Azapagic / Perdan Sustainable Development in Practice

Case Studies for Engineers and Scientists
2. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-97285-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 536 Seiten, E-Book

Sustainable Development in Practice: Case Studies for Engineersand Scientists, Second Edition explores the concept ofsustainable development and its implications for science andengineering. It looks at how sustainability criteria can becombined with traditional scientific and engineering considerationsto design and operate industrial systems in a more sustainablemanner. Taking a life cycle approach to addressing economic,environmental and social issues, the book presents a series of newpractical case studies drawn from a range of sectors, includingmining, energy, food, buildings, transport, waste, and health.
Written in an accessible style, the book opens with a generalintroduction to the concept of sustainable development and exploresits practical implications for technical experts. Recognising thatpractical application of sustainable development depends on thecontext, the second part of the book is devoted to case studies.The case studies explore scientific and technical aspects alongsiderelevant environmental economic and social issues.
The key features of this completely revised and updated secondedition include:
* Twelve new chapters, including the case studies on nuclearenergy, biofuels, aviation, buildings, urban transport, food,sanitation and health.
* Six completely revised chapters
* Coverage of a wide range of sustainability issues in bothdeveloped and developing countries
* Integration of scientific and technical aspects with economic,environmental and social considerations
* Discussion of policy implications
* Communication with the non-engaging and non-scientificaudience
Considered essential reading for all engineers and scientistsconcerned with sustainable development, Sustainable Developmentin Practice: Case Studies for Engineers and Scientists, SecondEdition also provides key reading and learning materials forundergraduate and postgraduate science and engineeringstudents.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Azapagic, Adisa

Perdan, Slobodan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Editors ix
List of Contributors xi
Preface xiii
Part 1
1 The Concept of Sustainable Development and its PracticalImplications 3
Slobodan Perdan
2 Measuring Sustainable Development: An Overview 26
Slobodan Perdan and Adisa Azapagic
3 Assessing Environmental Sustainability: Life Cycle Thinkingand Life Cycle Assessment 56
Adisa Azapagic
Part 2
4 Translating the Principles of Sustainable Development intoBusiness Practice: An Application in the Mining and Minerals Sector83
Adisa Azapagic and Slobodan Perdan
5 Climate Change and Policy: The Case of Germany 117
Wolfram Krewitt and Hans Mu¨ller-Steinhagen
6 Sustainability Assessment of Biofuels 142
Adisa Azapagic and Heinz Stichnothe
7 Scenario Building and Uncertainties: Options for EnergySources 170
Richard Darton
8 Fuel Cells in Stationary Applications: Energy for the Future?189
Martin Pehnt
9 Sustainability of Nuclear Power 211
Adisa Azapagic and Slobodan Perdan
10 Municipal Solid Waste Management: Recovering Energy fromWaste 261
Adisa Azapagic
11 Sustainability Issues in Food Provisioning Systems 326
Adisa Azapagic, Heinz Stichnothe and Namy Espinoza-Orias
12 Providing Sustainable Sanitation 348
Richard Fenner and Amparo Flores
13 Sustainable Process Design: The Case of Vinyl ChlorideMonomer (VCM) 374
Adisa Azapagic
14 Urban Sustainability: The Case of Transport 420
Slobodan Perdan and Adisa Azapagic
15 Aviation and its Response to Environmental Pressure 449
Alice Bows and Kevin Anderson
16 Health Impact Assessment of Urban Pollution 467
Zaid Chalabi and Tony Fletcher
17 Social and Ethical Dimensions of Sustainable Development:Mining in Kakadu National Park 483
Slobodan Perdan
Index 511

Über Autor(innen)

Adisa Azapagic holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Environmental ChemicalEngineering and a Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Analysis. She isProfessor of Sustainable Chemical Engineering in the School ofChemical Engineering and Analytical Science and and AssociatedProfessor of the Sustainable Consumption Institute. She is leadingthe Sustainable Industrial Systems group which comprises over20 post-doctoral researchers and Ph.D. students.
Adisa has held a number of fellowships and honoraryappointments, some of which include fellowships from the RoyalAcademy of Engineering, UNESCO and Japan Society for the Promotionof Science (JSPS). She was awarded the IChemE Award for OutstandingAchievements in Chemical and Process Engineering in 2010 and theGSK/CIA Innovation Award in 2011.
For more information visit: http://www.sustainable-systems.org.uk
Slobodan Perdan is a Research Fellow in the School ofChemical Engineering and Analytical Science.
Slobodan holds a BA and an MA in Philosophy from the University ofSarajevo (Bosnia), an MA (Distinction) in Politics andSecurity from University College London and a PhD in EnvironmentalStrategy from the University of Surrey.
Slobodan joined the SustainableIndustrial Systems Group in CEAS as Simon Industrial andProfessional Fellow in January 2008. Slobodan previously worked onthe PuRE project where his role was to look into the social aspectsof human activities in the urban environment. He is currentlyworking in association with the CCaLC project and is focusing onthe "carbon economy", in particular the socio-economicconsequences of the introduction of the carbon 'market'and the ethical issues associated with the treating of carbonemissions as a tradable commodity.