Business Strong Sustainability Performance: Evidence from Food Sector -- Bio-compounds production from agri-food wastes under a biorefinery approach: Exploring environmental and social sustainability -- Environmental indicators in the meat chain.This book highlights various methods of quantifying sustainability indicators in the food sector, highlighting the environmental indicators in the meat…
This book is one out of six IAEG XIII Congress and AEG 61st Annual Meeting proceeding volumes, and deals with topics related to the advances made in engineering geology with emphasis on education, soil and rock properties, and modeling. The theme of the IAEG/AEG Meeting, held in San Francisco from September 17-21, 2018, is Engineering Geology for a Sustainable World. The meeting proceedings ana…
This book is one out of six IAEG XIII Congress and AEG 61st Annual Meeting proceeding volumes, and deals with topics related to dams, tunnels, groundwater resources, and climate change. The theme of the IAEG/AEG Meeting, held in San Francisco from September 17-21, 2018, is Engineering Geology for a Sustainable World. The meeting proceedings analyze the dynamic role of engineering geology in our…
This book is one out six IAEG XIII Congress and AEG 61st Annual Meeting proceeding volumes, and deals with topics related to mining, aggregates, and karst. The theme of the IAEG/AEG Meeting, held in San Francisco from September 17-21, 2018, is Engineering Geology for a Sustainable World. The meeting proceedings analyze the dynamic role of engineering geology in our changing world. The meeting t…
This book is one out six IAEG XIII Congress and AEG 61st Annual Meeting proceeding volumes, and deals with topics related to the geotechnical and environmental site characterization. The theme of the IAEG/AEG Meeting, held in San Francisco from September 17-21, 2018, is Engineering Geology for a Sustainable World. The meeting proceedings analyze the dynamic role of engineering geology in our ch…
This book is one out of six IAEG XIII Congress and AEG 61st Annual Meeting proceeding volumes, and deals with topics related to slope stability including case histories, landslide mapping, and emerging technologies. The theme of the IAEG/AEG Meeting, held in San Francisco from September 17-21, 2018, is Engineering Geology for a Sustainable World. The meeting proceedings analyze the dynamic role…
Introduction and Overview -- Introduction to Restoration Engineering and its Applications in Various Ecosystems -- Foundations for Green Building Materials -- Unearthing Ecological Wisdom from Nature for Green Building Materials -- Application of Biomineralization for Sustainable Construction. .This book focuses on ecological wisdom inspired restoration engineering through theories, hypotheses,…
Molecular Engineering of Bacterial Extracellular Electron Transfer: Mechanism Exploration and Applications -- Electrode Materials for Bioelectrochemical System -- Electrochemically Active Biofilms for Environmental Pollutants Degradation: Microbial Community Structure and Function -- Electrodes Serving as Electron Donors of Dehalorespiring Bacteria for the Enhanced Reduction of Halogenated Orga…
The goals of the Circular Economy clearly point towards the cascading approach. Reuse and recycling of materials and products keeps secondary resources circulating and thus protects primary resources from being exploited. Cascade Use in Technologies is dedicated to cascading approaches of materials and products and fits perfectly to the Circular Economy discussion within Europe and the rest of …
Influencing Metacognition in a Traditional Classroom Environment through Learning Analytics -- Predicting Newcomer Integration in Online Knowledge Communities by Automated Dialog Analysis -- SCALE: A Competence Analytics Framework -- VAT-RUBARS: A Visualization and Analytical Tool for a Rule-Based Recommender System to Support Teachers in a Learner-Centered Learning Approach -- Improving Learni…