Sustainability Books

This book presents the latest technologies and operational methods available to support sustainable freight transport practices. It highlights market requirements, cutting edge applications, and case studies from innovators in the logistics services...

Il est largement admis que le changement climatique, la globalisation et l'épuisement des ressources nous invitent à repenser nos modèles de société et l'organisation de nos territoires pour garantir un avenir viable. Pourtant, le changement vers des...

This open access book offers a comprehensive exploration of Circular Economy Design and Management within the Built Environment, presenting a critical review of the current state of the art. Going through multi-level approaches from material usage to...

This book is an interdisciplinary study linking the circular economy and renewable energy, satisfying the public interest in sustainable energy solutions from a social, political, economic, and technological perspective. The book considers all subjects...

Studying high complexity projects implementation is the object of this book. Multiple interactions and emergences are the core of higher complexity and of associated models and projects. The starting point of our approach is the observed similarity or...

This edited volume centers around the concept of BioCities, which aim to unify nature and urban spaces in order to reverse the effects of global climate change and inequity. Following this principle, the authors propose multiple approaches for...

This book gathers a selection of papers presented at the 5th International Scientific Conference "Environmental Challenges in Civil Engineering", ECCE 2022, held on September 26-28, 2022, in Opole, Poland. Written by an international group of experts, it...

This book describes results of research conducted with the goal of providing a framework, selected tools, and guidelines to significantly reduce energy use (by more than 50%) in government and public buildings. The scope of the book is limited to public...

Towards Net Zero in the Building Industry looks at the contributions that the building and construction industry can (and must) make to help achieve net zero carbon emissions. The building industry accounts for close to 40% of global emissions and...

Where can one get a synthesis of research findings on urban development planning in Africa? This book addresses this gap in knowledge by distilling existing research to provide insights into theories, research designs, empirical findings and approaches...

​Achieving Building Comfort by Natural Means explores examples of green building designs and methods that are currently being used around the world to achieve human comfort in buildings. The operation of buildings accounts for more than 40% of total...

This book presents human factors research focused on achieving and assessing sustainability in the built environment and architecture. It reports on advanced engineering methods for architecture and design, and on assessments of the social,...

This book discusses supply chain management, focusing on developments within modelling the dynamic behaviour of the supply chain. Aimed at postgraduate students, researchers and practitioners, this book provides an in-depth knowledge of the dynamics of...

This book deals with the present adverse effects of using precarious building materials on the ecology and human health. Also, the detailed discussions on the novel and greener construction materials and their utilization as an alternative to the...

This book includes the most recent outcomes from research and professional practice in the ventilative cooling field, gathered by the selected panel of authors. It provides essential contents to face and reduce the rise of space cooling and...

This book follows on previous works addressing sustainable development research in the Asia-Pacific region. It mainly focuses on India, a country currently facing immense challenges in the form of climate change, rapid urbanisation, and population...

This book explores the bioclimatic approach to building design. Constant innovations in the field are evident, including the need to face climate changes and increase the local resilience at different scales (regional, urban, architectural). Differently...

This book explores the recent advances in the leading paradigms of urbanism, namely compact cities, eco-cities, and data-driven smart cities, and the evolving approach to their amalgamation under the umbrella term of smart sustainable cities. It...

This handbook examines agricultural and rural development in Africa from theoretical, empirical and policy stand points. It discusses the challenges of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and assesses how poverty and other development...

This book gathers selected peer-reviewed papers presented at the 6th European Lean Educator Conference (ELEC), held in Milan, Italy, on November 11-13, 2019. The conference topics include the following: lean trainings in university and industry...

In 1972, a book changed the world.The Club of Rome commissioned a report that shifted how we see what humans are doing to the planet. Looking back five decades later, what happened next, what did we do and not do, what did we learn, and what happens...

In this fascinating professional memoir, the reader becomes an eyewitness as the author deploys an emergent change approach to institution building, across four continents and seven decades. Rolf Lynton works on a novel program of women's employment in...

This book offers original insights into the broad and deep influences of tourism, and places them within the historical context of globalisation. The research undertaken on a Canary Island emphasises the indigenous experience, and makes cross-cultural...

