Sustainability

Countries worldwide are moving to a future without fossil fuels to mitigate the effects of climate change. This transition will involve phasing out...

The book examines the essential aspects of consumer behavior within the sharing economy. This thorough analysis covers the pre-adoption, active usa...

This book argues that as long as capitalism is globally dominant, there must be a crisis of habitability on Earth. Overcoming this crisis is not a ...

The Edwards Aquifer in south-central Texas is the primary source of water for one of the fastest growing cities in the United States, San Antonio, ...

In 2001, when Jacqueline Novogratz founded Acumen, a global community of socially and environmentally responsible partners dedicated to changing th...

Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Perspective from Portland and the Pacific Northwest is the summary of a workshop convened by the National Researc...

By 2050 the world's population is projected to grow by one-third, reaching between 9 and 10 billion. With globalization and expected growth in glob...

In 1999 the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a landmark report, Our Common Journey: A Transition toward Sustainab...

Architecture has played a very important role in colonization of the society and the earth, and today we have the urgent task to crack the theory a...

This book offers theoretical and practical insights into land use, transport, and national policies in one of worlds well-known urban concrete jung...

Das 21. Jahrhundert bringt zahlreiche sozialökologische Herausforderungen mit sich: Neben Globalisierung und digitaler Revolution, die das menschli...

Future Energy: Challenge, Opportunity, and Sustainability presents new advances and research results in the fields of theoretical, experimental, an...

This book describes the contributing aspects of contemporary developments related to sustainable agricultural resources and assessment of sustainab...

This book covers the basic concepts and applications of photoredox processes. This book highlights the applications of photoredox reactions in wast...

The book addresses the contribution of Intangible Cultural Heritage to the sustainable management of historic cities and towns. Through the unique,...

This book highlights current efforts and research on sustainable solutions for the palm oil industry, including production and waste management. It...

In Simple Prosperity, Dave Wann showed readers how to have an abundant, sustainable life. In The New Normal, he challenges us to do some heavy lift...

Humans have difficulty thinking at the global scale. Yet as we come to understand our planet as a single, interconnected, complex system and encoun...

This book gathers contributions presented at the 7th International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting (ICCRRR), held in...

A broad and growing literature describes the deep and multidisciplinary nature of the sustainability challenges faced by the United States and the ...

The Earth's population, currently 7.2 billion, is expected to rise at a rapid rate over the next 40 years. Current projections state that the Earth...

Discover your path toward a more sustainable life. The science on climate change is in, and its impacts are being felt around the globe. It's tim...

Implement the green strategies outlined in Dan Esty's and Andrew Winston's bestseller Green to Gold Hard-nosed business advice for gaining competit...

The book offers a comprehensive overview of low-capital cost technologies for enzyme manufacture and utilization in the textile industry with susta...

Accounting for about three-quarters of annual global greenhouse gas emissions, the transformation of energy networks is a pivotal step toward plane...

This book provides a detailed and a clear picture about the impact of climate changes on all aspects of our lives. The book will shed some lights o...

The agricultural food system needs to provide access to enough healthy and affordable food for the growing population and mitigate its impact on th...

Bauhaus Earth and Pontifical Academy of Sciences conference, June 2022 The built environment is a critical factor in the climate equation. Approxi...

This book presents the emerging sustainability concerns for India to achieve holistic development. India is densely populated with scattered natura...

Drawing on political economy and economic pluralism, this book explores issues in sustainable economic development from a macro perspective.In cont...

This book contains peer-reviewed and selected papers presented during the International Conference on Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste M...

The aim of the book is to make the water sector professionals working on the legal and regulatory aspects of water-related services such as drinkin...

Water is an integral part of our daily lives, yet most of us have little idea about how much water we use to maintain our lifestyles and the extent...