Assessing Progress Towards Sustainability

Frameworks, Tools and Case Studies

Carmen Teodosiu, Silvia Fiore, Almudena Hospido

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9780323858519
• eBook ISBN: 9780323897990
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Environmental Law
• Index: Biological Sciences

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. - Offers an integrated approach to sustainability assessment using the most up-to-date frameworks and tools - Includes extensive, diverse case studies to illustrate the methods and process for using the frameworks and tools outlined - Provides practical insights related to challenges and opportunities to reduce environmental impacts and increase resources and energy efficiency

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• About the editors
• Acknowledgements
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• 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
• Index
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