Cover
Editor Biographies
List of Contributors
Preface
Part I: Fundamentals and Framework
1. 1 Introduction to Sustainability and Sustainable Development
  1. 1.1 Background and Definition
  2. 1.2 Basic Concepts and Issues
  3. 1.3 Evolution of Sustainability and Sustainable Development
  4. 1.4 Challenges and Solutions
  5. 1.5 Adaptation and Resilience
  6. 1.6 Economic, Ecological, Social, Technological and Systems Perspectives
  7. 1.7 Conclusions
  8. References
2. 2 The Need, Role and Significance of Sustainability
  1. 2.1 Introduction
  2. 2.2 Three Pillars of Sustainability
  3. 2.3 Primary Goals of Sustainability
  4. 2.4 Significance of Sustainability
  5. 2.5 Challenges Toward Sustainability
  6. 2.6 Sustainable Future
  7. 2.7 Conclusions
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. References
3. 3 Sustainable Development: Dimensions, Intersections and Knowledge Platform
  1. 3.1 Introduction
  2. 3.2 Understanding Complex Systems
  3. 3.3 Dimensions of Sustainable Development: Economic Dimension
  4. 3.4 Dimensions of Sustainable Development: Environmental Dimension
  5. 3.5 Dimensions of Sustainable Development: Social Dimension
  6. 3.6 Mapping Social Development Through Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  7. 3.7 Sustainable Development Indicators
  8. 3.8 Exploring Knowledge Systems for Sustainability
  9. 3.9 Conclusion
  10. References
4. 4 Measurement of Sustainability
  1. 4.1 Introduction
  2. 4.2 Types and Choice of Indicators
  3. 4.3 Framework of Lifecycle-Based Sustainability Metrics
  4. 4.4 Technological Aspects of Supply Chain and Process Sustainability
  5. 4.5 Sustainable Economy Indices
  6. 4.6 Environmental Indicator for Manufacturing Competitiveness
  7. 4.7 Monitoring and Evaluation Processes
  8. 4.8 Conclusion
  9. References
5. 5 Sustainable Impact Assessment
  1. 5.1 Introduction
  2. 5.2 Types of Impact Assessment (IA)
  3. 5.3 Sustainable Impact Assessment (SIA)
  4. 5.4 Advantages of Conducting Sustainable Impact Assessment
  5. 5.5 Recent Evolution of Impact Assessment
  6. 5.6 Different Approaches of SIA
  7. 5.7 Determining Criteria for Sustainability
  8. 5.8 Procedure to Follow Impact Assessment
  9. 5.9 ToSIA – Software Tool for Sustainable Impact Assessment
  10. 5.10 Case Studies for Use of Sustainable Impact Assessment
  11. 5.11 Conclusions
  12. Acknowledgment
  13. References
6. 6 Analytical Tools and Methodologies to Evaluate Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations with Special Reference to Asia
  1. 6.1 Introduction
  2. 6.2 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations
  3. 6.3 Planning and Decision Making Methodologies for the Sustainable Development Goals
  4. 6.4 Tools to Tackle Interlinked Goals and Policy Incoherence
  5. 6.5 Carrying Capacity (CC)
  6. 6.6 Evalution Models Under Uncertainty
  7. 6.7 Adaptive Management
  8. 6.8 Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA)
  9. 6.9 Multiattribute Utility Theory
  10. 6.10 Conclusions
  11. References
7. 7 Resilience Engineering and Quantification for Sustainable Systems
  1. 7.1 Introduction
  2. 7.2 Resilience and Sustainability: Definitions, Differences and Similarities
  3. 7.3 Technical Purposes of Resilience Engineering
  4. 7.4 Resilience Assessment Approaches
  5. 7.5 Indicators for Quantifying Successful Resilience and Sustainability
  6. 7.6 Some Resilient Systems and Associated Codes/Standards
  7. 7.7 Communal Resilience and Built Environment Sustainability
  8. 7.8 Risk Analysis and Resilience
  9. 7.9 Integration of Sustainability and Resilience
  10. 7.10 Conclusions
  11. References
Part II: Dimensions and Different Aspects
1. 8 Economic Development and Sustainability
  1. 8.1 Introduction
  2. 8.2 Different Perspectives of Economic Development
  3. 8.3 Indicators for Economic Development
  4. 8.4 Economic Development for Sustainability
  5. 8.5 Economic Policies for Sustainable Development
  6. 8.6 Economic Development and Environment
  7. 8.7 Economic Analysis of Sustainable Development
  8. 8.8 Future Directions for Achieving Economic Sustainable Development
  9. 8.9 Conclusions
  10. Acknowledgment
  11. References
2. 9 Social Dimensions of Sustainability
  1. 9.1 Introduction
  2. 9.2 Concepts and Definitions of Social Sustainability
  3. 9.3 Social Sustainability
  4. 9.4 Dimensions of Social Sustainability
