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The capacity to innovate is a fundamental resource for organizations as well as the true wealth of a society. To contribute fully to the prosperity of an organization, region or country, the innovation process - which is not only technology-based - requires the implementation of knowledge dynamics between domains that are often treated in isolation. This dynamic is based on a synergy between humans and intelligent machines.For several years, innovation has been omnipresent and part of strategic matters. The word "innovation" is in the headlines of reports, articles and business media, and is a

Reputed authors in the field of territorial economics -- The key concepts of territorial analysis : from the actors to the entrepreneurial ecosystem -- From implementation to evaluations : trajectories and coordination

This book provides an up-to-date coverage of green (vegetated) roof research, design, and management from an ecosystem perspective. It reviews, explains, and poses questions about monitoring, substrate, living components and the abiotic, biotic and cultural aspects connecting green roofs to the fields of community, landscape and urban ecology. The work contains examples of green roof venues that demonstrate the focus, level of detail, and techniques needed to understand the structure, function, and impact of these novel ecosystems. Representing a seminal compilation of research and technical knowledge about green roof ecology and how functional attributes can be enhanced, it delves to explore the next wave of evolution in green technology and defines potential paths for technological advancement and research.

Also by Mark Everard -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Of This Earth -- Microbial Planet -- Human Planet -- Realising Our Indivisibility Within Nature -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Breakthroughs in the Ascent of Humanity -- The Human Evolutionary Journey -- Humans and Fire -- Material Revolutions -- Technological Revolutions -- The Ascent of Humanity -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Chance or Choice? -- Natural Selection -- Selection in Human Endeavour -- Our Chosen Future? -- Principal Vectors of a Directed Revolution -- Writing Tomorrow's History -- Notes

"Built on a strong foundation in restoration ecology, this unique handbook provides practitioners, academics, and managers with vital tools needed to plan for ecosystem conservation, to restore degraded ecosystems, to make cost-effective restoration decisions, and to understand important legal issues. Rehabilitation of Damaged Ecosystems, Second Edition boasts three completely new chapters and five major chapter revisions. Coastal wetlands restoration, watershed rehabilitation and management, mined land reclamation, revegetation of disturbed ecosystems, and river and stream restoration are only a few of the critical topics explored in this timely reference handbook. This Second Edition provides valuable, reliable data as well as practical methods and techniques for the ongoing fight to protect natural resources and restore damaged ecosystems."--Provided by publisher.

Within knowledge‐oriented, digital‐enabled economies and open societies cities as communities, governments, businesses and people cooperate to co‐create value and develop innovation for sustainable growth. Digital business ecosystems should enable value creation and development. Technology opens new opportunities for knowledge sharing and value creation and stresses the concept of business and digital ecosystem. Information and communication technology supports sustainability and provides a platform for designing and implementing sustainable development within the society. Smart cities as communities, small and medium‐sized enterprises as companies developing innovation and governments going digital contribute to designing sustainable digital ecosystems. People, businesses, cities, communities and public organizations should contribute to co‐creating value within society. Within digital business ecosystems cities, communities, governments' agencies, businesses, civil society and people interact directly by promoting new ways for sustainable and responsible development. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Climate System -- 3 Climate Controls over Ecosystems -- 4 Ecosystem Feedbacks and Interactions with Climate -- 5 Modeling the Future -- 6 Summary and Concluding Thoughts -- Glossary -- References -- Index

This long-anticipated reference and sourcebook for California's remarkable ecological abundance provides an integrated assessment of each major ecosystem type-its distribution, structure, function, and management. A comprehensive synthesis of our knowledge about this biologically diverse state, Ecosystems of California covers the state from oceans to mountaintops using multiple lenses: past and present, flora and fauna, aquatic and terrestrial, natural and managed. Each chapter evaluates natural processes for a specific ecosystem, describes drivers of change, and discusses how that ecosystem may be altered in the future. This book also explores the drivers of California's ecological patterns and the history of the state's various ecosystems, outlining how the challenges of climate change and invasive species and opportunities for regulation and stewardship could potentially affect the state's ecosystems. The text explicitly incorporates both human impacts and conservation and restoration efforts and shows how ecosystems support human well-being. Edited by two esteemed ecosystem ecologists and with overviews by leading experts on each ecosystem, this definitive work will be indispensable for natural resource management and conservation professionals as well as for undergraduate or graduate students of California's environment and curious naturalists