Sustainability assessment at the 21st century / / edited by Maria Jose Bastante-Ceca [and four others].

• TeilnehmendeR: José Bastante-Ceca, María,
• Place / Publishing House: London : : IntechOpen,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (198 pages)

The sustainability of the human society is endangered by the global human-ecological crisis, which consists of many global problems that are closely related to each other. In this phenomenon, the global population explosion has a central role, because more people have a larger ecological footprint, a larger consumption, more intensive pollution, and a larger emission of carbon dioxide through their activities.This book presents the current state of sustainability and intends to provide the reader with a critical perspective of how the 21st century societies must change their development model facing the new challenges (internet of things, industry 4.0, smart cities, circular economy, sustainable agriculture, etc.), in order to achieve a more liveable world.

Table of Contents

1. Introductory Chapter: The Need to Change the Paradigm - Sustainability and Development at the 21st Century -- 2. Sustainable Rural Development under Agenda 2030 -- 3. Probabilistic-Entropic Concept of Sustainable Development of the Example of Territories -- 4. Attributional and Consequential Life Cycle Assessment -- 5. Green and Sustainability in Software Development Lifecycle Process -- 6. International Cooperation for Smart and Sustainable Agriculture -- 7. Green Building Rating Systems as Sustainability Assessment Tools: Case Study Analysis -- 8. The Synergistic Impact of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Management on the Lake Kinneret Ecosystem -- 9. Rural Tourism and Territorial Development in Italy -- 10. Horizontal and Vertical Archipelagoes of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Andean Realm.