  5. 9.5 Gaps in Dimensions of Social Sustainability
  6. 9.6 Research-based Policies and Federal Perspective Toward Social Sustainability
  7. 9.7 Social Sustainability – an Integrated Approach
  8. 9.8 Safety and Security
  9. 9.9 Future Perspective and Conclusions
  10. Acknowledgment
  11. References
3. 10 Social Engineering and Sustainability: Revisiting Popper's “Piecemeal Approach”
  1. 10.1 Introduction
  2. 10.2 Emergence of Sustainability on the Global Agenda
  3. 10.3 Concept of Social Engineering
  4. 10.4 Karl Popper's Description of Social Engineering
  5. 10.5 Social Engineering as a Tool for Sustainable Development
  6. 10.6 Promoting Sustainable Consumption and Bio-Politics of Sustainability
  7. 10.7 Social Engineering, Sustainability and Industrial Production
  8. 10.8 Conclusions
  9. References
4. 11 Environment Modeling for Sustainable Development
  1. 11.1 Introduction
  2. 11.2 Environmental Indicators in the Context of Sustainable Development
  3. 11.3 Overview of Sustainable Development
  4. 11.4 Role of Sustainability in Environmental Development
  5. 11.5 Case Studies: Sustainability Management
  6. 11.6 Modeling of Sustainability
  7. 11.7 Modeling Tools for Sustainable Development Policies: Vision 2030 – United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
  8. 11.8 Summary
  9. References
5. 12 Biodiversity and Sustainability
  1. 12.1 Introduction
  2. 12.2 Threats to Biodiversity
  3. 12.3 Role of Biodiversity in Sustainable Development
  4. 12.4 Trends of Biodiversity
  5. 12.5 Conclusions
  6. References
6. 13 Sustainability of Ecosystem Services (ESs)
  1. 13.1 Introduction
  2. 13.2 Historical Evolution of Ecosystem Services Definition
  3. 13.3 Framework for Assessing Ecosystem Services
  4. 13.4 Utilization of Ecosystem Services for Sustainable Development
  5. 13.5 Recent Advances in Mapping and Measuring Multiple Services
  6. 13.6 Possible Approaches for Sustainable Use of Ecosystem Services
  7. 13.7 Challenge and Interlinkage Themes for Researchers
  8. 13.8 Future Directions and Conclusions
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. References
7. 14 Sustainable Infrastructure
  1. 14.1 Infrastructure − An Introduction
  2. 14.2 Mitigation Policies
  3. 14.3 Strategic Environmental Assessment
  4. 14.4 Recycling Reuse and Reclamation
  5. 14.5 Reverse Logistics
  6. 14.6 Deconstruction
  7. 14.7 Summary
  8. References
8. 15 Industrial Practices in Sustainability
  1. 15.1 Introduction
  2. 15.2 Causes of Environmental Deterioration
  3. 15.3 Effects of Environmental Degradation
  4. 15.4 Human-Induced Eye-Opening Environmental Incidents
  5. 15.5 Sustainable Development
  6. 15.6 Benefits of Being a Sustainable Business
  7. 15.7 How to Achieve Sustainable Development
  8. 15.8 Commitment Toward the Environment
  9. 15.9 Future Action Needed
  10. References
9. 16 Challenges of Sustainability in Agricultural Management
  1. 16.1 Introduction
  2. 16.2 An Overview of Indian Agriculture
  3. 16.3 Agricultural Sustainability: Environmental, Economic and Social Perspectives
  4. 16.4 Challenges to Agricultural Sustainability
  5. 16.5 Road to Sustainable Agriculture: Possible Solutions
  6. 16.6 Conclusions
  7. References
10. 17 Food Security and Sustainability
  1. 17.1 Introduction
  2. 17.2 Food Needs
  3. 17.3 Population Growth
  4. 17.4 Impact of Climate Change on Food Security
  5. 17.5 International Case Studies
  6. 17.6 Biofuels and Food Security
  7. 17.7 Water–Energy–Food Security Nexus
  8. 17.8 Genetically Modified Foods for Food Security
  9. 17.9 Horizontal Gene Transfer for Food Security
  10. 17.10 Future Plans for Food Security
  11. Acknowledgments
  12. References
11. 18 Sustainable Healthcare Systems
  1. 18.1 Introduction
  2. 18.2 Classification of Healthcare Systems
  3. 18.3 Sustainability and Healthcare Systems
  4. 18.4 Sustainability Challenges in Healthcare Systems
  5. 18.5 Categories of Sustainability in Healthcare Systems
  6. 18.6 Overview of Sustainable Healthcare Systems
  7. 18.7 Conclusion
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. References
12. 19 Ethical Aspects of Sustainability
  1. 19.1 Introduction
  2. 19.2 Juxtaposing Ethics, Morality and Sustainable Development
  3. 19.3 Approaches to Ethics
  4. 19.4 The Neoliberal Era and Adaptation into the Sustainability Framework
