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Due to the recent global pandemic, educators of science and
technology have had to pivot and adapt their delivery to create
alternative virtual means of delivery. The COVID-19 pandemic has
influenced a rapid change in teaching and learning in higher
education. It is reshaping curriculum demands, the 21st century
digital competence challenges, and learning technologies. These
changes in education are likely to endure well past the COVID-19
pandemic, making it crucial for educators to consider teaching and
learning under the perspectives of digital education and
innovation. Advancing STEM Education and Innovation in a Time of
Distance Learning highlights the contemporary trends and challenges
in science, technology, mathematics, and engineering education. The
chapters present findings and discussions of relevant research
studies and theoretical frameworks for the provision of science,
technology, engineering, and technical subjects. It not only
presents successful practice examples from before and during the
COVID-19 pandemic, but also provides useful information to assist
educators in understanding the demands and challenges of digital
education. Covering topics such as ethnically diverse students,
foreign language learning, and mobile gamification, this premier
reference source is an essential resource for educators and
administrators of both K-12 and higher education, pre-service
teachers, teacher educators, librarians, government officials,
researchers, and academicians.
The promotion of sustainable urban development and livable cities
in the past three decades has effectively merged the themes of
urban health, urban sustainability, and urban livability into an
integrated research field. As more people are predicted to live in
a relatively confined space, the balance between the physical/built
environment, social environment, and urban dwellers becomes more
delicate. Urban systems have evolved to be more complex than ever
during this process. While complex systems often offer relative
stability, delicate balance requires carefully designed plans and
management to avoid collapse. It is, hence, of great interest and
importance to know what future sustainable and livable cities look
like. Intersecting Health, Livability, and Human Behavior in Urban
Environments considers how to improve the quality of the
environment and healthy living in contemporary and future urban
environments. Covering key topics such as environmental health,
smart cities, and urban health, this premier reference source is
ideal for policymakers, government officials, scholars,
researchers, academicians, instructors, and students.
Global environmental challenges such as climate change, rapid
urbanization, and human influence on the environment continue to
grow. Many of these resulting risks lead to diseases and negative
impacts on health and quality of life. It is now essential to
develop more sustainable and healthy environments with greater
focus on prevention by targeting the root causes of disease. Urban
communities comprise a high concentration of services, consumption,
and waste and represent an unsustainable pattern of urbanization
that accelerates the decline of global ecosystems services rather
than supporting them through the compensatory contributions of
peri-urban and rural areas. By focusing on reducing environmental
and social risk factors, almost a quarter of the global burden of
disease can be avoided through better health promotion strategies
and improved prevention and hygiene measures. Urban Sustainability
and Energy Management of Cities for Improved Health and Well-Being
highlights the interdisciplinary connections between the
environment and human health, focusing on new ideas and suggestions
for promoting both sustainable development and human health and
well-being. It creates a new approach to the analysis of human
impacts on the natural environment and, conversely, determines how
the environment can modulate human lifestyles and health.
Furthermore, this book explores opportunities and challenges urban
communities face as they seek to become sustainable systems
embedded in their diverse and complex social and environmental
contexts. Covering topics such as affordable housing, ecological
waste materials, and urban health, this premier reference source is
an essential resource for environmentalists, civil engineers,
government officials, architects, libraries, students and educators
of higher education, urban planners, researchers, and academicians.
The promotion of sustainable urban development and livable cities
in the past three decades has effectively merged the themes of
urban health, urban sustainability, and urban livability into an
integrated research field. As more people are predicted to live in
a relatively confined space, the balance between the physical/built
environment, social environment, and urban dwellers becomes more
delicate. Urban systems have evolved to be more complex than ever
during this process. While complex systems often offer relative
stability, delicate balance requires carefully designed plans and
management to avoid collapse. It is, hence, of great interest and
importance to know what future sustainable and livable cities look
like. Intersecting Health, Livability, and Human Behavior in Urban
Environments considers how to improve the quality of the
environment and healthy living in contemporary and future urban
environments. Covering key topics such as environmental health,
smart cities, and urban health, this premier reference source is
ideal for policymakers, government officials, scholars,
researchers, academicians, instructors, and students.
Due to the recent global pandemic, educators of science and
technology have had to pivot and adapt their delivery to create
alternative virtual means of delivery. The COVID-19 pandemic has
influenced a rapid change in teaching and learning in higher
education. It is reshaping curriculum demands, the 21st century
digital competence challenges, and learning technologies. These
changes in education are likely to endure well past the COVID-19
pandemic, making it crucial for educators to consider teaching and
learning under the perspectives of digital education and
innovation. Advancing STEM Education and Innovation in a Time of
Distance Learning highlights the contemporary trends and challenges
in science, technology, mathematics, and engineering education. The
chapters present findings and discussions of relevant research
studies and theoretical frameworks for the provision of science,
technology, engineering, and technical subjects. It not only
presents successful practice examples from before and during the
COVID-19 pandemic, but also provides useful information to assist
educators in understanding the demands and challenges of digital
education. Covering topics such as ethnically diverse students,
foreign language learning, and mobile gamification, this premier
reference source is an essential resource for educators and
administrators of both K-12 and higher education, pre-service
teachers, teacher educators, librarians, government officials,
researchers, and academicians.
Global environmental challenges such as climate change, rapid
urbanization, and human influence on the environment continue to
grow. Many of these resulting risks lead to diseases and negative
impacts on health and quality of life. It is now essential to
develop more sustainable and healthy environments with greater
focus on prevention by targeting the root causes of disease. Urban
communities comprise a high concentration of services, consumption,
and waste and represent an unsustainable pattern of urbanization
that accelerates the decline of global ecosystems services rather
than supporting them through the compensatory contributions of
peri-urban and rural areas. By focusing on reducing environmental
and social risk factors, almost a quarter of the global burden of
disease can be avoided through better health promotion strategies
and improved prevention and hygiene measures. Urban Sustainability
and Energy Management of Cities for Improved Health and Well-Being
highlights the interdisciplinary connections between the
environment and human health, focusing on new ideas and suggestions
for promoting both sustainable development and human health and
well-being. It creates a new approach to the analysis of human
impacts on the natural environment and, conversely, determines how
the environment can modulate human lifestyles and health.
Furthermore, this book explores opportunities and challenges urban
communities face as they seek to become sustainable systems
embedded in their diverse and complex social and environmental
contexts. Covering topics such as affordable housing, ecological
waste materials, and urban health, this premier reference source is
an essential resource for environmentalists, civil engineers,
government officials, architects, libraries, students and educators
of higher education, urban planners, researchers, and academicians.
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