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Globalization and telecoupling are enhancing the complexity of the coupled socio-ecological system constituted by the interaction between the global ecosphere and the anthroposphere. As a result, the demand for tools to identify transformative innovations, assess future risks, and support precautionary decisions for sustainability is growing by the day in business and politics. Scenarios are a means of simplification, reducing the real-world complexity to a limited number of essential factors to analyze their interactions and support policy formulation, with indicators as communication and monitoring tools. In particular, in a time of fake news and alternative truths a critical reflection amongst producers and users of scenarios and indicators is overdue; the capability for critical self-reflection is what distinguishes science from pseudo-science, and is a condition of trust. The authors of this book test established measurement and modeling approaches against new challenges, assess the weaknesses of prevailing innovation theories and the political-ideological embedment of archetypical scenarios, highlight deficits in taking the physical basics into account, and the need to understand global interaction and the stepwise process of energy transitions, point out technical as well as conceptual weaknesses in data collection, harmonization and indicator generation, always with a view to solving problems.

sustainable development goals --- science-policy interface --- long-wave theory --- scenarios --- tweets --- sustainability indicators --- models and modes of science --- environmental innovation --- energy supply --- renewable energy --- gross domestic product --- GDP --- bio-economics --- data needs --- fake news --- European Tourism Indicator System (ETIS) --- climate change --- goals --- Agenda 2030 --- Visit South Sardinia --- tourist destination --- indicators --- monitoring --- modelling --- institutions --- sustainable development --- grid flexibility --- global indicator framework --- microdata --- decision-making --- world views --- SDGs --- Germany --- challenges --- values --- sustainable production and consumption --- policies --- sustainability transition --- storage --- stakeholders --- innovation systems --- societal impact --- fossil energy system --- multi-level perspective --- household consumption --- biodiversity --- agency --- evolutionary economics --- energy transition --- material footprint --- transformation --- sustainable tourism --- opportunities --- policy advice --- international inequality --- resource indicator --- curtailment

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The recently established Sustainable Development Goals call for a paradigm shift in the way that buildings and infrastructures are conceived. The construction industry is a major source of environmental impacts, given its great material consumption and energy demands. It is also a major contributor to the economic growth of regions, through the provision of useful infrastructure and generation of employment, among other factors. Conventional approaches underlying current building design practices fall short of covering the relevant environmental and social implications derived from inappropriate design, construction, and planning. The development of adequate sustainable design strategies is therefore becoming extremely relevant regarding the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Agenda Goals for Sustainable Development. This book comprises 11 chapters that highlight the actual research trends in the construction sector, aiming to increase the knowledge on sustainable design practices by highlighting the actual practices that explore efficient ways to reduce the environmental consequences related to the construction industry, while promoting social wellbeing and economic development. The chapters collect papers included in the Special Issue “Trends in Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure” of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

multi-scale assessment --- hierarchical relational modeling --- cascading impacts --- adaptive capacity --- infrastructure integrated planning --- road network --- decentralization optimization --- green housing --- neuro decision matrix --- neuro correlation matrix --- video neuro-advertising --- COPRAS and ViNeRS Methods --- multivariate design and multiple criteria analysis --- bridges --- sustainability --- design --- life cycle assessment --- greenhouse gas --- environmental impact --- cable-stayed bridge --- life-cycle assessment --- sustainable construction --- life cycle costing --- environmental externalities --- indicator --- multi-criteria decision analysis --- civil engineering --- bridge --- local spatial planning stage --- policy decision-making --- social network analysis --- convergence analysis --- text mining analysis --- biopolymer --- numerical simulation --- micro-behavior --- green technology --- Archimedean screw turbine --- green energy --- resilient structures --- mega infrastructure projects --- operation and maintenance management --- assessment level --- indicator system --- sustainable development --- LCIA --- LCCA --- SILA --- GDP --- green building --- policy evolution --- bibliometric analysis --- text mining --- China