructured sponges for the removal of toxic dyes from wastewater -- 17. Environmental application of nanosponges to clean up oil spills -- 18. Polymer-based Nanobiocomposite as a Filter Nanosponge for Wastewater remediation -- 19. Removal of Organic and inorganic Contaminants from Water Using Nanosponge Cyclodextrin Polyurethanes -- 20. Concluding remarks & future perspectives of Nanosponges in environmental remediation.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Just a word in the beginning…- Chapter 2. Planning practice and practices of spatial planning -- Chapter 3. Planning knowledge -- Chapter 4. Value orientation in spatial planning -- Chapter 5. Planning theories and existing systematisation approaches -- Chapter 6. Topology of Planning Theories -- Chapter 7. What can planning achieve?

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Crossing Borders / Building Bridges An Interdisciplinary and Research-by-Design Approach to Nicosia’s Territorial Fragilities -- 2. Moving on the Borderlines. Legacies and Long-term Perspectives of Academic Encounters -- 3. The Experience of the Nicosia Masterplan. Interview with Agni Petridou and Ali Güralp -- 4. Fragile Tangible and Intangible Constellations in a Divided City.Urban Planning and Architectural Preservation Perspectives in Nicosia -- 5. Shared “Values” in Divided Contexts. Some Reflections on the Role of Urban Heritage in Cyprus.

Description / Table of Contents: Cities' architecture and formation, and the impact on their identities and cultures -- Methods and approaches of urban regeneration, preservation and restoration of public spaces and cultural heritage sites -- Silk Road tangible cultural heritage, art, tourism and conservation -- Intangible cultural tourism along the Silk Roads -- Sustainable development of tourism.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to “Groundwater in Arid and Semi-arid Areas” -- Groundwater in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of India: A Review on the Quality, Management and Challenges -- Vulnerability to Pollution of Karstic Aquifers in the Tafna River Basin and Risk Mitigation Strategies (Northwest Algeria) -- Effect of Urbanization on Water Resources: Challenges and Prospects -- Understanding the Challenges: Sustainable Usage of Groundwater Resources in Türkiye -- Application of Geospatial Multicriteria Decision Analysis in the evaluation of groundwater Quality for Irrigation in the Northern sector of Gabes region (SE Tunisia) -- Creation of Rational Groundwater Management Schemes in the Chu Valley of the Kyrgyz Republic Based on Groundwater Modelling -- Applications of Machine Learning Models for Solving Complex Groundwater Modelling, Monitoring and Management Problems -- New Trends in Groundwater Contaminant Transport Modelling -- Groundwater Environment and Management in Kabul, Afghanistan -- Groundwater in the Nile Delta Aquifer, Egypt: Assessment, Modelling and Management with Climate Change in the Core -- Groundwater Contamination by Fluoride and Mitigation Measures for Sustainable Management of Groundwater in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of India -- Groundwater Quality in Shallow Aquifers of the Sedimentary Plain in Iraq: A Potential Concern for Drinking and Irrigation -- Investigating and Improving Natural Treatment Processes by Riverbank 2 Filtration in Egypt.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Application of Microorganisms in Industrial Waste Treatment -- 2. An Overview Of Fungi And Nanomaterial-Based Technologies for The Treatment Of Industrial Effluents -- 3. Hazardous Effects of Heavy Metals from Industrial Wastewaters and Their Remediation Through Green Technology -- 4. Algal Photo bioreactors: A promising technology for wastewater treatment -- 5. Membrane based technologies for industrial waste management -- 6. Valorization of Agro-Industrial Wastes for Biorefinery Products -- 7. A Critical Assessment Of Processes And Products For Valorization Of Agroforestry Industrial Wastes For Biorefinery -- 8. Bioaccumulation and detoxification of metals through Genetically Engineered Microorganism -- 9. Constructed wetlands for industrial wastewater remediation -- 10. Bioelectrochemical Treatment of Petrochemicals -- 11. Biogenic Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization and its Potential in Dye Remediation -- 12. Biocatalytic Remediation Of Industrial Pollutants -- 13. Photocatalytic Treatment of Wastewater -- 14. Microbial Biofilm Reactor for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Ecological Variables and Emerging Concepts in Ecology: Chapter 2: Importance of Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services -- Chapter 3: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Destruction -- Chapter 4: Understanding Ecosystem Evolution and Behavior -- Chapter 5: Autopoiesis, Organizational Complexity, and Ecosystem Health -- Chapter 6: Satisfaction of Human Needs and Environmental Sustainability -- Chapter 7: Climate Change and Its Threat to Humanity in Anthropocene -- Chapter 8: Valuation of Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital -- Chapter 9: Metaphysics of Dominant Development Paradigm and Its Critique -- Chapter 10: Ethics, Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development -- Chapter 11: Buddhism, Gaia, and System Theory on Environmentalism -- Chapter 12: Power of Collective Human Consciousness -- Chapter 13: Ecosociocentrism: The Earth First Paradigm for Sustainable Living.

