Sustainability & Engineering Part I Sustainability & Engineering Part I
Book 3 - Sustainability

Sustainability & Engineering Part I

Aran Eales and Others

Publisher Description

This book is intended to give you a broad understanding of issues related to environmental sustainability in the context of engineering. The environmental problems facing our world are becoming more apparent day by day, and the term “sustainability” is used more frequently in the media. This module will explore the concept of sustainability and discuss some of the issues surrounding the subject.


Each chapter will begin with an overview of the content, and will then introduce key factors and the current world systems in place for the subject matter such as energy, materials, food, water and shelter. The social and economic factors of sustainability in an engineering context will also be covered. The problems associated with these systems will then be highlighted, specifically their environmental or social impacts and what part of the systems that could be considered unsustainable. Alternatives will then be introduced and outlined including what options there are and what are the challenges involved in implementing them.


*This ebook is a U-NOW resource from The University of Nottingham. Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA) 


ISBN: 978-0-9574379-0-6

  • GENRE
    Professional & Technical
    RELEASED
    2012
    October 23
    LANGUAGE
    EN
    English
    LENGTH
    98
    Pages
    PUBLISHER
    The University of Nottingham
    SELLER
    The University of Nottingham
    SIZE
    511.5
    MB

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