Linkages of sustainability [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thomas E. Graedel and Ester van der Voet

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (547 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.72
• Soggetto topico: Sustainability; Conservation of natural resources; Sustainable development
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GraedelT. E VoetE. van der
• Note generali: Forum held Nov. 9-14, 2008, in Frankfurt, Germany.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Transforming Urban and Suburban Transportation; 25 - The Emerging Importance of Linkages; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; List of Abbreviations; Bibliography; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this book, experts discuss the multiple components of sustainability, the constraints imposed by their linkages, and the necessity of taking a comprehensive view.
• Titolo autorizzato: Linkages of sustainability
• ISBN: 0-262-25884-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455588503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Strüngmann Forum reports.