Sustainability Science: An Integrated Approach

Sustainability science is the field that is concerned with the study of the interaction among humans, the environment and engineered systems for the understanding of complex challenges that threaten the sustainment of life on earth. It also focuses on the development of solutions to counter these issues. Some of the threats to life support systems of the Earth include climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation. Sustainability science is an upcoming field of science that has undergone rapid development over the past few decades. It combines the principles of scientific, natural, social and economic sciences to study the data obtained from diverse areas of public and private sectors. While understanding the long-term perspectives of the topics, the book makes an effort in highlighting their impact as a modern tool for the growth of sustainability science. Coherent flow of topics, student-friendly language and extensive use of examples make this book an invaluable source of knowledge.