Book chapters

Global Urban Heat Island Mitigation - Chapter 4: Urban heat island: land cover changes, management, and mitigation strategies

Elsevier,

Sabiha Sultana, A.N.V. Satyanarayana, Chapter 4 - Urban heat island: land cover changes, management, and mitigation strategies, Editor(s): Ansar Khan, Hashem Akbari, Francesco Fiorito, Sk Mithun, Dev Niyogi, Global Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Elsevier, 2022, Pages 71-93, ISBN 9780323855396, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85539-6.00009-3.

This chapter advances UN SDG goals 11, 13, and 3 by discussing Remote Sensing-based strategies for managing land cover and ultimately mitigating anthropogenic heating and excess emission of GHG and pollutants by promoting green belts, vast plantation programs, and utilizing carbon-credit projects.
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Workforce and Diversity in Psychiatry - Chapter 5 Disability Inclusion in Psychiatry

Elsevier,

Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Volume 45, June 2022

This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing as well as Goal 10: Reducing Inequalities by discussing how the inclusion of mental health providers with disabilities can improve the quality of patient care, and can add value to medical student and resident education.
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SDG:

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

Tags:

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

Applied Environmental Metabolomics: Community Insights and Guidance from the Field - Chapter 14: Exploring the coral bleaching tipping point with 13C metabolomics

Elsevier,

Applied Environmental Metabolomics, 2022, pp 199-209

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 13: Climate Action by exploring the application of stable isotope tracing and metabolomics to monitor coral responses to thermal and oxidative stress in order to predict the fitness implications of continued sea warming.
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SDG:

Goal 14: Life below water; Goal 13: Climate action

Tags:

Oceans & Seas; Biodiversity and ecosystems, Global

Low-Cost Aviation: Society, Culture and Environment - Chapter 6 - Cultures of flying and low-cost carriers in Southern Africa

Elsevier,

Low-Cost Aviation, 2022, Pages 83-97

This content aligns with Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by exploring the ways in which LCCs make possible a new generation of air traveler that previously did not have access to aeromobility. It discusses how the expansion of low-cost carriers in a region of marked socioeconomic inequality unsettles the privileged origins of flying as a means of transport, complicates the mundane position of flying as a form of mobility, and brings to the surface questions of identity, class, and race among the flying public.
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SDG:

Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Diversity and inclusion; Human rights; Sustainable tourism, Africa

Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation - Restoring Biodiversity and Living With Nature (Based Solutions)

Elsevier,

Mark John Costello, Restoring Biodiversity and Living With Nature (Based Solutions), Editor(s): Dominick A. DellaSala, Michael I. Goldstein, Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation, Elsevier, 2022, Pages 7-14, ISBN 9780128211397

This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 12, 13 and 17 focussing on the restoration of biodiversity, which has become an international priority. Recognizing that it is difficult to determine when biodiversity has recovered, five indicators of recovery are proposed.
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SDG:

Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

Tags:

Biodiversity and ecosystems; Indicators, Global

Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation - Ecosystem Services and Air Pollution – Nature’s Main Provider Interconnects Forest and Cities to Regulate Air Quality

Elsevier,

Roberta Mendonça De Carvalho, Claudio Fabian Szlafsztein, Ecosystem Services and Air Pollution - Nature's Main Provider Interconnects Forest and Cities to Regulate Air Quality, Editor(s): Dominick A. DellaSala, Michael I. Goldstein, Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation, Elsevier, 2022, Pages 88-97, ISBN 9780128211397

This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 11 and 15 by discussing air pollution, ecosystem services, and the importance of vegetation as it assures pollution reduction services. Considering the essential role of cities in human life, it focuses on the benefits of urban vegetation as a leading ecosystem service provider, promoting awareness of the importance of natural elements for the urban environment.
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 15: Life on land

Tags:

Sustainable cities and human settlements; Forests, Global

Imperiled - The Jaguar: Hope for a Brighter Future in the Americas

Elsevier,

Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation, 2022, pp 113-120

This chapter aligns with Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Goal 15: Life on Land by giving a review of the jaguar species, including their ecology, behavior, threats, and conservation status, highlighting recent initiatives to conserve jaguars.
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SDG:

Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 15: Life on land

Tags:

Biodiversity and ecosystems; Forests, South America

Loneliness in Older Adults - Chapter 7: Design of intervention in programs, accompaniment actions, and prevention of loneliness in the elderly

Elsevier,

Loneliness in Older Adults
Effects, Prevention, and Treatment
2022, Pages 143-165

This chapter takes research on loneliness in elderly and applies it to designing intervention programs to help prevent loneliness.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Pumped Hydro Energy Storage for Hybrid Systems - Chapter 2 - Need for pumped hydro energy storage systems

Elsevier,

Felix A. Diawuo, Roland Teye Amanor, Chapter 2 - Need for pumped hydro energy storage systems, Editor(s): Amos T. Kabo-Bah, Felix A. Diawuo, Eric O. Antwi, Pumped Hydro Energy Storage for Hybrid Systems, Academic Press, 2023, Pages 23-41, ISBN 9780128188538

This chapter provides information on the benefits of pumped hydro energy storage as a means of providing consisent renewable energy power generation, offering power network management including load balancing and peak shaving, and grid stabilization with emphasis on frequency and voltage regulation. Additionally, the chapter highlights some of the different pumped hydro energy storage hybrid designs for both off-grid and grid-tied applications while the impact of climate change is discussed.
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 13: Climate action

Tags:

Energy; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Microbial Consortium and Biotransformation for Pollution Decontamination - Chapter 1: Threats and consequences of untreated wastewater on freshwater environments

Elsevier,

Microbial Consortium and Biotransformation for Pollution Decontamination, Volume 1, 1 January 2022

This chapter aligns with Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation and Goal 3: Good health and well-being by arguing that SW resources, aquatic ecosystems, and unsuccessfully treated wastewater on water courses must be effectively treated to prevent hostile health risks that have long-term as well as short-term effects on human health.
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Water and sanitation; Decontamination, Global

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