Assessing Progress Towards Sustainability: Frameworks, Tools and Case Studies 1st Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780323858519,0323858511,9780323897990, 0323897991
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- ISBN 10: 0323897991
- ISBN 13:9780323897990
- Author: Carmen Teodosiu, Silvia Fiore, Almudena Hospido
Assessing Progress toward Sustainability: Frameworks, Tools, and Case Studies provides practical frameworks for measuring progress toward sustainability in various areas of production, consumption, services and urban development as they relate to environmental impact. A variety of policies/strategies or frameworks are available at national and international levels. This book presents an integrated approach to sustainability progress measurement by considering both the frameworks and methodological developments of various tools, as well as their implementation in assessing the sustainability of processes, products and services through a global perspective.
Combining methods and their application, the book covers a variety of topics, including lifecycle assessment, risk assessment, nexus thinking, and connection to SDGs. Organized clearly into three main sections –Frameworks, Tools, and Case Studies–this book can serve as a practical resource for researchers and practitioners alike in environmental science, sustainability, environmental management and environmental engineering.
Table contents:
Chapter 1: An integrated approach to assess the sustainability progress
Chapter 2: Sustainable development and its goals
Chapter 3: Sustainability and the circular economy
Chapter 4: The food–energy–water nexus approach
Chapter 5: The European Green Deal in the global sustainability context
Chapter 6: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment-based tools
Chapter 7: Footprint tools
Chapter 8: The combined use of life cycle assessment and data envelopment analysis to analyse the environmental efficiency of multi-unit systems
Chapter 9: Territorial Life Cycle Assessment
Chapter 10: Environmental impact and risk assessment
Chapter 11: Multi-criteria decision-making
Chapter 12: Life cycle assessment for eco-design in product development
Chapter 13: Life Cycle Assessment for the design of a pilot recovery plant
Chapter 14: LCA and food and personal care products sustainability: Case studies of Thai riceberry rice products
Chapter 15: Environmental and economic sustainability of cocoa production in west sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 16: Environmental assessment of urban water systems: LCA case studies
Chapter 17: Environmental sustainability in energy production systems
Chapter 18: Sustainability assessment of biotechnological processes: LCA and LCC of second-generation biobutanol production
Chapter 19: Footprint assessment of solid waste management systems
Chapter 20: How can we validate the environmental profile of bioplastics? Towards the introduction of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) in the value chains
Chapter 21: Conclusions
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