Sustainability fundamentals and applications
"The book provides both fundamentals as well as key concepts of sustainability. The objective is to bring together a broad range of topics including basic concepts, impact assessment, environmental and socio-economic aspects of sustainability. In addition, the book also covers applications of s...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, NJ
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
2020
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Part I Fundamentals and Framework
- 1 Introduction to Sustainability and Sustainable Development
- 2 The Need, Role and Significance of Sustainability
- 3 Sustainable Development: Dimensions, Intersections and Knowledge Platform
- 4 Measurement of Sustainability
- 5 Sustainable Impact Assessment
- 6 Analytical Tools and Methodologies to Evaluate Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations with Special Reference to Asia
- 7 Resilience Engineering and Quantification for Sustainable Systems
- Part II Dimensions and Different Aspects
- 8 Economic Development and Sustainability
- 9 Social Dimensions of Sustainability
- 10 Social Engineering and Sustainability: Revisiting Popper's "Piecemeal Approach"
- 11 Environment Modeling for Sustainable Development
- 12 Biodiversity and Sustainability
- 13 Sustainability of Ecosystem Services (ESs)
- 14 Sustainable Infrastructure
- 15 Industrial Practices in Sustainability
- 16 Challenges of Sustainability in Agricultural Management
- 17 Food security and sustainability
- 18 Sustainable Healthcare Systems
- 19 Ethical Aspects of Sustainability
- 20 Education and Human Resource Development for Sustainability
- Part III Applications
- 21 Climate Change Adaptation for Sustainable Management of Water in India: Issues and Challenges
- 22 Sustainability of Carbon Storage and Sequestration
- 23 Environmental Degradation and Sustainability
- 24 Sustainability of River Water Resources Under the Influence of Climate Change
- 25 Sustainable Systems for Groundwater Resource Management
- 26 Sustainability and Energy Management in Facilities for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- 27 Energy Needs for Sustainable Buildings and Transportation
- 28 Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Sustainability
- 29 Artificial Intelligence and Computational Sustainability
- Index