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Perspective on pursuit of sustainability: challenges for engineering community

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Sustainability is a keyword commonly used by researchers and practitioners globally. However, even defining the goals of sustainability is fraught with difficulties and hence attaining it is nearly impossible. Since sustainability is a property of the entire system, engineering sustainability requires the boundaries of the system greatly expanded. The thinking of sustainability also brings in larger time scales. In this article, I present a perspective on journey toward sustainability using systems analysis approaches from various disciplines.

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Diwekar, U. Perspective on pursuit of sustainability: challenges for engineering community. Clean Techn Environ Policy 17, 1729–1741 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-015-0915-z

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