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Engineering Transition : Building a Sustainable Future.
TransitionEngineering: Building a Sustainable Future examines new strategies emerging in response to the mega-issues of global climate change, decline in world oil supply, scarcity of key industrial minerals, and local environmental constraints. These issues pose challenges for organizations, busine...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Milton :
CRC Press LLC,
2020.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Chapter 1: The Mega-Problems of Unsustainability; 1.1 Introduction: The Mega-Problems; 1.1.1 The Mega-Problems: Greenhouse Gas Accumulation and Oil Supply; 1.2 The Problem with Sustainable Development: It Isn't Working; 1.2.1 A Short World History of Development; 1.2.2 Sustainable Development; 1.2.3 Engineering and Sustainable Development; 1.2.4 Challenging the Idea of Sustainable Growth; 1.2.5 Prevent What Is Preventable: The Safety Engineering Story
- 1.3 Unsustainable Pollution: Global Warming and Climate Change1.3.1 Understanding the 2°C Failure Limit; 1.4 Oil Supply and Peak Oil; 1.4.1 The OPEC Oil Embargo and the 1970s Energy Crisis; 1.4.2 Oil and the Economy; 1.5 Discussion; 1.5.1 The Monkey Trap; Chapter 2: Problems of Unsustainability; 2.1 Review of Sustainability Principles; 2.1.1 Management of Common Resources; 2.1.2 Environmental Regulations; 2.1.3 Sustainable Business Practices; 2.1.3.1 Business Transition Strategies; 2.1.4 Policy and Politics of Sustainability; 2.1.5 Innovation Needed to Address Unsustainable Energy
- 2.2 Problems of Carrying Capacity and Resource Constraints2.2.1 The Problem of Exponential Growth; 2.2.2 The Population Problem; 2.2.3 Unsustainable Demand on Freshwater; 2.2.4 Food Supply Issues and the Biofuel Problems; 2.2.5 The Problem of Lifestyle Expectations; 2.3 Water and Land Requirements for Energy Production; 2.3.1 Water Use for Electricity Generation; 2.3.2 Water Use for Fuel Production; 2.3.3 Land Area for Electric Power Plants; 2.4 The Problems of Mineral Resource Depletion and Issues with Recycling; 2.4.1 Modelling of Depletion; 2.4.2 Mining
- 2.4.3 Critical Materials for Renewable Energy and Efficiency2.4.4 Recycling of Minerals; 2.4.5 Energy and Materials for Batteries; 2.5 Discussion; 2.5.1 The Bacteria in the Jar; Chapter 3: Complexity and Communication; 3.1 Energy System Data and Communication; 3.1.1 Energy Flow Diagrams; 3.1.2 Graphs of Energy Data; 3.2 Future Energy Scenarios and Pathways; 3.2.1 Models Based on Demand Growth; 3.2.2 The Problems of Inertia and Innovation; 3.2.3 The 100% Renewable Scenario; 3.3 Corporate Responsibility; 3.4 Positive Approach to Difficult Problems; 3.4.1 Change Management
- 3.4.2 Wicked Problems of Unsustainable Energy3.4.3 Responding to the Problems of Unsustainable Energy; 3.4.4 History of Transition Engineering; 3.5 Discussion; 3.5.1 The Fox and the Hedgehog; Chapter 4: Transition Engineering; 4.1 Defining the System and the InTIME Approach; 4.1.1 Defining Activity Systems; 4.1.2 Wicked Problems of Activity Systems; 4.1.3 InTIME Brainstorming Process; 4.2 Step 1: Study History; 4.2.1 Modelling System Dynamics; 4.3 Step 2: Take Stock; 4.3.1 Metrics of the Current System; 4.3.2 Evaluate the Biophysical Economics of the System; 4.4 Step 3: Explore the Future