Sustainable Technologies for a Changing World

Sustainable Technologies for a Changing World

Abraham, Martin

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Sustainable Technologies for a Changing World reviews current technologies that are being developed to address some of the many critical sustainability issues. The book examines the interactions between the various facets of sustainability to show how solutions in one area can impact the challenges in another, whether for better or worse. Using the broad perspective of a sustainable urban environment, it explores the opportunities to design out inefficiency, increase resiliency, and capitalize on the systems level approach that is needed to understand the major challenges that exist and will become more severe as climate change becomes more entrenched. Provides an integrated approach to understanding sustainable technologies, and addresses the issues using a systems level approachDescribes opportunities to create a more resilient environment that will be responsive to the impending issues associated with climate change and the more severe weather events resulting therefromEdited by pioneer in the area of sustainability in the academic, professional and business arenasChapters written by experts from various areas of chemical engineering and science to discuss the underlying challenges to contextualize properly the design options available for urban infrastructure INDICE: I Overview and Introduction II Building a common language for sustainability 1. Use of life cycle analysis 2. Systems level thinking 3. Ecosystem analysis 4. Social sustainability 5. Sustainable health systems 6. Water energy Nexus III Biomimicry and other bio-based solutions 7. Biomass as a chemical resource 8. Biomimetic chemistry 9. Biomass as an energy resource 10. Restoring lake and stream health 11. Design for severe weather events 12. Biomimicry in construction and architecture

  • ISBN: 978-0-12-820224-1
  • Editorial: Elsevier
  • Encuadernacion: Rústica
  • Páginas: 412
  • Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2021
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés