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Treatise on Sustainability Science and Engineering

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. I.S. Jawahir

    1. Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, Inst. for Sustainable Manufacturing(ISM) Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, Lexington, USA

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  2. S.K. Sikdar

    1. Nat. Risk Management Research Lab-USEPA, Cincinnati, USA

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  3. Y. Huang

    1. Department of Chemical Engineering and M, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA

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  • Provides important insights into sustainability metrics
  • Contributes to the growing interest in life cycle assessment
  • Interwoven chapters will be useful in many disciplines
  • Offers a wide spectrum of research on sustainability science and engineering

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Sustainable Supply/Value Chains

    1. Meeting the Challenge of Sustainable Supply Chain Management

      • Joseph Fiksel
      Pages 269-289

    2. Sustainable Consumption and Production: Quality, Luxury and Supply Chain Equity

      • Roland Clift, Sarah Sim, Philip Sinclair
      Pages 291-309

    3. Transforming Supply Chains to Create Sustainable Value for All Stakeholders

      • Fazleena Badurdeen, Thomas J. Goldsby, Deepak Iyengar, I.S. Jawahir
      Pages 311-338
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About this book

This book is aimed at providing a comprehensive overview of recent developments in sustainability science and engineering. The book focuses on principles and practices and presents 18 interwoven chapters on four major themes: design for sustainability; sustainability metrics and analysis; sustainable energy; and sustainable supply/value. Significant, state-of-the-art work, methodologies, practices and plans are presented by researchers, technology developers and industry leaders. Topics discussed include: life cycle assessment; product end-of-life options; practical approaches to sustainability; environmental footprint assessment; biofuels; and sustainable supply chain management.

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“This four-part volume … focuses on four key topics: design, sustainability metrics, sustainable energy, and sustainable supply chain management. … this is an important book with significant content for those who are interested in applications of sustainability science and engineering. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners.” (L. E. Erickson, Choice, Vol. 51 (6), February, 2014)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, Inst. for Sustainable Manufacturing(ISM) Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, Lexington, USA

    I.S. Jawahir

  • Nat. Risk Management Research Lab-USEPA, Cincinnati, USA

    S.K. Sikdar

  • Department of Chemical Engineering and M, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA

    Y. Huang

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