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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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San Diego :
Academic Press,
©2001.
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| Colección: | Sustainable world series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Sustainability, economics, and the environment
- Business
- Science, technology, and progress
- Sustainable and appropriate technologies
- Business and technology methods
- Engineering design and innovation
- Business and the corporation
- Financial and cost issues in sustainable business and government
- Energy, environment, economy, and society
- Coal
- Petroleum and natural gas
- Electric energy
- Nuclear power
- Renewable energy
- Wind and solar energy
- Biomass, geothermal energy, and energy storage
- Natural resources and waste systems
- Agriculture, biotechnology, and resources
- Materials and manufacturing
- Transportation systems
- Electric and hybrid vehicles
- Fuel cells and the hydrogen economy
- Corporate performance indicators
- Social entrepreneurship and investing
- Buildings, the Internet, and the future of a sustainable world.