Book chapters

Encyclopedia of Renewable and Sustainable Materials - Use of Clayey Salty Soils and its Composite Derivatives for Construction and Ceramics for Household Use in the Thar Desert in India

Elsevier,

Encyclopedia of Renewable and Sustainable Materials, Volume 1, 2020, Pages 936-948

This chapter advances goals 5 and 11 by examining sustainable traditional ceramic-making techniques used in construction and for other household uses. There is a focus on the importance of women potters' role in the preparation of the naturally-derived materials.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Tags:

Gender equality and women's empowerment; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Rural development, Asia

Agricultural Internet of Things and Decision Support for Smart Farming - Chapter 1: Introduction to agricultural IoT

Elsevier,

Agricultural Internet of Things and Decision Support for Precision Smart Farming, 2020, Pages 1-33

This chapter explores how using technology and precision farming can improve yields while protecting the earth's resources, advancing SDGs 2 and 12.
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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

Tags:

Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Sustainable consumption and production; Technology, Global

Sustainable Bioenergy - Chapter 3: Sustainable Bioenergy Development in Africa: Issues, Challenges and the Way Forward

Elsevier,

Sustainable Bioenergy, Advances and Impacts, 2019, Pages 49-87

This book chapter addresses goals 7, 9, and 13 by reviewing the prospects and constraints for bioenergy development in Africa to ensure sustainable bioenergy production in the future.
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure; Goal 13: Climate action

Tags:

Energy; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Africa

Sustainable Technologies for Fashion and Textiles - Chapter 13: Recycling of plastics into textile raw materials

Elsevier,

Sustainable Technologies for Fashion and Textiles, 2020, Pages 311-326

This book chapter addresses goals 9 and 12 by describing recycling methods including primary, mechanical, chemical and quaternary, to create new valuable products from plastic wastes and keep them out of landfill.
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SDG:

Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

Tags:

Chemicals and waste; Industry; Sustainable consumption and production; Green economy, Global

Emerging and Reemerging Viral Pathogens - Chapter 7: Coronaviridae: 100,000 Years of Emergence and Reemergence

Elsevier,

Emerging and Reemerging Viral Pathogens, Volume 1: Fundamental and Basic Virology Aspects of Human, Animal and Plant Pathogens, 2020, Pages 127-149

This book chapter addresses goals 3, 13 and 15 by discussing the coronavirus family (Coronaviridae) as a species specificity and interspecies transmission.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 15: Life on land; Goal 13: Climate action

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Biodiversity and ecosystems; Health and population, Global

Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practices - Chapter 2: Technologies That Assist People who have Disabilities

Elsevier,

Assistive Technologies (Fifth Edition): Principles & Practice, 2020, Pages 16-30

This chapter addresses SDGs 4 and 10 by offering a systematic process for ensuring the effective application of assistive technologies with a focus on the relationship between the human user and the assisted activity within specific contexts.
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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Technology; Education; Diversity and inclusion; Health and wellbeing, Global

Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention, Sixth Edition: Chapter 32 - Domestic violence, take a stand against violence

Elsevier,

Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention, Sixth Edition, 2020, Pages 405-411

This chapter advances SDGs 3, 5 and 16 by offering a call to action to everybody to understand domestic abuse, impacts and factors involved, and psychological needs.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Human rights; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Renewable Energy Finance: Theory and Practice - 1 - Financing the new energy economy

Elsevier,

Renewable Energy Finance, 2020, Pages 1-8

This book chapter advances SDGs 13 and 7 by introducing the role of project finance in a renewable energy infrastructure.
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Energy; Finance, Global

Renewable Energy Finance: Theory and Practice - 8 - Renewable energy in power markets

Elsevier,

Renewable Energy Finance, 2020, Pages 115-129

This book chapter advances SDGs 13 and 7 by explaining the basics of power markets as well as the future of energy markets.
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Energy; Finance, Global

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography - Global food security

Elsevier,

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, 2e, 2020, pages 177-179

This chapter advances SDGs 2, 3 and 11 by providing an overview of global food insecurity and the proposed avenues to address it.
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Health and population; Health and wellbeing; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

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