A bestseller on Amazon.com within months of its first release, Alan AtKisson's debut book quickly became a modern classic of sustainability literature. Global companies, grassroots groups, university courses, government agencies, and even the US Army...

This is the first study exploring how knowledge brokerage has the potential to support sustainable development across political and scientific systems. It presents a selection of innovative and practical tools to enhance the connectivity...

Covers important topics in sustainable innovation in business including bitcoin as a global currency, using smart technology in small and medium enterprises etc. Explores how using digital transformation can show managers and business leaders how to plan...

Transform Your Life with Sustainability Inside-OutSustainability Inside-Out emphasises inner transformation as a pathway to collective well-being. This book guides readers on a journey of personal growth and self-awareness, empowering them to adopt...

This book argues that violence-affected communities use memory-based narratives in order to shame states into cooperating with claims for cultural rights protections. Shaming and claiming is a social movement tactic that binds historic violence to...

Environmental Justice in Contemporary US Narratives examines post-1929 US artistic interrogations of environmental disruption. Tracing themes of pollution, marine life, and agricultural production in the work of a number of historically significant...

Local governments are judged on their ability to provide citizens with basic services such as water, sanitation, health care, basic education, waste management, transport and energy. UCLG's third global report on Decentralization and Local Democracy...

First published in 2003, this book represents a critical appraisal of the issues related to urban development and the modalities to face these issues from real examples, these in return can be used as starting points to construct new 'real utopias' or at...

The global food system is characterized by large numbers of people experiencing food insecurity and hunger on the one hand, and vast amounts of food waste and overconsumption on the other. This book brings together experiences from different...

This book addresses how to move towards sustainable development and enhanced resilience against natural disasters. Stressing the economic aspects of disasters, the book proposes both mitigation and adaptation measures and how they can be applied to...

The establishment of the Indian National Green Tribunal (NGT) was a result of the recommendations of the Law Commission of India and was set up to secure access to environmental justice: a key component providing just and equitable outcomes for...

This book challenges and critques human development as practiced since the end of World War II. Nepal can be viewed as a kind of laboratory for studying the effectiveness and success of global human developments, with nearly all theories and practices...

This book uniquely explores the long-term impacts of displacement and resettlement. It shows that long-term post-project evaluation is necessary to assess the rehabilitation and livelihood reconstruction of resettlers after relocation. It focuses on...

The book fills a gap in sustainable development studies as it draws on a range of case-studies to discuss the challenges and opportunities of using Max-Neef's Human Scale Development (HSD) framework in practice. The book presents the potential of the HSD...

This multidisciplinary book highlights the major environmental challenges in the Caucasus and in Central Asia. These include the impact of climate change on glacial melt, desertification, deforestation, destruction of habitat and biodiversity,...

The conference on 'Substantial Materials Processing and Manufacturing (SMPM)' aims to bring together scientists, researchers, and companies to attend and share their vision, ideas, recent developments as well as advanced scientific and technical...

Luxury and sustainability appear to be incompatible, however, this book resolves the divergence between them, shedding light on the evolving dynamics within the luxury brand market. Thanks to an in-depth analysis of the definition of luxury, the authors...

The book adopts an interdisciplinary approach to understand social-ecological systems that explain the relationship between protected areas, tourism, and community livelihoods linkages and provides a platform for dialogue to develop better understanding...

This book is the first to fully explore the short- and long-term impact of the global electric car rollout on the supply of raw materials. It provides necessary forecasting insight to industry leaders and specialists, policymakers and researchers.

Offers a comprehensive analysis of the financial challenges faced by local governments in Southern Africa and provides insights into strategies for achieving long-term fiscal viability, exploring the relationship between financial sustainability and the...

The concept of Self-Sufficiency involves the notion of sustainable, circular, and carbon-neutral cities. This book offers a full toolkit of knowledge on how to effectively implement planning approaches for circular and self-sufficiency development at...

Green Innovation in Central and Eastern Europe aims to explore the crucial role of green innovation in guiding organizations towards sustainable development amidst contemporary environmental challenges.

This book is an indispensable guide to understanding our planet's sustainability past, present, and future. It offers an in-depth analysis of critical environmental issues, human development challenges, and the economic complexities of fostering...