Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Definitions of Sustainability
(Irene Voukkali, Loizia Pantelitsa and Antonis A. Zorpas, EnviTech Ltd, (Institute of Environmental Technology and Sustainable Development, Department of Research and Development), UK and others)
Chapter 2. Policies and Legislation
(Irene Voukkali and Loizia Pantelitsa, EnviTech Ltd, (Institute of Environmental Technology and Sustainable Development, Department of Research and Development), UK)
Chapter 3. Environmental Indicators
(Vassilis J. Inglezakis and Antonis A. Zorpas, Nazarbayev University, School of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan, and others)
Chapter 4. Psychological Aspects of Sustainability
(Nikos Ilia and Katerina Giorgalla, Lecturer in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Nicosia, Cyprus)
Chapter 5. Business behind Sustainability
(Antonis A. Zorpas, Irene Voukkali and Vasilis J. Inglezakis, Cyprus Open University, Faculty of Pure and Applied Science, Environmental Conservation and Management, Latsia, Nicosia, Cyprus and others)
Chapter 6. Ancient Sustainability Use of ‘the Palmeral of Elche’ and the Current Unsustainability: Reasons for a Sustainable Future
(Encarni I. Hernández, M. T. Ferrer, Jose Navarro-Pedreño, Ignacio Melendez-Pastor, and Ignacio Gómez, Department of Agrochemistry and Environment, University Miguel Hernández of Elche, Elche (Alicante), Spain)
Chapter 7. Africa and Sustainable Development
(Antonis A. Zorpas, Cyprus Open University, Faculty of Pure and Applied Science, Environmental Conservation and Management, Latsia, Nicosia, Cyprus)
Chapter 8. Reconciling Sustainable Development with Nature Conservation – The Natura 2000 Paradigm
(Maria Zomeni, Open University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Environmental Conservation and Management, Cyprus)
Chapter 9. Natural Vegetation As a Key to Sustainability of Agroecosystems
(D. J. Bilalis, I. S. Travlos and P. Papastylianou, Laboratory of Agronomy, Faculty of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece)
Chapter 10. Waste Treatment Sustainability
(Muhammad H. Al-Malack and Muhammad Muhitur Rahman, Civil Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia and others)
Chapter 11. Energy and Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP)
(A. Zouboulis, P. Samaras and A. Tolkou, Laboratory of General and Inorganic Chemical Technology Division of Chemical Technology, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
Chapter 12. Sustainable Energy Development: Smart Grid – A Vision for the Future
(Diana-Mihaela Pociovălişteanu, Janina Florenţa Popeangă, Walter Leal Filho, “Constantin Brancusi” University of Tg-Jiu, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Romania and others)
Chapter 13. Biogas Utilization through Anaerobic Digestion in Greece: Current Status and Future Perspectives
(Avraam Karagiannidis, George Perkoulidis, and Apostolos Malamakis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece)
Chapter 14. Environmental Assessment of Composting in the Context of Sustainable Waste Management
(K. Lasaridi, C. Chroni, K. Abeliotis, A. Kyriacou and A. A. Zorpas
Harokopio University, Kallithea – Athens, Greece and others)
Chapter 15. Agricultural Wastes: Protecting Soil Quantity by Sustainable Disposal and Reuse in Agriculture
(M. K. Doula, F. Tinivella, A. Sarris, V. Kavvadias, J. Moreno Ortego and K. Komnitsas, Hellenic Agricultural Organization DEMETER Soil Science Institute of Athens, Likovrisi, Greece and others)
Chapter 16. Sustainable Supply Chains: Social Practices and Organizational Performance
(Luísa Pinto, Joaquim Borges Gouveia and Luís Miguel D. F. Ferreira, School of Technology and Management of Lamego/Polytechnic Institute of Viseu and researcher with the Centre for the Study of Education, Technologies and Health at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu and others)
Chapter 17. Sustainable Agriculture in the Pampas Region, Argentina
(Silvana Irene Torri, College of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Chapter 18. Tourism Development through Sustainability
(Antonis A. Zorpas, Katia Lasaridi and Irene Voukkali, Cyprus Open University, Faculty of Pure and Applied Science, Environmental Conservation and Management, Latsia, Nicosia, Cyprus and others)
Chapter 19. Sustainable Urban Transport
(Marios Valiantis, Director of the Centre for Green Development and Energy Policy / Head of Environmental Management)
Chapter 20. Concrete Sustainability
(Demetris Nicolaides, Department of Civil Engineering, Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus)
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