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The Earth [[electronic resource] ] : natural resources and human intervention / / Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek ; translated by Sandra Lustig ; Klaus Wiegandt, general editor
| The Earth [[electronic resource] ] : natural resources and human intervention / / Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek ; translated by Sandra Lustig ; Klaus Wiegandt, general editor |
| Autore | Schmidt-Bleek F |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Haus Pub., 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.72 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
WiegandtKlaus
LustigSandra |
| Collana | The sustainability project |
| Soggetto topico |
Conservation of natural resources
Conservation of natural resources - Citizen participation Conservation of natural resources - Economic aspects Sustainable living |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-86284-3
9786613792167 1-906598-59-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Editor's Foreword; Preface: how environmental protection mutated into an eco-strategy; Acknowledgments; 1 The Earth In Motion; How we manage natural resources; Dematerialization of the economy; Moving resources; Changing the way we manage the economy; The necessity of dematerialization; The ecological rucksack and an ecological metric; Energy in the ecological rucksack; How we manage resources; From old to new environmental policy; 2 The True Price Of Things; Focus on function; Two new concepts; Ecological rucksacks; The ecological price, or the true price of things
Material input factors - MIFFive different rucksacks; Factor 10; In a nutshell; 3 The Ecological Metric; Costs per service; The ecological price of utility; MIPS is evidently the ecological equivalent of COPS; The service unit S; An example: what is dematerialized steel?; Resource productivity: more utility for less environment; Resource productivity of production; Resource productivity of services; Ecological prices and labels; Ecological prices; Do prices tell the ecological truth?; 4 The Economy's Metabolism; An Excursus: The Tower Of Babel; Inseparable: economic activity and the ecosphere Material flow accountsThe resource strategy; Material flows in Germany; Food metabolism in Germany; Material flows in the European Union; The global economy's material flows; The population problem and resource consumption; Boomerang effects; Sustainable world trade?; 5 Consequences For The Earth; The complexity of the economy and the ecosphere; The devastation caused by hurricanes; Early warnings; The Kyoto Protocol - the path to the future?; Sustainable solutions?; 6 Services And Their Utility; Practical services; Luxury and resources; Services performed by machines; Nature's services The utility of lifeChanging values?; Focusing on utility helps to create a future with a future; Seeking ecological utility; Choosing the best; Making difficult choices; The new Kondratiev wave; Who are the movers and shakers?; Making MIPS smaller: dematerializing existing products; Designing the invisible: innovations for tomorrow; Multifunctional equipment; Designing sustainable utility; 7 The Earth In Our Hands; The productivity of labor and resources; Unemployment with no prospects?; Misdirected financial burdens?; Energy and resource efficiency; Unintelligent taxation; Full-cost pricing The reality of wasting resourcesInnovation on the wrong track?; The Aachen scenario; We still lack information; Carnoules Potentials; Investing in tomorrow; Europe's historic opportunity; Epilogue; Glossary; Tables; References |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461813303321 |
Schmidt-Bleek F
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| London, : Haus Pub., 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Earth [[electronic resource] ] : natural resources and human intervention / / Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek ; translated by Sandra Lustig ; Klaus Wiegandt, general editor
| The Earth [[electronic resource] ] : natural resources and human intervention / / Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek ; translated by Sandra Lustig ; Klaus Wiegandt, general editor |
| Autore | Schmidt-Bleek F |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Haus Pub., 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.72 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
WiegandtKlaus
LustigSandra |
| Collana | The sustainability project |
| Soggetto topico |
Conservation of natural resources
Conservation of natural resources - Citizen participation Conservation of natural resources - Economic aspects Sustainable living |
| ISBN |
1-281-86284-3
9786613792167 1-906598-59-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Editor's Foreword; Preface: how environmental protection mutated into an eco-strategy; Acknowledgments; 1 The Earth In Motion; How we manage natural resources; Dematerialization of the economy; Moving resources; Changing the way we manage the economy; The necessity of dematerialization; The ecological rucksack and an ecological metric; Energy in the ecological rucksack; How we manage resources; From old to new environmental policy; 2 The True Price Of Things; Focus on function; Two new concepts; Ecological rucksacks; The ecological price, or the true price of things
Material input factors - MIFFive different rucksacks; Factor 10; In a nutshell; 3 The Ecological Metric; Costs per service; The ecological price of utility; MIPS is evidently the ecological equivalent of COPS; The service unit S; An example: what is dematerialized steel?; Resource productivity: more utility for less environment; Resource productivity of production; Resource productivity of services; Ecological prices and labels; Ecological prices; Do prices tell the ecological truth?; 4 The Economy's Metabolism; An Excursus: The Tower Of Babel; Inseparable: economic activity and the ecosphere Material flow accountsThe resource strategy; Material flows in Germany; Food metabolism in Germany; Material flows in the European Union; The global economy's material flows; The population problem and resource consumption; Boomerang effects; Sustainable world trade?; 5 Consequences For The Earth; The complexity of the economy and the ecosphere; The devastation caused by hurricanes; Early warnings; The Kyoto Protocol - the path to the future?; Sustainable solutions?; 6 Services And Their Utility; Practical services; Luxury and resources; Services performed by machines; Nature's services The utility of lifeChanging values?; Focusing on utility helps to create a future with a future; Seeking ecological utility; Choosing the best; Making difficult choices; The new Kondratiev wave; Who are the movers and shakers?; Making MIPS smaller: dematerializing existing products; Designing the invisible: innovations for tomorrow; Multifunctional equipment; Designing sustainable utility; 7 The Earth In Our Hands; The productivity of labor and resources; Unemployment with no prospects?; Misdirected financial burdens?; Energy and resource efficiency; Unintelligent taxation; Full-cost pricing The reality of wasting resourcesInnovation on the wrong track?; The Aachen scenario; We still lack information; Carnoules Potentials; Investing in tomorrow; Europe's historic opportunity; Epilogue; Glossary; Tables; References |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789877203321 |
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Schmidt-Bleek F
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| London, : Haus Pub., 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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