UNESCO - Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (UNESCO-EOLSS)

 

The Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) is an integrated compendium of twenty one encyclopedias. “EOLSS is one of the largest e-Books repositories on the Web, dedicated to the health, maintenance and future of the web of life on planet Earth, focusing on the complex connections among all the myriad aspects from natural and social sciences through water, energy, land, food, agriculture, environment, biodiversity, health, education, culture, engineering and technology, management, development and environmental security carrying knowledge for our times. It has been developed under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). It is regarded as the world’s largest comprehensive professional publication carrying state-of-the-art, high quality, peer reviewed, thematically organized archival content in many traditional disciplines and interdisciplinary subjects with including the coverage of transdisciplinary pathways. The contributions are from thousands of scholars from over 100 countries and edited by more than 350 subject experts. It also includes up-to-date coverage of various aspects of sustainable development that are relevant to the current state of the world.”

The EOLSS body of knowledge An integrated compendium of Twenty one Encyclopedias Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Mathematical Sciences Biological, Physiological and Health Sciences Biotechnology Tropical Biology and Conservation Management Land Use, Land Cover and Soil Sciences Social Sciences and Humanities Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology resources Control Systems, Robotics and Automation Chemical Sciences Engineering and Technology Resources Water Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources Energy Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources Environmental and Ecological Sciences,Engineering and Technology Resources Food and Agricultural Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources Human Resources Policy, Development and Management Natural Resources Policy and Management Development and Economic Sciences Institutional and Infrastructural Resources Technology, Information and System Management Resources Area studies (Africa, Brazil, Canada and USA, China, Europe, Japan, Russia) Desalination and Water Resources (DESWARE)

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