Introduction to Sustainability Road to a Better Future /

• Main Author: Munier, Nolberto (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental management.; Ecotoxicology.; Water pollution.; Environmental Management.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.

Sustainability is an elusive concept and many have tried to define the idea of what it is. This book relies on the classical interpretation from the Brundtland report, "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generati...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Information on Sustainable Issues
• The Culture of Waste
• Sustainability in the Built Environment
• Industrial Approach to Sustainability
• Energy Sustainability
• Measuring Sustainability
• Sustainable Impact Assessment (SuIA)
• Case Example - A Community in Search of Its Future.