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This Methodological Guide is the result of the participatory processes carried out from the university extension with the communities of the Canton of Naranjo. It seeks to guide in a pedagogical way, the various processes that the communities must develop within the groups, which lead the community processes in the field of rural roads.

Transport infrastructure --- Rural communities --- Community participation --- Resource management --- Guides --- Legislation --- Roads --- Local government

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Sustainable architecture. --- Architecture. --- Building Design. --- Building Energy Performance. --- Climatic Adaptation. --- Energy Efficiency. --- Freight Transportation System. --- Life Cycle Assessment. --- Sustainability. --- Sustainable Urban Development. --- Territorial Development. --- Transport Infrastructure. --- Urban Planning. --- Urbanisation.

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Ongoing urbanization and ever-growing harmful environmental impacts from urban areas necessitate a sustainability transformation in cities. However, cities are also centers of wealth creation and consumption, which both drive environmental degradation. It is clear that cities need to re-establish themselves as low-energy/low-carbon systems, but the transformation is complex in many ways and time is running out. This Special Issue, “Energy Efficient Cities of Today and Tomorrow”, seeks to provide a more profound understanding of the future energy requirements of urban areas and low-energy and low-carbon cities. The published papers range from macro-level assessments of cities manifesting themselves as forerunners in their environmental work to micro-level studies of pro-environmental attitudes and their impacts on individual emissions, a carbon footprint impacts of sharing of goods and services.

pro-environmental attitude --- pro-environmental behavior --- greenhouse gases --- urban zones --- local travel --- national travel --- international travel --- energy efficient refurbishment measures --- residential buildings --- decision-making --- Theory of Planned Behavior --- energy audit --- green buildings --- LEED rating system --- operation and management --- methodology --- workflow --- historic buildings --- energy transition --- sustainable cities --- transition roadmaps --- renewable energies --- policymaking --- energy democracy --- energy mapping --- household size --- household economies of scale --- carbon footprint --- energy footprint --- consumption --- European Union --- urban --- rural --- population density --- climate change mitigation --- energy community --- urban building energy modelling --- transition management --- multi-level perspective --- sustainable transition --- energy modelling --- urban scale energy modelling --- building energy use --- localized weather data --- urban building energy use model --- Manhattan --- modelling --- Wepro model --- residential --- household --- electricity --- load profiles --- LPG --- ALPG --- Swedish cities --- passenger transport energy use --- urban form --- transport infrastructure --- mobility patterns --- public transport --- non-motorized modes

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This Special Issue is entitled “Environmental Sustainability in Maritime Infrastructures”. Oceans and coastal areas are essential in our lives from several different points of view: social, economic, and health. Given the importance of these areas for human life, not only for the present but also for the future, it is necessary to plan future infrastructures, and maintain and adapt to the changes the existing ones. All of this taking into account the sustainability of our planet. A very significant percentage of the world's population lives permanently or enjoys their vacation periods in coastal zones, which makes them very sensitive areas, with a very high economic value and as a focus of adverse effects on public health and ecosystems. Therefore, it is considered very relevant and of great interest to launch this Special Issue to cover any aspects related to the vulnerability of coastal systems and their inhabitants (water pollution, coastal flooding, climate change, overpopulation, urban planning, waste water, plastics at sea, effects on ecosystems, etc.), as well as the use of ocean resources (fisheries, energy, tourism areas, etc.).

floating offshore wind --- concrete wind platform --- economic feasibility --- IRR --- NPV --- LCOE --- feasibility study --- offshore wind --- levelized cost of energy (LCOE) --- wave energy --- software --- EU ETS --- Emission allowances --- Greenhouse gas emissions --- Transparency --- Accounting regulation --- tidal current energy --- life cycle assessment --- ISO --- greenhouse gases emissions --- port infrastructure --- carbon footprint --- offshore waste disposal facility --- hazard analysis --- risk matrix --- subsystem --- environmental impact --- ocean renewable energy --- OTEC --- environmental and social impacts --- energy production --- renewable energy --- zero emissions port --- wave energy converter --- young mangroves --- mangrove restoration --- portable reef design --- field observation --- Amami Oshima --- geographic information system --- back-propagation neural network --- rainfall --- historical flood --- prediction --- formal planning --- informal planning --- spatial planning process --- coastal area spatial planning --- planning levels --- community involvement --- territorial community --- coastal communities --- coastal fisheries --- dry fish --- livelihood --- vulnerability --- AHP --- urban regeneration --- littoral landscape --- Mediterranean architecture --- sustainable mobility --- transport infrastructure --- greenway