  5. 19.5 Global Flora and Sustainability
  6. 19.6 Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change: Ethical Perspective
  7. 19.7 Conclusions
  8. References
13. 20 Education and Human Resource Development for Sustainability
  1. 20.1 Introduction
  2. 20.2 Education for Sustainability
  3. 20.3 Objectives of Education for Sustainable Development
  4. 20.4 Potential Improvements via Education for Sustainable Development
  5. 20.5 Global Education and Global Actions of ESD
  6. 20.6 Sustainability as Human Resource Development
  7. 20.7 HRD Indicators
  8. 20.8 Change in HRD for Sustainability
  9. 20.9 HRD Resources for Sustainable Development
  10. 20.10 Conclusion
  11. Acknowledgments
  12. References
Part III: Applications
1. 21 Climate Change Adaptation for Sustainable Management of Water in India: Issues and Challenges
  1. 21.1 Introduction
  2. 21.2 Climate Change Challenges to India's Water Management
  3. 21.3 Adaptation Approaches
  4. 21.4 Water Management Institutions and Their Role in Adaptation
  5. 21.5 Indian Water Institutions
  6. 21.6 Recent Initiatives to Address Climate Change in India
  7. 21.7 Adaptation for Sustainability: Two Examples
  8. 21.8 Discussion and Conclusion
  9. References
2. 22 Sustainability of Carbon Storage and Sequestration
  1. 22.1 Introduction
  2. 22.2 Carbon Sources and Sinks
  3. 22.3 Types of Carbon Sequestration
  4. 22.4 Methods for Quantification of Soil Organic Carbon Stocks
  5. 22.5 Adaptation and Mitigation Policy for Carbon Management
  6. 22.6 Conclusions
  7. References
3. 23 Environmental Degradation and Sustainability
  1. 23.1 Introduction
  2. 23.2 Desertification and Associated Sustainable Strategies
  3. 23.3 Environmental Pollution and Associated Impacts
  4. 23.4 Snow Ablation and Glacier Retreat
  5. 23.5 Dams and Resettlement
  6. 23.6 Strategies for Sustainable Development While Addressing Environmental Pollution and Degradation
  7. 23.7 Future Trends
  8. 23.8 Conclusions
  9. References
4. 24 Sustainability of River Water Resources Under the Influence of Climate Change
  1. 24.1 Introduction
  2. 24.2 Effects of Global Warming on Observed Changes
  3. 24.3 Water Stress – the Supply Demand Balance
  4. 24.4 Impacts of Climate Change on Glaciers and Mountainous Water Resources
  5. 24.5 Sustainable Management of River Water Resources
  6. 24.6 Case Studies
  7. 24.7 Conclusions
  8. References
5. 25 Sustainable Systems for Groundwater Resource Management
  1. 25.1 Introduction
  2. 25.2 Occurrence and Distribution
  3. 25.3 Groundwater Usage in the World
  4. 25.4 Two Main Challenges
  5. 25.5 Toward Groundwater Sustainability
  6. 25.6 Looking for Possible Solutions: Primary Solutions
  7. 25.7 Intuitional and Organizational Reforms: Secondary Solutions
  8. 25.8 Conclusions
  9. References
6. 26 Sustainability and Energy Management in Facilities for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  1. 26.1 Introduction
  2. 26.2 Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  3. 26.3 Approaches for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  4. 26.4 Sustainable Energy Derived from Wastewater
  5. 26.5 Conclusions
  6. References
7. 27 Energy Needs for Sustainable Buildings and Transportation
  1. 27.1 Introduction
  2. 27.2 Building and Energy
  3. 27.3 Energy for Transportation
  4. 27.4 Conclusions
  5. References
8. 28 Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Sustainability
  1. 28.1 Introduction
  2. 28.2 Remote Sensing for Earth Observation (EO) and Data Acquisition
  3. 28.3 Sustainable Resource Management Using Remote Sensing and GIS
  4. 28.4 Case Study
  5. 28.5 Future Perspectives
  6. 28.6 Conclusions
  7. References
9. 29 Artificial Intelligence and Computational Sustainability
  1. 29.1 Introduction
  2. 29.2 Basic Elements of AI Implementation
  3. 29.3 Concept of Computational Sustainability
  4. 29.4 Computational Sustainability and Ecological Preservation
  5. 29.5 Potential Applications of AI in Various Sectors
  6. 29.6 AI for UN Sustainable Development Goals
  7. 29.7 Challenges Associated with AI
  8. 29.8 AI and Its Socio-Economic Impact
  9. 29.9 AI for Developing Countries: A Case Study of Zimbabwe
  10. 29.10 Conclusions and Future Prospects
  11. References
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List of Tables

