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• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Brief Contents
• Contents
• Preface
• PART I Introduction and Motivation
• 1 The Basis of Human Well-Being
• 1.1 Trends in Human Development
• 1.2 What Does Human Well-Being Depend On?
• 1.3 Ecosystem Goods and Services
• 1.4 What about Saving the Planet?
• 1.5 Summary
• 1.6 Review Questions
• References
• 2 Status of Ecosystem Goods and Services
• 2.1 Fuels
• 2.2 Materials
• 2.3 Water
• 2.4 Food
• 2.5 Soil
• 2.6 Air Quality Regulation
• 2.7 Climate Regulation
• 2.8 Water Quality Regulation
• 2.9 Net Primary Productivity
• 2.10 Pollination
• 2.11 Biodiversity
• 2.12 Overall Status
• 2.13 Summary
• 2.14 Review Questions
• References
• 3 Sustainability: Definitions and Challenges
• 3.1 Definitions
• 3.2 Nature of Environmental Problems
• 3.2.1 Energy-Efficient Lighting
• 3.2.2 Sustainable Transportation
• 3.3 Nature of the Sustainability Challenge
• 3.3.1 Need for Sustainable Engineering
• 3.3.2 Wicked Nature of Sustainability
• 3.4 Requirements for Sustainability
• 3.5 Approaches Toward Sustainable Engineering
• 3.6 Summary
• 3.7 Review Questions
• References
• PART II Reasons for Unsustainability
• 4 Economics and the Environment
• 4.1 The Free Market Economy
• 4.2 Environmental Externalities
• 4.3 Discounting and Benefit–Cost Analysis
• 4.4 Substitutability
• 4.5 A Scientific View of the Economy
• 4.6 Summary
• 4.7 Review Questions
• References
• 5 Business and the Environment
• 5.1 Pre-1980s: Environmental Protection as a Threat
• 5.2 Post-1980s: Environmental Protection as an Opportunity
• 5.3 Modern View: Corporate Sustainability
• 5.4 The Future of Corporate Sustainability, by Joseph Fiksel
• 5.5 Summary
• 5.6 Review Questions
• References
• 6 Science, Engineering, and the Environment
• 6.1 The Attitude
• 6.2 The Approach
• 6.2.1 Reductionism
• 6.2.2 Holism
• 6.3 The Outcome
• 6.4 Summary
• 6.5 Review Questions
• References
• 7 Society and the Environment
• 7.1 Cultural Narrative
• 7.2 Ecological Literacy
• 7.3 Political Aspects
• 7.4 Ethics, Morals, and Religion
• 7.5 Summary
• 7.6 Review Questions
• References
• PART III Sustainability Assessment
• 8 Goal Definition and Scope
• 8.1 Nature of Life Cycle Networks
• 8.2 Steps in Assessing Life Cycle Networks
• 8.3 Goal Definition and Scope
• 8.3.1 Functional Unit
• 8.3.2 Life Cycle Boundary
• 8.4 Summary
• 8.5 Review Questions
• References
• 9 Inventory Analysis
• 9.1 Sources of Data
• 9.2 Calculations
• 9.3 Uncertainty
• 9.4 Summary
• 9.5 Review Questions
• References
• 10 Mathematical Framework
• 10.1 Process Network Analysis
• 10.1.1 Mathematical Framework
• 10.1.2 Allocation Methods
• 10.2 Input–Output Analysis
• 10.2.1 Mathematical Framework
• 10.2.2 Environmentally Extended Input–Output Models
• 10.3 Hybrid Models
• 10.4 Summary
• 10.5 Review Questions
• References
• 11 Footprint Assessment
• 11.1 Carbon Footprint
• 11.2 Water Footprint
• 11.3 Characteristics of Footprint Methods
• 11.4 Review Questions
• References
• 12 Energy and Material Flow Analysis
• 12.1 Energy Analysis
• 12.2 Energy Analysis of Processes
• 12.3 Net Energy Analysis
• 12.4 Material Flow Analysis
