Book chapters

Drought Challenges - Chapter 13: Drought Risk Insurance

Elsevier,

Current Directions in Water Scarcity Research, Volume 2, 2019, Pages 195-210

This book chapter addresses goals 1, 8 and 15 by focusing on rainfall index, which links insurance payouts to historical rainfall data from reliable weather gauging stations, and how it relates to crop and livestock losses. The system works in such a way that if the data shows that the rainfall amount is below the threshold, the insurance pays out. If implemented effectively, it has the potential to revolutionise access to formal insurance by smallholders.
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SDG:

Goal 1: No poverty; Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth; Goal 15: Life on land

Tags:

Employment decent work for all and social protection; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Poverty eradication, Global

Drought Challenges - Chapter 21: Drought adaptation when irrigation is not an option: the case of Lincoln Co., Colorado, USA

Elsevier,

Current Directions in Water Scarcity Research, Volume 2, 2019, Pages 311-323

This book chapter addresses goals 6, 8 and 13 by documenting experiences that many dryland agricultural regions can expect to encounter in coming decades as changing climate, demographic characteristics, and socioeconomic factors take hold.
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SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth; Goal 13: Climate action

Tags:

Water and sanitation; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Employment decent work for all and social protection, Global

Radioactivity in the Environment, 2e - Chapter 10: Decontamination after radiation exposure

Elsevier,

Radioactivity in the Environment (Second Edition), 2019, Pages 635-656

This book chapter addresses goal 3 by discussing the decontamination measures needed after radiation exposure and the protection of first responders and the general public.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Chemicals and waste; Disaster risk reduction; Health and wellbeing; Health and population; Decontamination, Global

Biodiversity of Pantepui - Chapter 17: Pantepui and global warming

Elsevier,

Biodiversity of Pantepui: The Pristine “Lost World” of the Neotropical Guiana Highlands, 2019, Pages 403-417

This book chapter addresses goals 13 and 15 by summarising studies carried out to date aimed at estimating the potential impact of the projected global warming by the end of this century on the Pantepui biota, particularly on vascular plants.
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SDG:

Goal 15: Life on land; Goal 13: Climate action

Tags:

Biodiversity and ecosystems; Rural development; Science, South America

Advances in Eco-Fuels for a Sustainable Environment - Chapter 4: Prospective ecofuel feedstocks for sustainable production

Elsevier,

Advances in Eco-Fuels for a Sustainable Environment, 2019, Pages 89-117

This book chapter addresses goals 7, 9 and 12 by providing detail to help solve the problem of the sustainable conversion of the available feedstock to ecofuels
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

Tags:

Energy; Sustainable consumption and production; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Green economy, Global

Encyclopedia of Ecology: Human Population Growth

Elsevier,

Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Volume 4: Encyclopedia of Ecology (Second Edition), 2019, Pages 344-351

This book chapter addresses goals 11, 12, and 15 by showing that human population growth is not the only matter for consideration in ecological engineering. What matters for the future is not only how many people there will be, but what they will do in their everyday life; this will impact the life systems surrounding them and how equipped they will be to face emerging challenges. In coming decades, the survival and well-being of humans and the security of environmental resources will continue to be challenged by rapid population growth.
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SDG:

Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 15: Life on land

Tags:

Data & Analytics; Sustainable consumption and production; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Population Growth, Global

Social Media: The Academic Library Perspective- Chapter 4: Social Media Best Practices: Implementing Guidelines for Disability and Copyright

Elsevier,

Social Media: The Academic Library Perspective, Chandos Publishing Social Media Series, 2019, Pages 45-55

This chapter addresses SDGs 4 and 10 through the use of a case study from a very large academic library that collaboratively compiled a set of guidelines specifically addressing copyright and disability issues on social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. It also discusses disseminating these guidelines through a series of workshops targeted at social media managers, and offers an initial assessment of the guidelines impact on social media account owners, managers, and users.
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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Global; Science; Technology; Education, Global

Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia

Elsevier,

The Molecular and Clinical Pathology of Neurodegenerative Disease, 2019, Pages 25-82

This chapter addresses goal 3 by examining the molecular and clinical pathology of Alzheimer's disease and Dementia.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Health and population, Global

Foundations for Sustainability: A Coherent Framework of Life-Environment Relations: Chapter 8 - Technology and applications in the context of holistic life–environment

Elsevier,

Daniel A. Fiscus, Brian D. Fath, Chapter 8 - Technology and applications in the context of holistic life–environment, Editor(s): Daniel A. Fiscus, Brian D. Fath, Foundations for Sustainability, Academic Press, 2019, Pages 205-230

This chapter contributes to SDGs 15, 13, and 11 by presenting technologies and applications for addressing climate change as a result of human activity on land.
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 15: Life on land

Tags:

Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Multimodal Behavior Analysis in the Wild: Advances and Challenges - Chapter 4: Designing Audio-Visual Tools to Support Multisensory Disabilities

Elsevier,

Multimodal Behavior Analysis in the Wild, Advances and Challenges, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2019, Pages 79-102

This chapter addresses SDGs 3 and 9 by examining the technologies devised in Glassense—Wearable technologies for sensory supplementation. This regional project aimed to develop a proof of concept prototype of a sensorized pair of glasses to assist users with limited technology skills and multiple disabilities.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Technology; Industry; Science, Global

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