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Quantitative assessment of sustainability and sustainable development = principles, processes, and challenges /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Quantitative assessment of sustainability and sustainable development/ by Ashok K. Singh.
其他題名:	principles, processes, and challenges /
作者:	Singh, Ashok K.
出版者:	Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland : : 2025.,
面頁冊數:	xvi, 490 p. :ill. (chiefly color), digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
標題:	Environmental and Sustainability Education. -
電子資源:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-83852-1
ISBN:	9783031838521

Quantitative assessment of sustainability and sustainable development = principles, processes, and challenges /
Singh, Ashok K.

Quantitative assessment of sustainability and sustainable developmentprinciples, processes, and challenges /[electronic resource] :by Ashok K. Singh. - Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2025. - xvi, 490 p. :ill. (chiefly color), digital ;24 cm.

1 Introduction -- 2 Principles and Characterization of Sustainability Assessment -- 3 Indicators and Indices for Sustainability Assessment -- 4 Analytical Criteria for Selection of Sustainability Indicators -- 5 Remote Sensing of Sustainability -- 6 Thermodynamics-Based Sustainability Indicators -- 7 Assessment of Urban and Rural Sustainability -- 8 Social Sustainability Assessment -- 9 Economic Sustainability I -- 10 Economic Sustainability II -- 11 Assessment of Global and Environmental Sustainability -- 12 Application of Fuzzy Logic Based Multiple-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) Approaches for Assessment of Sustainability -- 13 Conclusions and Future Perspectives.

This volume discusses and analyses the use of quantitative indicators to assess sustainability across sectors, with the goal of offering readers the tools to choose and validate indicators. Sustainability (SU) and sustainable development (SD) are critical for survival of humanity, but fraught with both definitional and measurement issues. SU and SD are complex multidimensional processes exhibiting (i) social, cultural, and economic variabilities, (ii) a lack of unified definition, and (iii) conceptual vagueness. These deficiencies complicate attempts to measure the effectiveness of SU/SD efforts and make comparisons across programs and geographies difficult. This book explains, in clear terms, the causes, consequences, and assessment of SU and SD deficiencies. An indicator developed for one geographical or climate region may or may not accurately assess sustainability status of another system in different region. That is why, in spite of plenty indicators currently available, there is a need to validate existing or new indicators to assess sustainability. This book develops a database of indicators targeting different aspects of SU and SD and discusses the indicators' elasticity, range, advantages and disadvantages. The book also provides theoretical and applied information regarding selection of indicators online and/or design new indicators. This volume is targeted toward faculty and graduate/postgraduate scholars working in research areas relevant to sustainability, especially those looking for assessment methodologies and advice on selection and validation of relevant indicators.

ISBN: 9783031838521

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-83852-1doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1171846
Environmental and Sustainability Education.

LC Class. No.: HC79.E5

Dewey Class. No.: 338.927

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