Sustainability: Fundamentals and Applications Hardcover - 2020
by Rao Y. Surampalli (Editor); Tian C. Zhang (Editor); Manish Kumar Goyal (Editor)
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A comprehensive resource to sustainability and its application to the environmental, industrial, agricultural and food security sectors
Sustainability: Fundamentals and Applications fills a gap in the literature in order to provide an important guide to the fundamental knowledge and practical applications of sustainability in a wide variety of areas. The editors - noted experts who represent a number of sustainability fields - bring together in one comprehensive volume the broad range of topics including basic concepts, impact assessment, environmental and the socio-economic aspects of sustainability. In addition, the book covers applications of sustainability in environmental, industrial, agricultural and food security, as well as carbon cycle and infrastructural aspects.
Sustainability addresses the challenges the global community is facing due to population growth, depletion of non-renewable resources of energy, environmental degradation, poverty, excessive generation of wastes and more. Throughout the book the editors discuss the economics, ecological, social, technological and systems perspectives of sustainability. This important resource:
- Explores the fundamentals as well as the key concepts of sustainability;
- Covers basic concepts, impact assessment, environmental and socio-economic aspects, applications of sustainability in environmental, industrial, agricultural and food security, carbon cycle and infrastructural aspects;
- Argues the essentiality of sustainability in ensuring the propitious future of earth systems; and
- Authored by experts from a range of various fields related to sustainability.
Written for researchers and scientists, students and academics, Sustainability: Fundamentals and Applications is a comprehensive book that covers the basic knowledge of the topic combined with practical applications.
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- Title Sustainability: Fundamentals and Applications
- Author Rao Y. Surampalli (Editor); Tian C. Zhang (Editor); Manish Kumar Goyal (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 704
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley
- Date 2020-06-08
- ISBN 9781119433965 / 1119433967
- Weight 2.91 lbs (1.32 kg)
- Dimensions 9.7 x 6.8 x 1.4 in (24.64 x 17.27 x 3.56 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Sustainable development
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2019051966
- Dewey Decimal Code 338.927
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