Making the modern world : materials and dematerialization / Vaclav Smil (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba, Canada)

By:

Smil, Vaclav, 1943- [VerfasserIn]

Resource type: Ressourcentyp: BuchBookLanguage: English Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley, 2014Description: XI, 229 SeitenISBN:

9781119942535

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Additional physical formats: 9781118697962 | Online-Ausg.: Making the modern world. Online-Ausg. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2014. Online-Ressource (1 online resource (243 pages))DDC classification:

306.3 23
TEC021000

RVK: RVK: AR 21500 | AR 26000 | AR 26200 | RB 10651 | WK 9100LOC classification:

TD793.9

Summary: "How much further should the affluent world push its material consumption? Does relative dematerialization lead to absolute decline in demand for materials? These and many other questions are discussed and answered in Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization.Over the course of time, the modern world has become dependent on unprecedented flows of materials. Now even the most efficient production processes and the highest practical rates of recycling may not be enough to result in dematerialization rates that would be high enough to negate the rising demand for materials generated by continuing population growth and rising standards of living. This book explores the costs of this dependence and the potential for substantial dematerialization of modern economies. Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization considers the principal materials used throughout history, from wood and stone, through to metals, alloys, plastics, and silicon, describing their extraction and production as well as their dominant applications. The evolving productivities of material extraction, processing, synthesis, finishing, and distribution, and the energy costs and environmental impact of rising material consumption are examined in detail. The book concludes with an outlook for the future, discussing the prospects for dematerialization and potential constraints on materials.This interdisciplinary text will provide useful perspectives for readers with backgrounds including resource economics, environmental studies, energy analysis, mineral geology, industrial organization, manufacturing, and material science"--Summary: "Aiming to elucidate the complexity of material flows of modern societies, their prerequisites and their consequences"--Call number: Grundsignatur: 2014 A 2555PPN: PPN: 1606473646

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Freihandbestand ausleihbar	Bibliothek Campus Süd	umw 3	Lesesaal Naturwissenschaften (LSN)	2014 A 2555	Available		51497735090

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