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

Description / Table of Contents: Advanced Energy Technologies -- Sustainable Buildings -- Life Cycle Analysis Methodologies -- Modelling, Simulation And Forecasting Of Energy And Carbon Markets -- Energy and Environment -- Energy Efficiency -- Renewable Energy -- Energy Policy, Economics, Planning & Regulation -- Education For Sustainable Development.

Description / Table of Contents: PartI. Climate Change -- Chapter1. How Climate Change Impacts Our Future -- Chapter2. How Climate Change Impacts Our Wine -- Chapter3. How Climate Change Impacts Mental Health -- Chapter4. How Climate Change Impacts The Safety of Bridges -- Chapter5. Climate Solutions: Controlling CO2 Levels -- Chapter6. Climate Solutions: Controlling Methane Levels -- PartII. Pollution -- Chapter7. How Plastic Pollution Impacts Our Environment -- Chapter8. How Plastic Pollution Impacts Aquatic Animals -- Chapter9. How Light Pollution Impacts Our Environment -- Chapter10. How Heavy Metal Pollution Can Cause Parkinson Disease -- Chapter11. Pollution Solutions: Removing Pollutants From Soil And Water -- Chapter12. Pollution Solutions: Removing Pollutants From Air -- PartIII. Biodiversity -- Chapter13. How Biodiversity Impacts Our Health -- Chapter14. How Soil Biodiversity Impacts the Health of Our Planet -- Chapter15. How Beavers Impact Their Ecosystem -- Chapter16. How Urbanization Impacts Pollinator Behavior -- Chapter17. Biodiversity Solutions: Saving Wildlife -- Chapter18. Biodiversity Solutions: Sustainable Agriculture.-Conclusion -- Chapter19. Psychological Aspects -- Chapter20. How We Can Take Action.

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

Description / Table of Contents: An Integrated View of Irrigation and Agriculture -- Irrigation Management in India: Problems and Issues -- Irrigation in Indian Subcontinent: A Brief History and some lessons -- Irrigation Administration -- Organisational Structure for Management of Irrigated Agriculture -- Farmer’s Participation -- Operation of Dams and Barrages -- Canal Operation -- Water Distribution planning. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Biogeochemistry and its Complexity -- Chapter 2: The Background of Geochemistry -- Chapter 3: Earth Systems Science and Systems Ecology -- Chapter 4: Biogeochemistry, Biogeography and Geomatics -- Chapter 5: Biogeochemistry and Oceanography -- Chapter 6: Biogeochemistry and Conservation Biology -- Chapter 7: The Future Developments of Biogeochemistry.

Description / Table of Contents: Section 1: Geo-Informatics and Remote Sensing -- Section 1.1: Remote Sensing Tools and Applications -- Section 1.2: Urban Remote Sensing Applications -- Section 1.3: Geospatial Information Systems (GIS), Tools and Applications -- Section 1.4: Land use applications -- Section 1.5: Natural Hazard modelling and risk assessment -- Section 1.5: Natural Hazard modelling and risk assessment -- Section 1.6: Machine learning approaches -- Section 2: Geological Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering -- Section 2.1: Soil and rock mechanics -- Section 2.2: Engineering geology -- Section 2.3: Geo-environmental engineering.

