World Sustainable Transport Day 2026

RELX
Read more
Nov 2026
26

Category:

Events

Tags:

Sustainable transport; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Food democracy and the right to the city: Re-assembling urban food environments in East-Central London

Elsevier,

Cities, Volume 153, October 2024
The study explores democratisation processes that aim to increase popular control over the production of urban food environments. Based on a case study of East-Central London and using assemblage thinking as an analytical framework, this article explores how more democratic food environments are being (dis)assembled. Our findings highlight the complexity of (dis)assembling practices, which are shaping a partial and fragile version of urban (food) democracy, shifting control away from capitalist structures but, at the same time, relying on state's support for co-designing and co-managing democratic food environments.
Read more

Category:

Articles

Tags:

Food security and nutrition, Europe

Geothermal Power Generation, Chapter 18: Environmental and Sociocultural Benefits and Challenges Associated With Geothermal Power Generation

Elsevier,

Agnes C. de Jesus, 18 - Environmental and Sociocultural Benefits and Challenges Associated with Geothermal Power Generation, Editors: Ronald DiPippo, Luis C.A. Gutiérrez-Negrín, Andrew Chiasson, Geothermal Power Generation: Developments and Innovation (Second Edition), Elsevier Science Ltd (Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy), 2025, Pages 533-570.

This chapter supports UN Sustainable Development Goals 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), 13 (Climate Action), 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure), and 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) by promoting clean and renewable energy solutions, mitigating climate change, fostering technological advancements, and contributing to sustainable urban and rural development.

Read more

Category:

Book chapters

Tags:

Energy; Technology; Sustainable cities, Africa; Antarctica; Asia; Europe; Global; Middle East; North America; Oceania; Pacific; South America

Geothermal Power Generation, 2nd Edition, Chapter 1: Introduction to Geothermal Power Generation

Elsevier,

Lucien Y. Bronicki, 1 - Introduction to Geothermal Power Generation, Editors: Ronald DiPippo, Luis C.A. Gutiérrez-Negrín, Andrew Chiasson, Geothermal Power Generation: Developments and Innovation (Second Edition), Elsevier Science Ltd (Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy), 2025, Pages 1-5.

This chapter on geothermal energy supports UN Sustainable Development Goals 7, 9, 11, and 13 by providing foundational knowledge on geothermal resources, engineering practices, and sustainability, contributing to affordable and clean energy, industry innovation, sustainable urban development, and climate action.

Read more

Category:

Book chapters

Tags:

Energy; Technology; Sustainable cities, Africa; Antarctica; Asia; Europe; Global; Middle East; North America; Oceania; Pacific; South America

Thailand – how far are we from achieving a healthy and sustainable diet? A longitudinal ecological study

Elsevier, The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, Volume 29, October 2024
Intake of unhealthy and unsustainable food groups increased over the last decades in Thailand which correlate with environmental impacts and NCD cases in Thailand.
Read more

Category:

Articles

Tags:

Sustainable consumption and production; Health and wellbeing, Asia

Potential and climate effects of large-scale rooftop photovoltaic energy deployment in northwest China's capital cities

Elsevier,

iScience, Volume 27, 18 October 2024
This study demonstrates the large rooftop photovoltaic energy potential of China’s capital cities, showing that rooftop installations could also mitigate heat.
Read more

Category:

Articles

Tags:

Climate Action; Clean Energy; Sustainable cities, Asia

The One Health approach in urban ecosystem rehabilitation: An evidence-based framework for designing sustainable cities

Elsevier,

iScience, Volume 27, 18 October 2024
This perspective provides recommendations and strategies for the urban ecosystem rehabilitation of future cities, placing biodiversity and ecosystem services at the core of designing healthy and sustainable urban spaces.
Read more

Category:

Articles

Tags:

Sustainable cities; Biodiversity and ecosystems, Global

Hybrid model- and learning-based fault diagnosis in adaptive buildings

Elsevier,

Control Engineering Practice, Volume 151, October 2024
A paper highlighting innovations designed to lower the emissions of newly constructed buildings, focusing on a study of adaptive high-rise buildings which can save significant resources and reduce the emissions seen in more traditional structures. The article supports SDGs 9, 11, 12 and 13.
Read more

Category:

Articles

Tags:

Climate Change; Sustainable cities; Technology, Global

Pastoral provisioning of Uyghur elites in an urban setting: Zooarchaeological and isotope evidence from medieval Karabalgasun, Mongolia

Elsevier,

Archaeological Research in Asia, Volume 39, September 2024
This research examines how indigenous archaeology and how the emergence of the first urban centers in the Mongolian steppe coincided with the establishment of the Uyghur Khaganate during the mid-eighth century CE.
Read more

Category:

Articles
Asia

Nanoferrites for Emerging Environmental Applications - Chapter 7: Nanoferrites for wastewater treatment

Elsevier,

Nanoferrites for Emerging Environmental Applications, 2025, Pages 131-159
This chapter aligns with UN SDG Goals 6 and 11 by exploring new developments in the use of nanoferrites as agents for remediation of water pollution.
Read more

Category:

Book chapters

Tags:

Water and sanitation; Chemicals and waste, Global

Pages

Content
image/svg+xml
View global news
View useful links