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Sustainable Development in Practice : Case Studies for Engineers and Scientists.
Sustainable Development in Practice: Case Studies for Engineers and Scientists, is a completely revised and updated second edition of this successful text. The book explores the concept of sustainable development and its implications for science and engineering practice and looks at how sustainabili...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester :
John Wiley & Sons,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Sustainable Development in Practice: Case Studies for Engineers and Scientists; Contents; About the Editors; List of Contributors; Preface; PART 1; 1 The Concept of Sustainable Development and its Practical Implications; 2 Measuring Sustainable Development: An Overview; 3 Assessing Environmental Sustainability: Life Cycle Thinking and Life Cycle Assessment; PART 2; 4 Translating the Principles of Sustainable Development into Business Practice: An Application in the Mining and Minerals Sector; 5 Climate Change and Policy: The Case of Germany; 6 Sustainability Assessment of Biofuels.
- 7 Scenario Building and Uncertainties: Options for Energy Sources8 Fuel Cells in Stationary Applications: Energy for the Future?; 9 Sustainability of Nuclear Power; 10 Municipal Solid Waste Management: Recovering Energy from Waste; 11 Sustainability Issues in Food Provisioning Systems; 12 Providing Sustainable Sanitation; 13 Sustainable Process Design: The Case of Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM); 14 Urban Sustainability: The Case of Transport; 15 Aviation and its Response to Environmental Pressure; 16 Health Impact Assessment of Urban Pollution.
- 17 Social and Ethical Dimensions of Sustainable Development: Mining in Kakadu National ParkIndex.