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Materials and sustainable development
Author
Title
Materials and sustainable development / Michael F. Ashby.
ISBN
9780081001769
0081001762
9780128025628
012802562X
Publication
Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, [2016]
Copyright Notice Date
©2016
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 312 pages) : illustrations, maps
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
This title provides a structure and framework for analysing sustainable development and the role of materials in it. The 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.
Variant and related titles
Knovel. OCLC KB.
Other formats
Print version: Ashby, M. F. Materials and sustainable development. Oxford, UK : Butterworth-Heinemann Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier, [2016]
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 02, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Background: materials, energy and sustainability
What is a "sustainable development"?
Assessing sustainable developments: the steps
Tools, prompts and check-lists
Materirals supply-chain risk
Corporate sustainability and materials
Introduction to case studies
Scaling up biopolymer production
Wind farms
Case study: electric cars
Lighting
Solar PV
Bamboo for sustinable flooring
The vision: a circular materials economy
Data, charts and databases
Guidance for instructors.
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
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