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The Guide for the evaluation of agroecology proposes an approach and methodological tools for assessing the effects of agro ecological practices and systems on the agro-environmental and socio-economic performance of agriculture, and for assessing the conditions...
This an Open access book. It provides a comparative and multidisciplinary analysis of how local governments perform their tasks and how these are financed. The volume stands out with three essential features. First, the comparative research reflected in the volume has a...
This is an open access book. The 1st International Conference on Educational Science and Teacher Education (ICESTE 2025),hosted by the Faculty of Education, Universitas NegeriMakassar, brings together global educators,researchers, and policymakers to explore the...
This open access book presents the first results from the third cycle of the IEA International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS 2023).This study investigated how young people are prepared for life in a world where the capacity to use computers and digital...
This open access book provides novel insights into the field, exploring the potential for the 'sensing citizens' to concretely influence risk governance by filling - intentional or accidental - official informational gaps. Grassroots-driven environmental monitoring...
This open access book provides important insights into the integration of digitalisation and green economy into the platform economy, and how these processes can contribute to the improvement of legal labour regulations and processes in the EU and Eastern Europe. It...
This open access book explores the socio-economic challenges and recovery efforts in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar during the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses on the pandemic’s wide-ranging impacts, particularly on individuals, households, and small and...
This open access book represents a multiyear exploration into identity-based mass violence (IBMV) within urban contexts. It explores the complexities of structural and acute violence in cities, drawing on local solutions rooted in the fields of urban...
This open-access book aims to formulate the history-matching problem consistently and present state-of-the-art ensemble solution methods. The content aims to help practitioners in the field understand the properties of ensemble methods better when used to history-match...
This open-access book presents innovative applications of Big Earth Data through a set of comprehensive case studies conducted in China. The studies demonstrate how advanced data methods can be employed to monitor and evaluate indicators for seven Sustainable...
This is an open access book. Driven by the wave of digitalization and intelligence, education, research and training technology is undergoing profound changes. The 2025 International Conference on Research and Training Technologies in Education (ICERTT 2025) will be...
This open access book explores the contributions of anthroposophy to sustainable development, addressing a key research gap. It examines the anthroposophical worldview, providing an integral and holistic perspective on the relationship between humanity and the earth. By...
This is an open access book.As a contributor to the global trend of technological innovation, China continues to create a more open environment for scientific and technological innovation, constantly enhancing the depth and breadth of academic cooperation and building...
This is an open access book.Education is a right that every individual must own in order to increase their potential in various aspects that are beneficial for themselves, their family, society, and others. At this time, it is important for us to connect formal...
This open access book examines the first modern diplomatic contact between Europe and East Asia: the 1517 Portuguese embassy to China. The experience did not end well, for in 1521, the Ming Court decided to cut off relations, and a battle broke out between the Guangdong...
As the climate crisis worsens, governments around the world are calling for carbon-neutral societies and urging individuals to take responsibility for their climate-related behavior. However, despite growing awareness of the urgent need for climate action, meaningful...
This open access book is meant as a textbook for Computer Science students who are looking for a gentle introduction to the world of quantum computing. More specifically, it is written for readers who have basic knowledge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine...
This is an open access book School of Applied Sciences and Technology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet, Bangladesh is glad to host the 8th International Conference on Engineering Research, Innovation, and Education (ICERIE),...
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. In an era when economic, social, and...
This concise and interdisciplinary open access volume explores the imperative of social policy reform in Sub-Saharan Africa and the potential nature of such a reform. Its chapters study social policy changes that have been made before and during the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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