Assessing and Measuring Environmental Impact and Sustainability

Chapter 4

Moving to a decision point in sustainability analyses

Debalina Sengupta*^,1, Rajib Mukherjee*^,2 and Subhas K. Sikdar^†,    ^*Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Post Doctoral Research Fellow at National Risk Management Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA,    ^†Associate Director of Science National Risk Management Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA

With climate change and other negative environmental impacts, there is an increased interest in measuring and reducing environmental burdens. However, the question is how to measure and reduce environmental burdens. Recently, the researchers, organizations, policy-makers, and others are putting forth ...