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The Social Challenges and Opportunities of Low Carbon Development

The Social Challenges and Opportunities of Low Carbon Development

This book explores the social implications and challenges of low-carbon development. The argument of the book is that a broad understanding of low-carbon development is essential for mitigating climate change and enabling development in a carbon-constrained world but there are risks that low-carbon development might come at a price that is both social and economic. These risks need to be carefully assessed and reduced. The main aim of the book is to explore critically analyse and propose different ways of understanding low-carbon development from a social perspective in both developed and developing countries. The author uses concepts such as low-carbon development social policy sustainable development and environmental justice to understand the social implications of low-carbon development projects. The book first elaborates the need to understand the social issues and challenges of low-carbon development in both developed and developing countries. It then discusses five contemporary challenges of low-carbon development: the social consequences of Chinese hydropower dams in the Mekong region; the cost of the transition to renewable energies such as wind energy in Germany; the challenges of carbon offsetting in Brazil; the nexus of fuel-inefficient housing and fuel poverty in England; solar power for refugees in Africa. The book fills a crucial gap for researchers postgraduates practitioners and policy-makers in the fields of climate change development and social policy. Johan Nordensvärd is a Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Southampton UK. | The Social Challenges and Opportunities of Low Carbon Development

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Low-Visibility Antennas for Communication Systems

Low-Visibility Antennas for Communication Systems

Low-visibility antennas have many attractive features such as being low-profile flexible lightweight small-volume and low-cost. Low-Visibility Antennas for Communication Systems provides explicit guidelines for the development of these antennas. Offering valuable insight into emerging antenna technologies the book: Introduces the fundamental theory of electromagnetics and antennas with few integral and differential equations improving accessibility while providing sufficient mathematical detail Presents state-of-the-art advancements in microstrip millimeter (mm) wave microstrip wearable wearable tunable printed wideband wearable meta-material and fractal printed antennas Discusses microwave integrated circuits (MICs) monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and low temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC) Low-Visibility Antennas for Communication Systems delivers a comprehensive and cutting-edge study of the design and application of low-visibility antennas complete with design considerations computed and measured results and an extensive exploration of radio frequency and antenna measurements.

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Low-Volume Road Engineering Design Construction and Maintenance

Low-Volume Road Engineering Design Construction and Maintenance

Everything that sustains us – grown mined or drilled – begins its journey to us on a low-volume road (Long). Defined as roads with traffic volumes of no more than 400 vehicles per day they have enormous impacts on economies communication and social interaction. Low-volume roads comprise at one end of the spectrum farm-to-market roads roads in developing countries northern roads roads on aboriginal lands and parklands; and at the other end of the spectrum heavy haul roads for mining oil and gas oil sands extraction and forestry. Low-Volume Road Engineering: Design Construction and Maintenance gives an international perspective to the engineering design of low-volume roads and their construction and maintenance. It is a single reference drawing from the dispersed literature. It lays out the basic principles of each topic from road location and geometric design pavement design slope stability and erosion control through construction to maintenance then refers the reader to more comprehensive treatment elsewhere. Wherever possible comparisons are made between the standard specifications and practices existing in the US Canada the UK South Africa Australia and New Zealand. Topics covered include the following: Road classification location and geometric design Pavement concepts materials and thickness design Drainage erosion and sediment control and watercrossings Slope stability Geosynthetics Road construction maintenance and maintenance management Low-Volume Road Engineering: Design Construction and Maintenance is a valuable reference for engineers planners designers and project managers in consulting firms contracting firms and NGOs. It also is an essential reference in support of university courses on transportation engineering and planning and on mining oil and gas and forestry infrastructure. | Low-Volume Road Engineering Design Construction and Maintenance

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Low Temperature Plasma Technology Methods and Applications

