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RECORD NUMBER: 24 OF 33Main Title | Sustainable engineering : concepts, design, and case studies / | |||||||||||
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Author | Allen, David T. | |||||||||||
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Publisher | Prentice Hall, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2012 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 698332103 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0132756544; 9780132756549 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Sustainable engineering ; Environmental engineering ; Sustainable development ; Environmental management ; Environment and ecology ; Chemische Industrie ; Ingenieurwissenschaften ; Nachhaltigkeit ; èOkologische Chemie | |||||||||||
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Collation | xiv, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | Chapter 1: An Introduction to Sustainability -- Chapter 2: Risk and Life-Cycle Frameworks for Sustainability -- Chapter 3: Environmental Law and Regulation -- Chapter 4: Green, Sustainable Materials -- Chapter 5: Design for Sustainability: Economic, Environmental, and Social Indicators -- Chapter 6: Case Studies. 'Sustainable Engineering' offers a unified approach and comprehensive tools for evaluating and reducing the environmental impacts of engineering designs. It builds on the authors' comprehensive benchmarking study of the incorporation of sustainability concepts in engineering curricula. |