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Environmental Management, Sustainable Development and Human Health
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Although on the publisher's website for this book [1], chapter numbers are given, in the copy of the book I received there are no chapter numbers in the Table of Contents, even though in the main text, cross references are made and the chapter numbers are mentioned. This book is divided into the following sections: This book is suitable for both experts and non-experts to read and get an overview of current sustainability studies, as well as understanding of many specific examples of academic research in this field. As the publisher of the new journal Sustainability, I am delighted to read several books on this topic, including this one. I read most of the chapters of this book. In addition to the already mentioned matter of the missing chapter, I noted some other obvious errors that should be corrected, e.g., on page 71, figure 2, the positive charges " + " and " 2+ " are missing for H + and Ca 2+. The summary of the book [1] is reproduced here: The Sustainable development is now considered by many organizations and their stakeholders the model to follow. An increasing number of companies currently act and communicate based on their triple performance (i.e. economic, environmental and social). Educators and scientists can follow this example by keeping in mind the bigger picture when it OPEN ACCESSread more
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Impacts of international trade on global sustainable development
Zhenci Xu,Zhenci Xu,Yingjie Li,Sophia N. Chau,Thomas Dietz,Canbing Li,Luwen Wan,Jindong Zhang,Liwei Zhang,Yunkai Li,Min Gon Chung,Jianguo Liu +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, international trade positively affects global progress towards achieving nine environment-related SDG targets and international trade has substantial influences on global sustainability and human well-being, but little is known about the impacts of international trade on progress toward achieving the sustainable development targets.
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Water Desalination using geothermal energy
TL;DR: In this article, a critical overview of water desalination using geothermal resources is presented, as well as an assessment of environmental risks and market potential and barriers to growth, and the availability and suitability of low and high temperature geothermal energy in comparison to other renewable energy resources for desalification is also discussed.
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Today's and Future Challenges in Applications of Renewable Energy Technologies for Desalination
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of wind, wave, geothermal, and solar renewable energy technologies for fresh water production, hybrid systems are assessed, and scale-up and economic factors are considered.
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Strategies for Sustainability: Institutional and Organisational Challenges
TL;DR: Sustainable development is a global role model that claims to function as a general orientation for shaping societal processes as mentioned in this paper, i.e., local, regional, national and international development.
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Effects of insecticides, fipronil and imidacloprid, on the growth, survival, and behavior of brown shrimp Farfantepenaeus aztecus.
TL;DR: Fipronil had more lethal effects than imidacloprid, and imidcloprid had more sub-lethal effects than fipronsil, which makes brown shrimp one of the most sensitive invertebrates to the pesticide.
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Look Back at the U.S. Department of Energy's Aquatic Species Program: Biodiesel from Algae; Close-Out Report
TL;DR: The Aquatic Species Program (ASP) as mentioned in this paper was a relatively small research effort intended to look at the use of aquatic plants as sources of energy, with an emphasis on algae for biodiesel production.
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Sustainable Energy: Choosing Among Options
TL;DR: The book gives a detailed overview of energy resources available today, their economic evaluation and the technologies to exploit them, and some of the emerging technologies are also presented.
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Energy at the Crossroads
TL;DR: It is extremely unlikely that any long-term plans, technical and price forecast and global visions, be they offered by extraordinary minds or by iterative expert consensus, will come anywhere near the always unpredictable realities.
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Utilization of solid wastes in construction materials
TL;DR: In this article, the potential use of various solid wastes for producing construction materials is investigated based on a comprehensive review of available literature on the construction materials including different kinds of solid wastes.
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Environment, energy, and society : a new synthesis
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the relationship between social theory and the environment and present the Struggle Over Hunger: Social and Ecological Dimensions, Energy and the Environment: The Reemerging Energy Crisis, and Sociology of Sustainable Development.