Chapter 1
1. Table 1.1 Important sustainability issues and key actions.
2. Table 1.2 Important sustainable development challenges and solutions.
3. Table 1.3 Paradigms of sustainable development.
Chapter 2
1. Table 2.1 Objectives for a better sustained world under the 2030 Agenda.
Chapter 3
1. Table 3.1 Sustainable development aggregate indicators.
Chapter 4
1. Table 4.1 Traditional vs sustainable indicators.
Chapter 5
1. Table 5.1 Difference betweenenvironmental impact assessment (EIA) and strateg...
2. Table 5.2 Comparison of different types of impact assessments.
3. Table 5.3 Difference betweensustainable impact assessment (SIA) and any other...
4. Table 5.4 Principles and criteria for sustainability according to Western Aus...
5. Table 5.5 Different conceptions ofsustainable impact assessment (SIA).
6. Table 5.6 Indicators for sustainability inforest wood chains (FWCs).
7. Table 5.7 Different tools for evaluation of sustainability with their advanta...
Chapter 6
1. Table 6.1 The Sustainable Development Goals.
2. Table 6.2 Scoring the influence of one Sustainable Development Goal or target...
3. Table 6.3 Classification of type and nature of Sustainable Development Goal i...
4. Table 6.4 Steps in limits to acceptable change.
5. Table 6.5 Social loss matrix for timber harvesting strategies.
6. Table 6.6 Overall index score for goal 2 for five hypothetical countries.
Chapter 7
1. Table 7.1 Difference between resilience theory approach and sustainability sc...
2. Table 7.2 International sustainability tools.
3. Table 7.3 Score guide for resilience assessment.
4. Table 7.4 Agencies responsible for issuing standards and codes to build resil...
5. Table 7.5 Integration of resilience and environmental preservation in theHyog...
Chapter 8
1. Table 8.1 Comparison between economic growth and economic development.
2. Table 8.2 Different methods reported in literature for carbon mitigation.
3. Table 8.3 Carbon mitigation using cyanobacteria, macroalgae and microalgae.
4. Table 8.4 Economic indicators for sustainability and possible data sources.
Chapter 9
1. Table 9.1 Factors affecting social sustainability.
2. Table 9.2 The list of short-term macroeconomic policies for post-conflict nat...
3. Table 9.3 The list of long-term macroeconomic policies for post-conflict nati...
4. Table 9.4 Short-term macroeconomic policy for resource-rich countries.
5. Table 9.5 Long-term macroeconomic policy for resource-rich countries.
Chapter 11
1. Table 11.1 Characterization of category indicator results (International Orga...
2. Table 11.2 Sustainability practice in the construction industry (Pero et al. ...
3. Table 11.3 Relationships between levels of performance and approaches to buil...
4. Table 11.4 Energy requirements and greenhouse gas emissions in desalination p...
5. Table 11.5 Energy and fuel savings in different hybridization of desalination...
6. Table 11.6 Guidelines in implementing the modeling framework (Liu et al. 2008...
Chapter 13
1. Table 13.1 Tools for decision support in ecosystem services.
2. Table 13.2 Future directions of ecosystem services and their importance.
Chapter 15
1. Table 15.1 Main factors contributing to environmental degradation.
2. Table 15.2 Approaches to achieve a sustainable development.
Chapter 16
1. Table 16.1 Role and responsibilities of different practitioners in promoting ...
Chapter 17
1. Table 17.1 Conditions of malnutrition in the World for the year 2016, data de...
2. Table 17.2 The generation (I, II, III and IV) feedstocks and production metho...
Chapter 18
1. Table 18.1 Main health models used in the world (International Health Care Sy...
2. Table 18.2 Features from the three main components of sustainability in healt...
3. Table 18.3 Complementary factors that contribute to sustainability in healthc...
Chapter 20
1. Table 20.1 Goal classification of the post-2015 development agenda and post-2...
Chapter 22
1. Table 22.1 List of literature showing the prediction of soil organic carbon f...
Chapter 23
1. Table 23.1 Major air pollutants: descriptions, sources and effects.
2. Table 23.2 Sources of MSW.
3. Table 23.3 Major types of hazardous waste encountered in contaminated sites.
4. Table 23.4 Glacial lake outburst flood events in the past five decades (Goswa...
5. Table 23.5 Major federal environmental statutes enacted in the US.
Chapter 25
1. Table 25.1 Worldwide sectorial groundwater use.
Chapter 26
1. Table 26.1 Indicators for the evaluation of sustainability using multiple ind...
2. Table 26.2 Some wastewaters suitable for bioproduction.
3. Table 26.3 Different wastewater facilities used for sustainable production of...
4. Table 26.4 Distinct kinds ofmicrobial fuel cells (MFCs) for sustainable treat...
Chapter 27
1. Table 27.1 Estimated oil yield from different feedstocks (Atabani et al. 2012...
2. Table 27.2 Oil content in different microalgae species (Illman et al. 2000; M...
Chapter 28
1. Table 28.1 Resilience analysis of seven states in northeast India.
Chapter 29
1. Table 29.1 Contributions of artificial intelligence to United Nations' Sustai...

