Sustainable development in practice: case studies for engineers and scientists

INDICE: About the Editors. List of Contributors. Preface. Part 1. 1 The Concept of Sustainable Development and its Practical Implications (Slobodan Perdan). 2 Measuring Sustainable Development: An Overview (Slobodan Perdan and Adisa Azapagic). 3 Assessing Environmental Sustainability: Life Cycle Thinking andLife Cycle Assessment (Adisa Azapagic). Part 2. 4 Translating the Principles of Sustainable Development into Business Practice: An Application in the Mining and Minerals Sector (Adisa Azapagic and Slobodan Perdan). 5 Climate Change and Policy: The Case of Germany (Wolfram Krewitt and Hans Müller-Steinhagen). 6Sustainability Assessment of Biofuels (Adisa Azapagic and Heinz Stichnothe). 7 Scenario Building and Uncertainties: Options for Energy Sources (Richard Darton). 8 Fuel Cells in Stationary Applications: Energy for the Future? (Martin Pehnt). 9 Sustainability of Nuclear Power (Adisa Azapagic and Slobodan Perdan). 10 Municipal Solid Waste Management: Recovering Energy from Waste (Adisa Azapagic). 11 Sustainability issues in food provisioning systems (Adisa Azapagic,Heinz Stichnothe and Namy Espinoza-Orias). 12 Providing Sustainable Sanitation (Richard Fenner and Amparo Flores). 13 Sustainable Process Design (Adisa Azapagic). 14 Urban Sustainability: The Case of Transport (Slobodan Perdan and Adisa Azapagic). 15 Aviation and its Response to Environmental Pressure (Alice Bows & Kevin Anderson). 16 Health Impact Assessment of Urban Pollution (Zaid Chalabi and Tony Fletcher). 17 Social and Ethical Dimensions of Sustainable Development: Mining in Kakadu National Park (Slobodan Perdan). Index.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-71871-1
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 536
• Fecha Publicación: 28/01/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés