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This book makes the case for why we should care about islands and their sustainability. Islands are hotspots of biocultural diversity and home to 600 million people that depend on one-sixth of the earth’s total area, including the surrounding oceans, for their subsistence. Today, they are at the frontlines of climate change and face an existential crisis. Islands are, however, potential “hubs of innovation” that are uniquely positioned to be leaders in sustainability and climate action. This volume argues that a full-fledged program on “island industrial ecology” is urgently needed, with the aim of offering policy-relevant insights and strategies to sustain small islands in an era of global environmental change. The nine contributions in this volume cover a wide range of applications of socio-metabolic research, from flow accounts to stock analysis and their relationship to services in space and time. They offer insights into how reconfiguring patterns of resource use will allow island governments to build resilience and adapt to the challenges of climate change.

plastics --- Trinidad and Tobago --- institutional --- metabolism --- waste management --- islands --- public-private partnerships --- social metabolism --- island metabolism --- quiet sustainability --- Faroe Islands --- landesque capital --- historical political ecology --- overgrazing --- soil erosion --- rural abandonment --- sedentary extensive livestock systems --- Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) --- socio-ecological systems --- material flow analysis (MFA) --- mixed methods approach --- material stock analysis --- demolition of buildings --- GIS --- climate change --- global warming --- island sociometabolic regime --- transdisciplinary research --- real-world learning lab for sustainability transition --- livestock herding, subsidies and overgrazing --- tourism infrastructure --- UNESCO Biosphere Reserves --- MFA --- nexus approach --- industrial waste --- metabolic profile --- holarchy --- holon --- industrial ecology --- material flow analysis --- hurricane Irma --- territorial metabolism --- island waste management --- post-disaster stock and flow evolution --- Antigua and Barbuda --- tourism --- small island developing states (SIDS) --- island sustainability --- resource use and efficiency --- construction materials --- geographical information systems (GIS) --- island industrial ecology --- socio-metabolic research --- metabolic risk --- socio-metabolic collapse

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In this book, the articles published in the special issue of the journal Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050), entitled “Sustainable Integrated Clean Environment for Human & Nature” are re-printed. The objective of this book is to answer the following questions regarding technical, economic, and social approaches:1. What is the current state of the environment? Is it clean?2. How can we make our environment clean and suitable for humans as well as nature?3. How can we keep our environment clean through sustainable practices? The re-printed research articles and review papers aim to cover the subjects mentioned below: 1. COVID-19 and the sustainability of a clean environment for humans and nature: visions, challenges, and solutions2. Clean technologies and nature-based approaches, including environmental remediation and resource circulation3. Global sanitation, hygiene, and public health issues4. Economic approaches, including the development of economic models, life cycle assessment, and the circular economy5. Social awareness and effective education on human rights for procuring clean air and water Through including the latest studies in the above-mentioned fields, this book addresses the technicians, economists, social activists, and decision-makers who are concerned about clean environment concepts for sustainable development of the current and next-generation through respectful interactions between humans and nature.

resource-oriented sanitation --- sanitation sustainability index --- SDG6 --- sustainability assessment --- sustainable development goals --- sustainable sanitation --- urban geomorphology --- sustainable environment --- suitability model-GIS --- environmental analytical hierarchical process (EAHP) --- Failaka Island --- disinfection --- COVID-19 --- sterility assurance level --- medical masks --- inactivation --- UV irradiation --- climate indicators --- air quality --- environment --- pandemic --- coronavirus --- sustainability --- industry 4.0 --- sustainable investment --- corporate social responsibility --- sustainable standards --- sustainable reporting --- smart manufacturing --- renewable energy --- cleaner production --- cattle farming --- COVID-19 pandemic --- economic point of view --- food safety --- HOMER --- hybrid system --- smallholder --- thin-film coating --- Basic Brown 16 --- adsorption --- durian shell --- mechanism --- techno-economic analysis --- secondhand smoke --- time activity --- smoke-free --- exposure assessment --- lockdown --- social distancing --- mobility --- SEM --- sustainable development strategies --- community development plans --- small island developing states --- governance --- sanitation --- water supply --- hygiene --- WASH --- census results --- top-down versus bottom-up --- gender and age --- university education --- academic policy --- educational system --- educational sustainability --- artificial intelligence and higher education --- air pollution --- wind energy --- coronavirus disease --- SARS-CoV-2 --- sustainable development --- sustainable technologies --- subsidy --- automotive industry --- prognosis --- environmental impact --- life-cycle analysis --- PM2.5 --- biomass burning --- long-range transport of PM2.5 --- source of PM2.5 --- immobilization --- mixed culture --- Metanil Yellow --- response surface methodology --- bioremediation --- dye decolorization --- metanil yellow --- ecological corridors --- cultural corridors --- protection prioritization --- MCR model --- integrated network --- capitalization --- capital return rate deficiency --- expected value --- carbon storage --- estate fertility --- carbon rent --- blue infrastructure --- spatial planning --- urban planning --- ecosystem services --- n/a