Description
Systems analysis for sustainability is an emerging discipline where technologies, processes or policies are evaluated comprehensively for sustainability. Trifold sustainability metrics such as technical feasibility, economic viability and environmental impacts are commonly used to assess sustainability. In addition to these metrics, it is important to consider resource sustainability, policies and social aspects for evaluating the sustainability of any proposed alternative. Green-Economy: Systems Analysis for Sustainability provides a theoretical background to perform such analyses and detailed case studies. The first part of this book introduces methods and tools to perform technical feasibility analysis, economic viability analysis, environmental impacts assessment, environmental risk assessment, resource sustainability assessment, policy and social aspects of technologies, general logic-based sustainability assessment for green products and introduces resilience thinking. The second part of the book focuses on case studies with an emphasis on solar energy, biofuels and bioproducts from across the globe.- Covers sustainability analysis for bioeconomy- Provides theoretical background for conducting sustainability analysis- Includes case studies from around the world that use these methods- Examines techno-economic analysis, life cycle assessment, resource assessment, environmental risk analysis, policy and social aspects of technologies
Table of Contents
1. Systems Analysis: Historical background 2. Techno-economic Analysis 3. Environmental Impacts 4. Environmental Risk Analysis 5. Resource Sustainability 6. Policy, Governance and Social Aspects 7. Resilience Thinking 8. General Logic-Based Method for Assessing the Greenness of Products and SystemsPart II: Applications and Case studies 9. Biofuels in US (Bioethanol first and second generation) 10. Solar and Wind Energy in India 11. Solar and Wind Energy in US 12. Biofuels, Biopolymers and Bioproducts in India 13. Solar and Wind Energy in Europe 14. Renewable Energy and Decentralized Fertilizer Production 15. Regional Strategy of Advanced Biofuels for Transportation in West Africa 16. Advanced Biofuels for Transportation in West Africa: Common Referential State-Based Strategies 17. Semantic Sustainability Characterization: A Case Study 18. Solid Biofuels 19. Potential Value-added Products from Wineries Residues
