Assessing Progress Towards Sustainability: Frameworks, Tools and Case Studies

Assessing Progress toward Sustainability: Frameworks, Tools, and Case Studies provides practical frameworks for measuring progress toward sustainability in various areas of production, consumption, services and urban development as they relate to environmental impact. A variety of policies/strategies or frameworks are available at national and international levels. This book presents an integrated approach to sustainability progress measurement by considering both the frameworks and methodological developments of various tools, as well as their implementation in assessing the sustainability of processes, products and services through a global perspective. Combining methods and their application, the book covers a variety of topics, including lifecycle assessment, risk assessment, nexus thinking, and connection to SDGs. Organized clearly into three main sections --Frameworks, Tools, and Case Studies--this book can serve as a practical resource for researchers and practitioners alike in environmental science, sustainability, environmental management and environmental engineering. Review Presents an integrated approach to the main assessment tools used to evaluate progress toward sustainability, considering various frameworks From the Back Cover <i>Assessing Progress toward Sustainability: Frameworks, Tools, and Case Studies</i> provides practical frameworks for measuring the progress toward sustainability in various areas of production, consumption, services, and urban development as they relate to environmental impact. A variety of policies/strategies or frameworks are available at national and international levels and the same stands for diverse sustainability assessment methods that may be applied based on specific data requirements providing simple or complex descriptions of sustainability status. This book presents an integrated approach to sustainability progress measurement by considering both the frameworks and methodological developments of various tools, as well as their implementation in assessing sustainability of processes, products, and services, through a global perspective.<br><br>Combining methods and their application, Assessing Sustainability Progress covers a variety of topics including life cycle assessment, risk assessment, nexus thinking, and connection to the SDGs. Organized clearly into three main sections --Framworks, Tools, and Case Studies--the book can serve as a practical resource for researchers and practitioners alike in environmental science, sustainability, environmental management, and environmental engineering. About the Author Carmen Teodosiu is Professor and Director of the Department of Environmental Engineering and Management from ‘Gheorghe Asachi’ Technical University of Iasi (TUIASI), Romania. She obtained her chemical engineering degree at TUIASI (1981); post-graduate diploma (1995) and a Master of Science degree with distinction in environmental science and technology (1996), both at IHE Institute of Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering, UNESCO-IHE Delft, The Netherlands; and her PhD in chemistry at TUIASI (1998). From 2008 to 2016, she was Vice-Rector for research and Director of the Doctoral Schools at TUIASI. Her research interests are in the fields of advanced wastewater treatment, integrated water resources management, and environmental and sustainability assessments. Prof. Carmen Teodosiu published more than 198 scientific papers in international peer-reviewed journals, 29 book chapters, 8 patents, Hirsch index = 26 (Scopus and Web of Science or WoS), and H = 30 (Google Scholar). She was involved, as a coordinator/principal investigator, in 224 research projects funded by European and National agencies or industries. She is a PhD supervisor in the domains of chemical and environmental engineering, and 15 candidates received their PhD titles under her supervision. Prof. Teodosiu received the Doctor Honoris Causa awa