UID:
almafu_9960074166402883
Umfang:
1 online resource (327 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780128025628
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012802562X
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9780081001769
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0081001762
Anmerkung:
Front Cover -- Materials and Sustainable Development -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1 - Background: Materials, Energy and Sustainability -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS -- 1.2 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - A BRIEF HISTORY -- 1.3 MATERIALS - AN EVEN BRIEFER HISTORY -- 1.4 CRITICAL MATERIALS -- 1.5 ENERGY - UNITS AND QUANTITIES -- 1.6 RESOURCES, CONSUMPTION, POPULATION, AFFLUENCE AND IMPACT -- 1.7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 1.8 EXERCISES -- Chapter 2 - What is a "Sustainable Development"? -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS -- 2.2 WHAT DOES "SUSTAINABILITY" MEAN? -- 2.3 DEFINING "SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" -- 2.4 ARTICULATIONS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- 2.5 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 2.6 EXERCISES -- Chapter 3 - Assessing Sustainable Developments: The Steps -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS -- 3.2 DEALING WITH COMPLEX SYSTEMS -- 3.3 A LAYERED APPROACH TO ASSESSING A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- 3.4 ASSEMBLING THE LAYERS -- 3.5 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 3.6 EXERCISES -- Chapter 4 - Tools, Prompts and Check-Lists -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS -- 4.2 STEP 1: CLARIFYING THE PRIME OBJECTIVE -- 4.3 STEP 2: STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS -- 4.4 STEP 3: FACT-FINDING -- 4.5 STEP 4: INFORMED SYNTHESIS -- 4.6 STEP 5: REFLECTION ON ALTERNATIVES -- 4.7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 4.8 APPENDIX: CREATIVITY AIDS - A BRIEF SURVEY -- 4.9 EXERCISES -- Chapter 5 - Materials Supply-Chain Risk -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS -- 5.2 EMERGING CONSTRAINT ON MATERIAL SOURCING AND USAGE -- 5.3 PRICE VOLATILITY RISK -- 5.4 MONOPOLY OF SUPPLY AND GEOPOLITICAL RISK -- 5.5 CONFLICT RISK -- 5.6 LEGISLATION AND REGULATION RISK -- 5.7 ABUNDANCE RISK -- 5.8 CHANGING EXPECTATION OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY -- 5.9 MANAGING RISK -- 5.10 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 5.11 EXERCISES -- Chapter 6 - Corporate Sustainability and Materials -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS.
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6.3 CASE STUDIES: CORPORATE SRS -- 6.4 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 6.5 EXERCISES -- Chapter 7 - Introduction to Case Studies -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS -- 7.2 THE STRUCTURE OF THE CASE STUDIES -- 7.3 ARTICULATIONS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THAT WENT WRONG -- 7.4 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 7.5 EXERCISES -- Chapter 8 - Scaling Up Biopolymer Production -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION -- 8.2 PRIME OBJECTIVE AND SCALE -- 8.3 STAKEHOLDERS AND THEIR CONCERNS -- 8.4 FACT-FINDING -- ?8.5 SYNTHESIS WITH THE THREE CAPITALS -- ?8.6 REFLECTION ON ALTERNATIVES -- 8.7 RELATED PROJECTS -- Chapter 9 - Wind Farms -- 9.2 PRIME OBJECTIVE AND SCALE -- 9.3 STAKEHOLDERS AND THEIR CONCERNS -- 9.4 FACT-FINDING -- 9.5 SYNTHESIS WITH THE THREE CAPITALS -- 9.6 REFLECTION ON ALTERNATIVES -- 9.7 RELATED PROJECTS -- Chapter 10 - Case Study: Electric Cars -- 10.1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND -- 10.2 PRIME OBJECTIVE AND SCALE -- 10.3 STAKEHOLDERS AND THEIR CONCERNS -- 10.4 FACT-FINDING -- 10.5 SYNTHESIS WITH THE THREE CAPITALS -- 10.6 REFLECTION ON ALTERNATIVES -- 10.7 RELATED PROJECTS -- Chapter 11 - Lighting -- 11.1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION -- 11.2 PRIME OBJECTIVE AND SCALE -- 11.3 STAKEHOLDERS AND THEIR CONCERNS -- 11.4 FACT-FINDING -- 11.5 SYNTHESIS WITH THE THREE CAPITALS -- 11.6 REFLECTION ON ALTERNATIVES -- 11.7 SUGGESTED PROJECTS -- Chapter 12 - Solar PV -- 12.2 PRIME OBJECTIVE AND SCALE -- 12.3 STAKEHOLDERS AND THEIR CONCERNS -- 12.4 FACT-FINDING -- 12.5 SYNTHESIS WITH THE THREE CAPITALS -- 12.6 REFLECTION ON ALTERNATIVES -- 12.7 SUGGESTED PROJECTS -- Chapter 13 - Bamboo for Sustainable Flooring -- 13.2 PRIME OBJECTIVE AND SCALE -- 13.3 STAKEHOLDERS AND THEIR CONCERNS -- 13.4 FACT-FINDING -- 13.5 SYNTHESIS WITH THE THREE CAPITALS -- 13.6 REFLECTION ON ALTERNATIVES -- 13.7 SUGGESTIONS FOR RELATED PROJECTS.
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Chapter 14 - The Vision: A Circular Materials Economy -- 14.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS -- 14.2 THE ECOLOGICAL METAPHOR -- 14.3 THE SCALE OF THE VISION -- 14.6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 14.7 EXERCISES -- Chapter 15 - Data, Charts and Databases -- 15.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS -- 15.2 THE CES SUSTAINABILITY DATABASE -- 15.3 USING THE ELEMENTS DATA-TABLE -- 15.4 USING THE MATERIALS DATA-TABLE -- 15.5 USING THE POWER SYSTEMS DATA-TABLE -- 15.6 USING THE ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS DATA-TABLE -- 15.7 USING THE LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS DATA-TABLE -- 15.8 USING THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD DATA-TABLE -- 15.9 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 16 - Guidance for Instructors -- 16.1 INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS -- 16.3 PBL AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- 16.4 ORGANIZING THE PROJECT -- SCHEDULING THE ACTIVITIES -- 16.5 ASSESSMENT -- 16.7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 16.8 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER PROJECTS -- Appendix - Useful Numbers -- A.1 INTRODUCTION -- A.2 MATERIALS -- A.3 ENERGY -- A.4 ENVIRONMENT -- A.5 ECONOMICS (2011 DATA) -- A.6 SOCIETY -- Index.
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
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