TY - BOOK AU - Surampalli,Rao Y. AU - Zhang,Tian C. AU - Goyal,Manish Kumar AU - Brar,Satinder K. AU - Tyagi,R.D. TI - Sustainability : fundamentals and applications / SN - 9781119433965 (hardcover) AV - HC79.E5 .S8655 2020 PY - 2020/// CY - Haboken, New Jersey PB - John Wiley & Sons, Inc. KW - Sustainable development KW - Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I Fundamentals and Framework 1 Introduction to Sustainability and Sustainable Development 2 The Need, Role and Significance of Sustainability 3 Sustainable Development: Dimensions, Intersections and Knowledge Platform 4 Measurement of Sustainability 5 Sustainable Impact Assessment 6 Analytical Tools and Methodologies to Evaluate Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations with Special Reference to Asia 7 Resilience Engineering and Quantification for Sustainable Systems; Part II Dimensions and Different Aspects 8 Economic Development and Sustainability 9 Social Dimensions of Sustainability 10 Social Engineering and Sustainability: Revisiting Popper's "Piecemeal Approach" 11 Environment Modeling for Sustainable Development 12 Biodiversity and Sustainability 13 Sustainability of Ecosystem Services (ESs) 14 Sustainable Infrastructure 15 Industrial Practices in Sustainability 16 Challenges of Sustainability in Agricultural Management 17 Food security and sustainability 18 Sustainable Healthcare Systems 19 Ethical Aspects of Sustainability 20 Education and Human Resource Development for Sustainability; Part III Applications 21 Climate Change Adaptation for Sustainable Management of Water in India: Issues and Challenges 22 Sustainability of Carbon Storage and Sequestration 23 Environmental Degradation and Sustainability 24 Sustainability of River Water Resources Under the Influence of Climate Change 25 Sustainable Systems for Groundwater Resource Management 26 Sustainability and Energy Management in Facilities for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse 27 Energy Needs for Sustainable Buildings and Transportation 28 Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Sustainability 29 Artificial Intelligence and Computational Sustainability Index N2 - "The book provides both fundamentals as well as key concepts of sustainability. The objective is to bring together a broad range of topics including basic concepts, impact assessment, environmental and socio-economic aspects of sustainability. In addition, the book also covers applications of sustainability in environmental, industrial, agricultural and food security, carbon cycle, infrastructural aspects. The motivation is to convince the reader about the essentiality of sustainability in ensuring the propitious future of earth systems. The book consists of two parts: Part 1 covers the fundamentals, whereas Part 2 mainly focuses on different applied aspects of sustainability"-- Provided by publisher ER -