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Second edition. |
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1 online resource. |
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| Summary |
While technological advancement leads to societal benefits in terms of economic growth, it also brings with it challenges in its impact on the environment or human health. Sustainable development seeks a uniform means of comparing the economic benefits with the environmental and health costs associated with the implementation of a new technology. This revised encyclopedia investigates sustainability initiatives across a range of industries, providing insight into future opportunities for technological development. A broad spectrum of human challenges have only become more intense since publication of the first edition. For example, climate change is now observed across the globe as a contributor to large scale weather events, including extreme drought in Australia, intense wildfires in California, and flooding along the great rivers of Africa, North and South America. Land in the Amazon rain forest is destroyed to provide increased cropland, contributing to climate change. Expansion of the use of biomass as a raw material in chemical processing leads to food shortages. In many cases, these challenges have the greatest impact on the poorest nations, and the most polluting manufacturing facilities are located in the poorest communities, demonstrating social justice challenges. Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies, Four Volume Set provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges of modern technology, and the innovations that are leading to better use of limited resources and improved resiliency as we learn to adapt to a changing world. Each chapter examines in depth a technological solution to support a specific human need, evaluates it relative to its impacts on the environment and human health, and considers the social justice issues underlying its development. The new edition provides a stronger link between manufacturing and climate change, updates on new technologies for the generation, distribution and storage of energy, new concepts in resiliency and modularity that have changed manufacturing and chemical processes, and emphasizes the trade-offs required to obtain desired products while minimizing environmental impact. |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed May 9, 2024). |
| Contents |
E9780323903868v1_WEB -- Cover -- ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES -- EDITOR BIOGRAPHY -- EDITORIAL BOARD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS FOR VOLUME 1 -- CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1 -- Introduction to Systems Analysis -- Key Points -- Introduction: Systems Concepts -- Systems Analysis -- Supporting Methods for Systems Analysis -- Conclusions: Trends in Systems Analysis and Systems Engineering -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further Reading -- Environmental Management Systems-History and New Tendencies -- Rationale and Definition -- Structure and Elements |
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Standards and Other Frameworks -- Worldwide Implementation -- Benefits and Costs of Environmental Management Systems -- Conclusions and Future Tendencies -- References -- Further Reading -- Participatory Modeling for Sustainability -- Objectives/Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Defining Sustainability -- Participatory Modeling -- Tools and Methods -- PM in the Social Media Era -- Conclusions -- References -- Relevant Websites -- Towards Understanding and Managing Sustainable Complex, Dynamic Environmental/Economic/Social Systems-The Evolving Role... |
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Environmental Management From a Systems Perspective -- Key Points -- Introduction -- A Systemic Approach to EMS -- Environmental Management Tools for the DO Stage -- Summary -- Conclusion -- References -- Theoretical Systems Modeling Framework for Sustainability Using Bayesian and Dynamic Bayesian Networks -- Key Points -- Introduction -- Sustainability as a Complex Network -- Theoretical Systems Modeling Frameworks -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Further Reading -- Including Nature in Engineering Decisions for Sustainability -- Key Points -- Introduction -- Biomimicry |
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Industrial Symbiosis -- Circular Economy -- Ecological Engineering -- Green Infrastructure -- Techno-Ecological Synergy -- Conclusions -- References -- Measuring Sustainability Systems -- Introduction -- Modeling Sustainability Systems: General Concepts on Measurement -- Application of the Model Approach to Illustrate How the Sustainability Footprint, Represented by the Aggregate... -- Evaluating Uncertainties Using the Metrological Approach: Case Studies -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Metrics-Based Measurement: The Process Analysis Method |
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The Need for Sustainability Measurement -- The Triple Bottom Line -- Capital Assets or Stocks -- Requirements of an Assessment Framework -- The Process Analysis Method -- Experience with Sustainability Assessments -- References -- A Life Cycle Approach to Measuring Sustainability -- Introduction -- Life Cycle Approach to Measuring Sustainability -- Measuring Sustainability: Illustrative Examples -- Conclusions -- References -- Overview of LCA-History, Concept, and Methodology -- Key Points -- Introduction -- What is LCA? -- Why Should we Use LCA? -- Types of Impacts Captured -- Limitations of LCA |
| Subject |
Sustainable engineering -- Encyclopedias.
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Ingénierie durable -- Encyclopédies.
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| Added Author |
Abraham, Martin A., 1961- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780443222870 (electronic bk.) |
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0443222878 (electronic bk.) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000076536372 |
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