Materials and sustainable development /
Ashby, Michael F.
Materials and sustainable development / Michael F. Ashby - Second Edition - Cambridge, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2023 - xv, 565 pages : colored illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes appendices and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Part 1: The background -- Part 2: The material life cycle and its context -- Part 3: The assessment method and case studies -- Part 4: Data and handouts -- Appendices --Index
The book's aim is to introduce ways of exploring sustainable development to readers in a way that avoids simplistic interpretations and approaches complexity in a systematic way. There is no completely 'right' answer to questions of sustainable development, instead, there is a thoughtful, well-researched response that recognizes concerns of stakeholders, conflicting priorities, and the economic, legal and social aspects of the technology and its environmental legacy.
9780323983617
MATERIALS--ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
MATERIALS
SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING
NATURAL RESOURCES--MANAGEMENT
RAW MATERIALS--ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
TA 403.6 .A84 2023
Materials and sustainable development / Michael F. Ashby - Second Edition - Cambridge, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2023 - xv, 565 pages : colored illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes appendices and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Part 1: The background -- Part 2: The material life cycle and its context -- Part 3: The assessment method and case studies -- Part 4: Data and handouts -- Appendices --Index
The book's aim is to introduce ways of exploring sustainable development to readers in a way that avoids simplistic interpretations and approaches complexity in a systematic way. There is no completely 'right' answer to questions of sustainable development, instead, there is a thoughtful, well-researched response that recognizes concerns of stakeholders, conflicting priorities, and the economic, legal and social aspects of the technology and its environmental legacy.
9780323983617
MATERIALS--ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
MATERIALS
SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING
NATURAL RESOURCES--MANAGEMENT
RAW MATERIALS--ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
TA 403.6 .A84 2023