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The evolution of industrial development since the 18th century is now experiencing the fourth industrial revolution. The effect of the development has propagated into almost every sector of the industry. From inventory to the circular economy, the effectiveness of technology has been fruitful for industry. The recent trends in research, with new ideas and methodologies, are included in this book. Several new ideas and business strategies are developed in the area of the supply chain management, logistics, optimization, and forecasting for the improvement of the economy of the society and the environment. The proposed technologies and ideas are either novel or help modify several other new ideas. Different real life problems with different dimensions are discussed in the book so that readers may connect with the recent issues in society and industry. The collection of the articles provides a glimpse into the new research trends in technology, business, and the environment.

Supply chain management --- benchmarking --- simulation --- mathematical analytic tools and techniques --- system reliability --- Trade-credit financing --- order allocation --- decomposition principle --- efficiency and scatter plots --- sustainable healthcare system --- workplace stress --- optimization --- defective rate --- electric power distribution --- newsvendor --- inspection --- energy --- air quality --- triangular fuzzy number --- quality control --- supplier selection --- multi-stage production system --- robustness --- offline inspection --- workers’ efficiency --- transshipments --- imperfect products --- process imperfection --- Bayesian approach --- imperfect production --- inventory modelling and optimization --- information asymmetry --- supply chain management --- framework for agile distributed development --- human-based production system --- lead-time reduction --- staff absenteeism --- inventory control --- fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) --- sustainable --- develop strategies --- fuzzy optimization --- preventive maintenance --- imperfect quality --- refrigerated trucks --- petrochemical industries --- economic order quantity (EOQ) --- defectives --- substitute and complimentary items --- production modelling --- stochastic-petri net modeling --- supply chain inventory --- defective products --- transport infrastructure --- data envelopment analysis --- advertisement --- e-commerce --- price discounts --- recurrent states --- variable demand --- machine breakdown --- industry 4.0 --- rough interval --- partial trade credit --- business performance --- mixed integer nonlinear programming --- fixed charge --- preservation technology investment --- repairable system --- multicriteria decision making (MCDM) --- managerial considerations and managerial decisions --- four-dimensional transportation problem --- time series analysis --- permissible delays in payments --- integer linear programming --- process mean --- backordering --- stochastic-price dependent demand --- controllable probabilistic deterioration rate --- budget constraint --- likelihood ratio test --- radio frequency identification --- rework --- supplier selection process --- deteriorating items --- smart production --- scheduling --- green data envelopment analysis (GDEA) --- Cash discounts --- learning behavior --- imperfect manufacturing system --- inspection cost --- airborne particulate matter --- reworking --- fuzzy demand --- optimal algorithms --- distributed development --- sustainability --- distribution-free approach --- decision support systems --- evolutionary algorithm --- backorder --- inspection errors --- waste reduction --- resilient supply chain --- space constraint --- hybrid manufacturing- remanufacturing strategy --- edible oil --- complementary products --- CLSC management --- carbon emission --- change point detection --- revenue sharing --- production --- random defective rate --- pricing policy --- agile development --- inventory --- mathematical solution procedure --- reliability threshold --- outgoing quality --- disruption risks --- multi-objective --- strict quasi-concavity --- optimized limits --- uncertain information --- full trade credit --- customer acquisition cost --- Lean manufacturing --- imperfect repair --- substitutable products --- dynamic job-shop scheduling --- patient’s queue --- application program interfaces in agile distributed projects --- internet of things --- deterioration --- O2O channel --- targeting model --- lean manufacturing --- multidimensional scaling --- technical and super-efficiencies --- pricing