List of Illustrations

Chapter 1
1. Figure 1.1 Illustration of sustainable development and the three pillars of ...
2. Figure 1.2 Four distinct stages of the adaptive cycle.
3. Figure 1.3 The environmental Kuznets curve.
4. Figure 1.4 Conceptual system model.
Chapter 2
1. Figure 2.1 Three pillars of sustainability.
2. Figure 2.2 Dimensions of social sustainability (Martin et al. 2002).
3. Figure 2.3 The relationships between the human system, social system and glo...
4. Figure 2.4 The lifecycle assessment of products.
Chapter 3
1. Figure 3.1 Conceptual model of human interactions within an earth system fra...
2. Figure 3.2 A depiction of the relationship between the dimensions of sustain...
3. Figure 3.3 Interventions that are required to support the transition to a gr...
4. Figure 3.4 Conceptual diagram of sustainable development within planetary en...
5. Figure 3.5 Five conduction steps for knowledge exchange in a system.
Chapter 4
1. Figure 4.1 The interconnectivity among sustainable indicators.
2. Figure 4.2 Steps involved in framing of the assessment of the lifecycle-base...
3. Figure 4.3 Categorization of indicators to induce manufacturer competitivene...
4. Figure 4.4 Steps involved in the monitoring and evaluation.
Chapter 5
1. Figure 5.1 Integration of environmental, social and economic considerations....
2. Figure 5.2 Advantages of sustainable impact assessment.
3. Figure 5.3 Sequential steps of conducting sustainable impact assessment (SIA
4. Figure 5.4 ToSIA work flow for conduction of sustainable impact assessment (
5. Figure 5.5 Material flow calculations for forest wood chains (FWCs).
Chapter 7
1. Figure 7.1 Classification of resilience assessment approaches.
2. Figure 7.2 (a) Sustainability and resilience before integration and (b) inte...
3. Figure 7.3 Resilience and sustainability integration process.
Chapter 8
1. Figure 8.1 Types of unemployment in an economy.
2. Figure 8.2 Factors of economic growth.
3. Figure 8.3 A microalgal system for simultaneous biofuel production and CO₂ m...
Chapter 9
1. Figure 9.1 Dimensions of social sustainability.
2. Figure 9.2 Integrated governance.
3. Figure 9.3 Binary orientation.
Chapter 11
1. Figure 11.1 Relationship of sustainable development with social, environment...
2. Figure 11.2 The number of articles on sustainability in various fields (Lint...
3. Figure 11.3 An increase in publishing frequency on the concept of sustainabi...
4. Figure 11.4 Sustainability paradigm (Basiago 1999; CIB 1999).
5. Figure 11.5 The nine planetary boundaries.
6. Figure 11.6 Stages for an LCA (International Organization for Standardizatio...
7. Figure 11.7 DPSIR system (Dong and Hauschild 2017).
8. Figure 11.8 (a) Global greenhouse gas emissions by gas (IPCC 2007). (b) Glob...
9. Figure 11.9 Social and economic aspect of building (BEAM 2012).
10. Figure 11.10 Variances in scope between green and sustainable building schem...
11. Figure 11.11 Strategies and actions for sustainable development (CIB 1999)....
12. Figure 11.12 Evaluation of the performance of the buildings.
13. Figure 11.13 Possible combinations of desalination technologies with renewab...
Chapter 12
1. Figure 12.1 Deforestation as a root threat to biodiversity.
2. Figure 12.2 Major indicators of ocean biodiversity stressors.
3. Figure 12.3 Major threats related to land and soil degradation.
Chapter 13
1. Figure 13.1 Main categories of ecosystem services.
2. Figure 13.2 Classification of ecosystem services.
3. Figure 13.3 Five models for mapping and measuring ecosystem services.
4. Figure 13.4 Connection among different themes for establishing sustainable m...
Chapter 14
1. Figure 14.1 Steps involved in strategic environmental assessment and how it ...
Chapter 15
1. Figure 15.1 Impact of human activities on environment, human health and biod...
2. Figure 15.2 Focused areas to achieve climate protection.
Chapter 16
1. Figure 16.1 Agricultural workers from 1951–2011. Source:
2. Figure 16.2 Percentage of change in different land use classifications. Sour...
3. Figure 16.3 Contribution of agriculture to GDP. Source:
4. Figure 16.4 Agricultural growth rate. Source:
5. Figure 16.5 Area and crop yields of different major crops in India during 19...
6. Figure 16.6 Per capita net availability of food grains (kg/year) during 1950...
7. Figure 16.7 Gross capital formation in agriculture.
8. Figure 16.8 Percentage of agricultural exports and import during 1990–2015....
Chapter 17
1. Figure 17.1 Percentage details of children <5 years who suffered from stunte...
2. Figure 17.2 Statistic surveys by the Canadian Community Health Survey (2012)...
3. Figure 17.3 The framework for sustainable EU food and nutrition security (SU...
4. Figure 17.4 The production of biofuel and biodiesel around the world for the...
5. Figure 17.5 The role of the individual, the private sector and the state con...
Chapter 18
1. Figure 18.1 Sustainability healthcare components.
2. Figure 18.2 Main categories for sustainable development in the healthcare sy...
Chapter 19
1. Figure 19.1 Sustainability as a continuous platform in policymaking.
Chapter 20
1. Figure 20.1 The human resources environment.
Chapter 21
1. Figure 21.1 Institutions in the National Water Mission under the National Ac...
Chapter 22
1. Figure 22.1 Methods for measuring soil organic carbon.
2. Figure 22.2 Soil sample collection using core cutter (left) and soil sample ...
3. Figure 22.3 Effect of irrigation on SOC.
Chapter 23
1. Figure 23.1 Major aspects of environmental degradation and selected impacts ...
2. Figure 23.2 Deforestation leads to environmental degradation.
3. Figure 23.3 A framework for USEPA sustainability decisions.
4. Figure 23.4 Development of green technologies for sustainable water manageme...
5. Figure 23.5 Hong Kong waste management hierarchy for sustainable use of reso...
6. Figure 23.6 Components of water security analysis under the influence of cli...
7. Figure 23.7 Creating conditions for water sustainable urban design. Sustaina...
Chapter 24
1. Figure 24.1 Study area map.
2. Figure 24.2 Changing pattern of maximum temperature for all general circulat...
3. Figure 24.3 Changing pattern of minimum temperature (T _min) for all genera...
4. Figure 24.4 Monthly changes in maximum temperature for Representative Concen...
5. Figure 24.5 Monthly changes in minimum temperature for Representative Concen...
6. Figure 24.6 Comparison of exceedance flow for all the general circulation mo...
7. Figure 24.7 Location of demand sites in the water management model.
8. Figure 24.8 Unmet demand of command area districts for Representative Concen...
9. Figure 24.9 Location of proposed check-dam sites in the command area.
Chapter 25
1. Figure 25.1 Flowchart showing important aspects of sustainable groundwater r...
2. Figure 25.2 Groundwater flow system.
Chapter 26
1. Figure 26.1 General layout of HyVAB^® system (www.biowatertechnology.com...
2. Figure 26.2 HyVAB^® bioreactor (www.biowatertechnology.com).
3. Figure 26.3 Concept of sustainable wastewater treatment and resource recover...
4. Figure 26.4 Dual-chamber MFC for wastewater treatment and simultaneous produ...
Chapter 27
1. Figure 27.1 World energy consumption, 1990–2040 (Leahy et al. 2013).
2. Figure 27.2 Solar angles: azimuth angle and zenith angle (Ferdaus et al. 201...
3. Figure 27.3 Overhangs.
4. Figure 27.4 Sun path chart.
5. Figure 27.5 Building orientation along east–west direction (Randolph and Mas...
6. Figure 27.6 Solar heat pump.
7. Figure 27.7 Passive and active system.
8. Figure 27.8 Geothermal heat exchanger.
9. Figure 27.9 Percentage demand for different sources of energy.
10. Figure 27.10 Use of oil in different sectors.
11. Figure 27.11 Microalgae biodiesel production process.
12. Figure 27.12 Ethanol production pathways from different feedstocks.
Chapter 28
1. Figure 28.1 Seven northeastern states of India considered for this study. Th...
2. Figure 28.2 (a) Forest cover, (b) mean annual precipitation and (c) spatial ...
3. Figure 28.3 Spatial variation of (a) mean annual net primary production and ...
4. Figure 28.4 Mean annual water use efficiency over the period 2000–2014.
5. Figure 28.5 State average mean values of water use efficiency for the period...
Chapter 29
1. Figure 29.1 Impact of artificial intelligence as a factor of production on U...
2. Figure 29.2 Percentage increase in labor productivity from baseline comparis...

