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Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Editat de Walter Leal Filho, Anabela Marisa Azul, Luciana Brandli, Amanda Lange Salvia, Tony Wall
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 mai 2021

Descoperim în acest volum o abordare aplicată a provocărilor industriale contemporane, începând cu studii de caz concrete precum implementarea principiilor sustenabile în agroindustria trestiei de zahăr sau co-crearea infrastructurii în Namibia. Găsim aici o analiză riguroasă a modului în care inovația poate contracara degradarea biodiversității și schimbările climatice, oferind soluții pentru o industrializare incluzivă. Structura cărții este enciclopedică, organizată pentru a ghida cititorul de la concepte fundamentale, precum accesibilitatea ca precondiție a dezvoltării, până la impactul tehnologiilor de frontieră, incluzând inteligența artificială și vehiculele autonome.

Suntem de părere că acest volum, parte din Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, reușește să sintetizeze complexitatea Obiectivului de Dezvoltare Durabilă 9 prin articole ce vizează eficientizarea resurselor și adoptarea proceselor industriale ecologice. Comparabil cu Sustainable Cities and Communities în rigurozitate, acest titlu este actualizat pentru dinamica accelerată a inovației tehnologice și necesitatea infrastructurii reziliente în fața fenomenelor meteorologice extreme. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure continuă direcția academică stabilită de Walter Leal Filho în lucrări precum Handbook of Sustainability Science in the Future, trecând de la prognoza globală la mecanismele tehnice și politice necesare pentru a atinge țintele Agendei 2030. Textul explorează critic lanțurile de aprovizionare în construcții și responsabilitatea socială corporativă, oferind o viziune integrată asupra creșterii economice care nu sacrifică protecția mediului.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319958729
ISBN-10: 3319958720
Pagini: 1000
Ilustrații: XXVIII, 1265 p. 166 illus., 118 illus. in color. In 2 volumes, not available separately.
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 mm
Greutate: 3.81 kg
Ediția:2021
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Seria Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

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Această lucrare este esențială pentru cercetători, decidenți politici și profesioniști din inginerie sau economie care doresc să înțeleagă implementarea practică a ODD 9. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă globală asupra modernizării infrastructurii și a rolului inovației în atingerea sustenabilității. Este un instrument de referință care transformă obiectivele teoretice ale ONU în strategii aplicabile pentru o industrie rezilientă și tehnologii curate.


Despre autor

Walter Leal Filho este un expert recunoscut în domeniul educației de mediu și sustenabilității, predând la Hamburg Technical University. Coordonează numeroase proiecte internaționale de cercetare și este editorul European Environmental Education Newsletter. În calitatea sa de editor principal al seriei Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, acesta și-a dedicat cariera integrării științei sustenabilității în politici publice, publicând lucrări fundamentale precum Competence Building in Sustainable Development și Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security. Expertiza sa reflectă o viziune multidisciplinară asupra sănătății planetare și umane.


Descriere scurtă

The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living conditions, especially but not only in developing countries, intensify. Therefore, there is an increasing need to search for integrated solutions to make development more sustainable. The United Nations has acknowledged the problem and approved the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. On 1st January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the Agenda officially came into force. These goals cover the three dimensions of sustainable development: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection.  
The Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals comprehensively addresses the SDGs in an integrated way. It encompasses 17 volumes, each one devoted to one of the 17 SDGs. This volume addresses SDG 9, namely “Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation” and contains the description of a range of terms, to allow a better understanding and foster knowledge about it. This book presents a set of papers on the state of the art of knowledge and practices about three important aspects of sustainable development, infrastructure, industrialization and innovation. It focuses on the support of cleaner technologies, enhanced scientific research, domestic technology development and universal internet access.


Concretely, the defined targets are:
  • Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all
  • Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and, by 2030, significantly raise industry’s share of employment and gross domestic product, in line with national circumstances, and double its share in least developed countries 
  • Increase the access of small-scale industrial and other enterprises, in particular in developing countries, to financial services, including affordable credit, and their integration into value chains and markets
  • Upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities
  • Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending
  • Facilitate sustainable and resilient infrastructure development in developing countries through enhanced financial, technological and technical support to African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states
  • Support domestic technology development, research and innovation in developing countries, including by ensuring a conducive policy environment for, inter alia, industrial diversification and value addition to commodities
  • Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries

