Sustainable Resource Management: Modern Approaches and Contexts - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128243422 ISBN 13: 9780128243428

Publisher: Elsevier, 2021

Synopsis

Sustainable Resource Management: Modern Approaches and Contexts presents the application of the current concept of sustainability to the management of natural resources, such as water, land, minerals and metals using theoretical field knowledge and illustrative real-world examples. Initially, the book defines sustainability, detailing its evolution and how it has been adapted to each of the contexts in which it is used. Furthermore, sustainability is made up of three main areas of science—environmental, social and economic—which are rarely considered together. This book is a complete reference guide to sustainability of natural resources for academics, researchers, practitioners and postgraduate-level students, and more.

As sustainability is an interdisciplinary field, linked to most sciences, it is also of use to all fields of science that need to maintain sustainable practices and specific details on the methodologies and techniques needed for sustainable resource management.

• Provides an integrated approach for modern tools, methodologies and indicators for sustainable resource management
• Evaluates emerging trends and advanced approaches in sustainable resource management, detailing the most up-to-date research and management considerations
• Describes advanced sustainable resource management technologies and presents case studies where applicable

About this title

About the Authors

Juan F. Velasco-Muñoz, is an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Almería, Spain. He is a member of the research group "Environmental and Natural Resources Economics". His research is focused on the sustainable management of resources, especially natural resources, socio-economic valuation of ecosystem services, and development of circular economy systems. Dr. Velasco-Muñoz has numerous publications on these topics in peer-reviewed journals, as well as book chapters, and contributions to conferences. In addition, he is the editor of several scientific monographs, he directs several doctoral theses on resource management and circular economy and he has been Guest Editor of the Special Issue Sustainability journal ‘Environmental Economics. Contributions to Sustainability of Agricultural Ecosystems’.

Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an Adjunct Professor and Director of Laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), United States. His research focuses on nanotechnology and advanced materials applications, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and related industries. Dr. Hussain has authored numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals and is a prolific book author and editor, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his fields of expertise.

From the Back Cover

Sustainable Resource Management: Modern Approaches and Contexts presents the application of the current concept of sustainability to the management of natural resources, both renewable and non-renewable, such as water, land, minerals, and metals; using theoretical field knowledge, as well as illustrative real-world examples. The concept of sustainability and its application in the management of scarce resources are fundamental questions for development of a sustainable future. There are many studies dealing with partial topics on sustainable resource management, but in general they offer incomplete and disjointed information. This book will provide a reference guide in applying the concept of sustainability to the management of different types of resources. This book initially defines sustainability, detailing its evolution since its introduction in 1987, and how it has been adapted to each of the contexts in which it is used. Furthermore, sustainability is made up of three main areas of science: environmental, social and economic), which are rarely considered together, so this is approached in an interdisciplinary manner.

Sustainable Resource Management: Modern Approaches and Contexts is a complete reference guide to sustainability of natural resources for academics, researchers, practitioners and postgraduate-level students of any related sustainability field, predominantly environmental science. It will also be of use to form a thorough overview of sustainable resource management to upper-level students, as well as academics, researchers and industry practitioners in the field of social sciences, life and physical sciences and engineering. As sustainability is an interdisciplinary field, linked to most sciences, it is also of use to all fields of science that need to maintain sustainable practices and specifically details the methodologies and techniques for sustainable resource management.

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0128243422
• ISBN 13: 9780128243428
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 470
• Editor: Hussain Chaudhery Mustansar, Velasco-Munoz Juan F.