Description / Table of Contents: Evolution of vegetation and forests with future expectations of changes in Lakhdar Sub-basin -- Hydraulic study of fan spillway using Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and experimental approaches -- Accumulation of Potentially Hazardous Elements in Water of A Significant Reservoir in Marmara Region of Türkiye -- Quality Assessment in Terms of Agricultural Water Supply and Macro Element Contents in Water of Çorlu Stream (Thrace Region, Türkiye) -- Evolution of vegetation and forests with future expectations of changes in Lakhdar Sub-basin -- Analysis of wind energy production in five cities in the southern region of Morocco -- Assessing Organic Matter of Port Dredged Sediment for Valorization in Civil Engineering -- Unveiling the Physicochemical Characteristics of Organic Materials for Composting: Unleashing Their Potential for Sustainable Waste Management in Morocco.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Literature survey -- Chapter 3. Study area and data collection -- Chapter 4. Methodology -- Chapter 5. Computations -- Chapter 6. Results and discussion -- Chapter 7. Conclusion. .

Description / Table of Contents: Section 1. Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Hydrogeochemistry and Water Resources -- Section 2. Biogeochemistry, Geobiology and Geoecology -- Section 3. Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorology, Climatology, Oceanography.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction to QGIS -- Chapter 2: Plugins -- Chapter 3: Data Acquisition -- Chapter 4: Data Preprocessing -- Chapter 5: Data Management -- Chapter 6: Data Visualization -- Chapter 7: Data Analysis -- Chapter 8: Integration of Remote Sensing Data with Other Spatial Datasets -- Chapter 9: Integration of QGIS with Google Earth Engine (GEE) -- Chapter 10: Case Studies and Examples of Earth Remote Sensing Applications Using QGIS.

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: 1-Introduction to hydrogeochemical processes -- 2-Groundwater: sources, functions, and quality -- 3-Water analysis -- 4-Evaluation of hydrogeochemical processes -- 5-Trace metals in groundwater – sources and mobilization -- 6-Drinking water quality -- 7-Irrigation water quality -- 8-Industrial water quality -- 9-Climate change and groundwater management.

Description / Table of Contents: Chromium: Sources, speciation, toxicity and chemistry -- Chromium dynamics in the soil-plant continuum -- Distribution of Cr in soil and its uptake by plants -- Chromium profile in soil, fodders and plasma of crossbreed cattle -- Speciation, chemistry, geogenic formation and dispersion of Chromium in groundwater -- Health risk linked to Cr toxicity in food and environment -- Health impacts of Cr contamination on human health -- A critical evaluation of chromium (III) ecotoxicity to aquatic and terrestrial plants -- Antioxidant defense: A key mechanism of Cr tolerance -- Effects and responses of Cr in plants -- Molecular mechanisms of chromium tolerance in plants: a key role of antioxidant defense -- Microbial remediation technologies for chromium removal: Mechanism, challenges and Future prospect -- Employing microbes for Cr removal -- Toxicity of rhizospheric chromium contaminated soil and its phytoremediation -- Phytoremediation Cr from soil/water -- Genetic engineering for Cr removal -- Toxicity of hexavalent Chromium: A review.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: ICL Landslide Lesson -- Sliding-surface liquefaction and undrained steady-state shear strength -- Identification and Mitigation of Reservoir Landslides Cases Studied in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area of China -- Part II: Original articles -- Impact of input data on the quality of the landslide susceptibility large-scale maps: A case study from NW Croatia -- Landslide warning systems in high-income countries: past accomplishments and expected endeavours -- Modelling of Landslide-Structure Interaction (LSI) through Material Point Method (MPM) -- Landslide Research and Technology in International Standards -- Mathematical and numerical modeling of slope stability for the Mong Sen landslide event in the Trung Chai commune, Sapa, Vietnam -- Landslide early warning system based on the empirical approach - Case study in Ha Long City (Vietnam) -- The modern activity of the Buzulgan landslide and its influence on the debris flow hazard for the Tyrnyauz town (Northern Caucasus, Russia) -- A risk evaluation method of unstable slopes using multipoint tilting sensors -- Part III: IPL/WCOE/KLC2020 -- Community Level Slope Disaster Risk Reduction Program through Multi-Scale Mapping by Mountain Ethnic Group in Northern Vietnam - Project Study by JICA / Lao Cai DARD / ITST -- Landslide Risk Assessment in the tropical zone of Vietnam as a contribution to the mitigation of natural disaster vulnerability -- Protection and conservation of Georgian rupestrian cultural heritage sites: a review -- Spatial and temporal characterization of landslide deformation pattern with Sentinel-1 -- Lessons from 2019-2020 landslide risk assessment in an urban area of volcanic soils in Pereira-Colombia -- Part IV: ICL Landslide Teaching Tools -- Zonation of landslide susceptibility in the Gipuzkoa province (Spain): an application of LAND-SUITE -- Landslide and soil erosion inventory mapping based on high-resolution remote sensing data: A case study from Istria (Croatia) -- Part V: Technical Notes and Case Studies -- Landslide monitoring with RADARSAT Constellation Mission InSAR, RPAS-derived point-clouds and RTK GNSS time-series in the Thompson River Valley, British Columbia, Canada -- Digital terrain models derived from unmanned aerial vehicles and landslide susceptibility -- Use of GIS to assess susceptibility per landform unit to gravitational processes and their volume.

