Abstract
This chapter provides an insight on the concept of sustainable development. The initial part of the chapter discusses the role of the World Conservation Strategy in bringing forth the concept of sustainable development. It also details the contribution of the published reports, ‘Our Common Future’ and ‘The Earth Summit’, towards furthering this concept. The superiority of sustainability over other similar concepts like green chemistry and green engineering is highlighted. The introduction is followed by a brief discussion of the prominent principles of engineering formulated to achieve sustainable development. The 12 principles of green chemistry and green engineering, the natural step principle, and the cradle-to-cradle principle are examples included in the text. The third portion of the chapter presents a list of indicators and metrics used widely to quantify sustainable development. The conclusion of the chapter presents the development of life-cycle analysis and its impact on sustainable development.
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