Sustainable engineering : principles and practice / Bhavik R. Bakshi, the Ohio State University.

Part I Introduction and motivation -- 1 The Basic of human well-being --2 Status of ecosystem goods and services -- 3 Sustainability: definitions and challenges -- Part II Reasons for unsustainability -- 4 Economics and the environment -- 5 Business and the environment -- 6 Science, engineering, and the environment -- 7 Society and the environment -- Part III Sustainability assessment -- 8 Goal definition and scope -- 9 Inventory analysis -- 10 Mathematical framework -- 11 Footprint assessment -- 12 Energy and material flow analysis -- 13 Energy analysis -- 14 Cumulative energy consumption and energy analysis -- 15 Life cycle impact assessment -- 16 Ecosystem services in sustainability assessment -- Part IV Solutions for sustainability -- 17 Designing sustainable processes and products -- 18 Ecosystem ecology -- 19 Industrial symbiosis and the circular economy -- 20 Ecosystems in engineering -- 21 Economic policies -- 22 Societal development.