Human beings require nourishment for the body, mind, and soul. To nourish tomorrow demands sustainable, clean and healthy food, water, air, healthcare, energy, living quarters, communities, and governance for everyone. This volume brings together twenty-four experts — comprising engineers, scientists, economists, architects, academics, and public servants from around the world — to share their views on how we could sustainably nourish people and the planet.

In this book, the theme of building environments in which life — human and non-human — can co-exist, grow, and thrive in, is explored from multiple aspects. From agriculture and food security to drinking water, energy generation, energy storage, waste management and treatment, to building for and encouraging biodiversity in marinas, to establishing resilient communities that can recover quickly from both manmade and natural disasters.

This book is a valuable resource for readers in the fields of biological science, agriculture, and sustainability. It is also a thought-provoking volume for those who simply want to know more about the complex issue of nourishing the world.

Contents:

• Preparing Today for Nourishing Tomorrow: A Perspective (Graham T Reader)


• Exploring the Link Between Irrigated Agriculture and Food Security: Evidence from the Case of Spain (Alfonso Expósito)


• Measuring the Sustainability of Water, Energy and Food Resources in the Context of the WEF Nexus (Luxon Nhamo, Henerica Tazvinga, Sylvester Mpandeli, Stanley Liphadzi, Joel Botai, and Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi)


• Green Compressed Air Energy Storage Technology (Mehdi Ebrahimi, David S-K Ting, and Rupp Carriveau)


• Marinas can Co-function as Biodiversity Sanctuaries (Loke Ming Chou, Chin Soon Lionel Ng, Kok Ben Toh, Karenne Tun, Pei Rong Cheo, and Juat Ying Ng)


• Biomaterials for Water Purification: Integrating Chlorella Vulgaris and Monoraphidium Conortum in Architectural Systems for the Biodegradation of Sulfamethoxazole from Wastewater (Yomna K Abdallah and Alberto T Estevez)


• Assessing Environmental Skincare Products: A Proposed Framework Using SWARA, ARAS, and COPRAS Methods (Berrak Aksakal, Zeliha Mahmat, Figen Balo, and Lutfu S Sua)


• Stepwise Weight Appraisal Ratio Analysis in the Assessment of Biosurfactant (Figen Balo and Lutfu S Sua)


• Conceptualizations of a Resilient Community for Social Features (Eija Meriläinen)

Readership: Research/(post)graduate students; research scientists, engineers, and architects who are passionate about nourishing tomorrow.

Key Features:

• Contributors include engineers, scientists, economists, architects, academics, and public servants from around the world


• Designing, building and maintaining ecologically sustainable habitates and environments is a complex issue and this volume provides a broad examination of many different aspects