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Assessing Progress Towards Sustainability

Frameworks, Tools and Case Studies

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Paperback, blz. | Engels
Elsevier Science | e druk, 2022
ISBN13: 9780323858519
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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.

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ISBN13:9780323858519
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback

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<p>1. An integrated approach to assess the sustainability progress </p> <p>SECTION 1. Frameworks for assessing sustainability<br>2. Sustainable development and its goals <br>3. Sustainability and the circular economy<br>4. The Food-Energy-Water Nexus Approach <br>5. The European Green Deal in the Global Sustainability Context </p> <p>SECTION 2. Assessment tools for sustainability- methodological issues<br>6. Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment-based Tools <br>7. Footprint Tools <br>8.  The combined use of Life Cycle Assessment and Data Envelopment Analysis to analyze the environmental efficiency of multi-unit systems<br>9. Territorial LCA <br>10. Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment <br>11.  Multi-Criteria Decision Making </p> <p>SECTION 3. Case studies for sustainability assessments<br>12. Life cycle assessment for eco-design in product development<br>13. Life Cycle Assessment for the design of a pilot Recovery Plant in the European context<br>14. LCA and food and personal care products sustainability: Case studies of Thai Riceberry rice products <br>15. Environmental and economic sustainability of cocoa production in West Sub-Saharan Africa<br>16. LCA/Sustainability assessment for urban water systems <br>17. Environmental sustainability in energy production systems <br>18. Sustainability assessment of biotechnological processes: LCA and LCC of second-generation biobutanol production <br>19. Footprint assessment of municipal solid waste management systems <br>20. How can we validate the environmental profile of bioplastics? Towards the introduction of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) in the value-chains.<br>21. Conclusions </p>

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