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  • Socio-Ecological Resilience and Sustainable Quality of Life

    Edited by Avishek Bhunia, Shouraseni Sen Roy, Suraj Kumar Mallick, Ester Higueras ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The purpose of writing of this book is to address the pressing challenges posed by the complicated relationship between human societies and their socio-ecological environments. It explores the interdependencies that define socio-ecological resilience, emphasising the importance of an integrated and interdisciplinary approach to achieving sustainable quality of life. The book will deepen our ... Read more

    $205.99 CAD

  • Urban Design and Planning for Age-Friendly Environments Across Europe: North and South

    Developing Healthy and Therapeutic Living Spaces for Local Contexts

    Edited by Elisa Pozo Menéndez, Ester Higueras García ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book represents a multidisciplinary and international vision across different countries in Europe that are facing similar challenges about ageing and quality of life in present cities. It is divided in three main topics from the global context of health in cities and reduction of health inequities to the current research of different study cases, focusing on residential models and the ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

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  • Handbook of Quality of Life and Sustainability

    Edited by Javier Martinez, Claudia Andrea Mikkelsen, Rhonda Phillips ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This handbook provides the latest research related to quality of life and sustainability, taking into account social, economic, environmental, and political/governance aspects as well as specific socio-spatial contexts. The volume includes contributions from established and upcoming scholars from various disciplines and geographical contexts (Global South and North). The varying cultural and socio ... Read more

    $268.99 CAD

  • Rethinking Sustainability Towards a Regenerative Economy

    Edited by Maria Beatrice Andreucci, Antonino Marvuglia, Milen Baltov, Preben Hansen ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This open access book is based on work from the COST Action “RESTORE - REthinking Sustainability TOwards a Regenerative Economy'', and highlights how sustainability in buildings, facilities and urban governance is crucial for a future that is socially just, ecologically restorative, and economically viable, for Europe and the whole planet. In light of the search for fair solutions to the climate ... Read more

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  • Restorative Cities

    urban design for mental health and wellbeing

    by Jenny Roe, Layla McCay ...
    Overcrowding, noise and air pollution, long commutes and lack of daylight can take a huge toll on the mental well-being of city-dwellers. With mental healthcare services under increasing pressure, could a better approach to urban design and planning provide a solution? The restrictions faced by city residents around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought home just how much urban design ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • Resilient Urban Futures

    Edited by Zoé A. Hamstead, David M. Iwaniec, Timon McPhearson, Marta Berbés-Blázquez, Elizabeth M. Cook, Tischa A. Muñoz-Erickson ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This open access book addresses the way in which urban and urbanizing regions profoundly impact and are impacted by climate change. The editors and authors show why cities must wage simultaneous battles to curb global climate change trends while adapting and transforming to address local climate impacts. This book addresses how cities develop anticipatory and long-range planning capacities for ... Read more

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  • Celebrating Urban Community Life

    Fairs, Festivals, Parades, and Community Practice

    by Melvin Delgado ...
    Communal celebrations bring out the best in us, offering a place for people to come together and take a break from the routines of daily life. They are a vital aspect of city life and are increasingly popular as an urban development strategy.Celebrating Urban Community Life is a comprehensive guide to understanding and enhancing communal celebrations as a source of community capital. Drawing on ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Blue-Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Settlements

    Implications for Developing Countries Under Climate Change

    Edited by P. K. Joshi, K. S. Rao, Rahul Bhadouria, Sachchidanand Tripathi, Rishikesh Singh ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI) is now recognized as beneficial in terms of maintaining water flows and thermal comfort in urban areas. A framework of ecosystem services for urban settlements may be instrumental in bio-physical benefits as well as social and psychological benefits that will be assisting in adaptation and mitigating adverse effects of changing climate. Cities in developing ... Read more

    $218.99 CAD

  • Global Health Collaboration

    Challenges and Lessons

    Edited by Margaret S. Winchester, Caprice A. Knapp, Rhonda BeLue ...
    Series series SpringerBriefs in Public Health
    This stimulating open access volume details the innovative work of the Pan Institution Network for Global Health in creating collaborative research-based answers to large-scale health issues. Equitable partnerships among member universities representing North America, Africa, Asia, and Europe reverse standard cross-national dynamics to develop locally relevant responses to health challenges as ... Read more

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  • Nature-Based Solutions in Supporting Sustainable Development Goals

    Theory and Practice

    Edited by Haozhi Pan, Zahra Kalantari, Carla Ferreira, Cong Cong ...
    This book catalogs the evidence based on the social, economic and environmental effectiveness of Nature based Solutions (NbS) to face environmental challenges and simultaneously provide a better understanding of associated social-ecological interactions.NbS are reframing discussion and policy responses worldwide to environmental challenges. The concept builds on and complements other closely ... Read more

    $110.39 CAD

  • Children and Young People’s Participation in Disaster Risk Reduction

    Agency and Resilience

    Edited by Mort, Maggie, Rodriguez-Giralt, Israel ...
    Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Disasters are an increasingly common and complex combination of environmental, social and cultural factors. Yet existing response frameworks and emergency plans tend to homogenise affected populations as ‘victims’, overlooking the distinctive experience, capacities and skills of children and young people. Drawing on participatory research with more ... Read more

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  • Higher Education Institutions in a Global Warming World

    Edited by Ulisses Azeiteiro, Walter Leal, Paulo Davim ...
    Higher Education Institutions in a Global Warming Worldaims to contribute to the global debate on Sustainability in Higher Education, and in particular to the transition of Higher Education Institutions to a Low Carbon Economy.The transition of Higher Education Institutions towards a Low Carbon Economy is aligned with the Paris Agreement, and with Sustainable Development Goal 13: Take urgent ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD