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Handbook of Water Purity and Quality, Second Edition - Chapter 1: Overview: modern water purity and quality

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Handbook of Water Purity and Quality, Second Edition, 2021.
This book chapter advances SDGs 6 and 11 by providing information on various sources of pollution and ways to monitor them. Assuring water quality and purity is extremely important because water is an essential material for human survival.
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Water and sanitation; Health and wellbeing, Global

Bioenergy, Second Edition: Chapter 41 - Integrated agroecological technology networks for food, bioenergy, and biomaterial production "

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Samuel M. Gorton, Chapter 41 - Integrated agroecological technology networks for food, bioenergy, and biomaterial production, Editor(s): Anju Dahiya, Bioenergy (Second Edition), Academic Press, 2020, Pages 767-788, ISBN 9780128154977, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-815497-7.00041-5.
This book chapter advances SDGs 6, 7 and 11 by discussing how we can create integrated ecological technologies that transform natural resources into anthropocentric goods and services, while restoring the land and reducing pollution by returning beneficial materials or energy to the ecosystem.
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Sustainable consumption and production; Technology; Green economy, Global

Food, Medical, and Environmental Applications of Polysaccharides: Chapter 13 - Biosensors

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Food, Medical, and Environmental Applications of Polysaccharides, 2021, Pages 381-400
This chapter advances SDGs 3 and 11 by covering the latest advances in biosensors, which play an innovative role in biomedical applications and improving healthcare. Additionally, the focus is on biosensors derived from natural polysaccharides, i.e. sustainable, bio-based materials.
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Health and wellbeing; Sustainable consumption and production; Health and population, Global

Tsunamiites, Second Edition: Chapter 11 - Lessons from the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami: implications for Paleotsunami research

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D. Sugawara, Chapter 10 - Lessons from the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami: implications for Paleotsunami research, Editor(s): Tsunemasa Shiki, Yoshinobu Tsuji, Teiji Yamazaki, Futoshi Nanayama, Tsunamiites (Second Edition), Elsevier, 2021, Pages 155-181, ISBN 9780128239391,
In response to the extensive loss of life and property caused by the Tohoku-oki tsunami, as well as the fact that geological precursor evidence has not been effectively used in disaster management programs, the importance of tsunami deposit research has gained significant attention with the expectation that it will provide reliable information on the recurrence interval and size of devastating tsunamis. This book chapter advances SDGs 11 and 15.
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Science; Oceans & Seas; Disaster risk reduction, Global

Soils and Landscape Restoration - Chapter 9: Bioremediation and soils

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Soils and Landscape Restoration, 2021.
This book chapter advances SDGs 15 and 11 by reviewing the anthropogenic activities worldwide that have caused ecological degradation resulting in the need to mitigate damage to essential ecosystem services in rural and urban areas.
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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Soils and Landscape Restoration - Chapter 14: Socioecological soil restoration in urban cultural landscapes

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Soils and Landscape Restoration, 2021.
This book chapter advances SDGs 15 and 11 by exploring a holistic approach to urban soil restoration which seeks to improve urban soils using integrated socioecological and landscape-scale approaches that embrace diverse outcomes including novel ecosystems and many sociocultural goals.
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Sustainable cities and human settlements; Biodiversity and ecosystems, Global

Green Chemistry and Water Remediation: Research and Applications - Chapter 1:Green chemistry and water remediation: bibliometric study and research applications

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Green Chemistry and Water Remediation: Research and Applications, 2021.
This book chapter advances SDGs 6, 12 and 11 by analyzing research studies on water remediation within the framework of 12 principles of green chemistry, bibliometric features, and characteristics of related research papers.
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Water and sanitation; Chemicals and waste; Sustainable consumption and production; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Enhancing Disaster Preparedness - Chapter 14 - The links between vulnerability, poverty, and natural hazards: A focus on the impacts of globalization trends

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Enhancing Disaster Preparedness, 2021, Pages 259-272
This chapter addresses SDG 10 and SDG 11 by examining social vulnerability and inequality globally and how that impacts the response to disasters.
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Sustainable cities and human settlements; Diversity and inclusion, Global

Biogeochemistry, Fourth Edition: Chapter 11 - The Global Carbon and Oxygen Cycles

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William H. Schlesinger, Emily S. Bernhardt, Chapter 11 - The Global Carbon and Oxygen Cycles, Editor(s): William H. Schlesinger, Emily S. Bernhardt,
Biogeochemistry (Fourth Edition), Academic Press, 2020, Pages 453-481, 9780128146088
Life is composed primarily of carbon, so estimates of the global production and destruction of organic carbon give us an overall index of the health of the biosphere. This book chapter advances SDGs 11 and 13.
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Climate change; Atmosphere, Global

Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Systems - World Terrestrial Ecosystems

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Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Systems, Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes, 2020
This book chapter addresses SDGs 15, 12, and 11 by discussing the conservation of terrestrial, freshwater, and coastal/marine ecosystems, and how to identify global percent protection goals.
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Sustainable cities and human settlements; Sustainable consumption and production; Biodiversity and ecosystems, Global

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