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Entrepreneurship and Big Data: The Digital Revolution (Big Data for Industry 4.0)
by Chhabra Meghna Hassan Rohail Shamim AmjadThe digital age has transformed business opportunities and strategies in a resolutely practical and data-driven project universe. This book is a comprehensive and analytical source on entrepreneurship and Big Data that prospective entrepreneurs must know before embarking upon an entrepreneurial journey in this present age of digital transformation. This book provides an overview of the various aspects of entrepreneurship, function, and contemporary forms. It covers a real-world understanding of how the entrepreneurial world works and the required new analytics thinking and computational skills. It also encompasses the essential elements needed when starting an entrepreneurial journey and offers inspirational case studies from key industry leaders. Ideal reading for aspiring entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship and Big Data: The Digital Revolution is also useful to students, academicians, researchers, and practitioners.
Entrepreneurship and Change: Understanding Entrepreneurialism as a Driver of Transformation
by Denis Hyams-Ssekasi Fredrick AgbomaThis book offers novel and contemporary thinking of entrepreneurship and change. It espouses the distinct but reciprocal nature of both concepts to unravel high levels of transformation, both in terms of social structures and social relations, inherent in new venture creation. It provides insights from a theoretical, educational, and industrial context with emphasis on holistic approaches to change. Each chapter illuminates distinct elements of the entrepreneurial landscape and the importance of learning, creativity and innovation as tools for practice and knowledge management. This book is an essential resource for practitioners, researchers, and policy makers because it provides new outlooks and dimensions on the transformational powers of entrepreneurship and change.
Entrepreneurship and Culture: The New Social Paradigm (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies)
by Alf H. WalleThe classic and dominant paradigm of entrepreneurship emphasizes the relatively universal and homogeneous responses of a small, but influential, minority as they make unique and breakthrough contributions. Entrepreneurs are often viewed as inspired individualists who possess the courage to "go against the grain" as they risk it all to pursue an impassioned vision. According to Joseph Schumpeter and those who build upon his seminal perspectives, such entrepreneurial individuals pursue a path of "creative destruction" that paves the way towards true and innovative progress. Today, state of the art research is tempering and transcending this classic vision by acknowledging a wider array of cultural, psychological, and environmental contexts, influences, and responses. This monograph contributes to this research stream by viewing entrepreneurs within a cultural perspective and advocating viewing entrepreneurship in "culturally competent" ways. Presenting these perspectives in a short and circumscribed volume provides an elegant and influential means of disseminating these important perspectives. Entrepreneurship and Culture expands beyond popular and conventional views of entrepreneurship and provides readers with alternative perspectives in even-handed ways. It shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic and will be of value both to advanced students, and to academics and practitioners in the fields of entrepreneurship, international business, leadership and organizational studies. Beyond the business school, this book will also be of interest to anthropology, economic development, and indigenous studies scholars.
Entrepreneurship and Culture: The New Social Paradigm (ISSN)
by Alf H. WalleThe classic and dominant paradigm of entrepreneurship emphasizes the relatively universal and homogeneous responses of a small, but influential, minority as they make unique and breakthrough contributions. Entrepreneurs are often viewed as inspired individualists who possess the courage to "go against the grain" as they risk it all to pursue an impassioned vision. According to Joseph Schumpeter and those who build upon his seminal perspectives, such entrepreneurial individuals pursue a path of "creative destruction" that paves the way towards true and innovative progress. Today, state of the art research is tempering and transcending this classic vision by acknowledging a wider array of cultural, psychological, and environmental contexts, influences, and responses. This monograph contributes to this research stream by viewing entrepreneurs within a cultural perspective and advocating viewing entrepreneurship in "culturally competent" ways. Presenting these perspectives in a short and circumscribed volume provides an elegant and influential means of disseminating these important perspectives. Entrepreneurship and Culture expands beyond popular and conventional views of entrepreneurship and provides readers with alternative perspectives in even-handed ways. It shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic and will be of value both to advanced students, and to academics and practitioners in the fields of entrepreneurship, international business, leadership and organizational studies. Beyond the business school, this book will also be of interest to anthropology, economic development, and indigenous studies scholars.
Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship in the MENA Region: Advances in Research
by Nehme Azoury Taïeb HafsiThis edited collection presents state of the art research on entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship in the MENA region. Combining practical and academic insights, it sheds light on future directions for the sector and addresses the many challenges that entrepreneurs face, for instance, the lack of special laws and regulations, lack of financial assistance and government recognition as well as the lack of social awareness. It covers topics such as entrepreneurship and sustainability, female entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, and future research directions. Ultimately this book aims to advance research in the field and highlights the importance of social entrepreneurs in the Middle East
Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation for Sustainability: Focusing on a Haor Region of Bangladesh (SpringerBriefs in Economics)
by Sohel Rana Lily Kiminami Shinichi FuruzawaThis book aims to assess the roles of entrepreneurship and social innovation for socio-cultural changes. It also evaluates farmers’ performance in disaster risk management at a community level toward sustainable regional development in a rural haor region of Bangladesh. To achieve the purpose of the research, both a qualitative method (Trajectory Equifinality Modeling, TEM) and a quantitative method (Structural Equation Modeling, SEM) are introduced, based on the results of case studies on local entrepreneurs, interview and focus group discussions with stakeholders, and questionnaire surveys of farm households. First, the results clarify that social capital is critically important both for male and female entrepreneurs in the haor region, and that education is more important to women for empowerment and technology adoption in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the haor region of Bangladesh. In addition, it makes clear that the Common Interest Group approach plays a role for women’s empowerment in the target region. Furthermore, it identifies the multi-causal relationships among the factors affecting farm households’ performance in disaster risk management at the community level. This book helps readers to understand regional development through social and cultural transformation in a rural community where poverty and gender discrimination are path-dependent problems.
Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development in Africa
by Paschal AnosikeHigh foreign aid dependence, poor human capital, rising high youth unemployment and poverty are just some of the reasons that Africa represents such a striking symbol of global inequality today. In this book, the author draws on his research and experience of working with key stakeholders to explore how Africa can take advantage of the knowledge economy and 4th Industrial Revolution opportunities to rebuild from the Covid-19 pandemic and empower its people and encourage entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development in Africa is a book the African political class, economic policy and development experts, the donor community, academic researchers and students of business and international development can rely on for a better understanding and solutions to Africa’s historical and contemporary socio-economic problems. Paschal Anosike is Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the founding Director of Centre for African Entrepreneurship and Leadership (CAEL) at the University of Wolverhampton.
Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development in Africa
by Paschal Anosike<p>High foreign aid dependence, poor human capital, rising high youth unemployment and poverty are just some of the reasons that Africa represents such a striking symbol of global inequality today.<p> <p>In this book, the author draws on his research and experience of working with key stakeholders to explore how Africa can take advantage of the knowledge economy and 4th Industrial Revolution opportunities to rebuild from the Covid-19 pandemic and empower its people and encourage entrepreneurship.<p> <p>Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development in Africa is a book the African political class, economic policy and development experts, the donor community, academic researchers and students of business and international development can rely on for a better understanding and solutions to Africa’s historical and contemporary socio-economic problems.<p> <p>Paschal Anosike is Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the founding Director of Centre for African Entrepreneurship and Leadership (CAEL) at the University of Wolverhampton.<p>
Entrepreneurship and the Creation of Organization (Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship)
by Daniel Hjorth Robin HoltWhen re-imagining, re-thinking, and re-writing entrepreneurship in this book, the authors have come to the conclusion that the concept that describes it most precisely is one that signifies a process that includes imagining, seductively describing, playfully organizing, political agility in navigating common sense, and business sensibility before possible commerce. This book develops a process theory of entrepreneurship by exploring how key concepts in such a theory – affect, desire, assemblage – allow us to think about entrepreneurship differently. This makes a significant contribution to bridging the fields of entrepreneurship and organization studies. Using literature and literary characters and their stories as main sources, entrepreneurship research is here revitalized, and the result provides students of entrepreneurship processes with new conceptual opportunities. The book is also a contribution to a multi-disciplinary research tradition in social sciences more broadly where humanities is a key “conversation partner”. Undergraduates in entrepreneurship, PhD students, and entrepreneurship and organization scholars will find this to be a refreshing renewal of research into entrepreneurship and the creation of organization.
Entrepreneurship as Practice: Time for More Managerial Relevance
by Vanessa RattenEntrepreneurship as practice refers to the everyday way that innovation and futuristic thinking is incorporated into business ventures. It refers to the actual implementation of entrepreneurship within any kind of market context that emphasises proactive change. This edited book focuses on entrepreneurship as a practice as a management imperative. This means highlighting the way entrepreneurship is a practice and requires active engagement. Each chapter in the book discusses a different aspect of entrepreneurship as practice as a way of contributing to the broader discussion of what entrepreneurship is and means in today's global society.
