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Clean Energy and Resources Recovery - Chapter 1: State of the art of energy production from agricultural residues using thermochemical and biological processes

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Clean Energy and Resources Recovery, Biomass Waste Based Biorefineries, Volume 1, 2021, Pages 1-24
This chapter advances SDG 7, 11, and 13 by presenting the different ways valorizing agricultural residues for energy production, as a sustainable alternative to carbon emitting fossil fuels, while simultaneously reducing agricultural waste products.
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Energy; Chemicals and waste; Sustainable consumption and production, Global

Nuclear Decommissioning Case Studies - Chapter 2 - The concept of sustainability as applicable to nuclear decommissioning

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Nuclear Decommissioning Case Studies, Volume Two - Policies, Strategies, Planning and Knowledge Management, 2021, Pages 3-7
This book chapter advances SDG 7 and 11 by highlighting the concepts of policy, strategy, early and detailed planning, Life Cycle Management, and poor or good practices associated with nuclear decommissioning.
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Chemicals and waste; Energy; Industry, Global

Earthquakes and Sustainable Infrastructure - Chapter 4: Disaster prediction and civil preparedness

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Earthquakes and Sustainable Infrastructure, Neodeterministic (NDSHA) Approach Guarantees Prevention Rather Than Cure, 2022, Pages 77-95
This book chapter addresses SDGs 9 and 11 by explaining how prediction and prevention of earthquake-related disasters are key to creating sustainable cities.
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Science; Disaster risk reduction; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

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

Hybrid Nuclear Energy Systems - Chapter 4: Uses

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Hybrid Nuclear Energy Systems, A Sustainable Solution for the 21st Century, Hybrid Energy Systems, 2021, Pages 23-41
This book chapter advances SDG 7 and 11 by discussing the uses of hybrid energy systems, contrasting and ranking the application capabilities of major reactor and power plant types.
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Sustainable consumption and production; Energy; Industry, 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

Low Carbon Energy Technologies in Sustainable Energy Systems - Chapter 1: The role of resource recovery technologies in reducing the demand of fossil fuels and conventional fossil-based mineral fertilizers

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Low Carbon Energy Technologies in Sustainable Energy Systems, 2021, Pages 3-24
This chapter advances SDG 6, 7, and 11 by examining the role of resource recovery technologies in reducing the demand of fossil fuels and conventional fossil-based mineral fertilizers, including through the production of sustainable biofuels such as hydrogen, syngas, and bio-oil.
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Energy; Sustainable transport; Water and sanitation, 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

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