Sustainability assessment: Metrics and methods

The main goal of sustainability is to focus on fulfilling the present needs of population with the ability to produce resources to fulfill the needs in future. With growing concern for the environment, sustainable development has become one of the primary goals of all nations throughout the world. In the same track, the need of sustainable assessment arises with awareness to mitigate global social, economic, and environmental issues. It can also be seen in the response of global policies implemented to solve these issues. This chapter discusses various sustainability assessment methods and a comparison of these sustainable assessment methods is also shown based on some important criteria.