• 12.5 Summary
• 12.6 Review Questions
• References
• 13 Exergy Analysis
• 13.1 Concept of Exergy
• 13.2 Exergy Flow in Systems
• 13.3 Exergetic Assessment
• 13.3.1 Improving Efficiency
• 13.3.2 Exergy Analysis of Technologies
• 13.3.3 Exergy Analysis of Economies
• 13.4 Summary
• 13.5 Review Questions
• References
• 14 Cumulative Exergy Consumption and Emergy Analysis
• 14.1 Cumulative Exergy
• 14.2 Aggregation and Resource Quality
• 14.3 Exergy Flow in Ecological and Economic Systems
• 14.4 Emergy Analysis
• 14.4.1 Emergy of Natural Resources
• 14.4.2 Emergy Algebra
• 14.4.3 Aggregate Metrics
• 14.5 Summary
• 14.6 Review Questions
• References
• 15 Life Cycle Impact Assessment
• 15.1 Steps in Life Cycle Impact Assessment
• 15.1.1 Classification into Impact Categories
• 15.1.2 Characterization into Common Units
• 15.1.3 Normalization and Weighting
• 15.1.4 End-Point Assessment
• 15.2 Software for Sustainability Assessment
• 15.3 Summary
• 15.4 Review Questions
• References
• 16 Ecosystem Services in Sustainability Assessment
• 16.1 Synergies Between Human and Natural Systems
• 16.2 Ecosystem Services in Life Cycle Assessment
• 16.2.1 Goal and Scope Definition
• 16.2.2 Inventory Analysis
• 16.2.3 Impact Assessment
• 16.2.4 Interpretation and Improvement
• 16.3 Computational Structure
• 16.4 Satisfying the Requirements for Sustainability
• 16.5 Summary
• 16.6 Review Questions
• References
• PART IV Solutions for Sustainability
• 17 Designing Sustainable Processes and Products
• 17.1 Techno-Economic Analysis and Design
• 17.1.1 Costs and Earnings
• 17.1.2 Time Value of Money
• 17.1.3 Profitability Metrics
• 17.2 Eco-Efficiency
• 17.3 Process and Product Design
• 17.3.1 Evolution of Engineering Design
• 17.3.2 Decisions with Multiple Objectives
• 17.3.3 Heuristic Design
• 17.4 Shortcomings
• 17.5 Summary
• 17.6 Review Questions
• References
• 18 Ecosystem Ecology
• 18.1 Characteristics of Ecosystems
• 18.2 Material Cycles and Energetics
• 18.2.1 Food Web
• 18.2.2 Biogeochemical Cycles
• 18.2.3 Energy Transformation
• 18.3 Dynamics of Ecosystems
• 18.3.1 Nature of Ecosystem Dynamics
• 18.3.2 Understanding Ecosystem Dynamics
• 18.4 Summary
• 18.5 Review Questions
• References
• 19 Industrial Symbiosis and the Circular Economy
• 19.1 Biomimetic Product Innovation
• 19.2 Industrial Symbiosis
• 19.3 The Circular Economy
• 19.4 Summary
• 19.5 Review Questions
• References
• 20 Ecosystems in Engineering
• 20.1 Traditional Ecological Knowledge
• 20.2 Nature-Based Solutions
• 20.2.1 Ecological Engineering
• 20.2.2 Green Infrastructure
• 20.3 Techno-Ecological Synergy
• 20.3.1 Motivation
• 20.3.2 Approach
• 20.4 Summary
• 20.5 Review Questions
• References
• 21 Economic Policies
• 21.1 Internalizing Externalities
• 21.1.1 Non-Market-Based Policies
• 21.1.2 Market-Based Policies
• 21.2 Inclusive Wealth
• 21.3 Summary
• 21.4 Review Questions
• References
• 22 Societal Development
• 22.1 Individual Action
• 22.2 Belief and Value Systems
• 22.3 Worldviews and Future Scenarios
• 22.3.1 Worldviews: Technological Optimist or Skeptic?
• 22.3.2 Toward a Good Anthropocene
• 22.4 Summary
• 22.5 Review Questions
• References
• Index