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Technological choices for sustainability / Subhas K. Sikdar ... (ed.)

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: BuchBookLanguage: English Publisher: Berlin ; Heidelberg ; New York ; Hong Kong ; London ; Milan ; Paris ; Tokyo : Springer, 2004Description: XIX, 441 S : Ill., graph. DarstISBN:
  • 3540211314
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 338.927
  • 338.9/27 22
  • 600
  • 600
RVK: RVK: ZG 8645 | QT 200LOC classification:
  • T173.8
Summary: The objective of the book is to critically evaluate current scientific work on defining the issue of sustainability and on measuring progress towards a sustainable state. It aims to provide a common understanding of how progress towards sustainability can be achieved by optimising technological development, environmental impact and socio-economic factors. A further objective is to identify the major trends in methodologies that assist progress towards sustainability. TOC:Framing the Issue of Sustainability: Science and Sustainability; Sustainability from Ecological, Social, Economic and Technological Perspectives; A Green Engineering Textbook for Chemical Engineering; Innovative Industrial Ecology Education; Sustainable Industrial Development.- Sustainable Pathways: Clean Technologies for Wastewater Management in Seafood Canning Industries; Kinetic Analysis of Aerobic Composting of Tobacco Industry Solid Waste; Preventative Measures in Production; Risk Assesment and Quality of Environmental Systems; Carbon Storage; Integrated Computer Aided System for Sustainable Process Alternatives; Pollution Prevention and Environmental Management Systems.- Sustainability Metrics: Technology Sensitive Indicators of Sustainability; Metrics for Supply Chain Sustainability; Quantifying Technological Aspects of Process Sustainability; Sustainable Economy Indices; National Competitiveness in Manufacturing; Sustainable Energy Development; Sustainability Indicators; Measuring Sustainability; Sustainability and Energy Efficiency of Chemical Processes; Eco- efficiency Reporting; Interpolation for Creating Hydrogeological Models; Indicators of Sustainable Production; Remote Sensing as a Tool for Achieving and Monitoring Progress Toward Sustainability.- SummaryCall number: Grundsignatur: 2004 A 28291PPN: PPN: 379097052
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Freihandbestand ausleihbar Bibliothek Campus Süd tech 0.43 Lesesaal Technik (LST) 2004 A 28291 Available 47116999090
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