This book presents methods of computational intelligence and data fusion that have applications in agriculture for the non-destructive testing of agricultural products and crop condition monitoring. This chapters address SDGs 2 and 9 by presenting methods related to the combination of sensors with Artificial Intelligence architectures in Precision Agriculture.
Green Food Processing Techniques - Chapter 1: Green food processing: concepts, strategies, and tools
Green Food Processing Techniques: Preservation, Transformation and Extraction, 2019, Pages 1-21
Advancing SDGs 3, 9 and 12, this chapter gives an overview of green food processing concepts, strategies and tools.
This chapter explores the use of geographical information systems (GIS) and statistical approaches to determine the extent of fluoride contamination in groundwater (SDG 6).
Provides some details about the hydrologic cycle and then discusses the physical geology of groundwaters.
An Introduction to Green Nanotechnology - Chapter 3: Biological Sources Used in Green Nanotechnology
Interface Science and Technology, Volume 28, 2019, Pages 81-111
This book chapter addresses goals 9, 12 and 15 by looking at how green nanotechnology can facilitate sustainable methods leading to reduced environmental impacts, improved conservation, and the protection of resources and human health.
Elsevier,
Sustainable Power Generation: Current Status, Future Challenges, and Perspectives, 2019, Pages 327-352
This book chapter addresses goals 7 and 9 by addressing how nuclear power plants can be designed, constructed and managed in a more sustainable way.
This book chapter addresses goals 7 and 9 by analysing future and generation IV nuclear reactors with a focus on their sustainable attributes.
Elsevier,
Processing and Sustainability of Beverages, Volume 2: The Science of Beverages, 2019, Pages 1-36
This book chapter addresses goals 6, 9, and 12 and 14 by presenting the feasibility of traditional and nature-based in situ treatment processes for beverage effluents addressing the environmental problems associated with its management and providing the relevant socioeconomic and environmental values.
Elsevier,
Sustainable Urban Mobility Pathways: Policies, Institutions, and Coalitions for Low Carbon Transportation in Emerging Countries, 2019, Pages 23-63
This book chapter addresses goals 9, 10, and 11 by summarising the conditions, trends, and implications of sustainable urban mobility solutions in China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Israel, and Morocco.
This book chapter addresses goals 7, 9 and 12 by providing detail to help solve the problem of the sustainable conversion of the available feedstock to ecofuels
