The Lisbon ranking for smart sustainable cities in Europe

Elsevier, Sustainable Cities and Society, Volume 44, January 2019
There has recently been a conscious push for cities in Europe to be smarter and more sustainable, leading to the need to benchmark these cities’ efforts using robust assessment frameworks.
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Pollution, solids

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Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Volume , 1 January 2019

The pollution of the marine environment by solid wastes, either directly introduced into the sea or discharged into the oceans from rivers or pipelines, is considered from the perspective of both t

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Oceans & Seas; Chemicals and waste; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Water Pollution; Soil Pollutants; Inorganic Pollutants, Global

Chapter 4: Human viruses: Emergence and evolution

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Emerging and Reemerging Viral Pathogens, Volume 1: Fundamental and Basic Virology Aspects of Human, Animal and Plant Pathogens, 2020, Pages 53-68
The current availability of state-of-the-art genomic technologies such as pan-microbial microarrays and NGS provides an unprecedented opportunity to “cast a wide net” and surveys the full breadth of as-yet undiscovered pathogens in nature that pose significant threats to human health.
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Chapter 19: Diet, the gut microbiome, and autoimmune diseases

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The Autoimmune Diseases (Sixth Edition), 2020, Pages 331-342
Highlights the profound effects of diet and bacterial metabolites on disease in humans.
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Health and wellbeing; Health and population; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture

Chapter 64: Myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy

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The Autoimmune Diseases (Sixth Edition), 2020, Pages 1269-1284
Increase awareness of giant cell myocarditis (GCM) the most fatal of autoimmune diseases, its pathogenesis, and treatment.
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Design and Operation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells - Chapter 12: Mobile applications: Cars, trucks, locomotives, marine vehicles, and aircraft

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Design and Operation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: The Systems Engineering Vision for Industrial Application, Volume , 1 January 2019
This book chapter advances SDG goals 7, 13, and 11 by examining the use of solid oxide fuel cells in land, marine, and aerial vehicles as a replacement for carbon emitting fossil fuel engines.
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Plastics to Energy - Chapter 2: Major Technologies Implemented for Chemicals and Fuel Recovery

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Plastics to Energy: Fuel, Chemicals, and Sustainability Implications, 2019, Pages 21-44
This book chapter addresses goals 7, 11 and 12 by introduces the main technologies available for recovery of chemicals and fuels from plastic waste, enabling cities and communities to become more sustainable and responsible by transforming this waste into a source of affordable energy.
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Energy; Chemicals and waste; Sustainable consumption and production; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Sustainable Urban Mobility Pathways - Chapter 2: Sustainable urban mobility solutions for Asia, Latin America and the Mediterranean region

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Sustainable Urban Mobility Pathways: Policies, Institutions, and Coalitions for Low Carbon Transportation in Emerging Countries, 2019, Pages 23-63
This book chapter addresses goals 9, 10, and 11 by summarising the conditions, trends, and implications of sustainable urban mobility solutions in China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Israel, and Morocco.
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Encyclopedia of Ecology: Human Population Growth

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Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Volume 4: Encyclopedia of Ecology (Second Edition), 2019, Pages 344-351
This book chapter addresses goals 11, 12, and 15 by showing that human population growth is not the only matter for consideration in ecological engineering. What matters for the future is not only how many people there will be, but what they will do in their everyday life; this will impact the life systems surrounding them and how equipped they will be to face emerging challenges. In coming decades, the survival and well-being of humans and the security of environmental resources will continue to be challenged by rapid population growth.
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Data & Analytics; Sustainable consumption and production; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Population Growth, Global

National urban policy making and its potential for sustainable urbanism

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Volume 34, October 2018, Pages 48-53.
Furthering goal 11, this paper seeks to demonstrate that while the recentralization of urban governance has some potential to generate more sustainable human settlement patterns, it is less likely to foster sustainable and socially just transitions within cities.
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Health and population; Industry; Multi-stakeholder partnerships; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Sustainable Urban Design, Global

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