Energy Footprints of Food Products -- Energy and Carbon Footprint of Food Industry -- Energy Footprints of Textile Products.This book addresses energy footprints in the food and textile sectors. Each footprint case study presents essential background information and discusses the scientific consensus, methodological framework, assessment checklist, calculation tools and techniques, applications…
Introduction -- Part 1: Territorial Cohesion and the Urban Dimension -- Debating the Urban Dimension of Territorial Cohesion -- Territorial Cohesion and Spatial Inequalities: A New Approach on Spatial Injustice -- Territorial Cohesion: the Economy and Welfare of Cities -- Part 2: Territorial Cohesion and Urban Balanced Systems -- Polycentric Urban Systems and Territorial Cohesion -- Cross-borde…
Social Life Cycle Assessment of Agricultural Products: Experiences on rice, sugarcane and cassava in Thailand -- A LCA Technique to Measure the Socially Business Responsible Profile: the case of Food Industry -- Case Study on Social Life Cycle Assessment of the Dairy Industry.This book highlights the Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) of the agri-sector for rice, sugarcane, and cassava in Thai…
The Nexus among Hydrogen and the Energy Systems - A Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) -- Social Life Cycle Assessment of a concentrating solar power plant -- Social Life Cycle Assessment and the Use Phase .This book highlights the Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) of the energy and textile sectors. It also presents a range of models, indices, impact categories, etc. for SLCA that are curren…
Sources of Demographic Data -- Sampling Designs and Inference -- Waiting Times and Their Statistical Estimation -- Regression Models for Counts and Survival -- Multistate Models and Cohort-Component Book-Keeping -- Approaches to Forecasting Demographic Rates -- Uncertainty in Demographic Forecasts: Concepts, Issues, and Evidence -- Statistical Propagation of Error in Forecasting -- Errors in Ce…
Dedication -- Preface -- Editors' Note -- Table of Contents -- About the Editors and Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1. Introduction: Opportunity in America – Setting the Stage -- PART I: Understanding Where We Are Today -- PART II: The Labor Market -- PART III: Education and Opportunity.-PART IV: Politics and the Road Ahead -- PART V: Seeking Inclusive Prosperity -- Appe…
Horizontal examination: Micro-Segregation mechanism in the diverse area of Whitechapel -- Vertical examination of residential patterns in Whitechapel -- The role of Community housing in generating nests of residualisation -- Effects of identity and belonging on residential experiences, perceptions and practices of the undocumented population in Whitechapel -- Whitechapel Road: Between Group Beh…
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…
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…
Addressing Environmental Criteria and Energy Footprint in the Selection of Feedstocks for Bioenergy Production -- Cumulative Energy Demand of Hydrogen Energy Systems -- Energy Footprint of India: Scope for Improvements in End-use Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.This book examines the energy footprints of various industrial sectors, including the bio- and hydrogen energy systems, and expl…