Eco-restructuring : implications for sustainable development / Robert U. Ayres, editor ; Paul M. Weaver, assistant editor ; with the editorial support of Gilberto Gallopin ... [et al.]
- Bib ID:
- 2052923
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
-
- Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c1998
- vi, 417 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9280809849 (paperback)
- Summary:
-
Following on from the critically acclaimed Industrial Metabolism, this study provides a significant contribution to the literature on sustainability by identifying, on a sectoral basis, the critical issues facing the world as a whole, and the technical feasibility of addressing them. A new paradigm of eco-restructuring for sustainable development is introduced, involving shifts in technology, economic activities and lifestyles needed to harmonize human activities with natural systems.
- Full contents:
-
- 1. Eco-restructuring: The transition to an ecologically sustainable economy / Robert U. Ayres
- 2. The biophysical basis of eco-restructuring: An overview of current relations between human economic activities and the global system / Walther Manshard
- 3. Ecological process engineering: The potential of bioprocessing / Anton Moser
- 4. Materials futures: Pollution prevention, recycling, and improved functionality / Pradeep Rohatgi, Kalpana Rohatgi and Robert U. Ayres
- 5. Global energy futures: The long-term perspective for eco-restructuring / Hans-Holger Rogner
- 6. Fuel decarbonization for fuel cell applications and sequestration of the separated CO₂ / Robert H. Williams
- 7. Photovoltaics / Paolo Frankl
- 8. Global eco-restructuring and technological change in the twenty-first century / Faye Duchin
- 9. Agro-eco-restructuring: Potential for sustainability / Heinrich Wohlmeyer
- 10. The restructuring of tropical land-use systems / Gilberto C. Gallopin.
- 11. The restructuring of transport, logistics, trade, and industrial space use / Paul M. Weaver
- 12. National and international policy instruments and institutions for eco-restructuring / Mikoto Usui.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1998
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.