Green development challenges within the environmental management framework

Hrvoje Mikulčić; Jakov Baleta; Xuebin Wang; Neven Duić; Raf Dewil

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111477

Green development challenges within the environmental management framework

J Environ Manage. 2021 Jan 1:277:111477. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111477. Epub 2020 Oct 24.

Authors

Hrvoje Mikulčić¹, Jakov Baleta², Xuebin Wang³, Neven Duić⁴, Raf Dewil⁵

Affiliations

¹ MOE Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Ivana Lučića 5, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: hrvoje.mikulcic@fsb.hr.
² University of Zagreb, Faculty of Metallurgy, Aleja Narodnih Heroja 3, 44000, Sisak, Croatia. Electronic address: baleta@simet.hr.
³ MOE Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China. Electronic address: wxb005@mail.xjtu.edu.cn.
⁴ University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Ivana Lučića 5, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: neven.duic@fsb.hr.
⁵ Department of Chemical Engineering (CIT), KU Leuven, Jan De Nayerlaan 5, 2860, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium. Electronic address: raf.dewil@kuleuven.be.

PMID: 33254843
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111477

Abstract

Green development of energy, water and environment systems is essential as these three systems represent the basic life needs of humankind. Therefore, environmental problems arising from each of these three systems need to be carefully addressed to preserve the energy, water and environment resources for future generations. This paper discusses some of the latest developments in three main areas of sustainability themes, namely energy, water and environment, that emerged from the 14th Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) Conference held in 2019. As such, it acts as an editorial paper for the virtual special issue of the Journal of Environmental Management, dedicated to the SDEWES 2019 conference.

Keywords: Energy systems; Environmental management and assessment; Water and wastewater treatment.

MeSH terms

Conservation of Natural Resources
Sustainable Development*
Water*

Substances

Water