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Sustainable development in practice : case studies for engineers and scientists
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- Online
Details
- Creator
- editors: Adisa Azapagic and Slobodan Perdan
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 2nd ed
- Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 521 pages
- ISBNs
- 9780470972847, 047097284X, 9780470972854, 0470972858, 9780470718711, 0470718714, 047097284X, 9780470972847
- OCLC
- ocn695558386
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley InterScience, 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Title from title screen (viewed on Jan. 4, 2011). Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
- Front Matter -- Part 1. The Concept of Sustainable Development and its Practical Implications / Slobodan Perdan -- Measuring Sustainable Development: An Overview / Slobodan Perdan, Adisa Azapagic -- Assessing Environmental Sustainability: Life Cycle Thinking and Life Cycle Assessment / Adisa Azapagic -- Part 2. Translating the Principles of Sustainable Development into Business Practice: An Application in the Mining and Minerals Sector / Adisa Azapagic, Slobodan Perdan -- Climate Change and Policy: The Case of Germany / Wolfram Krewitt, Hans Müller-Steinhagen -- Sustainability Assessment of Biofuels / Adisa Azapagic, Heinz Stichnothe -- Scenario Building and Uncertainties: Options for Energy Sources / Richard Darton -- Fuel Cells in Stationary Applications: Energy for the Future? / Martin Pehnt -- Sustainability of Nuclear Power / Adisa Azapagic, Slobodan Perdan -- Municipal Solid Waste Management: Recovering Energy from Waste / Adisa Azapagic -- Sustainability Issues in Food Provisioning Systems / Adisa Azapagic, Heinz Stichnothe, Namy Espinoza-Orias -- Providing Sustainable Sanitation / Richard Fenner, Amparo Flores -- Sustainable Process Design: The Case of Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) / Adisa Azapagic -- Urban Sustainability: The Case of Transport / Slobodan Perdan, Adisa Azapagic -- Aviation and its Response to Environmental Pressure / Alice Bows, Kevin Anderson -- Health Impact Assessment of Urban Pollution / Zaid Chalabi, Tony Fletcher -- Social and Ethical Dimensions of Sustainable Development: Mining in Kakadu National Park / Slobodan Perdan