Sustainable Development in Practice: Case Studies for Engineers and Scientists

摘要: About the Editors ix List of Contributors xi Preface xiii Part 1 The Concept Sustainable Development and its Practical Implications 3 Slobodan Perdan 2 Measuring Development: An Overview 26 Adisa Azapagic Assessing Environmental Sustainability: Life Cycle Thinking Assessment 56 4 Translating Principles into Business Practice: Application in Mining Minerals Sector 83 5 Climate Change Policy: Case Germany 117 Wolfram Krewitt Hans Muller-Steinhagen 6 Sustainability Biofuels 142 Heinz Stichnothe 7 Scenario Building Uncertainties: Options for Energy Sources 170 Richard Darton 8 Fuel Cells Stationary Applications: Future? 189 Martin Pehnt 9 Nuclear Power 211 10 Municipal Solid Waste Management: Recovering from 261 11 Issues Food Provisioning Systems 326 Azapagic, Namy Espinoza-Orias 12 Providing Sanitation 348 Fenner Amparo Flores 13 Process Design: Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) 374 14 Urban Transport 420 15 Aviation Response to Pressure 449 Alice Bows Kevin Anderson 16 Health Impact Pollution 467 Zaid Chalabi Tony Fletcher 17 Social Ethical Dimensions Kakadu National Park 483 Index 511