Description / Table of Contents: 1.Introduction -- 2.Australia -- 3.Fiji -- 4.Taiwan -- 5.Japan -- 6.Thailand -- 7.Malaysia -- 8.Indonesia -- 9.Bangladesh -- 10.India -- 11.Himalayas -- 12.Middle East -- 13.Italy -- 14.Italy -- 15.United Kingdom -- 16.France -- 17.Spain -- 18.Russian Federation -- 19.Kenya -- 20. Tanzania -- 21.South Africa -- 22.USA -- 23.USA -- 24.Canada -- 25.Mexico -- 26.Argentina -- 27.Brazil -- 28.Brazil -- 29. Conclusion and Suggestions.

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Soils, Geographical and Climatic Features, Eco-Resources, and Desertification -- Chapter 1. Potential Threats to Soil Functions and Mitigation Options for Sustainable Uses -- Chapter 2. Perspectives of Geography, Environment, and Physiography of Kuwait -- Chapter 3. Climate and Climate Change Aspects of Kuwait -- Chapter 4. Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity of Kuwait and Proposed Eco-Resources Management Strategies – A Review -- Chapter 5. Desertification – A Central Problem to Restore Ecosystems -- Part II. Water Resources, Salinization Aspects and Modeling -- Chapter 6. Current Status, Challenges and Future Management Strategies for Water Resources of Kuwait -- Chapter 7. Groundwater Salinization in Kuwait: A Major Threat to Indigenous Ecosystems -- Chapter 8. Predicting the Behavior of the Salt/Fresh-Brackish Water Transition Zone During Scavenger Well Pumping: 1. Numerical Model Development and Testing -- Chapter 9. Predicting the Behavior of the Salt/Fresh-Brackish Water Transition Zone During Scavenger Well Pumping: 2. Model Application in Kuwait and Pakistan -- Part III. Terrestrial Ecosystems and their Management -- Chapter 10. Terrestrial Habitats and Ecosystems of Kuwait -- Chapter 11. Native Vegetation and Flora of Kuwait -- Chapter 12. Wildlife of the Terrestrial Ecosystems of Kuwait -- Chapter 13. Major Threats to the Terrestrial Ecosystems and Proposed Conservation Practices -- Chapter 14. Kuwait Deserts and Ecosystems in the Context of Changing Climate -- Part IV. Agriculture, Food Security and Water Footprint of Crops -- Chapter 15. Prospective of Agricultural Farming in Kuwait and Energy-Food-Water-Climate Nexus -- Chapter 16. Agricultural Water Footprint of Major Crops in Kuwait Compared to the World Average – A Review.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1: introduction and background on environmental changes in the dried aral sea region -- Chapter2: environmental conditions of the aral sea region -- Chapter3: origin of the aralkum desert (dried aral seabed) -- Chapter4: soil cover of the dried aral seabed (aralkum) -- chapter5: formation, degradation and mapping -- Chapter6: Conclusions -- Chapter7: Recommendations for the rational use of the land and water resources in the dried Aral Seabed region.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Animal Wastes - A Global Issue: An Overview -- 2. Sustainable Solutions of Animal Wastes -- 3. Sustainable utilization of Animal Wastes -- 4. Circular Bio-economy of Animal Wastes Utilization -- 5. Microbes Role in Sustainable Utilization of Animal Wastes -- 6. Slaughter Wastes-A Curse or Blessing: An Appraisal -- 7.Applications of Low-Capital-Cost Technologies for Bioconversion of Slaughter Wastes -- 8. Animal Manure: Recycling in Nature -- 9. Greenhouse Gases Emissions Assessments and Mitigation Opportunities from Animal Manure Processing -- 10. Lifecycle and Risk Assessment of Animal Manure Utilization -- 11. Carbon Dioxide Capture Using Animal Manure Utilization Techniques -- 12. Bio-chemicals from Animal Manure -- 13. Current Trends and Prospects of Transforming Animal Waste into Food -- 14. Sustainable Utilization of Slaughter Waste into Animal Feed. .

