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Record Nr.

UNINA9910437940203321

Titolo

Sustainability Appraisal: Quantitative Methods and Mathematical Techniques for Environmental Performance Evaluation / / edited by Marina G Erechtchoukova, Peter A Khaiter, Paulina Golinska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

3-642-32081-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

EcoProduction, Environmental Issues in Logistics and Manufacturing, , 2193-4614

Disciplina

658.408

Soggetti

Environmental engineering

Biotechnology

Sustainable development

Environmental economics

Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology

Sustainable Development

Environmental Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Sustainability indicators: development and application -- Formal methods for organization’s environmental performance evaluation -- Sustainable resource management -- Environmental monitoring for sustainability assessment -- Quantitative methods and models for environmental assessment -- Eco-efficiency and business opportunities for sustainable performance -- Environmental-economic accounting.

Sommario/riassunto

One of the most important issues in developing sustainable management strategies and incorporating ecodesigns in production, manufacturing and operations management is the assessment of the sustainability of business operations and organizations’ overall environmental performance. The book presents the results of recent studies on sustainability assessment. It provides a solid reference for researchers in academia and industrial practitioners on the state-of-



the-art in sustainability appraisal including the development and application of sustainability indices, quantitative methods, models and frameworks for the evaluation of current and future welfare outcomes, recommendations on data collection and processing for the evaluation of organizations’ environmental performance, and eco-efficiency approaches leading to business process re-engineering.