UID:
almahu_9949485187502882
Format:
1 online resource (255 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781523144310
,
1523144319
,
9781000692679
,
1000692671
,
9780429343919
,
0429343914
Content:
TransitionEngineering: Building a Sustainable Future examines new strategies emerging in response to the mega-issues of global climate change, decline in world oil supply, scarcity of key industrial minerals, and local environmental constraints. These issues pose challenges for organizations, businesses, and communities, and engineers will need to begin developing ideas and projects to implement the transition of engineered systems. This work presents a methodology for shifting away from unsustainable activities. Teaching the Transition Engineering approach and methodology is the focus of the text, and the concept is presented in a way that engineers can begin applying it in their work.
Note:
1. The Mega-Problems of Unsustainability 1.1 Introduction: The Mega-Problems 1.2 The Problem with Sustainable Development: It Isn't Working 1.3 Unsustainable Pollution: Global Warming and Climate Change 1.4 Oil Supply and Peak Oil 1.5 Discussion -- 2. Problems of Unsustainability 2.1 Review of Sustainability Principles 2.2 Problems of Carrying Capacity and Resource Constraints 2.3 Water and Land Requirements for Energy Production 2.4 The Problems of Mineral Resource Depletion and Issues with Recycling 2.5 Discussion -- 3. Complexity and Communication 3.1 Energy System Data and Communication 3.2 Future Energy Scenarios and Pathways 3.3 Corporate Responsibility 3.4 Positive Approach to Difficult Problems 3.5 Discussion -- 4. Transition Engineering 4.1 Defining the System and the InTIME Approach 4.2 Step 1: Study History 4.3 Step 2: Take Stock 4.4 Step 3: Explore the Future 4.5 Step 4: Time Travel 4.6 Step 5: Backcast and Trigger 4.7 Step 6: Down-Shift Project 4.8 Step 7: System Transition 4.9 Discussion -- 5. InTIME Models and Methods 5.1 The InTIME Workflow Structure 5.2 Feedback Control Theory and Anthropogenic System Dynamics 5.3 Development Vector Analysis 5.4 Strategic Analysis of Complex Systems 5.5 The Matrix Game 5.6 Discussion -- 6. Economic Decision Support 6.1 Cost of Energy Production 6.2 Environmental Costs 6.3 Conventional Financial Analysis 6.4 Discussion 6.4.1 The Emperor's New Clothes -- 7. Transition Economics: Balancing Costs and Benefits 7.1 Biophysical Economics 7.2 Transition Economics and Financial Analysis 7.3 Discussion 7.3.1 Low-Hanging Fruit -- 8. Conclusion and Discussion 8.1 The Big Do 8.2 The Final Story: Cassandra.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780367362430
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0367362430
Language:
English
Subjects:
Engineering
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