Reprint

Systems Engineering for Sustainable Development Goals

Edited by
October 2021
252 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-2221-0 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-2222-7 (PDF)

This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Systems Engineering for Sustainable Development Goals that was published in

Business & Economics
Environmental & Earth Sciences
Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities
Summary

The recent pandemic has united the world in an unprecedented solidarity and appreciation for the unknown and the unseen. The variety of governmental and individual responses is evidence of our global lack of preparedness for such situations. A renewed appreciation for the importance of holistic and systemic thinking permeates both industry and academia. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) contain thematic areas that are relevant for reflection as the countries regroup, repair, and move forward.

Systems engineering is a discipline appropriate beyond its initial benefits, creating complex technological systems. Domains such as healthcare, transportation, natural resource management, social economics, and governance recognize the value of applying system thinking and systems engineering practices to finding solutions that go beyond band-aid symptomatic issues to address root cause fixes.

This Special Issue of Sustainability profiles researchers and practitioners, using systems engineering approaches to share their practices and findings as they address SDG thematic areas. They explore the ways in which systems methods help to mitigate and resolve socio-economic and natural environmental challenges, such as engineering personalized education, access to clean water, maintaining and improving urban infrastructure, and applying systems engineering to help shape resilient and trustworthy policies related to these and similar challenges. This issue highlights the most promising and innovative techniques for working toward and achieving the UN SDG.

Format
  • Hardback
License and Copyright
© 2022 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
circular economy; systems thinking; industrial symbiosis; resource sharing; steam; sustainable development; synergy; industrial sustainability; systems engineering; bioeconomy; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); offshore exploration and production; offshore supply chain operations; business model innovation; sustainable development goals; morphological analysis; systems engineering; peace–development nexus; SDGs; system dynamics; mindset; COVID-19 pandemic; sustainable development goals; systems engineering; systems thinking; complex adaptive systems; socio-technical systems; system of systems; cyber physical systems; natural language processing; roadmapping; energy transition; sustainability; conceptual modeling; environmental performance; management; sustainability; the SDGs; systems thinking; systems engineering; life cycle; capacity building in sustainability; systems engineering; SDGs; circular economy; recycling; waste management; ALDFG; fishing gear; plastic pollution; marine pollution; resource management; systems thinking; entrepreneurship; sustainability; experiential learning; systems engineering; energy transition; renewable energy; sociotechnical system; stakeholders; agency; acceptance; complex problems; transition studies; sustainability assessment; food waste; food services; HoReCa; Sustainable Development Goal; regional policy; regional and urban planning; sustainable development goals; planning support systems; systems engineering; cruise ship; sustainability; indicators; tourism; systems thinking; port management; organizational resilience; business model; resilience measure; business model pattern; COVID-19; pandemic; crisis; risk management; business continuity; electrical industry; n/a; n/a