Editor Biographies

Dr. Rao Y. Surampalli, PE, F.AAAS, Dist. M.ASCE, received his MS and PhD degrees in Environmental Engineering from Oklahoma State University and Iowa State University, respectively. He is a registered professional engineer in the branches of civil and environmental engineering, and also a Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE) of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE) and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers (DWRE). His expertise is in bioconversion of wastes into value-added products (biodiesel, bioplastics, biofertilizers, etc.); occurrence, fate/transport and removal of emerging contaminants (e.g. pharmaceuticals, antibiotics and endocrine-disrupting chemicals) in the environment; water and wastewater treatment; solid and hazardous waste management; water resources management; recovery and reuse of resources and energy; environmental toxicity and risk of nanomaterials; bioremediation of contaminated sites and groundwater; control of greenhouse gas emissions; and climate change mitigation and adaptation. He is an Adjunct Professor at seven universities and Distinguished/Honorary Professor at six universities. Currently, he serves, or has served on 72 national and international committees, review panels or advisory boards including the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) National Committee on Energy, Environment and Water Policy. He is a Distinguished Engineering Alumnus of both the Oklahoma State and Iowa State Universities, an elected Fellow of the Water Environment Federation and International Water Association, an elected Fellow of the American Association for the advancement of Science, an elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, an elected Member of the Russian Academy of Engineering, and a Distinguished Member of the ASCE. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste, and Springer Journal of Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering, and past Vice-Chair of the Editorial Board of Water Environment Research Journal. He has authored over 600 technical publications in journals and conference proceedings, including over 300 refereed journal articles, 15 patents, 24 books and 151 book chapters.