Entrepreneurship der Zukunft: Digitale Technologien und der Wandel von Geschäftsmodellen
by Sebastian Gerth Lars HeimDieser Band versammelt 15 Beiträge aus Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft zur Frage, wie Wertschöpfungsprozesse zukünftig ausgestaltet werden können. Welche Chancen und Risiken gilt es für ein Unternehmen, das auch in Zukunft erfolgreich sein will, zu beachten und welche Anpassungen können schon heute vorgenommen werden?Zukunftsträchtige Technologien wie z.B. KI, Cloud-Computing, Blockchain und 3D-Druck stehen bereit, ihr Potential in der Wirtschaft zu entfalten. Der technologische Fortschritt wird helfen, aktuelle Entwicklungen weiter zu beschleunigen. Zunehmende Vernetzung und Globalisierung ermöglichen weltweiten Informations-, Wissens- und Warenaustausch und gestalten damit das Entrepreneurship der Zukunft maßgeblich. Aber auch Herausforderungen wie Ressourcenknappheit, Klimawandel, Sicherheit oder die demografische Entwicklung gilt es zu berücksichtigen.Die Autor*innen untersuchen solche Aspekte aus unterschiedlichen disziplinären Blickwinkeln, mit verschiedenen theoretischen Ansätzen, methodischen Zugängen sowie empirischen Befunden. Dabei reicht das Themenspektrum von Zukunftsforschung über betriebswirtschaftliche Arbeiten, industrielle Zugänge und rechtliche Hintergründe bis hin zu informationstechnologischen Beiträgen. Es werden Denkanstöße für zukünftige Geschäftsmodellpotentiale angeboten, um bereits heute die Weichen für die eigene Zukunftsfestigkeit zu stellen. Damit dient der Band als Leitfaden, um die eigenen Geschäftsmodelle auf den Prüfstand zu stellen und ggf. zu innovieren.
Entrepreneurship Education: Scholarly Progress and Future Challenges (Routledge Focus on Business and Management)
by Gustav Hägg Agnieszka KurczewskaThe discussion around whether entrepreneurship can be taught is becoming obsolete as the number of entrepreneurship courses, specializations and degrees is rising at an unprecedented rate all over the world and the demand for entrepreneurial education teachers or instructors is constantly growing. The global community of entrepreneurial education proponents is enthusiastic about the possibility of spreading the idea of entrepreneurship, as it is believed to benefit societies and economies in addition to influencing human development on an individual level. The fervour is nurtured by public policies and the development of an enterprising culture in the public discourse. In this discourse, entrepreneurship is treated as a panacea for numerous social and economic problems. This book is a solid reference point for all who are interested in conducting research on entrepreneurial education or engaged in teaching entrepreneurship. It is a compendium of knowledge about entrepreneurial education as a research field, seen from the perspective of the last four decades, its complete contemporary history. It reviews the progress of the field from the outset to the present in terms of its socio-economic context, changes in the academic community, but also its research focus and methodological development. This uniquely comprehensive book is a resource of both knowledge on entrepreneurial education research and inspiration for future studies within the field. This timely and relevant book provides practical insights for educators when developing their teaching practice and will be of interest to entrepreneurship educators and entrepreneurship education researchers.
Entrepreneurship in a Changing Arctic: Siberian Reindeer Herders and the Northern Sea Route
by Anders Oskal Kjell Stokvik Quinn Lewis Sophus A. ReinertCase
Entrepreneurship in Creative Crafts (Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship)
by Vanessa RattenPopular eCommerce platforms like Etsy have attributed to a sharp increase in creative craft entrepreneurs, and craft entrepreneurship has strong links to the cultural and lifestyle field. This timely book looks at craft entrepreneurship and defines what qualifies as craft entrepreneurs and their products in a global context. The edited book begins with an overview of the craft sector and each chapter provides a holistic picture of what craft entrepreneurship entails. Different kinds of creative crafts are examined, providing a discussion of what entrepreneurship in creative crafts involves, how they differ from other types of products, and how craft makers may engage in entrepreneurial behaviour and marketing. The book helps readers understand the current state of development of the craft sector, its various challenges, and what the future holds for these businesses. Craft entrepreneurship is a new, emerging area of entrepreneurship study, and this book will interest scholars and those who are interested in craft making and wish to develop it into a small business.