Description / Table of Contents: Physiography: Geology -- Climate -- Vegetation -- Lower Plains -- Hills and Ridges in Southwestern Nigeria -- Southeast Hills and Ridges -- The Niger Delta Region -- Specific Landforms: Quartzite Ridges (Examples from Southwestern Nigeria) -- Landforms of the Chad Basin -- Erosion and Accretion along the Coastal Zone of Nigeria -- Dunes of Northern Nigeria -- Riparian Vegetation -- Geology, Geomorphology and evolution of the landscapes of Cross River, Southeastern Nigeria -- Gully Erosion Sites in Southeastern Nigeria -- Jos Plateau -- Kainji Dam -- Geology and landscapes of southwestern Nigeria -- Geoheritage, conservation of geomorphological sites and geotourism: Islands of Lagos -- Urban Geoheritage Site: The Example of Olumo Rock in Abeokuta City, Ogun State, Nigeria.

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

Description / Table of Contents: Assessment of the Relationship between the Current Economic Development State and Environmental Pollution in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia -- New Guidelines and Risks for Asian Russia in the Implementation of the “One Belt – One Road” Project Under Current Geopolitical and Global Climate Changes -- Placer Gold Mining in the Zabaikalskii Krai and its Role in the Development of Municipal Districts -- Ecological and Economic Assessment of the Use of Wood Fuel for Heat Supply Purposes -- Demographic potential of agglomerations of Siberia: influence of the factor of population density -- Landscape-ecological zoning of a territory as the basis for identifying lands of the ecological framework of an administrative district.

Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- Mineral elements -- Rare Earth Elements -- Industrial Minerals -- Evolution of mineral prices.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter I Ground Water Abstraction Structures -- Chapter 2 Site Selection -- Chapter 3 Drilling Methods -- Chapter 4 Development Of Well -- Chapter 5 Pumping Test Data Analysis -- Reference.

Description / Table of Contents: INTRODUCTION -- NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS -- CATCHMENTS, SURFACE FLOWS -- UNDERGROUND MORPHOLOGY AND FAUNA -- WATER RESOURCES PROJECTS -- INFLUENCE AND CONSEQUENCES OF WATER RESOURCES PROJECTS -- CHEMISTRY AND WATER QUALITY.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. General State of the Real Estate Market in Ukraine -- Chapter 2. Real Estate Market. Trends and Developments -- Chapter 3. Practical Aspects. Development of a Method of Modeling the most attractive location of a Real Estate object -- Chapter 4. Determination of the Optimal location of the Real Estate object -- Chapter 5. Factors of Influence on the Real Estate Market -- Chapter 6. Prospects for the Development of the Real Estate Market in Ukraine -- Chapter 7. The Situation on the Real Estate Market because of Russia's War against Ukraine. .

