The energy and utilities sector is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by decentralizedfinance (DeFi) and blockchain technologies. As sustainability becomes a global priority, theseinnovations offer new pathways to enhance transparency, efficiency, and resilience acrossenergy systems.This volume examines how DeFi enables the tokenization of renewable energy assets,supporting peer-to-peer trading and unlocking new financial models. It explores the use...

Digital Transformation in Aviation Industry Operations explores the transformative technologies driving a new era in aviation, focusing on solutions that streamline operations, enhance passenger experience, promote safety, and support sustainable practices. This book provides a comprehensive look at how digital tools are reshaping the airline industry.Focusing on emerging technologies, this textbook offers the most up-to-date treatment of the ways digital innovations are t...

This book gathers cutting-edge scholarship on how entrepreneurship, innovation, and inclusive policy can unlock the full potential of rural economies across the Global South. Fourteen rigorously researched chapters chart a panoramic journey: from value-added processing of grain legumes in Zimbabwe and Indonesia's youth-led agribusiness incubators, to women-centred agripreneurship, resilient Farmer Producer Organisations, and fintech platforms that widen digital financial inclusion. Contrib...

This book explores the cutting-edge intersection of artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic, and sustainable agriculture. Written in accessible language, this comprehensive volume brings together insights from leading experts to address the pressing challenges facing global food systems in the era of climate change. From multi-factorial yield forecasting to adaptive fertilizer prescription, the book covers a wide range of innovative applications. It examines how emerging technologies like sat...

Green Policies and Augmented Reality in InsurTech: Catalysts for Sustainability and Innovation offers a timely and in-depth exploration of the convergence between environmental sustainability and advanced technologies within the insurance sector. As the industry responds to the dual pressures of climate change and rapid digital transformation, this contributed work examines how green policies and augmented reality (AR) are reshaping insurance practices, unlocking new market opport...

This book comprehensively explores the multifaceted issues shaping rural areas today. It thoroughly examines the socio-economic, environmental, and technological challenges and opportunities that rural communities come across. It broadly covers from social capital and governance models to health, employment, and cultural sustainability. It offers insights into contemporary challenges and innovative solutions and is crucial for those involved in rural development policy, research, and pract...

This book introduces a novel integration of Federated Learning with the vision of Healthcare 5.0 to enable secure, adaptive, and intelligent health systems. It presents cutting-edge frameworks that support decentralized model training across medical institutions while preserving patient privacy and ensuring compliance with data regulations.Focusing on real-world use cases, such as predictive diagnostics, edge-based patient monitoring, personalized medicine, and surgical robotics, i...

This new volume is an exploration that weaves together the varied threads of green energy technologies, sustainable practices, and innovative strategies across multiple sectors. This book emerges at a crucial juncture in our global environmental narrative, where the urgency of sustainable solutions need to meet an unprecedented technological evolution. It serves as a comprehensive guide for those committed to the cause of advancing green energy and sustainable methodologies.Gre...

Digital Transformation and Innovation in Higher Education: Faculty Development and Student-Centric Paradigms is a comprehensive, practice-oriented roadmap to academic transformation. Spanning thirteen chapters, it addresses people and platforms alike, covering lifelong learning, digital literacy, AI integration, blended and online learning, analytics-driven quality assurance, student-centric models, income-generating online programs, policy reforms, benchmarking, active learning, and immer...

Advances in Data Science Driven Technologies (Volume 5): Data-Informed Leadership in Higher Education is an executive playbook for institutional excellence. It demonstrates how purposeful faculty development, human-centred design, and data-informed leadership transform technology investments into improved learning outcomes, equity, and graduate success. Spanning thirteen chapters, the book moves from people to platforms—building the educator’s toolkit, embedding analytics-driven quality as...

Digital Transformation and Innovation in Higher Education: Faculty Development and Student-Centric Paradigms is a comprehensive, practice-oriented roadmap to academic transformation. Spanning thirteen chapters, it addresses people and platforms alike, covering lifelong learning, digital literacy, AI integration, blended and online learning, analytics-driven quality assurance, student-centric models, income-generating online programs, policy reforms, benchmarking, active learning, and immer...

Advances in Data Science Driven Technologies (Volume 5): Data-Informed Leadership in Higher Education is an executive playbook for institutional excellence. It demonstrates how purposeful faculty development, human-centred design, and data-informed leadership transform technology investments into improved learning outcomes, equity, and graduate success. Spanning thirteen chapters, the book moves from people to platformsmdash;building the educatorrsquo;s toolkit, embedding analytics-driven ...