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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.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Ecological science, the Biosphere --- 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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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.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Ecological science, the Biosphere --- 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 --- 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.

Technology: general issues --- 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 --- 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

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Comprehensive understanding of surface water and groundwater interaction is essential for effective water resources management. Groundwater and surface water are closely connected components that constantly interact with each other within the Earth’s hydrologic cycle. Many studies utilized observations to explain the surface water and groundwater interactions by carefully analyzing the behavior of surface water features (streams, lakes, reservoirs, wetlands, and estuaries) and the related aquifer environments. However, unlike visible surface water, groundwater, an invisible water resource, is not easy to measure or quantify directly. Nevertheless, demand for groundwater that is highly resilient to climate change is growing rapidly. Furthermore, groundwater is the prime source for drinking water supply and irrigation, and hence critical to global food security. Groundwater needs to be managed wisely, protected, and especially sustainably used. However, this task has become a challenge to many hydrologic systems in arid to even humid regions because of added stress caused by changing environment, climate, land use, population growth, etc. In this issue, the editors present contributions on various research areas such as the integrated surface water and groundwater analysis, sustainable management of groundwater, and the interaction between surface water and groundwater. Methodologies, strategies, case studies as well as quantitative techniques for dealing with combined surface water and groundwater management are of interest for this issue.

Research & information: general --- Environmental economics --- groundwater-surface water interaction --- analytical --- numerical --- FEMME --- STRIVE --- MODFLOW --- Long Short-Term Memory --- groundwater level prediction --- groundwater withdrawal impact --- groundwater level variation --- machine learning --- integrated surface water and groundwater analysis --- climate change --- hydraulic fracturing --- construction of well pads --- MIKE-SHE --- MIKE-11 --- northwestern Alberta --- SWAT+ --- groundwater --- modeling --- groundwater–surface water interactions --- rainwater harvesting --- climate variability --- small island developing states --- improved water governance --- national sustainable development plans --- SDG6 --- community participation --- drinking water supply --- water supply scheme --- surface water/groundwater interactions --- managed aquifer recharge --- induced riverbank filtration --- groundwater resource management --- water curtain cultivation --- surface–groundwater interaction --- water budget analysis --- Nera River --- carbonate aquifer --- recession curves --- seismic sequence --- permafrost hydrology --- Russian Arctic --- water tracks --- hydrological connectivity --- stable water isotopes --- dissolved organic carbon --- electrical resistivity tomography --- taliks --- flood --- surface and groundwater interactions --- HEIFLOW --- Managed Aquifer Recharge --- groundwater tracer --- heat transport --- surface–ground-water interactions --- infiltration basin --- groundwater hydrology --- young water fraction --- global meteoric water line --- northern Italian Apennines --- stakeholder participation --- surface water-groundwater interaction --- scenario modelling --- integrated water management --- agent-based modelling --- SimCopiapo --- water balance --- water table fluctuation method --- irrigated pastures --- deep percolation --- aquifer recharge --- clay soils --- flood irrigation --- water management --- surface water --- n/a --- groundwater-surface water interactions --- surface-groundwater interaction --- surface-ground-water interactions

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An illustrated look at corals from around the worldCorals are among the most varied lifeforms on Earth, ranging from mushroom corals and leather corals to button polyps, sea fans, anemones, and pulse corals. Bridging the gap between plant and animal, these marine invertebrates serve as homes to reef fish and share symbiotic relationships with photosynthesizing algae, which provide corals with their nourishment. This stunningly illustrated book profiles the astonishing diversity of the world's coral groups, describing key aspects of their natural history and explaining why coral reefs are critical to the health of our oceans. Representative examples of corals have been selected to illustrate the broad range of species, and the book's lively and informative commentary covers everything from identification to conservation, making it an essential resource for marine biologists, divers, and anyone who is fascinated by these remarkable sea creatures.Features more than 200 exquisite color photosHighlights key aspects of corals and their natural historyFeatures representative examples from around the worldIncludes photos of rare and unusual species

Coral reef ecology. --- Coral reef biology. --- Acropora. --- Algae. --- Anthozoa. --- Artificial reef. --- Atoll. --- Bamboo coral. --- Bioerosion. --- Black band disease. --- Brain coral. --- Branch coral. --- Calcite. --- Chiton. --- Cnidaria. --- Cnidocyte. --- Colpophyllia natans. --- Coral Triangle. --- Coral bleaching. --- Coral reef fish. --- Coral reef. --- Coral sand. --- Coral. --- Coralline algae. --- Corallite. --- Crinoid. --- Crown-of-thorns starfish. --- Crustacean. --- Deep sea. --- Deep-water coral. --- Diadema antillarum. --- Diadema urchin. --- Dredging. --- Eagle ray. --- Echinoderm. --- Elkhorn coral. --- False cleanerfish. --- Filter feeder. --- Fire coral. --- Fish aggregating device. --- Fishing. --- Foraminifera. --- Gastropoda. --- Giant clam. --- Golden trevally. --- Gorgonian. --- Great Barrier Reef. --- Grouper. --- Indo-Pacific. --- Invertebrate. --- Jellyfish. --- Lobatus gigas. --- Lophelia. --- Manta ray. --- Mantis shrimp. --- Marine biology. --- Marine debris. --- Microorganism. --- Needlefish. --- Nudibranch. --- Nutrient. --- Orbicella faveolata. --- Overfishing. --- Parasitism. --- Parrotfish. --- Pearlfish. --- Pink algae. --- Plankton. --- Planula. --- Polychaete. --- Polyp. --- Pterois miles. --- Pterois. --- Red algae. --- Reef lobster. --- Reef. --- Sand dollar. --- Sargassum. --- Scleractinia. --- Scorpaenidae. --- Sea anemone. --- Sea cucumber. --- Sea slug. --- Sea snail. --- Sea urchin. --- Seagrass. --- Seawater. --- Seaweed. --- Sediment. --- Shrimp. --- Shrimpfish. --- Small Island Developing States. --- Sponge reef. --- Storm surge. --- Tentacle. --- Tetraodontidae. --- Trumpetfish. --- Whale shark. --- White band disease. --- Zebra mussel. --- Zooplankton. --- Zooxanthellae.