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Sustainable Nuclear Power (Sustainable World)

Academic Press, 2006

This book is designed to provide nonnuclear engineers, scientist, and energy planers with the necessary information to understand and utilize the major advances in the field of nuclear power. The book demonstrates that nuclear fission technology has the abundance and attainability to provide centuries of safe power with minimal greenhouse gas...

Green Giants: How Smart Companies Turn Sustainability into Billion-Dollar Businesses

AMACOM, 2015

What do Brazil's top beauty brand, America's second-fastest-growing restaurant chain, and the world's third bestselling car have in common? They are shattering the myth that acting sustainably and building a billion-dollar business are mutually exclusive. Green Giants examines nine companies that are merging social responsibility...

Smart Tourism as a Driver for Culture and Sustainability: Fifth International Conference IACuDiT, Athens 2018 (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics)

Springer, 2019

This book explores the latest developments in the field of smart tourism, focusing in particular on the important cultural and sustainability synergies that have emerged during the digital era. The aim is to elucidate how ICTs can promote innovation and creativity in the tourism and leisure sector in ways that take into account cultural and...

Transport and Town Planning: The City in Search of Sustainable Development (Science, Society and New Technoogies)

John Wiley & Sons, 2019

In a context where climate change urgently requires us to alter our paradigms, this book explores the possibilities of cities that are both more energy efficient and more respectful of the environment.

Based on the observation that urban planning has been detrimentally affected by the compartmentalization of...

Sustainable Production Consumption Systems: Knowledge, Engagement and Practice

Springer, 2009

Sustainable Production Consumption Systems brings together a set of designed case studies intended to provide a more in-depth understanding of challenges and opportunities in bringing knowledge and actions closer together for the sustainable management of specific production and consumption systems. The case study approach enabled researchers to...

An Introduction to Mathematical Models in Ecology and Evolution: Time and Space (Ecological Methods and Concepts)

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Students often find it difficult to grasp fundamental ecological and evolutionary concepts because of their inherently mathematical nature. Likewise, the application of ecological and evolutionary theory often requires a high degree of mathematical competence.

This book is a first step to addressing these difficulties, providing a broad...

Herbicide Residue Research in India (Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, 12)

Springer, 2018

Herbicides constitute about 60% of the total pesticides consumed globally. In India, the use of herbicides started initially in tea gardens and picked up in the 1970s, when the high-yielding varieties of rice and wheat were introduced. Presently, 67 herbicides are registered in the country for controlling weeds in crops including...

Better Green Business: Handbook for Environmentally Responsible and Profitable Business Practices

Wharton School Publishing, 2009

Better Green Business brings together practical insights and start-to-finish strategies for moving any enterprise to a higher level of environmental stewardship. Drawing on his extensive experience from working across industries and functional boundaries, Dr. Eric G. Olson shows how to systematically...

Bridging Scales and Knowledge Systems: Concepts and Applications in Ecosystem Assessment

Island Press, 2006

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) was carried out between 2001 and 2005 to assess the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being and to establish the basis for actions needed to enhance the conservation and sustainable use of ecosystems and their contributions to human well-being. The MA was originally conceived as a...

Sustainable Peacebuilding and Social Justice in Times of Transition: Findings on the Role of Education in Myanmar

Springer, 2018

This book offers a unique insight into the ways in which education systems, governance, and actors at multiple scales interact in initial steps towards building peace. It presents a spectrum of recently conducted research in the context of Myanmar, a society in the midst of challenging transitions, politically, socio-culturally and...

Future Energy: Improved, Sustainable and Clean Options for our Planet

Elsevier Limited, 2008

Increasing global energy demand requires fact-based evaluations of alternative energy sources. This includes solving questions like how energy is produced, provided, and transported in sustainable ways. Solving future energy demands requires new technologies and knowledge. Decision makers, professionals, and people interested in energy issues in...

Influencer Marketing for Brands: What YouTube and Instagram Can Teach You About the Future of Digital Advertising

Apress, 2019

In the next few years, brands are on track to spend billions of dollars on influencer marketing. This form of marketing?currently utilized with great success on Instagram and YouTube?is not a short-lived fad, but a tectonic shift for the future of digital advertising. It's the way of the future, and the responsibility is on...

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