Chapter 5 - Role of nanomaterials in environmental remediation

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Adsorption through Advanced Nanoscale Materials: Applications in Environmental Remediation, Volume , 1 January 2023
This chapter aligns with Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation by reviewing the role of nanostructured materials as a promising alternative to conventional methods and is effective in eliminating water and wastewater contaminants, such as inorganics (toxic metals), organics, and microorganisms.
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Chapter 1.1 - Introduction and definition of wave energy

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Renewable Energy - Volume 2: Wave, Geothermal, and Bioenergy Definitions, Developments, Applications, Case Studies, and Modelling and Simulation, Volume , 1 January 2023
This chapter aligns with SDGs 7 and 11, by describing the role and possibilities of wave energy to help support global (sustainable) energy systems.
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Chapter 27 - Wastewater treatments using carbon nanotubes: recent developments

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Adsorption through Advanced Nanoscale Materials: Applications in Environmental Remediation, Volume , 1 January 2023
This chapter aligns with Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation by reviewing the most effective uses of carbon nanotubes for water treatment.
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Chapter 25 - Biobased materials for wastewater treatment

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Advanced Applications of Biobased Materials: Food, Biomedical, and Environmental Applications, Volume , 1 January 2023
This chapter aligns with Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation by discussing existing knowledge on different categories of biobased materials as biosorbents for wastewater treatment and giving future perspectives for the development of advanced biobased materials capable of overcoming drawbacks from the existing ones.
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Chapter 21 - Management of wastewater and other environmental issues using smart nanomaterials

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Advances in Smart Nanomaterials and their Applications, Volume , 1 January 2023
This chapter aligns with Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation by discussing different strateties for the treatment of wastewater using a wide range of nanomaterials.
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Resilient and Sustainable Cities - Chapter 28: Re-envisaging cities: biophilic and First Nations strategies from Australia

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Resilient and Sustainable Cities: Research, Policy and Practice, 2022, Pages 519-535
This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 11, 12, and 13 by offering two alternate approaches to Western planning—city making informed by biophilic systems and First Nations values—through Australian case studies that have similar systems of thought, aspirations, and values. The challenge is for use to adapt (or retrofit) our cities to redress climate change and our consumption values toward crafting robust, resilient, respectful and sustainable places.
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Chapter 9 - Intelligent spatial technologies for gender inclusive urban environments in today's smart cities

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Intelligent Environments, Second Edition, 2023, pp 285-322
This chapter aligns with SDG Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities by discussing how smart technologies have the potential to make cities safer and more inclusive for women and gender-diverse people.
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Resilient and Sustainable Cities- Chapter 19: Health impact assessment: an innovative approach for 15-minute cities

Resilient and Sustainable Cities, Research, Policy and Practice, 2023, Pages 343-353
This chapter advances the UN SDG Goal 3: Good Health by addressing the potential for Health Impact Assessment to assess and optimize the health impacts of the 15-minute city model.
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Resilient and Sustainable Cities - Chapter 24: Predictive modeling for reforestation of cities to mitigate climate change impacts

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Ali Jalali, Phillip B. Roös, Murray Herron, Paras Sidiqui, Emma Duncan, Chapter 24 - Predictive modeling for reforestation of cities to mitigate climate change impacts, Editor(s): Zaheer Allam, Didier Chabaud, Catherine Gall, Florent Pratlong, Carlos Moreno, Resilient and Sustainable Cities, Elsevier, 2023, Pages 441-456, ISBN 9780323917186, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91718-6.00014-1.
This chapter advances UN SDG goals 11, 13, and 3 by discussing how urban reforestation could be among effective options for mitigating urban warming and climate change, further aiding planners and policy makers to create more sustainable and liveable cities.
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Resilient and Sustainable Cities - Chapter 33 - Sustainable development in hydro-drought regions by improving hydro-indicators

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Resilient and Sustainable Cities: Research, Policy and Practice, 2023, Pages 625-647
This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by introducing projects to improve the situation of drought-affected cities by maintaining and saving local water resources.
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