Editorial Board
Oluwabunmi Opeyemi Adejumo, Leah A Dundon, Lizhen Huang, Heather Jones, Haruna Musa Moda


Cuprins

Accessibility as a Precondition for Sustainable Development.- Active Modes and Sustainability.- Addressing Local and Global Sustainability in the Age of Sustainable Development Goals.- Airports’ Role and Operations in the International Environment.- Application of SDG9 in Small Scale Sugarcane Agroindustries.- Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Businesses.- Assessing Urban Liveability in Africa: Challenges and Interventions.- Assessment of Resilience in Complex Urban Systems.- Autonomous Vehicles and Their Implications to Society.- Climate Change Adaptation: Infrastructure and Extreme Weather.- Climate Strategy Proactivity (CSP) and Its Theoretical Underpinnings.- Co-creation of Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Namibia.- Complex Adaptive Systems.- Construction Supply Chains and Their Role in Sustainability.- Corporate Social Performance.- Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development Goal 9.- Cradle-to-Cradle Front-End Innovation: Managementof the Design Process.- Defense, Innovation, and Costs: An Economic Analysis.- Designing Enhanced and Effective Entrepreneurial Access to Financial Services.- Development of New Skills: Innovation and Sustainability in Industry 4.0.- Digital Vulnerabilities and the Sustainable Development Goals in Developing Countries.

Notă biografică

Walter Leal Filho (BSc, PhD, DSc, DPhil, DEd, DL, DLitt) is a Senior Professor and Head of the Research and Transfer Centre "Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management” at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and Chair of Environment and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is the initiator of the Word Sustainable Development Symposia (WSSD-U) series, and chairs the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme. Professor Leal Filho has written, co-written, edited or co-edited more than 400 publications, including books, book chapters and papers in refereed journals.
Anabela Marisa Azul is a Researcher at the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC) and the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Coimbra (UC, Portugal). She holds a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, specializing in Ecology (2002, UC), and pursued her investigation on biology and ecology of fungi to pinpoint the role of mycorrhizal symbiosis for sustainability of Mediterranean forests under different land use scenarios at the Centre for Functional Ecology (CFE-UC), where she became an Associate Researcher (from 2009 to 2014). At CFE-UC, Marisa Azul developed a holistic approach that combined innovation in food production with sustainable development and public scientific awareness to multiple actors. At CNC, from 2014 on, Marisa Azul focuses her investigation on basic research and participatory research dynamics to pinpoint links between metabolism, health/disease, and sustainability. She has broad academic experience as a researcher working in participatory research and interdisciplinary that link biomedical and life/environmental sciences, social sciences, science education, science communication, and artistic forms. Her research interests also lie in bringing together the academy and social/economical players. She has been successful in attracting national and international funding, coordinating projects, and mentoring young researchers on the topics mentioned. She has co-authored over 40 scientific publications and book chapters, co-edited 4 books on Climate Change Management Series and 1 onWorld Sustainability Series published by Springer, co-authored 4 books for children and 2 comics, and co-produced 1 animation.
Luciana Brandli, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the University of Passo Fundo, Brazil, working in the Ph.D. Program in Civil and Environment Engineering. Her current research interests include sustainability in higher education and green campus, management of urban infrastructure and sustainable cities, and the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development. She supervises a number of Master’s and Doctoral students on engineering and environment and sustainability issues and has in excess of 300 publications, including books, book chapters, and papers in refereed journals.

Amanda Lange Salviahas a degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Passo Fundo, Brazil, and graduate studies focused on sustainable cities and universities. Her work focuses on the Sustainable Development Goals, the role of universities towards sustainability and the impacts of climate change. Amanda has experience with international studies assessing aspects related to the 2030 Agenda and sustainability in higher education. She is reviewer of various journals and is also a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 

Tony Wall (BSc Hons, PGDip, PGCHE, MA, MSc, EdD, MCIPD, NTFHEA) is a Professor, Founder and Director of the International Thriving at Work Research Group in the United Kingdom where he is the institutional lead for the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme. His research impact work has won multiple Santander International Research ExcellenceAwards and a National Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. Apart from being a visiting scholar in the US and Australia, his change work includes co-founding of the Washington Ethical Leadership Summit and the TS Eliot Foundation’s International Creative Practice for Wellbeing Framework.


Caracteristici

Fosters knowledge to support Sustainable Development Goals Details research, projects, and practical action Provides government and non-government bodies with a sound basis to promote sustainability efforts