Book chapters

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:

Atmosphere; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Forests, Global

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; Climate change; 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, Global

Microbial Consortium and Biotransformation for Pollution Decontamination - Chapter 3: Effect of wastewater from industries on freshwater ecosystem: Threats and remedies

Elsevier,

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

This chapter aligns with Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation, Goal 3: Good health and well-being, and Goal 14: Life below water by summarizing different types of wastewater, its effects on freshwater ecosystem, and remedies to reduce the effect of these effluents on freshwater ecosystem and indirectly on humans.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 14: Life below water

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Water and sanitation, Global

Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology (Third Edition): Chapter 42 - Traffic-related air pollution and the developing brain

Elsevier,

Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology (Third Edition), 2022, Pages 833-843

This chapter focuses on the adverse effects of air pollution on the developing brain and discusses the evidence from human and animal studies suggesting that exposure to elevated air pollution during pre- and early postnatal development is associated with a number of behavioral and biochemical adverse effects.
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Atmosphere; Health and population, Global

Exercise to Prevent and Manage Chronic Disease Across the Lifespan - Chapter 31: Exercise and Alzheimer’s disease

Exercise to Prevent and Manage Chronic Disease Across the Lifespan, 2022, Pages 413-421

This book chapter advances SDG #3 and #10 by outlining the pathophysiology associated with Alzheimer’s disease and provide an overview of the impact of exercise programs on cognition, physical functional abilities, behavioral, and psychological symptoms and quality of life.
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Global, Middle East, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Encyclopedia of Inalnd Waters, Second Edition -

Elsevier,

Julia Derx, Rita Linke, Domenico Savio, Monica Emelko, Philip Schmidt, Jack Schijven, Liping Pang, Regina Sommer, Margaret Stevenson, Harold van den Berg, Saskia Rutjes, Andreas H. Farnleitner, Alfred Paul Blaschke, From Groundwater to Drinking Water – Current Approaches for Microbial Monitoring and Risk Assessment in Porous Aquifers, Encyclopedia of Inland Waters (Second Edition), Elsevier, 2022, Pages 580-594, ISBN 9780128220412

This chapter supports SDG 6 by summarizing the current approaches for evaluating pathogen fate and transport in the environment, their removal during subsurface transport in porous aquifers and the needed infection protection to achieve safe drinking water.
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SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Tags:

Health and population; Sustainable consumption and production, Global

Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, Second Edition - Agricultural Pressures on Inland Waters

Elsevier,

Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, Second Edition, Volume 4, 2022, Pages 47-57

This chapters advances SDG goals 11 and 12 by highlighting the pressures posed by agricultural activities to inland water systems. It discusses each of the pressures considering the trade-offs between productivity and environmental impacts.
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SDG:

Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Tags:

Chemicals and waste; Biodiversity and ecosystems; Sustainable consumption and production, Global

Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, Second Edition - Societal Implications of Kenya's Inland and Marine Waters

Elsevier,

Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, Second Edition, Volume 4, 2022, Pages 47-57

This chapter advances SDG goals 6 and 11 by focussing on Kenya's inland, coastal and marine resources, and their associated stressors and threats to ecological integrity. It provides key recommendations to promote societal benefits and enhance sustainable management of these aquatic resources.
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SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Tags:

Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Biodiversity and ecosystems, Africa

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