In this edited open access book leading scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds wrestle with social science integration ...
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                This book gives an overview of today’s energy problem in the context of a rising world population, climate change and the ...
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                This book examines the importance of urban environmental management in the face of formidable challenges. It offers a comprehensive ...
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                This book revisits the theoretical foundations of urban planning and the application of these concepts and methods in the ...
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                Urban Transport Development is a contribution to the ongoing global discussion on the future of urban transport. The main ...
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                The book User Behavior and Technology Development explores these relationships between technology and behavior from an interdisciplinary ...
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                In spite of the economic role of oil, Venezuela has started developing hydroelectricity since the 1950s. At present, the ...
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                Hiroshi Komiyama's "Vision 2050" is a plan for paving a road to global sustainability. "Vision 2050" is built upon three ...
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                Aims to provide a systemic viewpoint for enterprise to establish the warranty chain management system. This book includes ...
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                This open access book examines more than two centuries of societal development using novel historical and statistical approaches. ...
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                In this book, Wallace offers a practical and balanced analysis of the evolution of wellbeing as a policy narrative and framework ...
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                This book questions the stereotype depicting all Gulf (GCC) economies as not sustainable, and starts a critical discussion ...
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                This book is about understanding the processes involved in the transformation of smallholder rice farming in the Lower Mekong ...
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                this book, resulting from a comprehensive inquiry into the ethical and politico-philosophical dimensions of environmental ...
Continue readingThis book offers the first overview of the ‘wicked problems’ literature, often seen as complex, open-ended, and intractable, ...
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                Wood and Wood Joints puts today s world in touch with the diverse know-how of Western and Eastern cultures about the creative ...
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                This book explores how improving management techniques can support firms’ productivity and quality. Given its wide range ...
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                This book shows the breadth and various facets of e-Science, while also illustrating their shared core. Changes in scientific ...
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                Presents a unique study of 30 NZEBs that have been constructed and have had their performance measured for at least 12 months. ...
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