Major Ground Water Development Issues in South Asia- An Overview -- Part I. Groundwater Development Problems in Arid and Semi-Arid & Hilly Areas -- Water Management in Arid and Semi- Arid Areas of India -- Frontiers of Hardrock Hydrogeology in India -- Characterisation of a Deep Saline Aquifer Using Oil Exploration Data in an Arid Region of Rajasthan, India -- Sustainable Management of Groundwa…
Part I.Understandings of Human-Nature Relationships -- 1.Ontology and Human-Nature Relationships -- 2.Ecofeminist Dualisms -- 3.Posthumanism’s Material Problem -- Part II.Dualism and Relational Structure -- 4.Human-Nature Relationship Model -- 5.Dualist Effects on Structure and Dynamics -- Part III.Human-Nature Relational Ontology -- 6.Foundations of Human-Nature Relational Ontology -- 7.Rela…
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…
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…
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…
1 -- TOWARDS ZERO WASTE, CIRCULAR ECONOMY BOOST: WASTE TO RESOURCES (Introduction) -- A -- CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND ZERO WASTE -- 2. Potentials and challenges for a circular economy in Mexico (Hans Dieleman & Concepción Martínez) -- 3. Solid waste management for circular economy. Challenges and opportunities in Romania – The case study of Iasi County 4. - Feasibility analysis of a Cap-and–Tr…
Energy Footprint of Biorefinery Schemes -- A Technical Review on Methods and Tools for Evaluation of Energy Footprints, Impact on Buildings and Environment -- Establishment of Electrical Energy Benchmarking Protocol for the Assessment of the Carbon Emission in Hotel Industry.This book deals with the energy footprints of biorefineries and the hotel and buildings sector. It presents footprint cas…
Part I.Regional Overview -- Chapter 1. Phanerozoic orogens of NW Southamerica: Cordilleran Type Orogens, Taphrogenic tectonics and the Orogenic Float -- Chapter 2. Phanerozoic orogens of NW Southamerica: Cordilleran Type Orogens, Taphrogenic tectonics and the Orogenic Float -- Part II.The Guiana Shield and the Andean Belt -- Chapter 3. The Proterozoic basement of the Western Guiana shield and t…
History of Sustainability -- Towards a Green Economy: Communities, Sectors and Services -- Sustainable Development Road Map -- Sustainability Management System -- Sustainable Urban Community -- Sustainable Rural Community -- Sustainable Touristic Community -- Sustainable Industrial Community -- Sustainable Slums Community -- Sustainable Utilization Of Construction And Demolition Waste -- Sustai…
This book assesses the use of various non-seismic and non-conventional oil and gas exploration methods in Cuba. In addition to discussing the benefits of these methods, the book demonstrates how they can be combined with geological data and conventional methods, leading to a better evaluation of prospects and exploration risks. The authors describe how potential new gaso-petroleum sites in the …