TY - GEN digital ID - 131687954 TI - Measuring Progress Towards Sustainability : A Treatise for Engineers AU - Sikdar, Subhas K. AU - Sengupta, Debalina AU - Mukherjee, Rajib PY - 2017 SN - 9783319427195 PB - Cham Springer International Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Statistical science KW - Industrial economics KW - General ecology and biosociology KW - Environmental protection. Environmental technology KW - Engineering sciences. Technology KW - Production management KW - Business management KW - Biotechnology KW - Chemical technology KW - BIT (biochemische ingenieurstechnieken) KW - duurzaamheid KW - industrie KW - statistiek KW - biotechnologie KW - ecologie KW - duurzame ontwikkeling KW - milieutechnologie KW - ingenieurswetenschappen KW - chemische technologie KW - statistisch onderzoek UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131687954 AB - This book is a state of the art treatise on what has been done so far on measuring sustainability for decision making. Contributions will appeal to engineers and scientists engaged in technology development, assessment, and verification. Researchers working on engineering sustainability are likely to get ideas for further research in quantifying sustainability for industrial systems. Concepts described can be applied across all scales, from process technology to global sustainability; and challenges and limitations are also addressed. Readers will discover important insights about simulation-based approaches to process design and quantitative measurement techniques of sustainability for business and technology systems. Most of the examples and case studies are from chemical enterprises but the methodologies presented could be applicable to any system for which quantitative data for indicators are available, and the choice of the set of indicators of sustainability are comprehensive. ER -