Dr. Tian C. Zhang, PE. F.ASCE, F.AAAS, is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), USA. He received his PhD in environmental engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 1994 and joined the UNL faculty in August 1994. Professor Zhang teaches courses related to water/wastewater treatment, remediation of hazardous wastes and non-point pollution control. Professor Zhang's research involves fundamentals and applications of nanotechnology and conventional technology for water, wastewater, and stormwater treatment and management, remediation of contaminated environments and detection/control of emerging contaminants in the environment. Professor Zhang has published more than 145 peer-reviewed journal papers, 81 book chapters and 16 books since 1994. Professor Zhang is a Diplomate, Water Resources Engineer (D.WRE) of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers, a Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE) of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, an elected Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (F.ASCE), an elected Fellow of the American Association for the advancement of Science (F.AAAS) and an elected member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA). Professor Zhang is an Associate Editor of Journal of Environmental Engineering (since 2007), Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (since 2006) and Water Environment Research (since 2008). He has been a registered professional engineer in Nebraska, USA since 2000.

Dr. Manish Kumar Goyal is presently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, India. Earlier, he worked at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, and Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Dr. Goyal is actively involved in teaching and research in different areas such as water resources modeling, snowmelt hydrology, climate change, and extreme events analysis and soil carbon sequestration. He has authored more than 80 technical publications, including 15 book chapters, 50 refereed (peer-reviewed) journal articles, and 20 national and international conferences. He was awarded the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship Program to pursue research at the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Earlier, he was awarded the Young Scientist Award from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Climate Center, Busan, Republic of Korea, and he was also a recipient of the Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship award to pursue research at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. Dr. Goyal is a member of the editorial board of about half a dozen journals. He has been a peer reviewer for more than 20 international journals including Journal of Hydrology and International Journal of Climatology.

Dr. Satinder K. Brar is James and Joanne Love Chair in Environmental Engineering at the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University in Toronto, Canada. She graduated with a Master's in organic chemistry from the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India, with a Master's in technology in environmental sciences and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai, India, and a PhD in environmental biotechnology from Institut National de la Recherché Scientifique (INRS), Québec, Canada. Dr. Brar is a recipient of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award (2007) for her article titled, “Bioremediation of Hazardous Wastes – A Review,” which was published in the Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic & Radioactive Waste Management – Special issue on Bioremediation. She has also received the Rudolf gold medal (2008) for the originality of the article published in Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic & Radioactive Waste Management. Her research interests lie in the development of finished products (formulations) of wastewater and wastewater sludge-based value-added bioproducts, such as enzymes, organic acids, platform chemicals, biocontrol agents, biopesticides, butanol and biohydrogen. She is also interested in the fate of endocrine disrupter compounds, pharmaceuticals, nanoparticles and other toxic organic compounds during value addition of wastewater and wastewater sludge, in turn, finding suitable biological detoxification technologies. She is on the editorial board of Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology Journal and associate editor of two internationally reputed journals. She has won several accolades through her professional career through awards, such as outstanding young scientist in India and several others. She has more than 300 research publications, which include 4 books, 40 book chapters, 200 original research papers, 50 research communications in international and national conferences, and has registered 2 patents to her credit.

R. D. Tyagi is an internationally recognized Professor at Institut National de la Recherché Scientifique – Eau, Terre, et Environnement (INRS-ETE), University of Québec, Canada. He holds the position of Canada Research Chair (senior) on “Bioconversion of wastewater and wastewater sludge to value added products.” Professor Tyagi is a member of the Hall of Excellence of the University of Québec (Canada) and is also a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts; Academician. He conducts research on hazardous/solids waste management, water/wastewater treatment, sludge treatment/disposal, and bioconversion of wastewater and wastewater sludge into value-added products. He has developed the novel technologies of simultaneous sewage sludge digestion and metal leaching, bioconversion of wastewater sludge (biosolids) into Bacillus thuringiensis-based biopesticides, bioplastics, biofertilizers and biocontrol agents. He is a recipient of the Outstanding Scientist Award of the International Bioprocessing Association (an International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses) for significant contributions in the area of environmental biotechnology. He is also a recipient of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award, the ASCE Rudolph Hering Medal, the ASCE Wesley Horner Medal and the ASCE Best Practice Oriented Paper Award. He received the Superior Award, Excellence in Environmental Engineering Award of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers in 2015. He also received the 2010 Global Honor Award (Applied Research) of the International Water Association (IWA), the 2010 Grand Prize (University Research) of the American Academy of Environmental Engineering, the Life-Time Achievement Award (Specialist Medal, 2007) for outstanding research contributions in wastewater sludge management by the IWA, and the Excellence Award of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for industry–university collaborative research. Dr. Tyagi has published/presented over 600 papers in refereed journals, conferences proceedings and is the author of 13 books, 80 book chapters, 10 research reports and 9 patents.

