Sustainability Assessment
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 71634
Special Issue Editors
Interests: productivity and regulatory issues; energy modelling and policy analysis, environmental policy analysis, evaluation of infrastructure investments
Interests: sustainable energy development; climate change mitigation in the energy sector; behavioral changes; assessment of willingness to pay
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Interests: agricultural economics; energy economics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In order to achieve sustainable development, assessment of initiatives must be considered as a decision-making strategy on all levels. Sustainability assessment procedures, sustainability assessment indicators, and other tools can be powerful decision-supporting tools able to foster sustainable development by addressing the main economic, social, and environmental challenges. Sustainability assessment is often described as a process through which the implications of an initiative on sustainability or option are being evaluated. These initiatives can be policies and measures, plans, programs, projects, legal acts, specific practices, etc. There have been various approaches of sustainability assessment developed in recent scientific literature. These approaches include examples of assessment for sustainability, integrated assessment, derived from environmental impact assessment (EIA) and strategic environmental assessment (SEA), which have been extended by incorporating social, economic and environmental considerations, reflecting a ‘triple bottom line’ (TBL) approach to sustainability, etc.
This Special Issue is dedicated to the analysis of sustainability assessment theories and practices at various levels, including global, national, sectoral, regional, industry, enterprise, project, processes, and products levels. The SI welcomes original and review papers dealing with concepts, frameworks, techniques, and tools and their applications for specific fields, including energy, agriculture, industry, etc.
Prof. Dr. Deepak Sharma
Prof. Dr. Dalia Streimikiene
Prof. Dr. Tomas Baležentis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Sustainability Assessment Concepts and Frameworks
- Sustainability Assessment Tools and Methods
- Sustainability Assessment Indicators
- MCDA for Sustainability Assessment
- Sustainability Assessment Models
- Empirical Studies on Sustainability Assessment
- Comparative Sustainability Assessments
- Assessment for Sustainability
- Sustainability Assessment of Countries
- Sustainability Assessment of Organizations
- Sustainability Assessment of Technologies and Processes
- Sustainability Assessment of Policies and Programmes
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