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This edited volume brings together international authors to explore how cities around the world are implementing their commitment toward the UN SDGs. Of great interest to students, researchers, and professionals of urban sustainability, planning, smart cities, and sustainable communities, as well city and government stakeholders.

This edited volume brings together international authors to explore how cities around the world are implementing their commitment toward the UN SDGs. Of great interest to students, researchers, and professionals of urban sustainability, planning, smart cities, and sustainable communities, as well city and government stakeholders.

This book examines the social and cultural history of Bengal through two major themes - the intellectual and cultural dimension, and the socio-economic changes from the ancient to the postcolonial.

This book addresses multiple focus areas identified and provides solutions with respect to the circular economy, water pollution, potable water availability, reducing population impact on the environment, and better health by integrated waste management.

This book provides a holistic perspective on coastal dunes, highlighting that narratives have a role to play in climate change science, policymaking, and citizenship awareness. For scholars, researchers, and students of environmental history, environmental science, sustainability, coastal land management, and climate change.

A wide-ranging account of how birds spend the quiet half of their livesBirds at Rest is the first book to give a full picture of how birds rest, roost, and sleep, a vital part of their lives. It features new science that can measure what is happening in a bird's brain over the course of a night or when it has flown to another hemisphere, as well as still-valuable observations by legendary naturalists such as John James Audubon, Alfred Russel Wallace, and Theodore Roosevelt. Much of what they saw and what ornithologists are studying today can be observed and enjoyed by any birder. From the poles to the tropics, how, when, and where birds sleep reflect the ecology and behavior of each species, as well as their evolution from dinosaur ancestors. Some sleep briefly, their brain half awake, others spend long cold nights in torpor, a few can sleep while flying. Their roosting habits are also varied. Most birds sleep alone, some in pairs or families, while others in flocks of millions. Birds at Rest explains how each strategy works over the course of a season, a year, or a lifetime by providing protection, mating opportunities, information about food, and other survival benefits. With evocative drawings by artist and illustrator Margaret La Farge, Birds at Rest discusses how environmental challenges such as artificial lights and noise, invasive species, and climate change are disrupting avian sleep and proposes solutions to ensure that birds get the rest they need.

An expanded and updated new edition of a concise introduction to climate system dynamicsClimate Dynamics provides an essential foundation in the physical understanding of Earth's climate system. Assuming no previous introduction to the climate system, the book is designed for all science, math, and engineering students at the advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate levels. This second edition includes updated and expanded information on hydrology, the cryosphere, observed contemporary climate change, and climate prediction. In addition, the illustrations are expanded and now in full color. The first section of the book provides a description of the climate system based on current observations of the mean climate state and its variability. The second section develops a quantitative understanding of the processes that determine the climate state-radiation, heat balances, and the basics of fluid dynamics applied to the atmosphere, oceans, and cryosphere. The third and final section focuses on observed contemporary climate change and prediction. Presents a physically based, quantitative understanding of the climate system and climate changeEmphasizes fundamental observations and understandingFeatures end-of-chapter exercises and full-color illustrationsAn online illustration package and solutions manual for professors is available

A new, fully updated edition of this popular atlas in the stylish and authoritative Collins world atlas range. Designed in the distinctive Collins style, it is the ideal reference atlas for school, home and business use. This is a great value world atlas with more place names (over 80,000) and mapping than any other atlas at this price.

We know that Britain's land ownership is unbalanced, but what about land access? Who can visit our green and pleasant spaces, who is making use of them and who is taking care of them?Much is made of open access in Scotland, but what is the reality of the policy in practice, and should England and Wales embrace it?

This book offers a contemporary look at what happens when the modernisation of food supply chains comes face to face with the livelihoods of rural and poor people. The authors are drawn from eighteen countries participating in the 'Regoverning Markets' programme, which aims to not only improve our understanding of the way modernisation and re-struc

Challenging common beliefs that the European welfare states are already in or are heading towards crisis, this book calls for a proper understanding of the future role of the welfare state that requires a broader social perspective that encompasses the interaction of economic, political and social processes.

This book comprehensively review key dimensions of the sustainable entrepreneurship phenomenon to establish an essential definition and up-to-date picture of the field. Sustainable Entrepreneurship is an important resource for entrepreneurs, policy makers as well as students in the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation and susta

The economic recession in the developed world and competition for consumer goods from the developing world has led to a re-assessment of the growth-led conventions of the retail industry. In addition, the rapid advance of e-commerce and online shopping has created new challenges for physical stores and the communication and distribution of retai

By asking what childhood and ageing research can learn from each other, this edited volume brings both fields into a fruitful dialogue.

This book presents case studies on the human rights performance of state-owned enterprises from four Latin American and three European countries. It examines whether companies implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and how their state owners regulate or incentivize their human rights compliance.

A valuable reference text for tunnelling specialists, owners, engineers, archaeologists, architects, artists and others involved in underground planning, design and building around the world, and for academics who are interested in underground constructions and geotechnics.

'Ground Improvement in Underground Constructions' is a valuable reference text for tunnelling specialists, owners, engineers, archaeologists, architects, artists and others involved in underground planning, design and building around the world, and for academics who are interested in underground constructions and geotechnics.

A valuable reference text for tunnelling specialists, owners, engineers, archaeologists, architects, artists and others involved in underground planning, design and building around the world, and for academics who are interested in underground constructions and geotechnics.

¿EUR¿Environment sustainability in underground construction¿EUR¿ is a valuable reference text for tunnelling specialists, owners, engineers, archaeologists, architects, artists and others involved in underground planning, design and building around the world, and for academics who are interested in underground constructions and geotechnics.

