Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I. Waste management: Innovation and Quality -- Chapter 1. Development of an innovative controlled drying technology for the recovery of waste from the wine chain in a circular-economy perspective -- Chapter 2. Reduction of food waste and donations of surplus food in retail stores: A survey proposal -- Chapter 3. Enhancement of waste from the agri-food chain as innovative ingredients for the formulation of functional foods and their impact in chronic kidney disease -- Part II. Waste management: Circular economy and sustainability -- Chapter 4. The study of variables that influence the implementation of a waste cycle tracking system: a literature review -- Chapter 5. Quantification of fugitive methane emissions from landfills: an open issue -- Chapter 6. Sustainable organic waste management in small communities: evidence from life cycle-based evaluations -- Chapter 7. Valorisation of by-product and industry waste for date palm fruit by recovering bioactive molecules and possible applications: a circular economy model -- Chapter 8. Valorisation of pomegranate waste and by-products for new models of circular economy -- Chapter 9. Carbon, Water and Energy Footprint. A sustainability assessment for fruit & vegetable losses in Italy -- Chapter 10. Green technologies and LCA for the analysis of bioactive compounds in wheat husk: an integrated study for sustainability assessment -- Chapter 11. Modelling the leather industry waste from the circular economy perspective. A depth-review -- Chapter 12. Application of the MFA methodology for the analysis of paper and cardboard waste in Italy and a focus on the waste management in Apulia -- Chapter 13. Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment in a Regional Circular Economy Scenario -- Chapter 14. Closing the cycle by reusing treated wastewater: the role of Prato in the European debate on Circular Economy -- Part III. Circular economy and sustainability issues in several sectors: Energy.-Chapter 15. Natural gas supply in Italy: analysis and perspectives -- Chapter 16. The agro-photovoltaic sector as a possible implementation tool in Sicilian energy transition -- Chapter 17. Redevelopment of industrial brownfields through green hydrogen: evolution and criticalities -- Chapter 18. Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing of a unitized regenerative fuel cell stack: a preliminary study -- Part IV. Circular economy and sustainability issues in several sectors: Leather and textile -- Chapter 19. A Hypothesis of a Lean Warehouse Design for an Italian Textile-Apparel Company -- Chapter 20. Textile industry between past and future in the in the New Museum of Commodity Science -- Chapter 21. Production and consumption trends in the European textile sector and main sustainability challenges -- Chapter 22. The future of the Italian tanning industry considering the recent geopolitical crisis -- Chapter 23. Risk assessment and life cycle approach to optimize the sustainability performance of leather products -- Chapter 24. A combined economic-environmental assessment of an innovative chemical formulation for waterproofing applications in the leather manufacturing industry -- Part V. Circular economy and sustainability issues in several sectors: Mobility, Logistics and Transports -- Chapter 25. Mobility Environmental Profile in the Framework of a Research Project: The “CRESTING” Case -- Chapter 26. University students and mobility. A sustainability analysis -- Chapter 27. Life Cycle Costing in the maritime sector: the case of the extraordinary maintenance of a Roll-on/Roll-off ferry -- Chapter 28. The last-mile delivery process from a life cycle perspective -- Part VI. Circular economy and sustainability issues in several sectors: Technical materials and products -- Chapter 29. Concerns deriving from the sand business and potential substitutes for a sustainable construction sector -- Chapter 30. Reshoring and nearshoring of resources towards making the manufacturing chain of the Italian ceramic industry more resilient and sustainable -- Chapter 31. Definition of indicators relating to the extraction of minerals used in the ceramic sector for LCA -- Chapter 32. Personal Protective Equipment recycling scenarios for the production of reinforced bituminous conglomerates -- Chapter 33. Environmental performance and efficiency in the semiconductor fabrication sector -- Chapter 34. The recovery of materials and management at the end-of-life of ships. Models and strategies for a Critical Raw Materials Circular Market in Europe -- Part VII. Quality, circular economy, and sustainability: a miscellaneous of general facts -- Chapter 35. Entropic Limits of Circular Economy -- Chapter 36. Circular Bioeconomy: An analysis of operational principles and limits -- Chapter 37. Comparison and Contrast between Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Social Innovation -- Chapter 38. Transition to Social Organizational Life Cycle Assessment: connections with social responsibility tools -- Chapter 39. A new approach to improve sustainability: the role of Organizational Life Cycle Assessment (O-LCA) -- Chapter 40. The proposal for the new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD): towards better environmental data in sustainability reporting -- Chapter 41. ESG indicators and SME: towards a simplified framework for sustainability reporting -- Chapter 42. Women entrepreneurship and new business models for a quality production of Aloe Vera in Jordan -- Chapter 43. Sustainability standards and certifications for the healthcare sector: A literature review on social, economic, and environmental indicators -- Chapter 44. ISO 9001 certification of the Specialization Schools of the Health Area of the University of Padova -- Chapter 45. European University Alliances and good quality assurance practice -- Chapter 46. The inclusion of gender diversity in Italian universities: main priorities and critical issues -- Chapter 47. Patent box as a tax relief tool for companies operating in circular economy context -- Chapter 48. Industrial symbiosis in Sicily: perspectives and criticalities .