Entrepreneurship in Indonesia: From Artisan and Tourism to Technology-based Business Growth (Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship)
by Vanessa RattenWhilst other countries in Asia particularly China and India have been studied in terms of entrepreneurial endeavors, there is a lack of research on Indonesia despite it being amongst the fastest growing economies in the world. Indonesia is also one of the largest recipients of venture capital in Asia. This book looks at the growth of entrepreneurship in Indonesia from artisan and cultural endeavors to an increased awareness of digital and technology-based forms of entrepreneurship. The book examines the distinct cultural heritage of people in Indonesia towards entrepreneurial pursuits and analyses the role family and minority businesses play in the development of entrepreneurial capabilities. It stresses the need to focus on more categories of entrepreneurship in Indonesia such as artisan, tourism and sustainability in order to facilitate the growth of digital based startups. This book will be amongst the first to explore how Indonesia is leaping ahead of competitors in its quest to be a dominant world power through its entrepreneurial pursuits.
Entrepreneurship in South America: Context, Diversity, Constraints, Opportunities and Prospects (Springer Texts in Business and Economics)
by Léo-Paul Dana Christian Keen Veland RamadaniThis book reveals a variety of issues facing entrepreneurs, SMEs, and entrepreneurship development across South America. The authors recognize that when it comes to entrepreneurship, not one size fits all. Therefore, this book has been designed to help business students understand the context of the enterprise. It highlights how countries differ in their scope of entrepreneurship, and how entrepreneurs are impacted by these differences. Each chapter is dedicated to a respective country and describes the status quo, challenges and prospects for entrepreneurship there. Specifically, the book helps students understand the nature of entrepreneurship in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Entrepreneurship in the Raw Materials Sector: Proceedings of LIMBRA the International Scientific Conference
by Zoltán BarthaThe Entrepreneurship in the Raw Materials Sector proceeding is a collection of papers focusing on the macroeconomic aspects of green growth, the business opportunities in the raw materials sector, and the challenges in entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship training. These papers were presented during the closing conference of LIMBRA (‘Decreasing the negative outcomes of brain drain in the raw materials sector‘), a project funded by EIT Raw Materials in the period of 2019-2021. LIMBRA primarily aims at generating new entrepreneurial ideas in the raw materials sector, and to encourage engineering students graduating in raw materials-related programmes to start their own businesses. This proceeding offers a good summary of our approach, and our results: identify the critical trends in the macroeconomic environment; learn about the specifics of the raw materials markets; develop new business ideas, and rely on your local ecosystem for extra knowledge, mentoring; and finally, help students to "Become stay-at-home entrepreneurs".
Entrepreneurship in Zeiten der Globalisierung und Digitalisierung: Für Startup-Gründer und solche, die es werden wollen
by Marc Helmold Tracy Dathe Isabel DatheDieses Buch unterstützt die Startup-Gründung mit vielen praxisbezogenen Erklärungen und Informationen. Eine Analyse der wesentlichen Trends, auch aufgrund der Digitalisierung und Globalisierung, hilft Gründern und solchen, die es werden wollen, um das Thema fundiert zu umfassen. Theoretische Elemente sind in der Buchstruktur enthalten und den Autoren gelingt damit eine Verbindung zwischen aktuellen akademischen Erkenntnissen und der unternehmerischen Geschäftspraxis. Für Startup-Unternehmer wie auch für den Einsatz zu Bildungszwecken im Hochschulbereich aufbereitet.
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Crisis: SME Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic (Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship and Small Business)
by Joanna DudaEntrepreneurship, Innovation, and Crisis: SME Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic aims to address the conditions for the operations of SMEs during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the governmental support for entrepreneurs in such industries as tourism, manufacturing, recycling, education, and printing as well as the creative industry. Through the presentation of various strategies for the functioning and development of companies under crisis conditions along with new management approaches for coping with them, this book discusses the conditions for the operations of SMEs during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the support for entrepreneurs that has been offered by the governments of different countries. This approach will allow our results to be useful for a wide audience – making it especially valuable to researchers, academics, policymakers, and advanced students who are interested in crises, entrepreneurship, small and medium-sized enterprises, and strategic management.