'Archaeology, Architecture and Art in Underground Construction' is a valuable reference text for tunnelling specialists, owners, engineers, archaeologists, architects, artists and others involved in underground planning, design and building around the world, and for academics who are interested in underground constructions and geotechnics.

Local Disaster Management explores what resilience means for local communities and local governments on the front line of responding to disasters and emergencies.

Reworking Tourism explores how "economy" can be done differently in tourism and in the process, it reworks how tourism can deliver social and economic wellbeing in a changing world.

Governing Religious Diversity in Cities provides original insights into the governance of religious diversity in cities from a variety of theoretical perspectives, and drawing on a wide range of empirical examples in Europe and Canada.

The Spatiality of Violence in Post-war Cities analyses violence in post-war cities from different perspectives and in different parts of the world, with a shared attention to space and how it affects violent dynamics.

In a society of strangers, there develops what can be called crimes of mobility -- forms of criminality rare in traditional societies: bigamy, the confidence game, and blackmail, for example. What they have in common is a kind of fraudulent role-playing, which the new society makes possible.

How can we protect ourselves from the pollution, chemicals, and toxins that pervade our environment? Dr. Jenny Goodman connects the health of our planet with our own well-being, addressing the questions that very few doctors ask. We're all too aware of the traffic pollution in the air, the chemicals in our water, the toxins in the soil (and therefore our food), and the electromagnetic energy emanating from our gadgets. If we can also understand how they affect our health, not least in the worrying rises in asthma and allergies, infertility, obesity, heart disease, behavioral and neurological disorders, as well as cancer, then we can take positive steps to avoid them. With the right information, we can: Safeguard ourselves with protective measures Minimize our interactions with pollutants Ensure our bodies have the right anti-toxin nutrients Take collective action to fight for our health and that of the environment Backed by the latest scientific and medical research, Getting Healthy in Toxic Times will empower you to look after your own health--and that of the planet. Let's put the good stuff in and take the bad stuff out!

Those who have a deep affection for Britain's countryside will be totally absorbed by this extraordinary history of environmentalists' efforts to conserve the glorious South Downs. After describing the special qualities of the area and earlier attempts to safeguard it, the story of a twenty-year campaign to secure National Park status for this special part of England is recounted. Strong forces opposed, but the South Downs Campaign, which eventually grew to represent 159 national, regional and local groups, won through and the national park was established in 2010. Author Robin Crane chaired the meeting of seven people who founded the South Downs Campaign in 1990. He remained chairman until the South Downs National Park was finally designated.  From the outset the campaign was run by a team of both volunteers and professionals. The Campaign for National Parks, The Ramblers Association, Sussex Wildlife Trust and Sussex and Hampshire CPREs were the lead organisations.   Margaret Paren, who took a prominent role in the last half of the Campaign has edited this book.  She chaired the South Downs National Park Authority for its first ten years.

A new photo book journeys into the fragile landscapes and everyday lives of WLT partners in Argentina's Patagonia. '100% (Ciento por Ciento)' is the latest book of photographs by Colin Dodgson made in partnership with the World Land Trust. It captures the trip that Colin made in the company of WLT Ambassador Jonny Lu to two WLT-funded wildlife reserves in Southern Argentina. "All species deserve to exist, no matter how insignificant they may seem", Jonny Lu, WLT Ambassador. This is the second book that Jonny and Colin have collaborated on with WLT, having produced Deeper Green in 2019 which focused on Belize's rainforests. Whilst scientists have their own - often high tech - ways of documenting nature, Colin uses an analogue camera to capture the environment around him. 100% portrays the subtle details of nature conservation work that are not often seen; from messy office desks and dirty car windows to rangers playing saxophone. Rocks that speakSomancurá is an indigenous Mapuche word, meaning "the rock that speaks". 100% illustrates the character of La Meseta Somuncurá, the vast volcanic rock plateau where WLT partner Fundación Hábitat y Desarrollo work. A windswept landscape with "horizon in every direction", it communicates stories of evolutionarily distinct species. The El Rincon Stream Frog (Pleurodema somuncurense), is a muse for the book and is what you see on opening the first page. Its survival hangs in a delicate balance. The frog, alongside the small thumb-sized Naked Characin fish also featured in the book, have evolved to survive only in the Valcheta which is constantly heated by hot springs. The breath of whalesThe other key location for many of the book's images is the Estancia La Esperanza nature reserve. Situated along the coast, the intense blue sea and rhythmic waves are a contrast to the dusty, orange tones of the Somuncurá Reserve. 100% contains images of the charismatic research station where Fundación Patagonia Natural monitors the migration of Southern Right Whales.

Expert guide to ecological restoration of post-industrial lands that explains how to re-introduce biodiversity and ecosystem services Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on Post-Industrial Land shows how to harness natural processes for the rehabilitation of disturbed sites. It covers both the initial stages associated with the improvement of physicochemical and biological substrate characteristics as a precondition for continuous vegetation, as well as the subsequent re-establishment of rich communities of plant species, and how these communities may be optimized for their biodiversity and ecosystem services, such as pedogenesis, nutrient cycling, habitat for other organisms, food plants for herbivores, carbon sequestration, and aesthetic value. Case studies of successful restoration of industrial sites from different regions, including mining sites, oil drilling sites, fly ash deposits and dumpsites, and brownfield lands complement the conceptual part and demonstrate how to put the theory into practice. By providing solutions for carrying out ecorestoration that maximize socio-economic, ecological and environmental benefits, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Servieces on Post-Industrial Land will be essential for environmental managers and engineers tasked with restoring post-industrial sites.