TY - BOOK ID - 19376759 TI - Measuring Progress Towards Sustainability : A Treatise for Engineers AU - Sikdar, Subhas K. AU - Sengupta, Debalina. AU - Mukherjee, Rajib. PY - 2017 SN - 3319427172 3319427199 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Environmental Science and Engineering. KW - Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. KW - Sustainability Management. KW - Environment. KW - Industrial management KW - Chemical engineering. KW - Environmental sciences. KW - Statistics. KW - Environmental engineering. KW - Biotechnology. KW - Sustainable development. KW - Sustainable Development. KW - Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering. KW - Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences. KW - Environmental aspects. KW - Engineering. KW - Construction KW - Industrial arts KW - Technology KW - Industrial management-Environmen. KW - Development, Sustainable KW - Ecologically sustainable development KW - Economic development, Sustainable KW - Economic sustainability KW - ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) KW - Smart growth KW - Sustainable development KW - Sustainable economic development KW - Economic development KW - Statistical analysis KW - Statistical data KW - Statistical methods KW - Statistical science KW - Mathematics KW - Econometrics KW - Chemistry, Industrial KW - Engineering, Chemical KW - Industrial chemistry KW - Engineering KW - Chemistry, Technical KW - Metallurgy KW - Chemical engineering KW - Genetic engineering KW - Environmental aspects KW - Industrial management—Environmental aspects. KW - Statistics . KW - Environmental control KW - Environmental effects KW - Environmental stresses KW - Environmental health KW - Environmental protection KW - Pollution KW - Sustainable engineering KW - Environmental science KW - Science UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:19376759 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 -