Entrepreneurship Today: The Resurgence of Small, Technology-Driven Businesses in a Dynamic New Economy
by Swati BhattThis book explores how the U.S. has been in the throes of a startup revolution, fueled by a risk-taking culture. There has been a growth of young startup from 1994, accelerating after 2010 through the present day. Most entrepreneurial activity is in the professional and business services sector, which comprises technical services as well as research and development.However, new establishments face a low survival rate, suggesting that starting businesses is not the problem, sustaining their development and growth is the principal challenge. A paradox is presented by the simultaneous presence of declining labor force participation rate among prime working age adults, a decrease in productivity growth rates in the past decade and a startup revolution.There are five native skills that are acquired by experience rather than formal education: resourcefulness, practical intelligence, over-optimism and personal initiative. These are built on a foundation of attributes that form the culture of risk-taking and decision-making. Underlying values and beliefs include collaboration, openness to new ideas, an awareness of the environment and the needs of people in your radius of interaction. A strongly embedded community forms the essence of entrepreneurial culture, and its values cannot be taught, they must be learned through experience.
Entrepreneurship und Unternehmensgründung in Deutschland: Fallstudien zu Gründerpersönlichkeiten
by Volker Hasewinkel Annette HoxtellDieses Lehrbuch enthält Fallstudien von GründerInnen aus ganz Deutschland, aus verschiedenen Branchen mit unterschiedlichen Lebensläufen und Hintergründen. Sie gründen allein oder im Team, wollen reich werden oder die Welt verbessern und sind finanziell mehr oder weniger erfolgreich. Was sie verbindet, sind Risikobereitschaft, Engagement und Verantwortung: Sie sehen und ergreifen Chancen und nehmen dabei Risiken in Kauf, sie engagieren sich für ihre Idee und ihre KundInnen und sie übernehmen Verantwortung für das eigene Tun, die MitarbeiterInnen und das eigene Unternehmen. Die vorgestellten Persönlichkeiten können Vorbilder für künftige GründerInnen sein, sie sind ein wesentlicher Teil der Wirtschaft und der Gesellschaft.Die AutorInnen der Fallstudien gehen der Frage nach, weshalb die jeweilige Person ihr Unternehmen gründet. Sie beleuchten Erfolge und Schwierigkeiten bis hin zum Scheitern und prüfen, ob es größere Zusammenhänge gibt, die eine Gründung beeinflussen. Alle Fallstudien verbindet ein gemeinsamer Rahmen: Nach den GründerInnen werden ihre Unternehmen vorgestellt und die Kapitel mit didaktischen Fragen geschlossen. Das Alter bei der Gründung – es reicht von 23 bis 73 Jahren – gliedert den Band. Die Fallstudien eignen sich sowohl für den Einsatz in Lehrveranstaltungen als auch als inspirierende Lektüre für Menschen, die abwägen, ob und unter welchen Bedingungen eine Gründung für sie in Betracht kommt. Selbständige können durch die Beschäftigung mit den Fallstudien ihre eigene Tätigkeit reflektieren und Anregungen erhalten.Die 2. Auflage wurde gegenüber der ersten Auflage von 11 auf 23 Fallstudien erweitert. Die Einleitung und viele Fallstudien aus der ersten Auflage wurden aktualisiert und überarbeitet. Ein grundlegendes Kapitel zu Charakteristika von EntrepreneurInnen und GründerInnen und Typen von Gründungen ist neu dazugekommen.
Entwicklung eines High Performance Learning Journey Konzepts zur organisationalen Weiterbildung agiler Rollen im Rahmen von SAFe: Spezifiziert am Beispiel des Scrum Masters (BestMasters)
by Keven MüllerDieses Buch beschäftigt sich mit der konzeptionellen Ausgestaltung einer High Performance Learning Journey zur organisationalen Weiterbildung agiler Rollen ihm Rahmen von SAFe als skalierbares agiles Framework spezifiziert am Beispiel des Scrum Masters. Der Autor untersucht innovative Lernansätze zur organisationalen Weiterbildung sowie zum nachhaltigen und lebenslangen Lernen. Er orientiert sich an den State-of-the-Art Ansätzen in den Bereichen Agilitätsgrundlagen und SAFe und beschreibt zudem das Scrum-Rahmenwerk, ebenso wie die dazugehörige Rolle des Scrum-Masters in ihren wichtigsten Kernelementen. Darüber hinaus werden die aktuellen Anforderungen an Lernformate in der Praxis erörtert. Vor allem das Konzept einer High Performance Learning Journey wird beleuchtet, um neue Maßnahmen und Methoden zur effizienteren und effektiveren Befähigung von Mitarbeitern aufzuzeigen. Die hier vorgestellten theoretischen Grundlagen werden durch Ergebnisse aus Experteninterviews für das Konzept einer High Performance Learning Journey validiert sowie eigenständig und systematisch ergänzt, wodurch Erfahrungswissen und relevante praxisbezogene Anforderungen berücksichtigt werden.
