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A wide variety of technologies and products have already become widespread in our society. However, policies have not been well-implemented to effectively reduce energy consumptions and CO2 emissions by promoting low-carbon technologies and products. This Special Issue focuses on studies targeting specific products (e.g., motor vehicle, household dishwashers, etc.) and/or technologies (e.g., information and communication technology, transport technology, CO2 capture technology, etc.) and quantifying resource and energy consumptions and CO2 emissions associated with products and technology systems using the reliable inventory database. Thus, this Special Issue provides important studies on how demand- and supply-side policies can contribute to reducing energy consumptions and CO2 emissions from consumption- and production-based perspectives.

History of engineering & technology --- lifecycle analysis --- CAFE standards --- fuel economy --- automobile manufacture --- carbon footprint --- hybrid MRIO --- SDA --- energy saving --- energy composition --- China --- information and communications technology --- productivity --- renewable energy --- energy sector --- distributed energy system --- resource security --- domestic mineral production --- input-output analysis --- environmental assessment --- transition --- low carbon technologies --- low carbon transition --- decarbonisation --- zero carbon --- air pollution --- diesel ban --- electric vehicles --- transport policy --- transport planning --- London --- CO2 emissions --- household consumption --- index decomposition analysis --- structural decomposition analysis --- aging society --- Japan --- CO2 capture --- thermal power plants --- oxyfuel combustion --- allam cycle --- post-combustion --- pre-combustion --- energy efficiency policy --- household appliances --- eco-design --- energy labelling --- indirect impacts --- general equilibrium model --- FIDELIO model --- road transport --- low carbon scenario --- GHG mitigation measures --- cost-benefit --- mitigation cost --- financing --- climate change --- energy-saving --- attitude --- Big Five --- personality traits --- office --- household --- pro-environment

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A wide variety of technologies and products have already become widespread in our society. However, policies have not been well-implemented to effectively reduce energy consumptions and CO2 emissions by promoting low-carbon technologies and products. This Special Issue focuses on studies targeting specific products (e.g., motor vehicle, household dishwashers, etc.) and/or technologies (e.g., information and communication technology, transport technology, CO2 capture technology, etc.) and quantifying resource and energy consumptions and CO2 emissions associated with products and technology systems using the reliable inventory database. Thus, this Special Issue provides important studies on how demand- and supply-side policies can contribute to reducing energy consumptions and CO2 emissions from consumption- and production-based perspectives.

History of engineering & technology --- lifecycle analysis --- CAFE standards --- fuel economy --- automobile manufacture --- carbon footprint --- hybrid MRIO --- SDA --- energy saving --- energy composition --- China --- information and communications technology --- productivity --- renewable energy --- energy sector --- distributed energy system --- resource security --- domestic mineral production --- input-output analysis --- environmental assessment --- transition --- low carbon technologies --- low carbon transition --- decarbonisation --- zero carbon --- air pollution --- diesel ban --- electric vehicles --- transport policy --- transport planning --- London --- CO2 emissions --- household consumption --- index decomposition analysis --- structural decomposition analysis --- aging society --- Japan --- CO2 capture --- thermal power plants --- oxyfuel combustion --- allam cycle --- post-combustion --- pre-combustion --- energy efficiency policy --- household appliances --- eco-design --- energy labelling --- indirect impacts --- general equilibrium model --- FIDELIO model --- road transport --- low carbon scenario --- GHG mitigation measures --- cost-benefit --- mitigation cost --- financing --- climate change --- energy-saving --- attitude --- Big Five --- personality traits --- office --- household --- pro-environment

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Global population growth is urban growth and, therefore, most of the water-related challenges and solutions reside in cities. Unless water management and water governance processes are significantly improved within the next decade or so, cities are likely to face serious and prolonged water insecurity, urban floods, and/or heat stress, which may result in social instability and, ultimately, massive migration. Aging water infrastructure, one of the most expensive infrastructures in cities, is a relevant challenge in order to address Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: clean water and sanitation, SDG 11: sustainable cities and communities, and SDG 13: climate action. The choice of good governance arrangements has important consequences for economic performance, for the well-being of citizens, and for the quality of life in urban areas. The better governance arrangements work in coordinating policies across jurisdictions and policy fields, the better the outcomes. Rapidly-changing global conditions will make future water governance more complex than ever before in human history, and expectations are that water governance and water management will change more during the next 20 years compared to the past 100 years. In this Special Issue of Water, the focus will be on practical concepts and tools for water management and water governance, with a focus on cities.

