Sustainable Resource Management: Modern Approaches and Contexts

472 Pages·2021·11.485 MB·English

by  Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain (editor), Juan F. Velasco-Munoz (editor)

Sustainable Resource
Management
Modern Approaches and Contexts
Edited by
Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain
Department of Chemistry and Environmental
Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology,
University Heights, Newark, NJ, United States
Juan F. Velasco-Mun~oz
Department of Economy and Business,
Research Centre CIAIMBITAL, University of
Almería, Almería, Spain

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I would like to dedicate this book to my beloved GOD
“Mera Pyarey Allah”
Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain
I would like to dedicate this book to my partner and my parents
Juan F. Velasco-Mu~noz

Contents
Contributors xiii
Editors’ biography xvii
Preface xix
1 Evolution of theconceptofsustainability. From BrundtlandReport
to sustainabledevelopment goals 1
MohammadhadiHajian andSomayeh Jangchi Kashani
1 Introduction 1
2 The concept ofsustainable development 2
3 The definitionof sustainable development 4
4 The trend ofsustainable development 4
5 The evolutionof sustainabledevelopment concept 5
6 Indicator development 6
7 Environmentalsustainability 8
8 Sustainable development goals 13
9 Conclusions 22
References 23
Furtherreading 24
2 Areasof sustainability: environment,economy,and society 25
MilanMajerník, Jana Na(cid:1)s(cid:1)c(cid:3)akov(cid:3)a,Marcela Malind(cid:1)z(cid:3)akov(cid:3)a,
Peter Dr(cid:3)abik and Lucia Bedn(cid:3)arov(cid:3)a
1 Areas of sustainability: environment,economy, andsociety 25
2 Conclusion 45
References 46
Furtherreading 47
3 Evolution and trends of sustainableapproaches 51
M. Mar Serrano-Arcos, Belén Pay(cid:3)an-S(cid:3)anchez and
Ana Labella-Fern(cid:3)andez
1 Introduction 51
2 Emergence ofsustainable development 52
3 Approaches to sustainabilityassessment: sustainability indicators
and assessment based on life cycles 54
4 Approaches to sustainablesolutions 61
viii Contents
5 Conclusions 65
References 66
4 Modern ageof sustainability: supplychainresource management 75
BelénPay(cid:3)an-S(cid:3)anchez, Ana Labella-Fern(cid:3)andezand
M. Mar Serrano-Arcos
1 Introduction 75
2 Sustainable supply chain management 76
3 Practicesfor a greener and more sustainable supplychain 79
4 Sustainabilityevaluation methods 86
5 Conclusions 89
References 90
Other referencesof interest 98
5 Sustainable management of agricultural resources (agricultural
cropsand animals) 99
(cid:1)
Vladimír S. Kremsa
1 Introduction 99
2 Sustainable management of agrobiodiversity 100
3 Sustainable management of agricultural species 103
4 Sustainable management of agroecosystems 105
5 Sustainable management of agricultural landscapes 111
6 Sustainable agriculture 113
7 Sustainable rural development 118
8 Conclusions 129
9 Metascientific approach tosustainable management ofagricultural
resources 135
10 Covid-19 pandemicimpacts on agriculture, foodsecurityand
nutrition 137
Acknowledgment 140
References 140
Internetlinks 144
6 Sustainable water resources 147
Satya Prakash MauryaandRamesh Singh
1 Introduction 147
2 Water resource management system 148
3 Water resource management: an integratedapproach 150
4 Interventions ofmodern computation techniques for sustainable
water management 156
5 Concluding remarks 160
References 160
Further reading 162
Contents ix
7 Mineralsand metal Industry inthe global scenario and
environmental sustainability 163
SukanchanPalit andChaudhery Mustansar Hussain
1 Introduction 163
2 The visionof this study 163
3 The vast scientificdoctrine ofenvironmental sustainability 164
4 Sustainable resource management, integratedwaterresource
management, and thevast vision for the future 165
5 Today’s mineral and metal industry and the needs of environmental
sustainability 165
6 Recentscientific advancements in thefield ofenvironmental
sustainability 166
7 Recentscientific prowess and research endeavor inthe fieldof
environmental sustainability,wastewater treatment, and mineral
and metal industry 167
8 Industrial wastewater treatmentand mineral andmetalindustry 175
9 Heavymetaland arsenicgroundwater remediation and thefuture
of mineral and metalindustry 175
10 Future scientific recommendationsand thefuture flow of scientific
thoughts 176
11 Conclusion, summary, andscientificperspectives 176
References 177
8 Sustainable land use and management 179
Juan F. Velasco-Mu~noz, JoséA. Aznar-S(cid:3)anchez, Belén L(cid:3)opez-Felices
and Daniel García-Arca
1 Introduction 179
2 Land uses and changes 180
3 Impacts of land use changes 181
4 Sustainable land management 184
5 Sustainable land management practices 186
6 Barriersto sustainablemanagement 187
7 Future lines ofresearch 189
8 Conclusions 190
Acknowledgments 191
References 191
9 Solid wastes: alternative materials for cementitious composites
production 199
ShaswatKumar Das, Syed MohammedMustakim, AdeyemiAdesina,
Subhabrata Mishra and JyotirmoyMishra
1 Introduction 199
2 Wastesused incementitious composites 200
3 Construction and demolitionsolidwastes 212