Sustainable development in practice : case studies for engineers and scientists /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Other Authors: Azapagic, Adisa, Perdan, Slobodan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Part 1. The Concept of Sustainable Development and its Practical Implications / Slobodan Perdan
  • Measuring Sustainable Development: An Overview / Slobodan Perdan, Adisa Azapagic
  • Assessing Environmental Sustainability: Life Cycle Thinking and Life Cycle Assessment / Adisa Azapagic
  • Part 2. Translating the Principles of Sustainable Development into Business Practice: An Application in the Mining and Minerals Sector / Adisa Azapagic, Slobodan Perdan
  • Climate Change and Policy: The Case of Germany / Wolfram Krewitt, Hans Müller-Steinhagen
  • Sustainability Assessment of Biofuels / Adisa Azapagic, Heinz Stichnothe
  • Scenario Building and Uncertainties: Options for Energy Sources / Richard Darton
  • Fuel Cells in Stationary Applications: Energy for the Future? / Martin Pehnt
  • Sustainability of Nuclear Power / Adisa Azapagic, Slobodan Perdan
  • Municipal Solid Waste Management: Recovering Energy from Waste / Adisa Azapagic
  • Sustainability Issues in Food Provisioning Systems / Adisa Azapagic, Heinz Stichnothe, Namy Espinoza-Orias
  • Providing Sustainable Sanitation / Richard Fenner, Amparo Flores
  • Sustainable Process Design: The Case of Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) / Adisa Azapagic
  • Urban Sustainability: The Case of Transport / Slobodan Perdan, Adisa Azapagic
  • Aviation and its Response to Environmental Pressure / Alice Bows, Kevin Anderson
  • Health Impact Assessment of Urban Pollution / Zaid Chalabi, Tony Fletcher
  • Social and Ethical Dimensions of Sustainable Development: Mining in Kakadu National Park / Slobodan Perdan.