Low Temperature Plasma Technology Methods and Applications

Written by a team of pioneering scientists from around the world Low Temperature Plasma Technology: Methods and Applications brings together recent technological advances and research in the rapidly growing field of low temperature plasmas. The book provides a comprehensive overview of related phenomena such as plasma bullets plasma penetration into biofilms discharge-mode transition of atmospheric pressure plasmas and self-organization of microdischarges. It describes relevant technology and diagnostics including nanosecond pulsed discharge cavity ringdown spectroscopy and laser-induced fluorescence measurement and explores the increasing research on atmospheric pressure nonequilibrium plasma jets. The authors also discuss how low temperature plasmas are used in the synthesis of nanomaterials environmental applications the treatment of biomaterials and plasma medicine. This book provides a balanced and thorough treatment of the core principles novel technology and diagnostics and state-of-the-art applications of low temperature plasmas. It is accessible to scientists and graduate students in low-pressure plasma physics nanotechnology plasma medicine and materials science. The book is also suitable as an advanced reference for senior undergraduate students. | Low Temperature Plasma Technology Methods and Applications

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The Expert Witness Forensic Science and the Criminal Justice Systems of the UK

The Expert Witness Forensic Science and the Criminal Justice Systems of the UK

The global nature of crime often requires expert witnesses to work and present their conclusions in courts outside their home jurisdiction with the corresponding need for them to have an understanding of the different structures and systems operating in other jurisdictions. This book will be a resource for UK professionals as well as those from overseas testifying internationally as to the workings of all UK jurisdictions. It also will help researchers and students to better understand the UK legal system. | The Expert Witness Forensic Science and the Criminal Justice Systems of the UK

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Low Head Hydropower for Local Energy Solutions

Low Head Hydropower for Local Energy Solutions

The role of small hydropower is becoming increasingly important on a global level. Increasing energy demand and environmental awareness has further triggered research and development into sustainable low-cost technologies. In developing countries particularly in rural areas the possibility of local power generation could considerably improve living conditions. With this in mind the development of a next generation low-head hydropower machines was subject of investigation in the EU-project HYLOW. Being part of the research lines of that project this thesis presents a numerical modelling approach to improve the design of machines like water wheels for increased hydraulic efficiency. Nowadays Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) enables numerical models to be quite accurate and incorporate physical complexities like free surfaces and rotating machines. The results of the CFD simulations carried out in this research show that a change in blade geometry can result in higher torque levels thereby increasing performance. Numerical simulations also enabled to determine the optimal wheel-width to channel-width ratio and further improve performance by modifying the channel bed conditions upstream and downstream of the water wheel. With a power rating in the low kilowatt range low-head hydropower machines like optimised water wheels seem to have a clear potential for small-scale energy generation thereby contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by providing local energy solutions. | Low Head Hydropower for Local Energy Solutions

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Structural Foundations Manual for Low-Rise Buildings

Structural Foundations Manual for Low-Rise Buildings

This book provides practical and buildable solutions for the design of foundations for housing and other low-rise buildings especially those on abnormal or poor ground. A wealth of expert information and advice is brought together dealing with the key aspects a designer must consider in order to achieve effective and economic foundation designs. This second edition of Structural Foundations Manual for Low-Rise Buildings has been completely updated in line with the new government guidelines on contaminated land and brown-field sites. The book includes well-detailed design solutions and calculations actual case histories illustrations design charts and check lists making it a user-friendly reference for contractors structural engineers architects and students who have to deal with foundations for low-rise buildings on sites with difficult ground conditions.

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Low Carbon Energy Supply Technologies and Systems

Low Carbon Energy Supply Technologies and Systems

Future energy technologies must embrace and achieve sustainability by displacing fossil carbon-intensive energy consumption or capture/reuse/sequester fossil carbon. This book provides a deeper knowledge on individual low (and zero) carbon technologies in a comprehensive way covering details of recent developments on these technologies in different countries. It also covers materials and processes involved in energy generation transmission distribution storage policies and so forth including solar electrical; thermal systems; energy from biomass and biofuels; energy transmission distribution and storage; and buildings using energy-efficient lighting. | Low Carbon Energy Supply Technologies and Systems

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Low-Dimensional Magnetism

Low-Dimensional Magnetism

Low-dimensional magnetism physics involves the search for new magnetic compounds and improving their characteristics to meet the needs of innovative technologies. A comprehensive overview of key materials their formulation data and characteristics are detailed by the author. Key selling features: Explores dominant mechanisms of magnetic interaction to determine the parameters of exchange interactions in new magnetic materials. Describes how magnetism and superconductivity not only compete but also help each other. Details characteristics of key materials in the magnetic subsystem. Results of several internationally renowned research groups are included and cited. Suitable for a wide range of readers in physics materials science and chemistry interested in the problems of the structure of matter.

