The book explores the geo-chemical, physical, social and economic impacts of climate change on water supplies. It contains examples and case studies from a wide range of countries, and addresses the need to promote sustainable water use across the world.
The book explores the geo-chemical, physical, social and economic impacts of climate change on water supplies. It contains examples and case studies f...
This book documents and compares the experiences of a wide range of universities across the five continents with regard to sustainable development, making it of special interest to sustainability researchers and practitioners.
This book documents and compares the experiences of a wide range of universities across the five continents with regard to sustainable development, ma...
This collected volume deals with emerging issues related to climate variation, climate change and adaptation technologies, with a special focus on Latin American countries.
This collected volume deals with emerging issues related to climate variation, climate change and adaptation technologies, with a special focus on Lat...
This book offers a multidisciplinary perspective on issues about global energy policy and security. It integrates philosophical chapters with technical/modeling chapters and covers issues related to finance, economics, and environmental science.
This book offers a multidisciplinary perspective on issues about global energy policy and security. It integrates philosophical chapters with technica...
This book summarizes the evidence from different African countries about the local impacts of climate change, and how farmers are coping with current climate risks. The different contributors show how agricultural systems in developing countries are affected by climate changes and how communities prepare and adapt to these changes.
This book summarizes the evidence from different African countries about the local impacts of climate change, and how farmers are coping with current ...
Including considerations of sustainability in universities' activities has long since become mainstream. Created in order to address this need, this book presents a wealth of information on innovative approaches, methods and tools that may be helpful in translating sustainability principles into practice.
Including considerations of sustainability in universities' activities has long since become mainstream. Created in order to address this need, this b...
This work presents the findings of an extensive study on the state-of-the-art regarding the problem of food waste in Belarus, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden.
This work presents the findings of an extensive study on the state-of-the-art regarding the problem of food waste in Belarus, Estonia, Germany, Latvia...
This book documents and disseminates experiences from a wide range of universities, across the five continents, which showcase how the principles of sustainable development may be incorporated as part of university programmes, and present transformatory projects and programmes, showing how sustainability can be implemented across disciplines. Sustainability in a higher education context is a fast growing field. Thousands of universities across the world have signed declarations or have committed themselves to integrate the principles of sustainable development in their activities:...
This book documents and disseminates experiences from a wide range of universities, across the five continents, which showcase how the principles o...
This book contributes to debates on current sustainability practices, with a focus on assessment tools as applied in higher education institutions. These institutions are challenged to carry out management, research, and teaching, and to create settings that allow developing new competencies to address the complex global environmental, social, cultural, and economic pressures with which current and future generations are confronted.
The first chapters discuss issues of sustainability in higher education, namely the role of universities in promoting sustainability and the emergent...
This book contributes to debates on current sustainability practices, with a focus on assessment tools as applied in higher education institutions....
