Book chapters

Chapter 18 - Drought mapping, modeling, and remote sensing

Elsevier,

Mafi-Gholami, Jaafari, Drought mapping, modeling, and remote sensing, Editor(s): Salim Lamine, Prashant K. Srivastava, Ahmed Kayad, Francisco Muñoz-Arriola, Prem Chandra Pandey; Remote Sensing of Soil and Land Surface Processes: Monitoring, Mapping, and Modeling, Elsevier, 2023, ISBN 9780323910682, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15341-9.00005-8

This chapter aligns with SDG 6 by showing applications of mapping various data sources such as rainfall, temperature, soil moisture, and vegetation cover, based on several drought indices. The utilization of these maps can aid in the identification of drought-affected regions and, subsequently, prioritize the allocation of water resources accordingly.
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SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation

Tags:

Water and sanitation, Global

Clinician's Guide to Sexuality and Autism - Chapter 1: Why is this book necessary?

Elsevier,

Clinician's Guide to Sexuality and Autism
A Guide to Sex Education for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
2024, Pages 3-8

This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by introducing sexuality education curriculum for learners of all ages with autism.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Health and population; Diversity and inclusion, Global

Clinician's Guide to Sexuality and Autism - Chapter 2: How to use this book

Elsevier,

Clinician's Guide to Sexuality and Autism
A Guide to Sex Education for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
2024, Pages 9-16

This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by outlining how to use the book to provide effective teaching in sexuality education with an emphasis on individualization for specific learners.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Health and population; Diversity and inclusion, Global

Manson's Tropical Diseases 24th edition: Ch. 8 - Global Health Governance and Tropical Diseases

Elsevier,

Manson's Tropical Diseases (Twentyfourth Edition), 2024, Pages 57-63

For anybody interested in the relevance of global health governance to tropical diseases, whether they work in vaccine development or emergency outbreak response, it is essential to remember that these debates are indeed ongoing, and that global health interventions and outcomes remain beset with inequalities. The campaign against tropical disease is not just an aetiological one, but also very much a governance and policy challenge supporting SDG 3.
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Tags:

tropical diseases; tropical medicine; global health governance; World Health Organization

Manson's Tropical Diseases, 24th edition: Chapter 2: Global Health

Elsevier,

Manson's Tropical Diseases (Twentyfourth Edition), 2024, Pages 11-19

With a pressing climate emergency and increasing interconnectedness, the need for action on health at a global level is greater than ever. Achieving Universal Health Coverage with a strong base in primary healthcare is essential. This must be accompanied by policies to address the socioeconomic and environmental determinants of ill health, supporting SDG3.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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planetary health; air pollution, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Global, Middle East, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

The Renewable Energy-Water-Environment Nexus - Chapter 5 - Introduction to renewable energy–water–environment nexus

Elsevier,

The Renewable Energy-Water-Environment Nexus, 2024, Pages 133-141

This chapter advances UN SDGs 12, 11, and 7 by explaining the links between renewable energy, water, and the environment, with the explicit goal of meeting sustainable development goals.
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SDG:

Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Tags:

Sustainable consumption and production; Water and sanitation; Energy, Global

Manson's Tropical Diseases, 24e - Chapter 17: HIV/AIDS Prevention

Elsevier,

Manson's Tropical Diseases (Twentyfourth Edition)
2024, Pages 139-151

This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing by presenting the current evidence for HIV/AIDS prevention.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Manson's Tropical Diseases, 24e - Chapter 14: HIV Epidemiology in the Tropics

Elsevier,

Manson's Tropical Diseases (Twentyfourth Edition)
2024, Pages 101-109

This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing as well as Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by providing information about access to evidence-based treatment and prevention interventions as well as addressing the underlying social, political and economic issues, such as poverty, lack of access to healthcare, and stigma and discrimination that contribute to the high burden of HIV in the region
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Chapter 7 - Leaks [Unraveling Environmental Disasters (Second Edition)]

Elsevier,

Daniel A. Vallero, Trevor M. Letcher,
Chapter 7 - Leaks,
Editor(s): Daniel A. Vallero, Trevor M. Letcher,
Unraveling Environmental Disasters (Second Edition),
Elsevier,
2024,
Pages 171-205

This chapter aligns with SDGs 3 and 6 by distinguishing hydrogeological plumes from atmospheric plumes in this chapter by referring to them as leaks, considering environmental or potential disasters from the perspective of groundwater contamination.
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SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Water and sanitation; Climate Change, Global

Oilspill Detection, Identification and Tracing - Chapter 8 - Oil Spill Tracing Technology

Elsevier,

Oil Spill Detection, Identification, and Tracing, 2024, Pages 161-178

This chapter advances UN SDG goals 13 and 12 by addressing technologies that advance the detection of spills and protect marine ecology / environments as well as human health.
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SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 14: Life below water

Tags:

Energy; Oceans & Seas; Disaster risk reduction, Global

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