This introductory chapter provides definitions of sustainability, sustainable development, decoupling, and related terms; gives an overview of existing interdisciplinary research fields related to ICT for Sustainability, including Environmental Informatics, Computational Sustainability, Sustainable HCI, and Green ICT; introduces a conceptual framework to structure the effects of ICT on sustaina...

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The unrestricted consumption of fossil fuels negatively impacts the economic, social and environmental aspects, observed from a sustainable perspective. Therefore, it is necessary to develop adopt skills that enable monitoring mitigation risks environment. In view this, we propose method with multiple approaches emphasizing three-dimensional perspective energy by diesel engines, which represent...

Countries still lack adequate metrics to monitor environmental sustainability across a range of relevant and resource issues. The Strong Environmental Sustainability Index (SESI), which is based on the Gap (ESGAP) framework, intended fill this gap. SESI result aggregating 21 indicators different dimensions. Each underlying related functions natural capital normalised using science-based targets...

The rural sustainability index is a scientifically based tool to quantify the performance of agriculture. The sustainability of crop production is quantified from three perspectives; people, planet and profit. Within each perspective, one condition was selected that must be met to warrant agriculture. These are: No hazardous work should be used within the crop production chain; agricultural cro...

The main advantage and added value of the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) is that an aggregated index, with a set of environmental indicators measuring different aspects of sustainability, is more reliable than looking at each indicator separately. The Pilot Trend EPI, with information on the trends of nationsʼ sustainability levels over the last eleven years (2000-2010), is a particularl...