Sustainability : fundamentals and applications / Rao Y. Surampalli, Tian C. Zhang, Manish Kumar Goyal, Satinder K. Brar, R.D. Tyagi.

• PART I Fundamentals and Framework -- 1 Introduction to Sustainability and Sustainable Development / Prangya R. Rout, Akshaya K. Verma, Puspendu Bhunia, Rao Y. Surampalli, Tian C. Zhang, R.D. Tyagi, S.K. Brar, and M.K. Goyal -- 2 The Need, Role and Significance of Sustainability / Anita Talan, A.N. Pathak, and R.D. Tyagi -- 3 Sustainable Development: Dimensions, Intersections and Knowledge Platform / Pritee Sharma and Kanak Singh -- 4 Measurement of Sustainability / Rajneesh Singh, Akash Kumar Gupta, Puspendu Bhunia, Rao Y. Surampalli, Tian C. Zhang, Pengzhi Lin, and Yu Chen -- 5 Sustainable Impact Assessment / L.R. Kumar, Anita Talan and R.D. Tyagi -- 6 Analytical Tools and Methodologies to Evaluate Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations with Special Reference to Asia / Gamini Herath -- 7 Resilience Engineering and Quantification for Sustainable Systems / Anita Talan, Bhoomika Yadav, L.R. Kumar, and R.D. Tyagi -- PART II Dimensions and Different Aspects -- 8 Economic Development and Sustainability / L.R. Kumar, Anita Talan, and R.D. Tyagi -- 9 Social Dimensions of Sustainability / Anita Talan, R.D. Tyagi, and Rao Y. Surampalli -- 10 Social Engineering and Sustainability: Revisiting Popper’s “Piecemeal Approach” / Neeraj Mishra -- 11 Environment Modeling for Sustainable Development / Lalit Borana, Bhaskar Jyoti Deka, Jiaxin Guo, and Alicia Kyoungjin An -- 12 Biodiversity and Sustainability / Akshaya K. Verma, Prangya R. Rout, Eunseok Lee, Puspendu Bhunia, Jaeho Bae, Rao Y. Surampalli, Tian C. Zhang, Rajeshwar D. Tyagi, Pengzhi Lin, and Yu Chen -- 13 Sustainability of Ecosystem Services (ESs) / Carlos S. Osorio‐González, Niranjan Suralikerimath, Krishnamoorthy Hegde, and Satinder K. Brar -- 14 Sustainable Infrastructure / Gilbert Hinge, Rao Y. Surampalli, and Manish Kumar Goyal -- 15 Industrial Practices in Sustainability / K.K. Brar, Dalila Larios Martinez, Mitra Naghdi, Satinder K. Brar, Bhupinder Singh Chadha, Preetinder Singh, and Rao Y. Surampalli -- 16 Challenges of Sustainability in Agricultural Management / Jew Das, Srinidhi Jha, Manish Kumar Goyal, and Rao Y. Surampalli -- 17 Food Security and Sustainability / Preetika Kuknur Pachapur, Vinayak Laxman Pachapur, Satinder K. Brar, Rosa Galvez, Yann Le Bihan, and Rao Y. Surampalli -- 18 Sustainable Healthcare Systems / Carlos S. Osorio‐González, Krishnamoorthy Hegde, Satinder K. Brar, Antonio Avalos‐Ramírez, and Rao Y. Surampalli -- 19 Ethical Aspects of Sustainability / Anita Talan, Rajwinder Kaur, R.D. Tyagi, and Tian C. Zhang -- 20 Education and Human Resource Development for Sustainability / Anita Talan, and R. D Tyagi -- PART III Applications -- 21 Climate Change Adaptation for Sustainable Management of Water in India: Issues and Challenges / Adani Azhoni -- 22 Sustainability of Carbon Storage and Sequestration / Gilbert Hinge, Rao Y. Surampalli, and Manish Kumar Goyal -- 23 Environmental Degradation and Sustainability / Yong Qi, Puspendu Bhunia, Tian C. Zhang, F. Luo, Pengzhi Lin, and Yu Chen -- 24 Sustainability of River Water Resources Under the Influence of Climate Change / Shivam Gupta and Manish Kumar Goyal -- 25 Sustainable Systems for Groundwater Resource Management / Manish Kumar Goyal, Srinidhi Jha, and Rao Y. Surampalli -- 26 Sustainability and Energy Management in Facilities for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse / Joseph Sebastian, Pratik Kumar, Krishnamoorthy Hegde, Satinder K. Brar, Mausam Verma, and Rao Y. Surampalli -- 27 Energy Needs for Sustainable Buildings and Transportation / Rehan Khan, Suchit Deshmukh, and Ritunesh Kumar -- 28 Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Sustainability / Manish Kumar Goyal, Ashutosh Sharma, and Rao Y. Surampalli -- 29 Artificial Intelligence and Computational Sustainability / S.K. Ram and R.D. Tyagi. 

• Sustainability fills a gap in the literature in order to provide an important guide to the fundamental knowledge and practical applications of sustainability in a wide variety of areas. The authors – noted experts who represent a number of sustainability fields – bring together in one comprehensive volume the broad range of topics including basic concepts, impact assessment, environmental and the socio-economic aspects of sustainability. In addition, the book covers applications of sustainability in environmental, industrial, agricultural and food security, as well as carbon cycle and infrastructural aspects. Sustainability addresses the challenges the global community is facing due to population growth, depletion of non-renewable resources of energy, environmental degradation, poverty, excessive generation of wastes and more. Throughout the book the authors discuss the economics, ecological, social, technological and systems perspectives of sustainability. 

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