Assessing progress toward sustainability frameworks, tools and case studies /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Teodosiu, Carmen, Fiore, Silvia, Hospido, Almudena
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2022.
Temas:
Sustainable development.
D�eveloppement durable.
sustainable development.
Sustainable development
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Assessing Progress towards Sustainability: Frameworks, Tools and Case Studies
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • About the editors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1: An integrated approach to assess the sustainability progress
  • 1. The challenges of sustainable development and sustainability progress
  • 2. The book vision and approach
  • 2.1. Frameworks used to evaluate the sustainability progress
  • 2.2. Assessment tools for sustainability-Methodological issues
  • 2.3. Implementation concepts and case studies
  • References
  • Section I: Frameworks for assessing sustainability
  • Chapter 2: Sustainable development and its goals
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The relationships between the SDGs and sustainability
  • 3. Indicators and the perception of scientists on their ability to reach each SDG
  • 4. The lack of a universal scientific model linking the SDGs and sustainability
  • 5. Concluding remarks
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Sustainability and the circular economy
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. A brief history of sustainability
  • 1.2. Circularity and sustainability
  • 2. Material resource efficiency
  • 2.1. Re-use, remanufacturing, and recycling
  • 2.2. Material reprocessing and energy recovery
  • 3. Structural changes
  • 3.1. Redeployment: Labour in the performance economy
  • 3.2. Socialising business practices: Beyond the profit motive
  • 3.3. Dematerialisation and employment
  • 3.4. Localisation of activities: `Small is beautiful
  • 3.5. Implications for global trade
  • 4. Drivers for a sustainable economy
  • 5. Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Chapter 4: The food-energy-water nexus approach
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Important streams of nexus research
  • 2.1. Analytical perspective
  • 2.2. Sector combinations
  • 2.3. Application
  • 3. Defining the `food-energy-water nexus as a framework
  • 4. Discussion
  • 5. Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 5: The European Green Deal in the global sustainability context
  • 1. A `Decade of Action for sustainability
  • 2. The European Green Deal
  • 3. Sustainability science in support to the European Green Deal
  • 4. Beyond the European Green Deal
  • 4.1. Shapes of green deals
  • 4.2. Green deals in times of economic recovery
  • 4.3. The international dimension of the European Green Deal
  • 5. Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Section II: Assessment tools for sustainability- methodological issues
  • Chapter 6: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment-based tools
  • 1. What Life Cycle Thinking means: A system approach to sustainability
  • 1.1. The need to cultivate a life cycle perspective
  • 1.2. Life cycle methodologies for sustainability assessment: Understanding tools and criteria
  • 2. Environmental Life Cycle Assessment
  • 2.1. Processes and flows
  • 2.2. A techno-economic network
  • 2.3. The nature-industry boundary
  • 2.4. Life Cycle Impact Assessment

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