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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “ioannis vardopoulos”
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  • Homage (and Criticism) to the Mediterranean City

    Regional Sustainability and Economic Resilience

    by Ioannis Vardopoulos, Francisco Escrivà Saneugenio, Adele Sateriano, Luca Salvati ...
    Series series River Publishers Series in Social, Urban, Economic and Environmental Sustainability
    Departing from conventional narratives centered on economic stagnation and social secularism, this book offers a fresh perspective on Mediterranean urbanities. It posits their correlation with housing and welfare regimes, societal transformations, local governance structures, and deficiencies in spatial planning. The analysis within delves into the neglected potential for mitigating regional ... Read more

    $173.84 CAD

  • Futureproofed Sustainability Amidst Climate Change Polycrisis: Advancing SDGs and ESG for the Cities of Tomorrow

    Edited by Ioannis Vardopoulos, Ioannis Passas ...
    The built environment is at the epicenter of global sustainability challenges, facing unprecedented pressures from climate change to resource depletion to socio-economic disparities. Equally critical are the human-induced systemic frameworks. These frameworks include green finance, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and accounting ... Read more

    $306.39 CAD

  • Energy-efficient Buildings in the Mediterranean: Challenges, Strategies, and Innovations

    Edited by Ioannis Vardopoulos, Constantinos Vassiliades ...
    Series series River Publishers Series in Energy Sustainability and Efficiency
    This volume reimagines the built environment not as a passive backdrop, but as a contested site where architecture, engineering, climate extremes, energy imperatives, and socio-economic inequalities converge. Sustainability is shown not as a universal mandate, but as a condition continually negotiated across uneven terrains of policy, design, and everyday inhabitation.Through contributions from ... Read more

    $192.39 CAD

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  • Real Estate and Sustainable Crisis Management in Urban Environments

    Challenges and solutions for resilient cities

    Edited by Saija Toivonen, Sirkka Heinonen, Ira Verma, Raúl Castaño-Rosa, Sara Wilkinson ...
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  • Disasters and History

    The Vulnerability and Resilience of Past Societies

    by Bas van Bavel, Daniel R. Curtis, Jessica Dijkman, Matthew Hannaford, Maïka de Keyzer, Eline van Onacker, Tim Soens ...
    Disasters and History offers the first comprehensive historical overview of hazards and disasters. Drawing on a range of case studies, including the Black Death, the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 and the Fukushima disaster, the authors examine how societies dealt with shocks and hazards and their potentially disastrous outcomes. They reveal the ways in which the consequences and outcomes of these ... Read more

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  • Sustainable and Smart Cities

    Governance, Economy and Society

    Edited by Anshuman Khare, Terry Beckman ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy
    This book provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges modern cities face in the context of climate change and urban development. By integrating varied viewpoints, it delves into the concept of sustainable and smart cities and sheds light on the opportunities for innovative and effective solutions, underscoring the interconnected nature of urban challenges and the necessity of a holistic ... Read more

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  • Routledge Handbook of Ecological Economics

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    Edited by Clive L. Spash ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
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    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

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  • Strengthening European Climate Policy

    Governance Recommendations from Innovative Interdisciplinary Collaborations

    Edited by Ester Galende Sánchez, Alevgul H. Sorman, Violeta Cabello, Sara Heidenreich, Christian A. Klöckner ...
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    This open-access book foregrounds 10 novel collaborations between the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH), and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines, for strengthening European climate policy.Part of a three-volume collection covering climate, energy, and mobility policy. ... Read more

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    Innovation and Environmental Awareness

    Edited by Pankaj Bhambri, Paula Bajdor ...
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