Sustainability : fundamentals and applications

Summary: "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 sustainability in environmental, industrial, agricultural and food security, carbon cycle, infrastructural aspects. The motivation is to convince the reader about the essentiality of sustainability in ensuring the propitious future of earth systems. The book consists of two parts: Part 1 covers the fundamentals, whereas Part 2 mainly focuses on different applied aspects of sustainability"--

Record details

ISBN: 1119433967
ISBN: 9781119433965
ISBN: 1119434033
ISBN: 1119434017
ISBN: 9781119434016
ISBN: 1119433894
ISBN: 9781119433897
ISBN: 9781119434030
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxiv, 656 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2020]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 18, 2020).