| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 532 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Strüngmann forum reports
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Strüngmann Forum reports.
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| Note |
Forum held Nov. 9-14, 2008, in Frankfurt, Germany. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Linkages of sustainability: an introduction / Thomas E. Graedel, Ester van der Voet -- Agriculture and forests recent trends, future prospects / Navin Ramankutty -- Perspectives on sustainability of ecosystem services and functions / Oswald J. Schmitz -- Human capital, social capital, and institutional capacity / Steve Rayner -- Stocks, flows, and prospects of land / Karen C. Seto [and others] -- Mineral resources quantitative and qualitative aspects of sustainability / Yuichi Moriguchi -- Geological stocks and prospects for nonrenewable resources / Stephen E. Kesler -- Deteriorating ore resources energy and water impacts / Terry E. Norgate -- Transforming the recovery and recycling of nonrenewable resources / Markus A. Reuter, Antoinette van Schaik -- Complex life cycles of precious and special metals / Christian Hageluken, Christina E.M. Meskers -- Stocks, flows, and prospects of mineral resources / Heather L. MacLean [and others] -- Global water balance / Johannes A.C. Barth [and others] -- Water quality as a component of a sustainable water supply / Thomas P. Knepper, Thomas A. Ternes -- Interactions of the water cycle with energy, material resources, greenhouse gas production, and land use / Heleen De Wever -- Issues of unsustainability related to water / Motomu Ibaraki -- Measuring and modeling the sustainability of global water resources / Shinjiro Kanae -- Stocks, flows, and prospects of water / Klaus Lindner [and others] -- Resources, reserves, and consumption of energy / Donald L. Gautier [and others] -- Considering issues of energy sustainability / Thomas J. Wilbanks -- Measuring energy sustainability / David L. Greene -- Energy without constraints? / Ernst Worrell -- Stocks, flows, and prospects of energy / Andreas Loschel [and others] -- Climate change, land use, agriculture, and the emerging bioeconomy / David L. Skole, Brent M. Simpson -- Enhancing resource sustainability by transforming urban and suburban transportation / Mark A. Delucchi -- The emerging importance of linkages / Ester van der Voet, Thomas E. Graedel. |
| Summary |
In this book, experts discuss the multiple components of sustainability, the constraints imposed by their linkages, and the necessity of taking a comprehensive view. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sustainability -- Congresses.
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Sustainability. |
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Conservation of natural resources -- Congresses.
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Conservation of natural resources. |
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Sustainable development -- Congresses.
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Sustainable development. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Graedel, T. E.
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Voet, E. van der.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ernst Strüngmann Forum (2008 : Frankfurt, Germany). Linkages of sustainability. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010 9780262013581 (DLC) 2009039035 (OCoLC)319498080 |
| ISBN |
9780262258845 (electronic book) |
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0262258846 (electronic book) |
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9780262013581 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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