Redefining efficiency : pollution concerns, regulatory mechanisms, and technological change in the U.S. petroleum industry /

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Today, pollution control regulations define how complex technological systems interact with natural ecosystems and competing human uses of the environment. Redefining Efficiency examines the evolution of this industrial ecology in the United States by tracing numerous pollution concerns associated w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gorman, Hugh S. (Hugh Scott), 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Akron Press, Akron, OH : University of Akron Press, ©2001.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Technology and the environment (Akron, Ohio)
Temas:
Petroleum industry and trade > Environmental aspects > United States.
Industrial efficiency > United States.
Environmental protection > United States > History.
Pollution > Law and legislation > United States.
Efficience dans l'industrie > États-Unis.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > General.
Environmental protection.
Industrial efficiency.
Petroleum industry and trade > Environmental aspects.
Pollution > Law and legislation.
Ecologische aspecten.
Olie-industrie.
Olieraffinaderijen.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. Early Pollution Concerns and the Direction of Technological Change. 1. Pollution Concerns Articulated. 2. Concerns in the Oil Fields. 3. Keeping Oil in the Pipelines. 4. Refineries, Pollution Concerns, and Technological Change. 5. What to Do with Tankers?
  • pt. II. Fighting Pollution Under An Efficiency Ethic. 6. Validating a Guiding Ethic. 7. Success and Failure in the Oil Fields. 8. Eliminating Corrosion and Monitoring Flows. 9. Creating a Pollution Control Manual. 10. The Ocean Ignored As Tankers Grow
  • pt. III. Regulating Industrial Activity to Maintain Environmental Quality. 11. Crude Awakening. 12. Redefining Efficiency. 13. Environmental Objectives and the Evolution of Tankers. 14. Closing the Loop.

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