Introduction -- Distribution of Evaporite Karst in the World -- Properties of Evaporites -- Karstification of evaporites -- Characterisation of Surface and Underground Karst Features -- Geohazards Associated With Dams and Reservoirs -- Prevention and Remediation at Dam Sites and Reservoirs -- Methods of Investigation -- Monitoring -- Summary of Dams and Reservoirs in Evaporites that have Constr…
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Context of Partnerships -- Chapter 3. Creating Local Pathways in University Teacher Education: Planting the Seed -- Chapter 4. Making Sense of the Big Picture - What the Literature Says -- Chapter 5. Global Community Partnership Research -- Chapter 6. Global Insights and Support -- Chapter 7. Developing Local Partnerships in HPE (Win, Win, Win) -- Chapter 8…
1 Sustainable transports -- 2 Adolescents as the target users for sustainable transports -- 3 Travel behaviour modification (TBM) programmes -- 4 Intervention programmes in penang island -- 5 Implication of travel behaviour modification (TBM) programme.This book discusses the potential of travel behaviour modification (TBM) as a persuasive tool to promote low-carbon mobility among adolescents o…
Introduction -- Advancing Disasters and Conflict Risk Reduction -- Responding to Socio-environmental Disasters in High-Intensity Conflict Scenarios: Challenges and Legitimation Strategies -- The Fragile State of Disaster Response: Understanding Aid-State-Society Relations in Post-Conflict Settings -- Climate-smart agriculture and a sustainable food system for a sustainable-engendered peace -- E…
A Mining Industry Sustainability Index: the case of Gold and Uranium -- Sustainable City Indicators in Malaysia -- Indicators of measuring transport system in India.This book highlights various methods for quantifying sustainability indicators using different indices. To date, numerous sustainability indicators encompassing either all three pillars (economic, environmental and social) or indivi…
GREATER KENYIR: LANDSCAPE, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY -- The weather and climate of tropical Kenyir Lake, Terengganu -- Water quality status in Kenyir Lake, Malaysia: a preliminary assessment -- Comparative study of physico-chemical analyses of different water sources in Setiu Wetland, Terengganu -- A baseline assessment on the distributions and sources of aliphatic and…
Challenges in LCA for Agricultural Systems -- Application of the Cereal Unit in a New Allocation Procedure for Agricultural LCAs -- Modeling Crop Rotation in Agricultural LCAs -- Crop Rotations and Crop Residues are Relevant Parameters for Agricultural Carbon Footprints -- International Initiatives on Global Challenges for Agriculture.Gerhard Brankatschk provides solutions for methodological li…
1 Introduction and Overview -- 2 Knowledge, Change and Everyday Living -- 3 Conversation about the Politics of Everyday Knowledge at the Institute of Postcolonial Studies on 14th August 2014 -- 4 Negotiating Chineseness and Capitalising on Resources through Learning Chinese Heritage Language: Habitus and Capital in Fields -- 5 Matariki Tāpuapua: Pools of Traditional Knowledge and Currents of C…
1. Climate Change and Frontiers of Democracy -- 2. Nationalism and “The End of Nature” -- 3. The Cold War and the Anthropocene -- 4. The Tragedy of a False Dichotomy -- 5. Transcending the Tragedy of the Commons -- 6. Governing Ourselves.-7. Democracy Beyond the Nation State -- 8. Global Democracy.This book will survey past and present efforts to democratize international institutions, and …
Water Footprint of Agricultural Products -- Water Footprint of Livestock Farming -- Water Footprint and Consumer Products -- Water Footprint of a Decentralised Wastewater Treatment Strategy Based on Membrane Technology.This book uses case studies to highlight the environmental water footprints in the agricultural and livestock farming sector, and those of consumer products. Water conservation i…