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 -- 1. Growth of Sydney Metropolitan Region Over Time and Current Urban Design Practices -- 2. The City as an Economic Driver -- 3. 20 Years of Spatial Growth and Planning in Sydney -- 4. The Role of Qualitative Public Spaces -- 5. The Need for Developing Sustainability in Urbanism -- 6. The Concept of the Resilient City -- 7. The Design of the Sydney Green Grid -- 8. Landscapes and…
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…
Introduction -- Bioavailability of Metals in Sediment -- Solubilization of Metals in Invertebrate Guts -- Surfactants -- Commercial Surfactants for Remediation- Introduction -- Commercial Surfactants for Remediation- Methodology -- Metal Analysis -- Metal Concentration -- Kinetics of Metal Release by Surfactants -- Surfactant Availability of Metals -- Implication of Surfactants in Remediation -…
Introduction -- Early Days -- Visions of Clean and Green -- Water Resources and Independence -- Gardens, Parks and Green Reserves -- Ways Forward -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.Open AccessThis open access book highlights Singapore’s development into a city in which water and greenery, along with associated environmental, technical, social and political aspects have been harnessed and …
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…
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…