Sikdar S.K., Sengupta D., Mukherjee R. Measuring Progress Towards Sustainability: A Treatise for Engineers

Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2017. — 290 p. — ISBN10: 3319427172Sustainability is complex in its very nature. Three dimensions, environment, society, and the economy have many variables that control sustainability. We have to first accept the fact that sustainability is a comparative concept. On this basis, we must quantitatively express the values of these variables, called indicators in this book, in a system for which we are interested in determining relative sustainability in reference to a known system of the same type. A fair comparison of the values of these indicators will tell us if we have a better or worse status of the system in sustainability terms. The basis of this book is to argue in favor of a representative aggregating scheme for the indicators so that the comparison can be done with single numbers versus a before and after comparison. The book was written for engineers and scientists engaged in technology development, assessment, and verification.Scientific Sustainability
Sustainability and Innovation
Engineering Sustainability, Needs for Metrology and Standards
Systems, Indicators, and Sustainability Assessment
Sustainability Measurement for Technology and Business Systems: Use of Currently Available Tools for Quantification
Engineering Methods for Decision Making on Relative Sustainability: Process Simulation Approaches
Statistical Algorithms for Sustainability Measurement and Decision Making
Case Studies in Sustainability Decision Making
Energy Sustainability, Water Sustainability