Sustainable Development 3

The central questions of this book are how technologies decline, how societies deal with technologies in decline, and how governance may be explicitly oriented towards parting with ‘undesirable’ tec……続きを見る

Mais de 20 milhões de pessoas na América do Norte CULTIVARÃO seus próprios alimentos este ano. A HORTICULTURA ORGÂNICA tem crescido em POPULARIDADE há anos, e por bons motivos. A economia tem feito ……続きを見る

Countries across Africa are rapidly transitioning from rural to urban societies. The UN projects that 60% of people living in Africa will be in urban areas by 2050, with the urban population on the ……続きを見る

This collection amplifies the experiences of some of the world’s young people who are working to address SDGs using geospatial technologies and multi-national collaboration. Authors from every regio……続きを見る

This open access book focuses on climate change, Indigenous reindeer husbandry, and the underlying concept of connecting the traditional knowledge of Indigenous reindeer herders in the Arctic with t……続きを見る

The fifth Factor X publication from the Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), The Impossibilities of the Circular Economy provides an overview of the limits to the circular economy, emp……続きを見る

Viewing the Arctic as a key region for global development in the 21st century, this book offers a cross-disciplinary conceptual framework for understanding what international cooperation is, why it ……続きを見る

Drawing on contributions from more than thirty scholars and experts in the field, this book examines the role of business as an enabler, as an inhibitor, and ultimately as a co-actor in global susta……続きを見る

This open access edited volume explores the past, present, and future of artificiality and sustainability in entrepreneurship – the unforeseen consequences and ways to advance to a sustainable futur……続きを見る

Since its adoption in 2015, the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development has shaped not only international development cooperation but also the design of national trajectories for social and economic ……続きを見る

EU-China Energy Cooperation Platform was launched on 15 May 2019, to support the implementation of activities announced in the 'Joint Statement on the Implementation of EU-China Energy Cooperation'.……続きを見る

This open access book provides an overview of the work undertaken within the FiberEUse project, which developed solutions enhancing the profitability of composite recycling and reuse in value-added ……続きを見る

The informal economy – broadly defined as economic activity that is not subject to government regulation or taxation – sustains a large part of the world's workforce. It is a diverse, complex and gr……続きを見る

This open access book describes a BIM-based toolkit that has been developed according to the latest research activities on building information modelling and semantic interoperability to optimize th……続きを見る

This open access book identifies various forms of heritage destruction and analyses their causes. It proposes strategies for avoiding and solving conflicts, based on integrating heritage into the 20……続きを見る

This monograph investigates a multitude of emerging technologies including 3D printing, 5G, blockchain, and many more to assess their potential for use to further humanity’s shared goal of sustainab……続きを見る

This open access book invites readers to learn how to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithms to perform their research in oceanography. Various examples are exhibited to guide details……続きを見る

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Smart industry requires better management. As industrial and production systems are future-proofed, becoming smart……続きを見る

This open access book seeks to understand why we consume as we do, how consumption changes, and why we keep consuming more and more, despite the visible damage we are doing to the planet. The chapte……続きを見る

This open access book discusses current thinking and presents the main issues and challenges associated with climate change in Africa. It introduces evidences from studies and projects which show ho……続きを見る

This open access book offers a summary of the development of Digital Earth over the past twenty years. By reviewing the initial vision of Digital Earth, the evolution of that vision, the relevant ke……続きを見る

This open access book represents a journey documenting the development of tools and methodologies over 3 decades and asks where the future lies. It further develops seminal work carried out under th……続きを見る

Investment in infrastructure is essential for promoting economic growth, and while countries in Asia have enjoyed higher rates of gross domestic product growth in recent years, the region remains se……続きを見る

This open access book emphasizes that procuring goods at the expense of the environment and those who live there is no longer acceptable. Fortunately, there is now an unstoppable force, created by a……続きを見る

關於中歐能源合作平台 (ECECP) "中欧能源合作平台于 2019 年 5 月 15 日启动，旨在支持落实《关于落实中欧能源合作的联合声明》中的举措。中欧能源合作平台的目标是遵循欧盟能源绿色新政，欧盟联盟、《全欧洲人共……続きを見る

This digest was prepared by： Jean-Michel Glachant, Florence School of Regulation and Nicolò Rossetto, Florence School of Regulation with generous support from the authors of the Handbook on Electri……続きを見る

This open access volume collects emerging issues in Environmental and Civil Engineering, originating from outstanding doctoral dissertations discussed at Politecnico di Milano in 2021. The advanced ……続きを見る

EU-China Energy Cooperation Platform was launched on 15 May 2019, to support the implementation of activities announced in the 'Joint Statement on the Implementation of EU-China Energy Cooperation'.……続きを見る

This digest was prepared by： Jean-Michel Glachant, Florence School of Regulation and Nicolò Rossetto, Florence School of Regulation Michael G. Pollitt, University of Cambridge (Takeaways from the H……続きを見る

‘Transgovernance: Advancing Sustainability Governance’ analyses the question what recent and ongoing changes in the relations between politics, science and media – together characterized as the emer……続きを見る