Nature

Following an overview of European nature conservation needs, legislation and strategies, twenty-six detailed country chapters by national experts provide a range of perspectives on what has been achieved over the last forty years. It describes, analyses and compares the differing approaches and actions involved, and draws lessons for the future.

Discover how animal agriculture threatens our planet and explore solutions, from high-tech food innovations to activism, to create a sustainable and ethical future.

Published in partnership with the Career Development Institute (CDI), this resource is essential for anyone passionate about helping young people navigate career options that drive meaningful social and environmental change.

The proceedings of the first International Conference on Smart Computing and Communication for Sustainable Convergence (ISCCSC 2024) present a rich repository of cutting-edge research on smart computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning.

The book describes the functioning of the material universe with the use of an intermediate mathematical language and is based entirely on physical phenomena, on reality, and does not use philosophical or theological argumentation based on abstract reasoning not anchored in physical observations.

This comprehensive guide offers readers a practical approach to boosting profitability of their biogas plants. The techniques explained allow for an assessment of a biogas plant throughout its entire life cycle, from critical review of the business plan to the selection of retrofits to recover additional income from the process byproducts.

This book combines Construction 6.0 with AEC principles for designing sustainable, health-focused Martian habitats. It unveils innovative architectural designs ideal for Mars, utilizing 3D printing, autonomous robotics, and regolith, alongside renewable energy and life support systems.

This book provides up-to-date information on the causes, effects, and remedies of damp on residential properties and their occupiers.

Split into two volumes, volume 2 is a cultural history of technology that provides new insights into the international history of nuclear energy by examining the perspectives of six nuclear power plants' host communities in Britain and Germany from the 1950s to the late 1980s.

This book examines the international causes of hunger and malnutrition and reveals how critical elements of the global economy heighten food insecurity in the developing world. It will be of interest to students, scholars, and practitioners in the fields of global food security, international development, and global political economy.

This book explores the topic of architecture as a component of public discourse, focusing on the reception of four high-profile developments in the City of London (the UK capital's financial district) dating from the final years of the twentieth century.

This book explores the unique challenges faced by rapidly growing cities in Sub-Saharan Africa, including urban crime, informality, land governance, development control, and the degradation of green spaces, as well as how these issues are addressed in planning education and emerging innovations.

This book explores the unique challenges faced by rapidly growing cities in Sub-Saharan Africa, including urban crime, informality, land governance, development control, and the degradation of green spaces, as well as how these issues are addressed in planning education and emerging innovations.

This volume explores climate litigation as a means to tackle the rights and socio-ecological, intergenerational, gender, racial, and other justice implications of ever-growing vulnerability to climate change, whilst critically engaging with the notions of vulnerability and intersectional climate justice.

This comprehensive book provides insights into climate challenges in agriculture, covering key topics such as climate variability, abiotic and biotic stresses, advanced farming practices, breeding and genetics, nutrient recycling, and soil and wetlands management.

Focuses on tropical dry forests in the Americas and provides a comprehensive overview of new studies conducted in recent years, giving new insights into the most endangered ecosystem in the tropics. Case studies included analyze the biophysical properties and the status of TDFs in different regions of Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, and Bolivia.