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Sustainable development for engineers : a handbook and resource guide /

"Concise but comprehensive, the book examines the key tools, skills and techniques that can be used in engineering design and management to ensure that whole-life costs and impacts of engineering schemes are addressed at every stage of planning, implementation and disposal. The book also aims t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mulder, Karel, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sheffield : Greenleaf Publishing, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1 Why do we need sustainability?
  • chapter 2 Why is the current world system unsustainable?
  • chapter 3 Patterns of development
  • chapter 4 Sustainable development and economic, social and political structures
  • chapter 5 Technology: the culprit or the saviour?
  • chapter 6 Measuring sustainability
  • chapter 7 Sustainable development and the company: why, what and how?
  • chapter 8 Design and sustainable development
  • chapter 9 Innovation processes
  • chapter 10 Technology for sustainable development.