Technology, Humans, and Society : Toward a Sustainable World.
A number of factors, from soaring fuel prices to genetically modified agricultural products, have greatly refocused worldwide attention on the interrelationship between technology and society and the necessity for sustainable engineering and business practices. Technology, Humans, and Society focuse...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Burlington :
Elsevier,
2001.
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Colección: | Sustainable world.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Technology, Humans, and Society: Toward a Sustainable World; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; About the Author; Preface; Chapter 1. Sustainability, Economics, and the Environment; Chapter 2. Business; Chapter 3. Science, Technology, and Progress; Chapter 4. Sustainable and Appropriate Technologies; Chapter 5. Business and Technology Methods; Chapter 6. Engineering Design and innovation; Chapter 7. Business and the Corporation; Chapter 8. Financial and Cost issues in Sustainable Business and Government; Chapter 9. Energy, Environment, Economy, and Society; Chapter 10. Coal.