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: A Comprehensive Survey on IIoT solutions: Challenges and issues -- A review of machine learning for smart building energy management -- A Review of the Artificial Neural Network Models for Water Quality Prediction -- Air Pollution Analysis based Raspberry Pi -- An overview of security and privacy in smart grids based IoT solutions -- Application of artificial neural network modeling for the forecast wastewater treatment -- Big Data for Internet of Things: a comparative study Decision Support System for Water Resources Management -- Edge-based Infrared-ultrasonic Radar System for Robotic Obstacle Tracking, Avoidance and Out-of-Sight Remote Control Applications.-Energy Management for Werless sensors -- Intelligent Urban Transport Decision Analysis System Based Big Data -- IoT and Reality Mining for Real-Time flood Prediction -- IoT based WSN for Air Pollution Monitoring -- IoT solutions for smart irrigation monitoring -- SMART Agriculture using IoT -- Thermochemical study of the degradation of the panels of wings in a space shuttle by utilization of HSC Chemistry Software and its database.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: An Approach to Cultural Landscapes in the Age of Resilience -- Resilience: a co-evolutionary concept -- Landscape: definitions and operational concepts -- The “Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato”: a UNESCO case study between persistence and change -- The “Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato”: new identities and continuation of a cultural landscape -- The “Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato”: strategies and objectives for a resilient planning -- The “Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces”: a UNESCO case study between persistence and change -- The “Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces”: new identities and continuation of a cultural landscape -- An integrated management and governance for a productive UNESCO cultural landscape.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1: General Basics -- Chapter 2: Basic Equations of Atmospheric Turbulence -- Chapter 3: Specifics of the Near-Surface Turbulence -- Chapter 4: Experimental Methods for Estimating the Fluxes of Energy and Matter -- Chapter 5: Modelling of the Energy and Matter Exchange -- Chapter 6: Measurement Technique -- Chapter 7: Microclimatology -- Chapter 8: Applied Meteorology. .

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Fundamentals of geophysics, the Earth in the universe, its material composition, and its internal structure -- Radioactive decay and rock ages -- Earthquakes and Earth's structure -- Gravity field and figure of the Earth -- Earth's magnetic field and magnetosphere -- Earth's heat and temperature field.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Preface -- Foreword -- Section I – A Regional Overview -- Reginal Issues -- Section III Cross Cutting Themes for Nexus Security -- Section IV – An Integral Narrative -- Case Studies -- List of Countries Involved.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Preface -- Land in Economic Theory -- Empires & Colonialism : Indigenous Land Claims -- Plantations -- Religious Trusts: Waqf Lands -- Dispossession due to War and Conflict: Palestine and Cyprus -- Claim Settlement: International Land Commission -- Sustainable Tourism Development -- Land for Sustainable Industrial Development -- Foreign Ownership and Investment Incentives for Sustainable Development -- Sustainable Land Development: Urbanization, Water & Food Security.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Agriculture and Irrigation in India – Trends and Turning Points -- Water future: Drivers of changing climate and impacts -- Stabilizing the canal irrigation -- Sustaining groundwater irrigation -- Reviving tank irrigation -- Maximizing wastewater reuse -- Enhancing water productivity and climate smart technologies -- Re-estimation of crop water requirement (CWR) -- Up-scaling micro irrigation -- Expanding hill water management -- Reworking on Cost Sharing and Irrigation Subsidies -- Current Best Practices in Irrigation Management -- Strengthening Institutions, Policy and Governance -- India’s Water Future- A Way Forward.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Part I. Environmental protection and biodiversity. Chapter 1.Which environmental policies for New Caledonia? -- Chapter 2. What makes New Caledonia’s flora so outstanding? -- Chapter 3. Marine biodiversity in New Caledonia in relation to conservation challenges -- Part II. Fisheries and agriculture. Chapter 4. Small-scale fisheries in New Caledonia: towards a fishers’ perspective -- Chapter 5. “Fortunately, I have my field”: changes and permanencies in Kanak family farming -- Part III.Extractive industries, mining development and waste management. Chapter 6. Waste level rise? Scales, spaces, and policies of waste in New Caledonia -- Chapter 7. Conflicts and legitimacy of environmental organizations facing mining projects in New Caledonia-Kanaky -- Chapter 8. Decolonization process without independence in the light of changes in the nickel sector in New Caledonia -- PartIV: Land reform and urban development: Chapter 9: Land reform, conflict and local development on “Grande Terre” -- Chapter 10: Has “White Nouméa” become more Kanak? -- Chapter 11: Kanak cultural heritage on colonised and damaged lands -- Chapter 12: What future for Kanak Languages? Size and geographic distribution -- Chapter 13: Transforming Kanak knowledge to teach students and train teachers in New Caledonia -- Chapter 14: Gender, politics and power in New Caledonia -- Chapter 15: The emergence of an autonomous political arena in Ouvéa: an ethnography of its local council -- Chapter 16: Indigenous rights or national independence? Paths of self-determination in New Caledonia -- Chapter 17: New Caledonia’s self-determination process -- Chapter 18: A critical reflection of the notion of “common destiny” in Kanaky-New Caledonia -- Chapter 19: The citizenship dilemma in decolonising New Caledonia -- Chapter 20. Conclusion.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Source and Distribution of cadmium in Groundwater -- Health risks linked to cadmium toxicity -- Sustainable Mitigation Strategies.