LEADER 05420nam 22006494a 450 001 9910783139703321 005 20230120004156.0 010 $a1-281-03815-6 010 $a9786611038151 010 $a0-08-051865-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000009927 035 $a(EBL)312729 035 $a(OCoLC)476100543 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000256608 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11203682 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000256608 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10225944 035 $a(PQKB)11687145 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC312729 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL312729 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10190367 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL103815 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000009927 100 $a20001115d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTechnology, humans and society$b[electronic resource] $etoward a sustainable world /$fRichard C. Dorf 210 $aSan Diego $cAcademic Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (519 p.) 225 1 $aSustainable world series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-12-221090-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Technology, Humans, and Society: Toward a Sustainable World; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; About the Author; Preface; Chapter 1. Sustainability, Economics, and the Environment; 1.1 Sustainability; 1.2 Environmental Impacts; 1.3 Population; 1.4 Sustaining the Environment; 1.5 Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect; 1.6 Economics; 1.7 Envisioning and Implementation of a Sustainable Society; 1.8 Dynamic Aspects of Sustainability; 1.9 Two Cultures-Or Three Filters?; Chapter 2. Business; 2.1 Business Firms in the New Millennium; 2.2 Corporate Environmentalism 327 $a2.3 The Three Factors of Quality of Life2.4 Its Easier to Say Green Than Be Green; 2.5 Natural Capitalism; 2.6 Green and Competitive; 2.7 How Much Environmental Damage Is Too Much?; 2.8 Profit; 2.9 Managing the Business Interest; Chapter 3. Science, Technology, and Progress; 3.1 Science and Technology; 3.2 Technology; 3.3 Technological Systems and Innovation; 3.4 Thomas A. Edison: Innovator, Businessman, and Engineer; 3.5 Social Goals; 3.6 The Benefits of Technology; 3.7 Technology and Social Progress; 3.8 Positive and Negative Outcomes of Technology; 3.9 Technology and Developing Nations 327 $a3.10 Limits to Technological Solutions3.11 Pear Nature, Not Technology; Chapter 4. Sustainable and Appropriate Technologies; 4.1 Sustainability and Technology; 4.2 Sustainability versus Unsustainability; 4.3 Selecting an Appropriate Technology; 4.4 Appropriate Technology; Chapter 5. Business and Technology Methods; 5.1 Sustainable Business Practices; 5.2 Eco-Efficiency; 5.3 Achieving Eco-Efficiency through Design for the Environment; 5.4 Design for Environment; 5.5 Designing Green Products; 5.6 Green Products; 5.7 Green Manufacturing; 5.8 Green Marketing; 5.9 Environmental Effects 327 $a5.10 Information Technology in Sustainable DevelopmentChapter 6. Engineering Design and innovation; 6.1 Engineering; 6.2 Engineering Design Methods; 6.3 The Design Process; 6.4 The House of Quality; 6.5 Discontinuous Innovation; Chapter 7. Business and the Corporation; 7.1 Green Companies; 7.2 Building a Business Model; 7.3 An Entrepreneurial Future; 7.4 Measures of Corporate Sustainability Efforts; 7.5 Managing the Value Chain; 7.6 Four Visions of the Century Ahead; 7.7 System Design for a Post-Corporate World; Chapter 8. Financial and Cost issues in Sustainable Business and Government 327 $a8.1 Financing Sustainable Business8.2 Internalizing Environmental Costs; 8.3 Tradable Permits; 8.4 Innovation and Environmental Sustainability; 8.5 Life-Cycle Costs; 8.6 Risk, Safety, and Health Factors; 8.7 Cost-Benefit Analysis; Chapter 9. Energy, Environment, Economy, and Society; 9.1 Energy; 9.2 Energy and the Environment; 9.3 Energy Technology, Efficiency, and Efficacy; 9.4 Energy and Government; 9.5 The Energy Systems Model of Society; Chapter 10. Coal; 10.1 History of Coal Use; 10.2 Coal and the Environment; 10.3 Coal Technology; Chapter 11. Petroleum and Natural Gas; 11.1 Petroleum 327 $a11.2 Petroleum Resources and Prices 330 $aA number of factors, from soaring fuel prices to genetically modified agricultural products, have greatly refocused worldwide attention on the interrelationship between technology and society and the necessity for sustainable engineering and business practices. Technology, Humans, and Society focuses on building a model for business and engineering that will lead to a sustainable world. The challenge for engineering is to develop new technologies that enable economic growth and do not deplete irreplaceable resources and destroy ecological systems.No longer solely the domain of 410 0$aSustainable world series. 606 $aTechnological innovations$xSocial aspects 606 $aSustainable development 615 0$aTechnological innovations$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aSustainable development. 676 $a303.48/3 700 $aDorf$b Richard C$022966 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783139703321 996 $aTechnology, humans and society$91213198 997 $aUNINA