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1 online resource |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Sustainable development.
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sustainable development.
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Sustainable development
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Teodosiu, Carmen
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Fiore, Silvia
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Hospido, Almudena
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| ISBN |
9780323897990 |
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0323897991 |
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