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General Considerations on Crystallography: Elements of Crystallography and Their Use in Thermodynamics of Phases
Crystallography is the science that studies the atomic structures of materials. First of all, it is an application of vector geometry in solid-state...
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Ab Initio Calculations in the CALPHAD Methodology, the Quantic Simulations: Slight Description and Use in CALPHAD
Numerical simulations have won a nice place in the physical sciences.
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Regional Land–Atmosphere Interactions in Southern Africa: Potential Impact and Sensitivity of Forest and Plantation Change
Southern Africa is experiencing increasing land transformation and natural vegetation losses. Deforestation is one type of this land degradation...
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A New Era of Earth Observation for the Environment: Spatio-Temporal Monitoring Capabilities for Land Degradation
Land degradation can be defined as a persistent reduction or loss of the biological and economic productivity resulting from climatic variations and...
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Soil Erosion Research and Soil Conservation Policy in South Africa
Soil erosion has been identified as an issue in South African farming for more than a century. Erosion of land surfaces by water or wind is a natural...
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Studies of the Ecology of the Benguela Current Upwelling System: The TRAFFIC Approach
Under the umbrella of SPACES (Science Partnerships for the Adaptation to Complex Earth System Processes in Southern Africa), several marine projects...
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The Need for Sustainable Agricultural Land-Use Systems: Benefits from Integrated Agroforestry Systems
This chapter introduces the different agroforestry systems (AFSs) as part of the diversification of agricultural landscapes and gives examples of...
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Catchment and Depositional Studies for the Reconstruction of Past Environmental Change in Southern Africa
Terrestrial signals in marine sedimentary archives are often used for reconstructing past environments, vegetation and climate, as well as for...
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Projections of Future Climate Change in Southern Africa and the Potential for Regional Tip** Points
Southern Africa is a climate change hotspot with projected warming and drying trends amplifying stresses in a naturally warm, dry and water-stressed...
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The Marine Carbon Footprint: Challenges in the Quantification of the CO2 Uptake by the Biological Carbon Pump in the Benguela Upwelling System
Quantifying greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is essential for mitigating global warming, and has become the task of individual countries assigned to...
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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions in Southern African Savanna Rangelands: Threats, Impacts and Solutions
Savanna rangelands provide diverse communities across southern Africa with livestock and wildlife-based livelihoods, as well as extensive ecosystem...
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The Application of Paleoenvironmental Research in Supporting Land Management Approaches and Conservation in South Africa
Research into past environments and climates of South Africa has significantly grown in recent decades, owing to its rich archeological heritage and...
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Potential of Improved Technologies to Enhance Land Management Practices of Small-Scale Farmers in Limpopo Province, South Africa
In this chapter, we explore how, in the face of increasing climatic risks and resource limitations, improved agro-technologies can support...
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The CALPHAD Methodology: A Guide
The modern approach to thermodynamics and phase diagrams is presently based on the CALPHAD method.
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Enhancing Efficiency in Industrial Digital Design and Fabrication of Complex Prefabricated Elements
This chapter discusses digitization in the construction industry and explores how the combination of advanced design tools such as parametric design...
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The Implementation of Deep Learning Technique in Mobile Application as a Preservation and Learning Media of Javanese Letter
Indonesia as the largest archipelagic country in the world has many local heritages. One of the valuable heritages is local language, which is 718...
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Competences, Capabilities, and Skills in Teaching and Learning Fashion Design for Sustainability
Today, education continues to be seen as a central part of the solutions for sustainability. There is a tendency in the educational literature to...
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User Experience Toward Sustainable Choice: Case Study ZALORA Indonesia
In 2020, ZALORA launched a new initiative called “ZALORA Earth Edit,” as one of its sustainability strategies for the next five years. It enables...