This open access book attempts to provide a perspective on the circularity assessment at different levels of the systemic hierarchy and advocates better resource management for a sustainable future. It demonstrates how relevant circularity indicators are used for quantifying the extent of circularity of each level. Illustrative case studies that discuss the process of quantitatively interpretin…
How can we learn to lead and think greener, smarter, and healthier in our daily work? This chapter considers the rise of visions and goals towards more sustainable organization for both business and society. The landmarks of tomorrow seem to be broadly affected by management ideas on sustainability—whether by deep or shallow thinking. What can various sustainability orientations mea…
Multivariate statistical analysis often proves to be a challenging subject for students. The difficulty arises in part from the reliance on several types of symbols such as subscripts, superscripts, bars, tildes, bold-face characters, lower- and uppercase Roman and Greek letters, and so on. However, resorting to such notations is necessary in order to refer to the various quantities involve…
Buku akses terbuka ini menyoroti potensi tenaga air di daerah aliran Sungai Dadu di provinsi Sichuan, Tiongkok Barat Daya, dan bagian penting dari sistem pengendalian banjir untuk Sungai Changjiang (Yangtze). Memastikan pengoperasian stasiun tenaga air yang aman, ilmiah, dan ekonomis merupakan dasar untuk pembangunan berkelanjutan bagi perusahaan tenaga air dan merupakan tugas terpenting selama…
Buku ini menyajikan hasil Kelompok Riset Interdisipliner "Masyarakat – Air – Teknologi" dari Akademi Ilmu Pengetahuan dan Humaniora Berlin-Brandenburg. Buku ini menguraikan kriteria evaluasi interdisipliner untuk proyek-proyek rekayasa air utama (MWEP) dan menggambarkan penerapannya di Lembah Yordan Hilir (Timur Tengah) dan Lembah Fergana (Asia Tengah). Kedua wilayah tersebut dicirikan oleh…
This book is based on the findings of a long-term (2000-2014) interdisciplinary research project of the University of Hohenheim in collaboration with several universities in Thailand and Vietnam. Titled Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountainous Areas in Southeast Asia, or the Uplands Program, the project aims to contribute through agricultural research to the conservation of nat…
Economy and society today face a multitude of complex challenges (“grand challenges”) like climate change, demographic change, urbanization, or digitalization, which create a constant demand for new technologies, services, business models, and consequently innovative solutions. In this light, the mobility sector has undergone a great change over the past few years, which is formed by di…
This open access book applies a social ecological systems (SES) lens to conservation-based development in Patagonia, bringing together authors with historical, contemporary, and future-oriented perspectives in order to increase understanding of the social and environmental implications of nature-based tourism and other forms of conservation-based territorial development. By focusing on Patagoni…
Buku akses terbuka ini mensurvei batas penelitian ilmiah tentang sungai dan memberikan contoh untuk memandu pengelolaan menuju masa depan ekosistem sungai yang berkelanjutan. Struktur dan fungsi utama biogeosfer sungai dijelaskan; ancaman utama diidentifikasi, dan solusi efektif untuk pemulihan dan mitigasi diberikan. Sungai merupakan salah satu ekosistem yang paling terancam di dunia. Sungai s…