Pathways to Environmental Sustainability Methodologies and Experiences

Pathways to Environmental Sustainability Methodologies and Experiences / edited by Roberta Salomone, Giuseppe Saija.

This book brings together, in a single volume, an overview of multiple applications of the concept of environmental sustainability, featuring examples of useful methodologies and tools for pursuing environmental targets, experiences and case studies spanning a variety of sectors, embracing both indu...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Salomone, Roberta (Editor), Saija, Giuseppe (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Economic policy.
Economics.
Environment.
Environmental management.
Sustainable development.
Environmental economics.
Management.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part I: Methodologies and tools for environmental sustainability
  • 1 Food for thought: seeking the essence of Industrial Symbiosis
  • 2 LCA and linear programming for the environmental optimization of waste management systems: a simulation
  • 3 Urban Metabolism: many open questions for future answers
  • 4 Water footprint to support environmental management: an overview
  • 5 Marketing strategies for the agri-food sector: adaptation requirements and contradictions
  • 6 Hypercritical Separation Technology (HYST): a sustainable technology for agricultural by-products valorization
  • 7 Antioxidative Effectiveness of Environment Friendly Functional Biopolymers for Food Applications
  • Part II: Experiences and case studies in productive contexts
  • 8 1997 – 2012 The environmental management system of the ST Microelectronics site of Catania is fifteen years old
  • 9 Sustainability in the food oil sector: the experience of the Oleifici Mataluni in eco-innovation projects
  • 10 Waste management and environmental impact: a case study of pharmaceutical industry
  • 11 Subcategory Assessment Method for Social LCA: a first application on the wine sector
  • 12 Human and environmental impact assessment for a soybean biodiesel production process through the integration of LCA and RA
  • 13 Energy and Environmental Assessment of Retrofit Actions on a Residential Building
  • 14 Bio-construction and renewable raw materials: the case of cork
  • 15 Studies about the utilization of citrus wastes in view of environment protection
  • 16 Prospects for the use of mini and micro wind power plants in residential settings
  • Part III: Experiences and case studies in territorial contexts
  • 17 Territorial Observatory on Sustainability in the Republic of San Marino: a case study
  • 18 The European policy for the sustainability of urban areas and the “Covenant of Mayors” initiative: a case study
  • 19 Tools for promoting environmental sustainability in Poland
  • 20 The project for the implementation of the Industrial Symbiosis Platform in Sicily: the progress after the first year of operation
  • 21 Potential developments of industrial symbiosis in the Taranto productive district
  • 22 Harmonization of documentation for EPD‑generation - the Norwegian model
  • 23 Environmentally sustainable development in the province of Belluno (Italy)
  • 24 The European Ecolabel in the tourist sector: an analysis of the Italian experience of mountain huts
  • 25 CAP and sustainability. Subsidies and biodiversity in six «Objective-1» Italian regions.

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