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

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Analysis of existing approaches to solving the problem of sand production during the operation of UGS wells -- Chapter 2: Experimental facilities for studying the deformation and strength properties of rocks and geomechanical modelling -- Chapter 3: Methodology for performing TILTS experiments to study the deformation, strength and filtration properties of rocks -- Chapter 4: Results of TILTS testing of the deformation, strength and filtration characteristics of reservoir rocks at uderground gas storage facilities based on triaxial tests -- Chapter 5: Geomechanical modelling of the stress-strain state in UGS reservoirs during cyclic changes in reservoir pressure and downhole pressure -- Chapter 6: Physical modelling programs of rock deformation and fracture in the near-wellbore zone of USG during gas injection and extraction -- Chapter 7: Results of physical modelling of deformation and filtration processes in the bottomhole zone of ugs wells during gas extraction and injection -- Chapter 8: Rationale for the possibility of using the directed unload reservoir method (DUR method) to increase rock permeability in the bottomhole zone of UGS wells -- Chapter 9: Justification of predictive recommendations for maximum and minimum allowable drawdowns, well flow rates and prevention of sand production.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: The subterranean networks of Humboldt -- Chapter 2. Islands -- Chapter 3. Time capsules -- Chapter 4. Underwater flies -- Chapter 5. Telling stories -- Chapter 6. Conclusion: Humboldt tenured -- Epilogue -- References -- Glossary -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: The Dirty Dozen of the Stockholm Convention and Other Persistent Organic Pollutants: A Review -- Methods to Determine Persistent Organic Pollutants in Various Components of Ecosystems in the Far Eastern Region -- Methods for Determining Total Hydrocarbons and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Various Components of Ecosystems of the Far Eastern Region -- Current Levels of Organochlorine Pesticides in Abiotic Components of Ecosystems in the Sea of Japan Basin and Khanka Lake -- Implementation of the Mussel Watch Program by Russian Scientists in the North Pacific (2000–2021) -- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Bottom Sediments and Fish from the Northwestern Pacific -- Concentrations of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Benthic and Pelagic Fish from the Fishery Zones in the Far Eastern Seas of Russia -- Biotransport of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Heavy Metals by Pacific Salmon in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean -- Organochlorine Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Fish from Lake Khanka, Sea Okhotsk Basin -- Semi-Aquatic Migratory Birds in the System of Persistent Organic Pollutant Monitoring (Exemplified by Avifauna of Lake Khanka, Sea of Okhotsk Basin) -- Organochlorine Pesticides in Seabirds and Marine Mammals from the Sea of Okhotsk and Bering Sea -- Biotransformation of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Ecosystems of the Russian North Pacific -- Environmental Risks from Persistent Organic Pollutants in Marine Organisms of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean -- Non-Target Screening Analysis of “New” Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Far Eastern Seas -- Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Human Body: The Experience of Russia and the Former Soviet Republics -- Comparison of POP Accumulation between Human Organs, Tissues, and Organ Systems with Focus on Sex-Related Differences: First Investigations in Russia -- Persistent Organic Pollutants in Residents of Coastal Areas in the Russian Far East.

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

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction: Paradigm Shift in Producing Potable Water -- Chapter 2 Rainwater Harvesting for Potable Water Supply: Opportunities and Challenges -- Chapter 3 Evaluating Potable Rainwater Harvesting System Design and Regulations -- Chapter 4 Urban Stormwater Runoff for Potable Use: Potential and Challenges -- Chapter 5 Potable Reuse: A Pathway for Success and Sustainability -- Chapter 6 Innovative Approach to Building-Scale Wastewater Reuse -- Chapter 7 Producing Potable Water from Saline Waters: Concept, Technologies & Challenges -- Chapter 8 Integrating renewable energy sources into desalination process to produce potable water: Technological Innovations -- Chapter 9 Producing Atmospheric Potable Water: An Overview.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: The earliest past of the earth and the atmosphere -- Chapter 2: Brief general historical overview -- Chapter 3: Early development of meteorology -- Chapter 4: Beginnings of quantitative meteorology -- Chapter 5: Beginnings of meteorological measurements and observations -- Chapter 6: Establishment of meteorological institutes (services) -- Chapter 7: Establishment of weather forecast services -- Chapter 8: Exploring the free atmosphere -- Chapter 9: Early theories about cyclones and anticyclones -- Chapter 10: Recognition of forces in the atmosphere -- Chapter 11: Later theories of cyclones and anticyclones -- Chapter 12: Atmospheric motion -- Chapter 13: Bergen synoptic school -- Chapter 14: Clouds and precipitation -- Chapter 15: Auxiliary tools in meteorology -- Chapter 16: Development of modern meteorology.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Tipping Points: A Survey of the Literature -- Chapter 3. Governance & Resilience: A Stakeholder Agency Perspective -- Chapter 4. Spatial Determinants of Tipping Points Governance: Beyond Stakeholder Agency -- Chapter 5. Governing Social Tipping Points in the EU’s Periphery: A Conceptual Framework & Methodology -- Chapter 6. Resilience in Migration, Climate Change and Geopolitics: A Case of the EU’s Periphery -- Chapter 7. Resilience of the EU’s Periphery vis-à-vis Social Tipping Points: Policy Recommendations -- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction Brief history of Carbon Neutrality -- Impetus for Carbon Neutrality -- Policy and Governance for Climate Change -- Sustainable business models driving carbon neutrality -- Technology Platforms.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 - Architect of the city -- Chapter 2 - The Gothic Vicenza. An empty city full of Palaces -- Chapter 3 - Andrea Palladio's Method and Work -- Chapter 4 - Vicenza after Palladio.