Bücher – Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
Bücher – Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
2024 | Buch
Driving Quality Management and Sustainability in VUCA Environments
4th International Conference on Quality Innovation and Sustainability (ICQIS), Setubal, Portugal, May 22-23, 2023
This proceedings volume provides in-depth research in the fields of quality innovation, sustainability, and operations management. It features contributions from the 4th International Conference on Quality Innovation and Sustainability (ICQIS) …
- herausgegeben von:
- João Reis, Tiago Pinho, Vítor Barbosa, Luís Barreto, Sandrina B. Moreira, Pedro Pardal, João Nabais, Carlos Mata, Ana Mendes
Open Access
2024 | Open Access | Buch
X Hotine-Marussi Symposium on Mathematical Geodesy
Proceedings of the Symposium in Milan, Italy, June 13-17, 2022
This open access volume contains the proceedings of the X Hotine-Marussi Symposium on Mathematical Geodesy which was held from 13 to 17 June 2022 at the Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. Since 2006 the series of the Hotine-Marussi Symposia has …
- herausgegeben von:
- Jeffrey T. Freymueller, Laura Sánchez
2024 | Buch
Advances in Air Quality Research in Africa
Proceedings of the First International Conference on Air Quality in Africa (ICAQ'Africa 2022)
This book presents the recent findings on air quality in Africa from the virtual event of the first International Conference on Air Quality in Africa (ICAQ 2022), providing a comprehensive overview on many subjects of air pollution that affect …
- herausgegeben von:
- Khanneh Wadinga Fomba, Bertrand Tchanche Fankam, Abdelwahid Mellouki, Daniel M. Westervelt, Michael R. Giordano
2024 | Buch
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Technologies
Towards More Sustainable Cities
This book brings together cross-disciplinary research on carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) to examine the impact of implementing CCUS tools and technologies on emissions reduction and sustainable development in cities and large …
- herausgegeben von:
- Ali Ahmadian, Ali Elkamel, Ali Almansoori
2024 | Buch
Wind and Solar Energy Systems
This book is designed to serve as a textbook for courses on renewable energy technology tragetted at upper undergraduate or graduate students. This book can also be used as a core or supplementary text for courses in energy conservation and …
- verfasst von:
- Kumari Namrata, R. P. Saini, D. P. Kothari
2024 | Buch
Flood Risk Management
Assessment and Strategy
This book examines the nature of flood in different landscapes and the various factors that contribute to flooding in different areas. It identifies flood risk zones in different terrain types and provides valuable insights into the anthropogenic …
- herausgegeben von:
- Brototi Biswas, Bhagwan Balasaheb Ghute
2024 | Buch
Natura 2000 – A Coherent Nature Conservation Network?
A Proposal for Reforming the Rules on Designation under the Habitats Directive
This book offers a fresh perspective on the Habitats Directive's rules on designating Natura 2000 - the European biodiversity conservation network. Although the Habitats Directive came into force in the early 1990s, the network is not yet …
- verfasst von:
- Bettina Kleining
2024 | Buch
Larger Benthic Foraminifera Through Space and Time
Foraminifera are single-celled marine organisms, usually less than a millimeter in size, and their fossil records extend back in geological time some 500 million years. Some foraminifera have grown to over 10 centimeters; these are informally …
- verfasst von:
- Pratul Kumar Saraswati
2024 | Buch
Oil and Gas Pipeline Infrastructure Insecurity
Vandalism, Threats, and Conflicts in the Niger Delta and the Global South
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of infrastructure insecurity issues in the historic Niger Delta, drawing on empirical fieldwork involving host communities, regulators, and multinational oil and gas operators. It introduces innovative …
- verfasst von:
- Abdul L. Abraham Jatto
2024 | Buch
Climate Change and Finance
Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities in Capital Markets
Financial markets play a critical role in climate finance as they are a major source of funding for many of the projects and initiatives aimed at addressing climate change. For instance, banks and investors can provide loans and capital to …
- herausgegeben von:
- Nader Naifar
2024 | Buch
Energy and Environmental Aspects of Emerging Technologies for Smart Grid
This book presents mathematical models of various renewable energy sources (RESs) such as wind energy systems, solar PV systems, battery energy storage systems, pumped-storage hydropower, biomass, and electric vehicles (EVs). It also discusses the …
- herausgegeben von:
- Surender Reddy Salkuti
2024 | Buch
Cross-Disciplinary Impacts on Insurance Law
ESG Concerns, Financial and Technological Innovation
This book explores the insurance sector’s potential role, influence, and impact on society in light of new environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns. Furthermore, it looks into how financial and technological innovations help reshape …
- herausgegeben von:
- Margarida Lima Rego, Simon Grima
2024 | Buch
Organisational Change Management for Sustainability
This book is aimed at providing clarity through a systemic and systematic approach to organisational change management for sustainability. Chapter 2 of the provides an overview of sustainable development and sustainability discourses, focussing on …
- verfasst von:
- Rodrigo Lozano
2024 | Buch
Sustainability Reporting
Conception, International Approaches and Double Materiality in Action
The book provides a comprehensive exploration of the the evolution in sustainability reporting and non-financial disclosure from three perspectives: regulatory, literary, and empirical. First, the book discusses the variety of frameworks and …
- verfasst von:
- Chiara Mio, Marisa Agostini, Francesco Scarpa
2024 | Buch
Climate Change and Human Systems
Innovative Adaptation Services as a Soft-Resilience Strategy to Tackle Emerging Risks
This book offers a thorough review of studies on climate change and urban adaptation strategies and plans. It takes the moves from the identification of three primary barriers to adaptation, including the uncertainty surrounding climate change and …
- verfasst von:
- Chiara Bernardini
2024 | Buch
Grundlegende Schiffsarchitektur
Schiffsstabilität
Dieses Lehrbuch vermittelt den Lesern ein Verständnis für die Grundlagen der Schiffsstabilität, wie sie im internationalen Recht verankert ist. Die Bewertung der Schiffsstabilität hat sich seit dem ersten SOLAS-Übereinkommen nach dem Untergang der …
- verfasst von:
- Philip A. Wilson
2024 | Buch
Remote Sensing Application II
A Climate Change Perspective in Agriculture
This book focuses solely on the issues of agricultural productivity analysis with advanced modeling approaches bringing solutions to food-insecure regions of the world, especially in south and southeast Asia and in Africa. Advanced modeling tools …
- herausgegeben von:
- Tofael Ahamed
2024 | Buch
Pollution and Its Minimization
Proceedings of the 2022 10th International Conference on Environment Pollution and Prevention
This book presents peer-reviewed papers of the 2022 10th International Conference on Environment Pollution and Prevention (ICEPP 2022), which was held in Sydney, Australia, during December 16–18, 2022. With the worldwide increase in …
- herausgegeben von:
- Richard Haynes