Evolution and Trends of Sustainable Approaches : Latest Development and Innovations in Science and Technology Applications

Evolution and Trends of Sustainable Approaches: Latest Development and Innovations in Science and Technology Applications provides different trends and approaches within the sustainability framework to assess their impact and offer possible solutions to problems facing the global sustainability paradigm. This book evaluates sustainability assessment approaches which support different levels of both decision-making and policy processes, thereby improving the management of natural and human systems. This book explores sustainable firm solutions, the upward trend of sustainability, and its variants.

At the same time, different existing approaches are analyzed. These sustainable assessment approaches can be applied to products, services and technologies as well as business models, such as the Product-Service-System (PSS), Circular Economy (CE), Industrial Symbiosis (IS), and Supply Chain (SC). Finally, the book explores Sustainability Indicators (SIs), which are widely used to measure and communicate progress towards sustainable development, along with Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA), balancing the three dimensions of sustainability (environmental, social and economic).

• Explores innovative strategies and advanced trends of sustainable approaches, engineering, and industrial applications
• Analyzes sustainability assessments and their role in planning and project processes
• Reviews state-of-the-art sustainable technologies
• Evaluates approaches for organizations to achieve both sustainability assessment and sustainable solutions

Daniel Alejandro Rossit, PhD is an Assistant Researcher of CONICET (National Research Council of Argentina) and Teaching Assistant in the Engineering Department of the Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina. He has an Industrial Engineer degree and a PhD in Engineering. His research has focused on production problems, operations research and engineering systems optimization. He has published in journals such as Omega, International Journal of Production Research, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, among others.

Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, PhD, is an adjunct professor and director of laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research is focused on the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of around 200 books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas. He has published with several reputable publishers including Elsevier.