List of Contributors

Alicia Kyoungjin An
School of Energy and Environment
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
China

Antonio Avalos-Ramírez
INRS
Université du Québec
Québec
Canada

Adani Azhoni
Department of Civil Engineering
National Institute of Technology Karnataka
Surathkal, Mangalore
India

Jaeho Bae
INHA University
Incheon
Republic of Korea

K.K. Bara
Department of Microbiology
Guru Nanak Dev University
Amritsar
India

Puspendu Bhunia
School of Infrastructure
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar
Odisha
India

Yann Le Bihan
Department of Civil Engineering
Lassonde School of Engineering
York University
Toronto
Canada

Lalit Borana
Discipline of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Indore
India

Satinder K. Brar
Department of Civil Engineering
Lassonde School of Engineering
York University
Toronto
Canada

Bhupinder Singh Chadha
Department of Microbiology
Guru Nanak Dev University
Amritsar
India

Yu Chen
State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering
Sichuan University
Chengdu
China

Jew Das
Discipline of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Indore
India

Bhaskar Jyoti Deka
School of Energy and Environment
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
China

Suchit Deshmukh
Discipline of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Indore
India

Rosa Galvez
Centre de Recherche Industrielle du Québec (CRIQ)
Québec
Canada

Herath Gamini
Professor of Economics
School of Business
Monash University
Malaysia

Manish Kumar Goyal
Discipline of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Indore
India

Jiaxin Guo
School of Energy and Environment
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
China

Akash Kumar Gupta
School of Infrastructure
Indian Institute of Technology
Bhubaneswar
India

Shivam Gupta
Central Agricultural University
Imphal
India

Krishnamoorthy Hegde
INRS
Université du Québec
Québec
Canada

Gilbert Hinge
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Guwahati
India

Srinidhi Jha
Discipline of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Indore
India

Rajwinder Kaur
INRS
Université du Québec
Québec
Canada

Rehan Khan
Discipline of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Indore
India

L.R. Kumar
INRS
Université du Québec
Québec
Canada

Pratik Kumar
INRS
Université du Québec
Québec
Canada

Ritunesh Kumar
Discipline of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Indore
India

Eunseok Lee
INHA University
Incheon
Republic of Korea

Pengzhi Lin
State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering
Sichuan University
Chengdu
China

F. Luo
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Wuhan
China

Dalila Larios Martinez
INRS
Université du Québec
Québec
Canada

Neeraj Mishra
Center for Wage Employment
National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
Hyderabad
India

Mitra Naghdi
INRS
Université du Québec
Québec
Canada

Carlos S. Osorio-González
INRS
Université du Québec
Québec
Canada

Preetika Kuknur Pachapur
INRS
Université du Québec
Québec
Canada

Vinayak Laxman Pachapur
INRS
CRIQ - Research Center Industrial Du Québec
Québec
Canada

A.N. Pathak
Amity University
Jaipur
India

Yong Qi
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Omaha
NE
USA

S.K. Ram
INRS
Université du Québec
Québec
Canada

Prangya R. Rout
INHA University
Incheon
Republic of Korea

Joseph Sebastian
INRS
Université du Québec
Québec
Canada

Ashutosh Sharma
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Guwahati
India

Pritee Sharma
Discipline of Economics
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Indore
India

Kanak Singh
Discipline of Economics
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Indore
India

Preetinder Singh
Ludhiana Beverages
Pvt Ltd
Jaspalon
Doraha (Ludhiana)
India

Rajneesh Singh
School of Infrastructure
Indian Institute of Technology
Bhubaneswar
India

Niranjan Suralikerimath
INRS
Université du Québec
Québec
Canada

Rao Y. Surampalli
Global Institute for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
Lenexa
KS
USA

Anita Talan
INRS
Université du Québec
Québec
Canada

R.D. Tyagi
INRS
Université du Québec
Québec
Canada

Akshaya K. Verma
Department of Civil Engineering
Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan
Bhubaneswar
India

Mausam Verma
INRS
Université du Québec
Québec
Canada

Bhoomika Yadav
INRS
Université du Québec
Québec
Canada

Tian C. Zhang
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Omaha
NE
USA

Sustainability

Fundamentals and Applications

Editor Biographies

List of Contributors

Preface

Part I
Fundamentals and Framework