This book explores the gender dimension in technology commercialization through a collection of papers by … internationally renowned scholars in the USA, Mexico and Europe. Technology, Commercialization and Gender looks at various gender … environments such as technology commercialization is a complex and lengthy process, often faced with institutional culture …

Producers: A Review of the Literature -- Chapter 18: Commercialization Mechanisms for New Plant Varieties -- Chapter 19: Water … Research Commercialization Proposals and its Links to University Technology Transfer Strategy: A Case Study -- Chapter 15: The …

By 2050, we will have ten billion mouths to feed in a world profoundly altered by environmental change. How can we meet … this challenge? In How to Feed the World, a diverse group of experts from Purdue University break down this crucial … question by tackling big issues one-by-one. Covering population, water, land, climate change, technology, food systems, trade …

The book explores the geo-chemical, physical, social and economic impacts of climate change on water supplies. It … contains examples and case studies from a wide range of countries, and addresses the need to promote sustainable water use … across the world …

, and Hebei Province -- Studies on Carrying Capacity of Water Resources in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei -- Studies on … Carrying Capacity of Water Resources in Beijing and Tianjin - Based on the Water Footprint -- Studies on Ecological …

Literature Review -- Methodological Approaches -- Data and Limitations -- Spain’s Water Footprint -- Net Virtual-Water …The evaluation of the water footprint and virtual water trade has become a promising means to evaluate the … sustainability of a country’s water resources. This book is based on the research and results of a thorough study carried out for …

the interrelation between the water requirements and the use of non-renewable resources for producing desired consumption …The Water Use Model -- Conceptual Foundations: Thermodynamics and Capital Theory -- General Design of Dynamic Models … for Water Uses -- Specifications for Constructing the Water Use Model -- Constraints of the Water Use Model -- Optimality …

global financial future. The contributors argue that our world cannot move toward sustainability, address climate change …

Menschenrechte zwischen Globalisierung und Wirtschaft -- Menschenrechtsschutz in der Wirtschaft … kritisch die Rolle und Verantwortung von Wirtschaft, Politik und Verbrauchern. Der Inhalt • Menschenrechte zwischen …

This book deals with the economic modelling of water at the global, national and sub-national levels. It presents a … change. Arguably the most compelling reason for publishing a book on the economic modelling of water arises from the fact … that agriculture accounts for approximately 70% of water used for economic purposes, while only contributing 4% of global …