Energy Flows, Material Cycles and Global Development A Process Engineering Approach to the Earth System /

• Main Authors: Schaub, Georg (Author), Turek, Thomas (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Series: Environmental Science and Engineering,
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental chemistry.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Environmental Chemistry.

This book starts by discussing the global flows of energy and materials and changes caused by human activities. It then examines the limitations of anthropogenic energy and material flows and the consequences for the development of human society. Different scenarios for lifestyle patterns are correl...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and fundamentals
• Bio-geosphere as environment for life
• Energy balance of the earth
• Global material cycles
• Anthropogenic material and energy flows
• Limits for anthropogenic material and energy flows. Approaches to global development
• Conclusions.