Identifying frontier research integrating mathematic approaches to diverse systems / sustainability You are cordially invited to submit chapters for a book publication with Springer Publishing. This volume will present a collection of the most advanced research in the area, with inclusion from World leading experts across subjects encapsulating the issues which must be covered in order to produce progression within this important area. It is hoped that the volume will accomplish interdisciplinary subject coverage and benefits including subject development. Chapters will include the following:
Mathematic / Biological Sustainability Modelling Application Energy System Modelling Water System Modelling Planning Support Systems / Machine learning methods Biodiversity Geochemical systems Plant Metabolite expression Climate Change Robotics (Development application)
We sincerely hope you can participate, please provide a short description (less than 250 words) outlining the central ideas and key points behind your submission, including estimated images and/or tables. This will be inserted into the book proposal which will be reviewed by external reviewers. Please see the sample which includes examples of an initial submission. Final submissions should be 20-30 Microsoft Word pages, including references (but there is flexibility here).
Please contact: James Furze at
[email protected] and or Sherestha Saini,
[email protected] (Springer Editor) to express your interest/contribution by the 30th June, 2014, final submission by 15th December, 2014.
Initial contribution samples
CHAPTER 1: THE FUTURE OF FOOD AND MEDICINE FROM THE SEAS Fish from the ocean currently are the primary source of protein for one in six people on earth. While aquaculture is a viable method for producing a consistent source of food and income (now 1 of 2 fish consumed each day), there are environmental, social, and economic concerns that must be addressed; ranging from interference with native ecosystems to food safety concerns. Humanity has been practicing aquaculture for millennia. For most of human history, land-based aquaculture has been a sustainable, consistent source of food and income. Topic 1.1. Setting standards for aquaculture (asking the right questions) Topic 1.2: Aquaculture: closed, recirculation systems Topic 1.3: Applying CAFO laws to Aquaculture Topic 1.4: Limiting fishing technology to reduce and eliminate bycatch and ending use of large-scale destructive fishing gear Topic 1.5: Entrapment mitigation technology to improve protection of marine mammals Topic 1.6: Commercial and Ecological Impacts of Overfishing Topic 1.7: Medicine and the Oceans: Development of Marine-Based Pharmaceuticals and the Impacts of Pharmaceuticals on Marine Organisms CHAPTER 2: THE FUTURE OF OCEAN TRANSPORTATION For millennia, our oceans have served as the natural superhighway for trade, transportation and communication Topic 2.1: Green ship design and building – propulsion technology for hybrid ships (sail and high efficiency diesel) and emissions reduction technology Topic 2.2. Worldwide inspection standards, retrofitting Topic 2.3: Low (or no) impact technology for treating ballast water Topic 2.4: Noise reduction Topic 2.5: On-board water treatment systems Topic 2.6: Green port facilities Topic 2.7. Safer ships (fewer spills), and emergency response to shipping accidents Topic 2.8. Global observation to help avoid accidents due to storms, tsunamis, and other challenges Topic 2.9. Water quality monitoring participation Topic 2.10. Low-impact instructions for vulnerable areas (slowing down for right whales, etc.) CHAPTER 3: LIVING WITH CHANGING WEATHER The ocean is a major influence on weather and climate. In fact it is the ocean that makes our planet habitable. Without the ocean as a heat sink, our days would be unbearably hot, and our nights would be freezing cold. The ocean naturally recycles our water and our air, constantly cleaning it for us to use over and again 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In fact, due to evaporation, 86% of the water we drink comes from the ocean; and the ocean produces more oxygen than the rainforests. It even absorbs 48% of the carbon that we humans put into the atmosphere – something that is vital in an age of climate change. Topic 3.1: Retreating from the beach, siting with climate change storm events in mind (setbacks, debris control) Topic 3.2: Coastal building technology, green buildings, zero runoff, design with climate change storm events in mind Topic 3.3: Sea level rise adaptive water and sewage treatment facilities Topic 3.4. Sending clean water to the ocean—stormwater runoff and retention, non-point source pollution, stream and waterway setbacks, permeable parking and other paved surfaces, CHAPTER 4: RENEWABLE ENERGY The ocean has huge amounts of natural energy to be tapped – waves, tides, currents, thermal, and wind. There is potential for cost competitive applications in this technology, and more important zero carbon emissions during energy production. Impact on benthic community, transmission line siting, etc. Can we ignore expanded OCS drilling?