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Planning Practice Critical Perspectives from the UK

Planning Practice Critical Perspectives from the UK

Planning Practice: Critical Perspectives from the UK provides the only comprehensive overview of contemporary planning practice in the UK. Drawing on contributions from leading researchers in the field it examines the tools contexts and outcomes of planning practice. Part I examines planning processes and tools and the extent to which theory and practice diverge covering plan-making Development Management planning gain public engagement and place-making. Part II examines the changing contexts within which planning practice takes place including privatisation and deregulation devolution and multi-level governance increased ethnic and social diversity growing environmental concerns and the changing nature of commercial real estate. Part III focuses on how planning practice produces outcomes for the built environment in relation to housing infrastructure economic progress public transport and regeneration. The book considers what it means to be a reflective practitioner in the modern planning system the constraints and opportunities that planners face in their daily work and the ethical and political challenges they must confront. | Planning Practice Critical Perspectives from the UK

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Emergencies in Psychiatry in Low- and Middle-income Countries

Emergencies in Psychiatry in Low- and Middle-income Countries

There is a need to not only understand psychiatric emergencies in low- and middle-income countries but also to formulate logical and acceptable forms of intervention. This book gives the reader an overview of the kinds of psychiatric emergencies that can occur and the strategies employed to manage these in developing countries. The book covers anxiety disorders psychotic disorders personality disorders substance abuse disorders grief suicidal behaviour and psychiatric emergencies following disasters. It also deals with special population groups such as women children and the elderly who require different modes of intervention. | Emergencies in Psychiatry in Low- and Middle-income Countries

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Abortion in the USA and the UK

Abortion in the USA and the UK

Recent years have revealed the different experiences of abortion in the UK and the USA. The United States has a higher abortion rate accompanied by a higher political profile for the issue. In fact one of George W. Bush's first acts in 2001 was to ban American funding for overseas organizations carrying out abortions. The USA has also experienced a higher degree of abortion-related violence with several people linked to abortion services being targeted and even killed. Compelling and enlightening in its approach this invigorating volume compares the two countries' abortion laws and outlines the distinctions. The usually conservative American society has a much more liberal abortion law than the United Kingdom whose female citizens can obtain an abortion relatively easily although in fact they do not have the right to choose. This stimulating volume examines the comparative positions taken by each country and makes important suggestions for the future. | Abortion in the USA and the UK

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Nanoelectronics Quantum Engineering of Low-Dimensional Nanoensembles

Nanoelectronics Quantum Engineering of Low-Dimensional Nanoensembles

Brings the Band Structure of Carbon-Based Devices into the LimelightA shift to carbon is positioning biology as a process of synthesis in mainstream engineering. Silicon is quickly being replaced with carbon-based electronics devices are being reduced down to nanometer scale and further potential applications are being considered. While traditionally engineers are trained by way of physics chemistry and mathematics Nanoelectronics: Quantum Engineering of Low-Dimensional Nanoensembles establishes biology as an essential basic science for engineers to explore. Unifies Science and Engineering: from Quantum Physics to NanoengineeringDrawing heavily on published papers by the author this research-driven text offers a complete review of nanoelectronic transport starting from quantum waves to ohmic and ballistic conduction and saturation-limited extreme nonequilibrium conditions. In addition it highlights a new paradigm using non-equilibrium Arora’s Distribution Function (NEADF) and establishes this function as the starting point (from band theory to equilibrium to extreme nonequilibrium carrier statistics). The author focuses on nano-electronic device design and development including carbon-based devices and provides you with a vantage point for the global outlook on the future of nanoelectronics devices and ULSI. Encompassing ten chapters this illuminating text:Converts the electric-field response of drift velocity into current–voltage relationships that are driven by the presence of critical voltage and saturation current arising from the unidirectional drift of carriers Applies the effect of these scaled-down dimensions to nano-MOSFET (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor)Considers specialized applications that can be tried through a number of suggested projects that are all feasible with MATLAB® codesNanoelectronics: Quantum Engineering of Low-Dimensional Nanoensembles contains the latest research in nanoelectronics identifies problems and other factors to consider when it comes to nanolayer design and application and ponders future trends. Print Versions of this book also include access to the ebook version. | Nanoelectronics Quantum Engineering of Low-Dimensional Nanoensembles

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Compact Heat Exchangers for Energy Transfer Intensification Low Grade Heat and Fouling Mitigation

Compact Heat Exchangers for Energy Transfer Intensification Low Grade Heat and Fouling Mitigation

Compact Heat Exchangers for Energy Transfer Intensification: Low-Grade Heat and Fouling Mitigation provides theoretical and experimental background on heat transfer intensification in modern heat exchangers. Emphasizing applications in complex heat recovery systems for the process industries this book: Covers various issues related to low-grade heat including waste heat from industry and buildings storage and transport of thermal energy and heat transfer equipment requirements Explains the basic principles terminology and heat transfer aspects of compactness as well as the concept of intensified heat area targets at process integration Pays special attention to the mitigation of fouling in heat exchangers and their systems describing fouling deposition and threshold fouling mechanisms Delivers a thoughtful analysis of the economics of implementation considering energy–capital trade-off capital cost estimation and energy prices Presents illustrative case studies of specific applications in food and chemical production plants Compact Heat Exchangers for Energy Transfer Intensification: Low-Grade Heat and Fouling Mitigation not only highlights key developments in compact heat exchangers but also instills a practical knowledge of the latest process integration and heat transfer enhancement methodologies. | Compact Heat Exchangers for Energy Transfer Intensification Low Grade Heat and Fouling Mitigation

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Regulating Open Banking Comparative Analysis of the EU the UK and Taiwan

Regulating Open Banking Comparative Analysis of the EU the UK and Taiwan

FinTech transformations have brought changes to the global financial markets and merit the attention of financial regulators across jurisdictions. This book is one of the first ones of its kind to look at open banking (OB). It examines regulatory approaches to OB by taking a broad view of comparative legal systems and through perspectives of transaction costs public choice and institutional design. The book looks at the legal implications by engaging in a two-tiered comparative analysis: comparing between compulsory and voluntary approaches to OB policies and comparing the legal systems between the West (i. e. the EU and the UK) and an Asian economy (i. e. Taiwan). | Regulating Open Banking Comparative Analysis of the EU the UK and Taiwan

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Assistive Technology for Blindness and Low Vision

Assistive Technology for Blindness and Low Vision

Assistive technology has made it feasible for individuals with a wide range of impairments to engage in many activities such as education and employment in ways not previously possible. The key factor is to create consumer-driven technologies that solve the problems by addressing the needs of persons with visual impairments. Assistive Technology for Blindness and Low Vision explores a broad range of technologies that are improving the lives of these individuals. Presenting the current state of the art this book emphasizes what can be learned from past successful products as well as what exciting new solutions the future holds. Written by world-class leaders in their field the chapters cover the physiological bases of vision loss and the fundamentals of orientation mobility and information access for blind and low vision individuals. They discuss technology for multiple applications (mobility wayfinding information access education work entertainment) including both established technology and cutting-edge research. The book also examines computer and digital media access and the scientific basis for the theory and practice of sensory substitution. This volume provides a holistic view of the elements to consider when designing assistive technology for persons with visual impairment keeping in mind the need for a user-driven approach to successfully design products that are easy to use well priced and fill a specific need. Written for a broad audience this book provides a comprehensive overview and in-depth descriptions of current technology for designers engineers practitioners rehabilitation professionals and all readers interested in the challenges and promises of creating successful assistive technology.

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21st Century Nanoscience – A Handbook Low-Dimensional Materials and Morphologies (Volume Four)

21st Century Nanoscience – A Handbook Low-Dimensional Materials and Morphologies (Volume Four)

21st Century Nanoscience - A Handbook: Low-Dimensional Materials and Morphologies (Volume 4) will be the most comprehensive up-to-date large reference work for the field of nanoscience. Handbook of Nanophysics by the same editor published in the fall of 2010 and was embraced as the first comprehensive reference to consider both fundamental and applied aspects of nanophysics. This follow-up project has been conceived as a necessary expansion and full update that considers the significant advances made in the field since 2010. It goes well beyond the physics as warranted by recent developments in the field. This fourth volume in a ten-volume set covers low-dimensional materials and morphologies. Key Features:Provides the most comprehensive up-to-date large reference work for the field. Chapters written by international experts in the field. Emphasises presentation and real results and applications. This handbook distinguishes itself from other works by its breadth of coverage readability and timely topics. The intended readership is very broad from students and instructors to engineers physicists chemists biologists biomedical researchers industry professionals governmental scientists and others whose work is impacted by nanotechnology. It will be an indispensable resource in academic government and industry libraries worldwide. The fields impacted by nanophysics extend from materials science and engineering to biotechnology biomedical engineering medicine electrical engineering pharmaceutical science computer technology aerospace engineering mechanical engineering food science and beyond. | 21st Century Nanoscience – A Handbook Low-Dimensional Materials and Morphologies (Volume Four)

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Green Energy Sustainable Electricity Supply with Low Environmental Impact

Green Energy Sustainable Electricity Supply with Low Environmental Impact

Green Energy: Sustainable Electricity Supply with Low Environmental Impact defines the future of the world’s electricity supply system exploring the key issues associated with global warming and which energy systems are best suited to reducing it. Electricity generation is a concentrated industry with a few sources of emissions which can be controlled or legislated against. This book explains that a green sustainable electricity system is one whose construction installation and operation minimally affect the environment and produce power reliability at an affordable price. It addresses the question of how to build such an electricity supply system to meet the demands of a growing population without accelerating global warming or damaging the environment. The green argument for conservation and renewable energies is a contradiction in terms. Although they produce no emissions because renewable systems are composed of a large number of small units a considerable amount of energy is required to produce erect and maintain them. This book is a response to that conundrum answering key questions such as: How can renewables be exploited to contribute the greatest energy input? Should coal be used for clean fuel and chemical production rather than for power generation? How quickly can we start to build the Green Energy system? The author has more than forty years of experience as an international journalist reporting on power-generating technologies and on energy policies around the world. Detailing the developmental history and current state of the global nuclear industry he discusses the dire immediate need for large quantities of clean emission-free electric power for both domestic and industrial uses. This book details how current technologies—particularly nuclear combined cycle and hydro—can be applied to satisfy safely the growing energy demands in the future. | Green Energy Sustainable Electricity Supply with Low Environmental Impact

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Banking and Finance Case studies in the development of the UK financial sector

Banking and Finance Case studies in the development of the UK financial sector

This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on how the specific field addressed has evolved. The book features contributions on the development of banking regulation in Scotland the role of commercial banking on the functioning of the British corporate economy the impact of British monetary policy on small firm growth and the politics of corporate governance. Of interest to business and economic historians this shortform book also provides analysis that will be valuable reading across the social sciences | Banking and Finance Case studies in the development of the UK financial sector

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Reappraising State-Owned Enterprise A Comparison of the UK and Italy

Reappraising State-Owned Enterprise A Comparison of the UK and Italy

After a quarter century of almost general condemnation and rebuttal of the entire nationalization experience it appears that there are second thoughts about governmental direct intervention in the economy. Reappraising State-Owned Enterprise deals with a topic often undervalued in the past decade but which now with the crisis of 2008-2009 calls for greater attention: the direct intervention of the State as Entrepreneur. The collection of essays in this volume – prepared by some of the leading authorities in the field – offers a contribution to this debate by providing a balanced assessment of two of the most relevant experiences of mixed economies the United Kingdom and Italy. In this respect a comparison between these two countries is very much appropriate since in both nations the State played an important role as Entrepreneur starting in the early 20th century. In Great Britain and Italy the heyday of the State as Entrepreneur was in the years right after WWII when it was used as a tool for promoting a modern society in which citizens acquired a stronger sense of belonging to their nations. The UK and Italy saw the State take on a too-pervasive role in the 70s; the two nations responded in different ways. In the 1980s Great Britain embarked on a harsh process of privatizations while Italians struggled on until finally submitting to privatizations in their nation in the following decade. The deep crisis of the final years of the 21st century forced both nations to reconsider State interventions as an appropriate tool in order to protect the wellbeing of the national economy. | Reappraising State-Owned Enterprise A Comparison of the UK and Italy

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Developing Age-Friendly Communities in the UK Re-creating Places and Spaces

Developing Age-Friendly Communities in the UK Re-creating Places and Spaces

The ageing population is a global societal issue. Policymakers planners and the public third and private sectors must rethink how the built environment and services are delivered to meet the needs of a changing demographic. This is the first book to systematically review the evolution development and progress of age-friendly thinking in the UK with a primary focus on the real-world experiences of the people leading place-based initiatives. The book presents the findings of the first in-depth national study of age-friendly programme leaders in the UK completed in 2021 and provides insights into the development of age-friendly communities the formative influences from a social policy perspective the management challenges and the progress towards achieving age-friendly goals. Using primary interview data and narrative analysis the experiences of working with age-friendly programmes in different organisational forms are explored. The book promotes a greater understanding of what it means to become an age-friendly community in practice how the programmes have different development pathways and what influences different outcomes. Embellished with detailed narratives from practitioners informative tables and diagrams and figures throughout the book carefully gathers the voices of a diverse range of decision-makers and leaders associated with the age-friendly movement and provides unique insights on the drivers of change in specific localities. This is a must-read for anyone involved in ageing research or ageing policy and practice as it provides an insightful look into the real world of embedding this community development model in different localities to make a difference to the lives of older people. Topical themes include how these agendas connect with other issues such as dementia-friendly programmes and the work of the third sector as well as the growing challenge of what it means to be ‘friendly’ as a community and place and whether ‘friendly’ is becoming an over-used term in relation to place identity. The book has national and global interest for all communities engaged in age-friendly activity offering exemplars of best practice achievements in transforming local communities and views on the meaning of ageing as well as the age-friendly lens as an approach that champions the world through the eyes of older people. It offers a thought-provoking read for anyone with an interest in this expanding area of ageing irrespective of disciplinary focus. | Developing Age-Friendly Communities in the UK Re-creating Places and Spaces

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Resource Recovery from Waste Business Models for Energy Nutrient and Water Reuse in Low- and Middle-income Countries

Resource Recovery from Waste Business Models for Energy Nutrient and Water Reuse in Low- and Middle-income Countries

Humans generate millions of tons of waste every day. This waste is rich in water nutrients energy and organic compounds. Yet waste is not being managed in a way that permits us to derive value from its reuse whilst millions of farmers struggle with depleted soils and lack of water. This book shows how Resource Recovery and Reuse (RRR) could create livelihoods enhance food security support green economies reduce waste and contribute to cost recovery in the sanitation chain. While many RRR projects fully depend on subsidies and hardly survive their pilot phase hopeful signs of viable approaches to RRR are emerging around the globe including low- and middle-income countries. These enterprises or projects are tapping into entrepreneurial initiatives and public ̶ private partnerships leveraging private capital to help realize commercial or social value shifting the focus from treatment for waste disposal to treatment of waste as a valuable resource for safe reuse. The book provides a compendium of business options for energy nutrients and water recovery via 24 innovative business models based on an in-depth analysis of over 60 empirical cases of which 47 from around the world are described and evaluated in a systematic way. The focus is on organic municipal agro-industrial and food waste including fecal sludge supporting a diverse range of business models with potential for large-scale out-and up-scaling. | Resource Recovery from Waste Business Models for Energy Nutrient and Water Reuse in Low- and Middle-income Countries

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Job Shop Lean An Industrial Engineering Approach to Implementing Lean in High-Mix Low-Volume Production Systems

Job Shop Lean An Industrial Engineering Approach to Implementing Lean in High-Mix Low-Volume Production Systems

In the 1950’s the design and implementation of the Toyota Production System (TPS) within Toyota had begun. In the 1960’s Group Technology (GT) and Cellular Manufacturing (CM) were used by Serck Audco Valves a high-mix low-volume (HMLV) manufacturer in the United Kingdom to guide enterprise-wide transformation. In 1996 the publication of the book Lean Thinking introduced the entire world to Lean. Job Shop Lean integrates Lean with GT and CM by using the five Principles of Lean to guide its implementation: (1) identify value (2) map the value stream (3) create flow (4) establish pull and (5) seek perfection. Unfortunately the tools typically used to implement the Principles of Lean are incapable of solving the three Industrial Engineering problems that HMLV manufacturers face when implementing Lean: (1) finding the product families in a product mix with hundreds of different products (2) designing a flexible factory layout that fits hundreds of different product routings and (3) scheduling a multi-product multi-machine production system subject to finite capacity constraints. Based on the Author’s 20+ years of learning teaching researching and implementing Job Shop Lean since 1999 this book Describes the concepts tools software implementation methodology and barriers to successful implementation of Lean in HMLV production systems Utilizes Production Flow Analysis instead of Value Stream Mapping to eliminate waste in different levels of any HMLV manufacturing enterprise Solves the three Industrial Engineering problems that were mentioned earlier using software like PFAST (Production Flow Analysis and Simplification Toolkit) Sgetti and Schedlyzer Explains how the one-at-a-time implementation of manufacturing cells constitutes a long-term strategy for Continuous Improvement Explains how product families and manufacturing cells are the basis for implementing flexible automation machine monitoring virtual cells Manufacturing Execution Systems and other elements of Industry 4. 0 Teaches a new method Value Network Mapping to visualize large multi-product multi-machine production systems whose Value Streams share many processes Includes real success stories of Job Shop Lean implementation in a variety of production systems such as a forge shop a machine shop a fabrication facility and a shipping department Encourages any HMLV manufacturer planning to implement Job Shop Lean to leverage the co-curricular and extracurricular programs of an Industrial Engineering department | Job Shop Lean An Industrial Engineering Approach to Implementing Lean in High-Mix Low-Volume Production Systems

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Powertrain Systems for Net-Zero Transport

Powertrain Systems for Net-Zero Transport

The transport sector continues to shift towards alternative powertrains particularly with the UK Government’s announcement to end the sale of petrol and diesel passenger cars by 2030 and increasing support for alternatives. Despite this announcement the internal combustion continues to play a significant role both in the passenger car market through the use of hybrids and sustainable low carbon fuels as well as a key role in other sectors such as heavy-duty vehicles and off-highway applications across the globe. Building on the industry-leading IC Engines conference the 2021 Powertrain Systems for Net-Zero Transport conference (7-8 December 2021 London UK) focussed on the internal combustion engine’s role in Net-Zero transport as well as covered developments in the wide range of propulsion systems available (electric fuel cell sustainable fuels etc) and their associated powertrains. To achieve the net-zero transport across the globe the life-cycle analysis of future powertrain and energy was also discussed. Powertrain Systems for Net-Zero Transport provided a forum for engine fuels e-machine fuel cell and powertrain experts to look closely at developments in powertrain technology required to meet the demands of the net-zero future and global competition in all sectors of the road transportation off-highway and stationary power industries.

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