Books Energy + Sustainability
Books Energy + Sustainability
2024 | Book
Climate Emergency in the Philippines
Impacts and Imperatives for Urgent Policy Action
This book provides a snapshot of the manifestations of the climate emergency in the Philippines from a wide array of disciplines including physical sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, management, and law. Researchers and faculties at …
- Editors:
- Kristoffer B. Berse, Juan M. Pulhin, Antonio G. M. La Viña
2024 | Book
Sustainable Finance in Europe
Corporate Governance, Financial Stability and Financial Markets
This second edition brings together the views of expert academics and practitioners on the latest regulatory developments in sustainable finance in Europe and includes 5 new chapters on sustainable remuneration, reporting, lending, green monetary …
- Editors:
- Danny Busch, Guido Ferrarini, Seraina Grünewald
2024 | Book
Dynamic Image Analysis of Granular Materials
Particle Granulometry for Geotechnical, Material, and Geological Applications
This book explores the effectiveness of Dynamic Image Analysis (DIA) in granulometry studies of sand, and presents criteria for soil characterization using DIA, including test parameters, specimen size, efficacy in gap-graded soils, and its …
- Authors:
- Magued Iskander, Linzhu Li
2023 | Book
Economic Recovery, Consolidation, and Sustainable Growth
Proceedings of the 6th International Scientific Conference on Business and Economics (ISCBE), North Macedonia, May 2023
This book presents carefully selected chapters from the proceedings of the 6th International Scientific Conference on Business and Economics (ISCBE),Tetovo, North Macedonia, which took place in May 2023. The chapters address a wide range of areas …
- Editors:
- Abdylmenaf Bexheti, Hyrije Abazi-Alili, Léo-Paul Dana, Veland Ramadani, Andrea Caputo
Open Access
2023 | Open Access | Book
Proceedings of PIANC Smart Rivers 2022
Green Waterways and Sustainable Navigations
This book is a compilation of selected papers from the 10th PIANC Smart Rivers Conference (Smart Rivers 2022). The work focuses on novel techniques for inland waterways and navigation structures. The contents make valuable contributions to …
- Editors:
- Yun Li, Yaan Hu, Philippe Rigo, Francisco Esteban Lefler, Gensheng Zhao
Open Access
2024 | Open Access | Book
Climate Change and Safety in High-Risk Industries
This open access book directs attention to the safety implications of disruptive, sustainability-driven changes in sociotechnical systems resulting from climate-change considerations in high-risk industries. It addresses not only the dismantling …
- Editors:
- Corinne Bieder, Gudela Grote, Johannes Weyer
2024 | Book
Technical Landfills and Waste Management
Volume 1: Landfill Impacts, Characterization and Valorisation
A "zero waste" society and the "circular economy" trend are urgently needed. Even if achieving 100% trash recycling and a fully circular economy may not always be attainable, aiming toward this goal might result in a sustainable future. Municipal …
- Editors:
- Abdelkader Anouzla, Salah Souabi
2024 | Book
Advances in Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
This book provides the reader with topical applications of innovative tools for better solid and hazardous waste management. Separate sections have been compiled for both traditional and new solid waste categories with examples and case studies in …
- Editor:
- Sudha Goel
2024 | Book
Entrepreneurship, Technological Change and Circular Economy for a Green Transition
Research Contributions for a More Productive Environment
This book is a comprehensive and timely publication that aims to be an essential reference source, building on contemporary research in the fields of circular economy and green transition in relation to entrepreneurship and technological change.
- Editors:
- Conceição Rego, Maria Raquel Lucas, María Isabel Sánchez-Hernández, Luísa Cagica Carvalho, Adriana Backx Noronha
Open Access
2024 | Open Access | Book
Creating a Roadmap Towards Circularity in the Built Environment
This open access book summarizes the research being pursued as part of the COST Action CA21103 titled "Implementation of Circular Economy in the Built Environment" (Circular B), which aims to define the methodology to develop a common circularity …
- Editors:
- Luís Bragança, Meri Cvetkovska, Rand Askar, Viorel Ungureanu
Open Access
2022 | Open Access | Book
Italian National Forest Inventory—Methods and Results of the Third Survey
Inventario Nazionale delle Foreste e dei Serbatoi Forestali di Carbonio—Metodi e Risultati della Terza Indagine
This open access book deals with the methods and the results of the third Italian national forest inventory (INFC2015). Arma dei Carabinieri is entrusted with the realisation of the National Forest Inventory and with the decisions about the aims …
- Editors:
- Patrizia Gasparini, Lucio Di Cosmo, Antonio Floris, Davide De Laurentis
Open Access
2022 | Open Access | Book
Assessment of Energy-Efficient Building Details for Seismic Regions
This open access book presents a methodology for the assessment of structural building details, taking into account the contemporary guidelines for earthquake-resistant and energy-efficient buildings. A review of structural details for …
- Authors:
- Dr. Boris Azinović, Prof. Vojko Kilar, Prof. David Koren
Open Access
2021 | Open Access | Book
Advances in Assessment and Modeling of Earthquake Loss
This open access book originates from an international workshop organized by Turkish Natural Catastrophe Insurance Pool (TCIP) in November 2019 that gathered renown researchers from academia, representatives of leading international reinsurance …
- Editors:
- Prof. Sinan Akkar, Prof. Alper Ilki, Dr. Caglar Goksu, Prof. Mustafa Erdik
2024 | Book
Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2022 Volume 1
Geotechnics: Learning, Evaluation, Analysis and Practice (GEOLEAP)
This book comprises the select proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC) 2022. The contents focus on recent developments in geotechnical engineering for a sustainable world. The book covers behaviour of soils and soil–structure …
- Editors:
- Babu T. Jose, Dipak Kumar Sahoo, Eun Chul Shin, Deepankar Choudhury, Anil Joseph, Rahul R. Pai
Open Access
2024 | Open Access | Book
Decarbonize Urban Heating System
China Building Energy and Emission Yearbook 2023
This is an open access book.
The double-carbon target has been one of the main motivations and goals for China's social and economic development. The building sector is one of the most important sectors to achieve energy saving and emission …
- Author:
- Building Energy Research Center of Tsinghua University
Open Access
2018 | Open Access | Book
Freshwater Microplastics
Emerging Environmental Contaminants?
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.
This volume focuses on microscopic plastic debris, also referred to as microplastics, which have been detected in aquatic environments around the globe and have accordingly raised serious …
- Editors:
- Martin Wagner, Scott Lambert
Open Access
2017 | Open Access | Book
Paris Climate Agreement: Beacon of Hope
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This volume presents an empirical model of global climate developed by the authors and uses that model to show that global warming will likely remain 2ºC below pre-industrial throughout this …
- Authors:
- Ross J. Salawitch, Timothy P. Canty, Austin P. Hope, Walter R. Tribett, Brian F. Bennett