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UNINA9910813013803321 |
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Titolo |
Linkages of sustainability / / edited by Thomas E. Graedel and Ester van der Voet |
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Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2010 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (547 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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GraedelT. E |
VoetE. van der |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sustainability |
Conservation of natural resources |
Sustainable development |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Forum held Nov. 9-14, 2008, in Frankfurt, Germany. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; The Ernst Strüngmann Forum; List of Contributors; 1 - Linkages of Sustainability; Land, Human, and Nature; 2 - Agriculture and Forests; 3 - Perspectives on Sustainability of Ecosystem Services and Functions; 4 - Human Capital, Social Capital, and Institutional Capacity; 5 - Stocks, Flows, and Prospects of Land; Nonrenewable Resources; 6 - Mineral Resources; 7 - Geological Stocks and Prospects for Nonrenewable Resources; 8 - Deteriorating Ore Resources; 9 - Transforming the Recovery and Recycling of Nonrenewable Resources; 10 - Complex Life Cycles of Precious and Special Metals |
11 - Stocks, Flows, and Prospects of Mineral Resources Water; 12 - Global Water Balance; 13 - Water Quality as a Component of a Sustainable Water Supply; 14 - Interactions of the Water Cycle with Energy, Material Resources, Greenhouse Gas Production, and Land Use; 15 - Issues of Unsustainability Related to Water; 16 - Measuring and Modeling the Sustainability of Global Water Resources; 17 - Stocks, Flows, and Prospects of Water; Energy; 18 - Resources, Reserves, and Consumption of Energy; 19 - Considering Issues of Energy Sustainability; 20 - Measuring Energy Sustainability |
21 - Energy without Constraints? 22 - Stocks, Flows, and Prospects of Energy; Next Steps; 23 - Climate Change, Land Use, Agriculture, and the Emerging Bioeconomy; 24 - Enhancing Resource Sustainability by |
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Transforming Urban and Suburban Transportation; 25 - The Emerging Importance of Linkages; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; List of Abbreviations; Bibliography; Subject Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this book, experts discuss the multiple components of sustainability, the constraints imposed by their linkages, and the necessity of taking a comprehensive view. |
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