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  • LCA and Consumption/Needs-Based GHG Accounting for Climate Action

    A Pathway to Carbon Neutrality

    by Kwi-Gon Kim ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book reveals causes of the GHG emission accounting practice failure over the last several decades, describes evolution of new tenets of the accounting and remaining tasks, and suggests a new comprehensive integrated accounting in the form of protocol.The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment report calls for net zero CO2 emissions by 2050 to limit warming to 1.5 ... Read more

    $205.99 CAD

  • Low-Carbon Smart Cities

    Tools for Climate Resilience Planning

    by Kwi-Gon Kim ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book aims to integrate climate mitigation and adaptation tools into conventional urban planning. It emphasizes the value and importance of ICT as connected technology. The author believes that ICT and IOT can facilitate controlling climate change attributes when deployed with appropriate ingredients and composition in cities in an integrated comprehensive manner. It was written with the ... Read more

    $218.99 CAD

  • The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of Korea

    Protection, Conservation and Restoration of a Unique Ecosystem

    by Kwi-Gon Kim ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Untouched since 1953, the Korean DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) has transformed itself into one of the few ecologically pristine zones and a vital habitat for endangered species. Often cited as a potential "peace park", it could one day be a common ground for reconciliation and harmony.A wealth of data and information has been produced over time, documenting significant aspects of the DMZ and its ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • AI Transformation of Cities for Climate Solutions

    Edited by Kwi-Gon Kim ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book provides a wide application of AI technologies in cities. The book intends to combine AI with traditional urban planning and development, suggesting specific business opportunities with concrete methodologies, strategies and action plans in a city climate planning framework. The book aims to be a ‘bridge’ between climate issues, urban planning and AI business and invent a new framework ... Read more

    $218.99 CAD

  • Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Climate Change Adaptation

    Adapting to Flood Risk

    Edited by Kwi-Gon Kim, Catherine Atkin ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book provides important new and actionable tools for diverse cities and communities facing climate disasters to engage in risk assessment and green recovery. The on the ground perspective from case studies across the global south ensures a culturally inclusive perspective too often missing from the current dialogue.This book offers integrated, actionable and culturally inclusive risk ... Read more

    $192.79 CAD

  • Planning Climate Smart and Wise Cities

    A Multidisciplinary Approach

    Edited by Kwi-Gon Kim, Massamba Thioye ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book provides information that facilitates integrated climate actions in cities, leveraging disruptive technologies, business models, policies, financing, and leadership solutions. It fosters the development of climate smart and wise cities. It reviews the major developments of climate actions in cities and combines climate environment and energy technology, policy and financing instruments. ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

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  • Climate Impacts on Energy Systems: Key Issues for Energy Sector Adaptation

    by Ebinger,Jane; Vergara,Walter ...
    While the energy sector is a primary target of efforts to arrest and reverse the growth of greenhouse gas emissions and lower the carbon footprint of development it is also expected to be increasingly affected by unavoidable climate consequences from the damage already induced in the biosphere. Energy services and resources as well as seasonal demand will be increasingly affected by changing ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Disaster Management: Global Challenges and Local Solutions

    by Rajib Shaw ...
    We are becoming increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters. Disaster Management is therefore an important topic for all—from high school students to researchers. Disaster data in recent years show increasing trends in physical, social and economic impacts. While a global perspective of disaster management is necessary, it is also important to emphasize local solutions. This book targets some of ... Read more

    $46.52 CAD

  • The Economics of Water

    Rules and Institutions

    by Georg Meran, Markus Siehlow, Christian von Hirschhausen ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This open access textbook provides a concise introduction to economic approaches and mathematical methods for the study of water allocation and distribution problems. Written in an accessible and straightforward style, it discusses and analyzes central issues in integrated water resource management, water tariffs, water markets, and transboundary water management. By illustrating the interplay ... Read more

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  • FAO's Work on Climate Change - Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) works towards ending hunger and poverty while using precious natural resources sustainably. The fisheries and aquaculture sector makes substantial contributions to food security, livelihoods and global trade. Global production of fish and other aquatic animals continued to grow and reached 179 million tonnes in 2018, and about 59.5 ... Read more

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  • Eco2 Cities: Ecological Cities As Economic Cities

    by Suzuki Hiroaki; Dastur Arish; Moffatt Sebastian; Yabuki Nanae; Maruyama Hinako ...
    The Eco2 Cities approach is a point of departure for cities that would like to reap the many benefits of ecological and economic sustainability. It provides an analytical and operational framework that offers strategic guidance to cities on sustainable and integrated urban development. At the same time case studies are used throughout the book to provide a matter-of-fact and ground-level ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century

    by Abhas K. Jha, Robin Bloch, Jessica Lamond ...
    Urban flooding is a significant challenge which today increasingly confronts the residents of the expanding cities and towns of developing countries, as well as policymakers and national, regional and local government officials. The Global Handbook presents the state-of-the art in urban flood risk management in a thorough and user-friendly way. It serves as a primer in integrated urban flood risk ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD