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Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

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Editors:
  1. Walter Leal Filho

    1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

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  2. Anabela Marisa Azul

    1. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

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  3. Luciana Brandli

    1. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

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  4. Amanda Lange Salvia

    1. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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  5. Tony Wall

    1. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom

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  • Fosters knowledge to support the UN Sustainable Development Goal to build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
  • Comprehensively describes research, projects and practical action
  • Provides government agencies, education institutions and non-governmental agencies with a sound basis to promote sustainability efforts
  • Covers many countries, very international
  • Fills a market need, being the world´s most comprehensive publication on the topic

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (ENUNSDG)

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Table of contents (118 entries)

  1. Development of New Skills: Innovation and Sustainability in Industry 4.0

    • Dario Brito Calçada, Solange Oliveira Rezende, Anandsing Dwarkasing

  2. Digital Vulnerabilities and the Sustainable Development Goals in Developing Countries

    • Niels Nagelhus Schia, Johann Ole Willers

  3. Eco-Innovation in Support of Sustainable Development Goals

    • Luigi Aldieri, Concetto Paolo Vinci

  4. Eco-Politics: History and Policy Frameworks

    • Veronica Membrive, Madalina Armie

  5. Ecological Modernization Theory: Developing a Consensus with the Addition of Green and Sustainable Remediation

    • Alex V. Smith, Uriel Garza-Rubalcava

  6. Economic Performance and Sustainable Development

    • Yahya Abou Ly

  7. Economic, Social, and Environmental Results of Innovation

    • Bárbara M. Fritzen Gomes, Cristian Teixeira Marques

  8. Economics of Technology Innovation for Sustainable Growth: With Reference to Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

    • Emerson Abraham Jackson

  9. Emerging Innovative Thoughts on Globalization Amidst the Contagion of COVID-19

    • Emerson Abraham Jackson

  10. Employment and Stability

    • Sajal Roy, Arunima Kishore Das

  11. Energy Poverty and International Development

    • Eric Burke

  12. Environmental Impact of Robotics: Ethical Concerns and Legal Alternatives

    • Fiachra O’Brolcháin, María Amparo Grau Ruiz

  13. Environmental Management Systems According to ISO 14001

    • Markus Will, Jana Brauweiler, Anke Zenker-Hoffmann

  14. Exchange Rate, Investment Nexus, and Sustainable Economic Growth in Nigeria

    • Felicia Omowunmi Olokoyo, Folasade Bosede Adegboye

  15. Fostering Sustainable Innovation Through Creative Destruction Theory

    • Emerson Abraham Jackson

  16. Functional Performance: A Sustainable Approach to Economic Optimality

    • Mohamed Jabbie, Michael Saffa

  17. Governance Innovation

    • Trilok Kumar Jain, Nirupa Jain

  18. Green Building

    • Usha Iyer-Raniga, Karishma Kashyap

  19. Green Industrial Restructuring

    • Samara da Silva Neiva, Rafael Gustavo Lima

  20. Green Infrastructure: Networks for a Biodiverse Future

    • Petra Schneider, Luis Dominguez-Granda, Indira Nolivos, Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova
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About this book

The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living conditions, especially but not only in developing countries, intensify. Therefore, there is an increasing need to search for integrated solutions to make development more sustainable. The United Nations has acknowledged the problem and approved the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. On 1st January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the Agenda officially came into force. These goals cover the three dimensions of sustainable development: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection.   

 

The Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals comprehensively addresses the SDGs in an integrated way. It encompasses 17 volumes, each one devoted to one of the 17 SDGs. This volume addresses SDG 9, namely “Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation” and contains the description of a range of terms, which allow a better understanding and foster knowledge about it. This book presents a set of papers on the state of the art of knowledge and practices about three important aspects of sustainable development, infrastructure, industrialization and innovation. It focuses on the support of cleaner technologies, enhanced scientific research, domestic technology development and universal internet access. 


Concretely, the defined targets are:
  • Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all
  • Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and, by 2030, significantly raise industry’s share of employment and gross domestic product, in line with national circumstances, and double its share in least developed countries 
  • Increase the access of small-scale industrial and other enterprises, in particular in developing countries, to financial services, including affordable credit, and their integration into value chains and markets
  • Upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities
  • Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending
  • Facilitate sustainable and resilient infrastructure development in developing countries through enhanced financial, technological and technical support to African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states
  • Support domestic technology development, research and innovation in developing countries, including by ensuring a conducive policy environment for, inter alia, industrial diversification and value addition to commodities
  • Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries




Editorial Board
Oluwabunmi Opeyemi Adejumo, Leah A Dundon, Lizhen Huang, Heather Jones, Haruna Musa Moda

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Editors and Affiliations

  • European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  • Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  • Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  • HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  • International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom

    Tony Wall

About the editors

Walter Leal Filho (BSc, PhD, DSc, DPhil, DEd, DL, DLitt) is a Senior Professor and Head of the Research and Transfer Centre "Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management” at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and Chair of Environment and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is the initiator of the Word Sustainable Development Symposia (WSSD-U) series, and chairs the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme. Professor Leal Filho has written, co-written, edited or co-edited more than 400 publications, including books, book chapters and papers in refereed journals.  

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