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Chapter “Economy and the Environment: How to Get What We Want” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Biodiversity --Climatic factors. --- Climate change mitigation. --- Climatic changes --Economic aspects. --- Climatic changes --Government policy. --- Sustainability. --- Climate change mitigation --- Climatic changes --- Sustainability --- Biodiversity --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Meteorology & Climatology --- Economic aspects --- Government policy --- Climatic factors --- Sustainable development. --- Government policy. --- Economic aspects. --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Environmental aspects --- Environment. --- Climate change. --- Atmospheric sciences. --- Geography. --- Economic policy. --- Climate Change. --- Climate Change Management and Policy. --- Atmospheric Sciences. --- Geography, general. --- Economic Policy. --- Economic development --- Climatic changes. --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Economics --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Atmospheric sciences --- Atmosphere --- Global environmental change

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In recent decades there has been a growing awareness of how intricate the interactions are between human beings and the environment. Fortunately, progress has been made in understanding this relationship, and new technologies have been effective in addressing environmental problems. However belatedly, there has been an acknowledgment of the incompatibility of the world's finite resources with humankind's increasingly greater needs for them, and of how such a challenge demands broadened collaboration among engineers, social scientists, politicians and financial powers. Global agreement that the essential issues of the twenty-first century cannot be solved by any one discipline has led to the concept of sustainability. The transdisciplinary contributions selected for inclusion in this book address these concerns with an overview of the diverse fields of study related to sustainability. This collection of work is intended to pave the way for further collaboration among scientists and nations as well.

Economic policy and planning (general) --- Meteorology. Climatology --- Geography --- atmosfeerchemie --- atmosfeerfysica --- metrologie --- economische politiek --- geografie --- atmosfeer --- klimaatverandering --- broeikaseffect

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The need to put into perspective the ever-mounting body of new information, beyond the frames of disciplines, on environmental security of food and water issues in Asia provided the impetus for the development of this book. It combines presentations from symposia on food and water sustainability held recently in Macau, China. This book represents the latest research findings in all the major aspects of food and water security issues in Asia. The first chapter portrays the strategies for water resources management in Asian countries. In this connection, the environmental challenges for sustainable development were discussed. Model application on spatial allocation of water resources viewed the tradeoff between economic goal and ecological goal. The hydrological changes related to the socio-economic development in china were also included in this chapter. The second chapter deals with sustainable water uses in domestic purposes for both urban and rural areas. The potential use of reclaimed wastewater was described in the context of different cities as reference for the urban water management in whole Asia. The traditional drinking water uses in rural communities and associated challenges towards sustainability were also discussed in this regard. The third chapter focuses on the security issues in aquatic products. The long-term strategy for the fisheries development in China was represented as lessons for other communities in Asia. The environmental impacts of aquaculture and the control measures were also included in this discussion. Chapter four of this book represents the sustainability aspect in food grains. The delicate balance between water resources and food grain production was addressed. Sustainable strategies for water use and food production were described in the context of several Asian countries. The impact of biofuel production on food security issues was raised in this discussion. Some other socio-economic factors related to this issue were also included in this chapter. The overarching importances of the food and water sustainability issues in climate changes have been shown in chapter five. Impacts of global warming on water resources and food production in Asian countries were described with examples and simulation. Mitigation measures were also sited with regional references in Korea, Thailand and other parts of Asia. Strategies aiming the security issues in food and water were addressed in chapter six. Scenarios of environmental managements in Asian countries related to allocation of water resources, water quality, remediation of hazardous wastes, and soil clean up were the major topics in this context. The organizational strategies were also assessed in this discussion.

Emergency food supply. --- Food -- Preservation. --- Food -- Storage. --- Sustainable agriculture. --- Water conservation. --- Water resources development. --- Water-supply -- Management. --- Water resources development --- Water-supply --- Food security --- Food supply --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Meteorology & Climatology --- Environmental Engineering --- Food. --- Water. --- Pollution. --- Environmental toxicology. --- Ecotoxicology --- Pollutants --- Pollution --- Chemical pollution --- Chemicals --- Contamination of environment --- Environmental pollution --- Foods --- Toxicology --- Environmental aspects --- Environment. --- Environmental management. --- Food --- Agriculture. --- Climate change. --- Sustainable development. --- Water pollution. --- Sustainable Development. --- Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution. --- Climate Change. --- Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management. --- Food Science. --- Biotechnology. --- Aquatic pollution --- Fresh water --- Fresh water pollution --- Freshwater pollution --- Inland water pollution --- Lake pollution --- Lakes --- Reservoirs --- River pollution --- Rivers --- Stream pollution --- Water contamination --- Water pollutants --- Water pollution --- Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Changes, Climatic --- Climate change --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Land use, Rural --- Food biotechnology --- Biotechnology --- Genetically modified foods --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Environmental health --- Contamination (Technology) --- Asbestos abatement --- Bioremediation --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental quality --- Factory and trade waste --- Hazardous waste site remediation --- Hazardous wastes --- In situ remediation --- Lead abatement --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Hydrology --- Dinners and dining --- Home economics --- Table --- Cooking --- Diet --- Dietaries --- Gastronomy --- Nutrition --- Environmental pollution. --- Climatic changes. --- Food science. --- Science --- Changes in climate --- Climate change science --- Food—Biotechnology. --- Global environmental change

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The aim of this 2-volume book is to highlight how Sustainability Science approaches can help solve some of the pervasive challenges that Africa faces. The volumes collect a number of local case studies throughout Africa that adopt transdisciplinary and problem-oriented research approaches using methodologies from the natural and the social sciences. These are put into perspective with chapters that introduce key sustainability challenges such using a regional focus. Through this multi-scale and inter/transdisciplinary approach the proposed volume will provide an authoritative source that will pack in a single volume a large amount of information on how Sustainability Science approaches sustainability challenges in African contexts. While there have been general books about sustainability science, none has had a strong African focus. As a result the 2-volume set fills a major gap in the Sustainability Science scholarship. This volume sets the stage for the series. Part I introduces key sustainability challenges in Africa. Parts II‐III highlights specific case studies related to these challenges from West and Central Africa.

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Economics --- Relation between energy and economics --- Production management --- economie --- ontwikkelingssamenwerking --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- natuurlijke energiebronnen