Sustainability for Engineering and Science

A Multidisciplinary approach

Silvia Serranti, Francesco Cioffi, Livio De Santoli, Angelo Lalli, Fausto Manes, Luca Persia, Davide Shingo Usami, Davide Astiaso Garcia

• Publisher: Routledge
• Edition: 1
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Print ISBN:
  9781032975740
  9781032978376
• Subtopic: Environment & Energy Policy
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040681435
• Index: Biological Sciences

Sustainability for Engineering and Science provides a comprehensive overview of sustainability issues related to the built environment and in line with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda. It presents a broad interdisciplinary coverage of topics by instructors from Sapienza University of Rome, covering energy transition, sustainable use of resources and circular economy, sustainable mobility, hydroclimatology and water cycle sustainability, ecology and ecosystem services and the related legal framework. By presenting a compendium of themes in an introductory but technically exact way, this challenges students to recognise their interrelation and demonstrates the need for specialists to work in the overarching context.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Author Biography
• Preface
• Introduction to the concept of sustainability and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
• Chapter 1 Energy and environmental sustainability: Relevant SDGs: 7, 11, 12, and 13
• Chapter 2 Raw materials and recycling: Relevant SDGs: 12, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, and 15
• Chapter 3 Sustainable mobility: Relevant SDGs: 11, 3, and 13
• Chapter 4 Water sustainability: A hydroclimatological perspective (Relevant SDGs: 6, 11, 13, 14, and 15)
• Chapter 5 Ecology and ecosystem systems: Relevant SDGs: 15, 3, 11, 13 and 14
• Chapter 6 The law of sustainable development in the policies and regulations of the European Union: Relevant SDGs: 16, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15
• Index