Water Footprints and Sustainable Development serves as the sole comprehensive volume of the role of waste management for sustainable development. It provides an overview of Global Scenario of water footprints in water smart cities and technologies and investigates the critical factors that enable the sustainable developments of various industries in respect to water resources management. The goal of this book is to introduce the reader to the current technologies used for reducing water footprints, and to offer the necessary information and tools for sustainable development.
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1. Increasing water footprints: the NextGen Sustainability Challenge
2. Assessment of water footprints in different sectors
3. Comparative water footprint analysis of rural and urban areas
4. Drivers of the Growing Water footprint: A global scenario
5. Global Scenario of Water footprints in water smart cities
6. Water footprints towards global environmental sustainability
7. Industrial water conservation by water footprint and sustainable development goals
8. Sustainable Water Allocation and Water Footprints
9. Equitable water uses and environmental sustainability
10. Agriculture, Water footprints and virtual water trade nexus
11. Water footprint and power generation
12. Potentials and limitations of water footprints for gauging environmental sustainability
13. Strategies for the reduction of water footprints
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Water Footprints and Sustainable Development is a necessary guide to understanding water footprints thoroughly and introducing the reader to the latest techniques needed for a sustainable development
Provides detailed coverage of the role of Water, Energy and Food Nexus with respect to sustainability
Covers methods such as lifecycle assessment, sustainability assessment, multi-criteria decision-making, and multi-objective optimization modes
Includes key techniques for water resources management and sustainable development
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780443236310
Publisert
2024-08-29
Utgiver
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division; Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Vekt
890 gr
Høyde
276 mm
Bredde
216 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
318