flood resilience --- flood risk --- Cape Town --- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) --- sustainable development goals --- urban planning --- coordination --- IHP --- storm water management --- stakeholder involvement --- flood risk management --- water management sustainability --- Generalized Likelihood Uncertainty Estimation (GLUE) --- climate change --- urban water cycle --- wastewater management --- water policy --- governance capacity --- greenhouse gas emissions --- intergovernmental --- Urban Water Management Programme --- indicators --- sustainability --- city networks --- water sensitive cities --- water scarcity --- ICLEI --- flood damage assessment --- stakeholder participation --- SuDS --- climate change mitigation --- social network analysis --- water ecology --- SDGs --- urban resilience --- design rainfall event --- cost of inaction --- rainwater harvesting --- co-design --- UNESCO --- rainfall-runoff --- storm water control measure --- decentralized water reclamation with resource recovery --- baseline assessment --- City Blueprint Approach --- urban water management --- urban landscape --- governance strategies --- science and technology --- drinking water --- Integrated Water Resources Management --- resilience --- Sponge City --- stormwater reservoir --- use-attainment --- sustainability assessment --- water security --- Water-Energy-Food Nexus --- water management --- water supply --- Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) --- urban drainage --- lifecycle analysis --- social infrastructure --- urban pluvial flooding --- assessment framework --- footprint --- climate change adaptation --- infrastructure --- total cost of ownership --- water governance --- flood control --- water-reuse --- governance

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The combination of global warming and urban sprawl is the origin of the most hazardous climate change effect detected at urban level: Urban Heat Island, representing the urban overheating respect to the countryside surrounding the city. This book includes 18 papers representing the state of the art of detection, assessment mitigation and adaption to urban overheating. Advanced methods, strategies and technologies are here analyzed including relevant issues as: the role of urban materials and fabrics on urban climate and their potential mitigation, the impact of greenery and vegetation to reduce urban temperatures and improve the thermal comfort, the role the urban geometry in the air temperature rise, the use of satellite and ground data to assess and quantify the urban overheating and develop mitigation solutions, calculation methods and application to predict and assess mitigation scenarios. The outcomes of the book are thus relevant for a wide multidisciplinary audience, including: environmental scientists and engineers, architect and urban planners, policy makers and students.

emissivity --- mobile temperature observations --- urban heat island --- urban vegetation --- urban overheating --- spectral analysis --- Beirut --- urban heat island index --- land surface temperature --- ENVI-met --- air quality --- albedo --- climatic perception --- overheating --- urbanization --- road surface --- “cold spots” --- Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF) --- urban remote sensing --- local climate zone --- cooling technologies --- Weather Research and Forecasting model --- cool surfaces --- outdoor thermal comfort --- energy savings --- air temperature --- measurement --- urbanized WRF --- mitigation measures --- Euramet --- heat health --- surface cool island effect --- urban-climate archipelago --- sky view factor --- urban climate archipelago --- open science --- cool roofs --- urban energy balance --- road lighting --- urban climatology --- material characterization --- urban climate --- thermal comfort --- air and surface temperature measurements --- cool pavements --- multi-objective optimization --- empirical line method --- calculation --- urban cooling --- multifractal analysis --- urban heat mitigation --- genetic algorithm --- heat stress --- “hot spots” --- subtropical climate --- EMPIR 16NRM02 --- building energy performance --- multiple linear regression --- built-up area --- thermal emittance --- urban morphology --- cost-optimal analysis --- building retrofit --- sustainability --- mitigation strategies --- luminance coefficient --- office buildings --- GIS --- structure functions analysis --- solar reflectance --- park cool island --- solar reflectance index --- urban open space --- building scale --- meteorological modeling --- shading --- surface albedo --- summer heat stress --- cool materials --- land cover fraction --- micro-climate simulations --- energy simulation --- urban microclimate --- urban development --- Physiologically Equivalent Temperature --- cool facades --- green area --- ageing --- MODIS downscaling --- spectral reflectance --- fine-resolution meteorological modeling --- urban areas --- morphological indicator --- lifecycle analysis --- non-constructible parcels --- WRF-Chem