Allenby, Braden R.

The theory and practice of sustainable engineering / Braden R. Allenby. - Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2012. - xiv, 416 p. : il., grafs., mapas, etc.

Includes bibliographical references, index, etc.

Cap. 1. So what is different now? or, why we need sustainable engineering -- 2. Themes of the anthropecene -- 3. Complexity -- 4. Sustainability -- 5. Homo faber: human history and technology -- 6. Characteristics of technology -- 7. Industrial ecology -- 8. The five horsemen: emerging technologies -- 9. Green chemistry -- 10. Sustainable engineering: information and communication technology -- 11. The five horsemen, military operations, and national security -- 12. The macroethics -- 13. The aral sea, the everglades, and adaptive management -- 14. Earth systems engineering and management: sustainable engineering at a planetary scale -- 15. The engineer as leader.


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9780132127998 (pasta blanda) 0132127997 (pasta blanda)


Sustainable Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Sustainable Design
Sustainable Development
Ingeniería Ambiental
Desarrollo Sostenible

620.001 / A432