Vision 2050 Roadmap for a Sustainable Earth /

• Main Authors: Komiyama, Hiroshi (Author), Kraines, Steven (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan, 2008.
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.

Hiroshi Komiyama's "Vision 2050" is a plan for paving a road to global sustainability. It lays out a path to a sustainable future for humanity that could realistically be achieved by 2050 through the application of science and technology. A prominent Japanese academic and leader in gl...

Table of Contents:

• Is the Earth Sustainable?
• Knowing Energy
• The Limit of Energy Efficiency
• Energy Conservation in Daily Life
• Making Things and Recycling Things
• of Renewable Energy
• How to Make a Sustainable Earth
• How Will Technology and Society Work Together?.