Entwicklung, humanitäre Hilfe und soziale Wohlfahrt: Sozialer Wandel von innen nach außen
by Cornelia C. WaltherIn diesem Buch wird untersucht, wie menschliches Verhalten durch unsere Wünsche, Emotionen, Gedanken und Empfindungen geformt wird und wie sich umgekehrt die Erfahrungen, die sich aus unserem Verhalten ergeben, auf uns selbst, andere und den Planeten auswirken. Auf der Grundlage einer Analyse des ständigen Wechselspiels zwischen diesen vier Ebenen bietet es praktische Lösungen, um systematisch eine nachhaltige gesellschaftliche Veränderungsdynamik in Gang zu setzen. Es wird aufgezeigt, warum der Wandel, zusätzlich zur wirtschaftlichen und politischen Transformation auf der Makroebene, mit einem Bewusstseinswandel auf der Mikroebene beginnt. Dabei stellt er die fehlende Verbindung zwischen Investitionen in die persönliche Befähigung und das kollektive Wohlergehen her. Ein neuartiges theoretisches Paradigma bildet die Grundlage dieses Buches, das in der Perspektive einer kontinuierlichen "Körper-Geist-Herz-Seele-Verbindung" verankert ist. Ausgehend von der Prämisse, dass eine gerechte Gesellschaft allen zugute kommt, wird argumentiert, dass Anstrengungen, die für andere unternommen werden, auf drei Ebenen Vorteile bringen - für den Einzelnen, der handelt, für denjenigen, für den gehandelt wurde, und für die Gesellschaft.
Environment and Climate-smart Food Production
by Charis M. GalanakisAgriculture and food systems, forestry, the marine and the bio-based sectors are at the very heart of the climate change crisis. Evidence on climate change reveals that it will affect farming first, through changes to rainfall regimes, rising temperatures, the variability and seasonality of the climate and the occurrence of more frequent extreme events (heatwaves, droughts, storms and floods). In addition to findings ways to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, farmers will need to develop farming systems resilient to fluctuating environmental and socioeconomic conditions. It is thus a great challenge to support ambitious climate targets while satisfying the needs for food, feed, bio-based products and energy for a global population projected to reach 10 billion by 2030. Few books on the market integrate environment studies and climate-smart food production. This book fills the knowledge gap by covering all the relevant aspects in one reference: starting with microclimate management, climate change and food systems, and resilience of mixed farming and agroforestry systems, chapters address agricultural soil management, integrated water management in small agricultural catchments, citizen-driven food system approaches in cities, and ICT-enabled agri-food systems. By focusing on the most recent advances in the field while analyzing the potential of already applied practices, this book can serve as a handbook for regulators and researchers looking to understand all aspects of food production and distribution in this changing environment.
Environment and Sustainable Development: Perspectives and Issues (Towards Sustainable Futures)
by Manish K. VermaThis volume provides a comprehensive account of the linkages between environment and sustainable development in society from an interdisciplinary perspective. With its case studies from across the world, including countries such as India, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the United States, Croatia, Italy, Brazil, Japan, and Kenya, it explores critical environmental issues concerning energy justice, queer ecology, mountain cultures, incarceration, energy strategies, mining tourism, pollution control mechanisms, social impacts of oil and gas production, contract farming, gender mainstreaming, climate change, and droughts and adaptation strategies along with literacy, leisure, well-being, development, sexuality, sustainability and environmental education. The book examines several dimensions within global environment of the adverse impact of developmental activities, discusses sustainable development activities undertaken in contemporary times, and underscores the importance of a just, people-centric policy framework in promoting sustainable development. Lucid and topical, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of environmental studies, development studies, sustainable development, political studies, sociology, and political economy. It will also interest policymakers, development practitioners, NGOs and think tanks working on environment and sustainable development, climate issues and SDGs.