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Record Nr.

UNINA9910555003203321

Autore

Surampalli Rao Y.

Titolo

Sustainability : fundamentals and applications / / edited by Rao Y. Surampalli, Tian Zhang, Manish Kuma Goyal, Satinder Brar, R Tyagi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey ; ; Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-119-43403-3

1-119-43401-7

1-119-43389-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxiv, 656 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

GoyalManish Kumar

BrarSatinder

TyagiR

Disciplina

338.927

Soggetti

Sustainable development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"The book provides both fundamentals as well as key concepts of sustainability. The objective is to bring together a broad range of topics including basic concepts, impact assessment, environmental and socio-economic aspects of sustainability. In addition, the book also covers applications of sustainability in environmental, industrial, agricultural and food security, carbon cycle, infrastructural aspects. The motivation is to convince the reader about the essentiality of sustainability in ensuring the propitious future of earth systems. The book consists of two parts: Part 1 covers the fundamentals, whereas Part 2 mainly focuses on different applied aspects of sustainability"--