Technology and sustainability / edited by Carolien Kroeze [and others].

Contributor(s):

Kroeze, Carolien

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Amsterdam : Techne Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (115 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9789085940364
9085940362
9789085940333
9085940338

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Technology and sustainability.DDC classification:

333.7 23

LOC classification:

HC79.E5 T43 2011eb

Online resources:

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Contents:

1. Does the population issue still have a valid place on the environmental agenda? / Jan J. Boersema -- 2. The political economy of sustainable development in a globalising context / Hans Opschoor -- 3. On technologies for sustainable societal change / Pieter Glasbergen -- 4. On sustainability and capitalism / Egbert Tellegen -- 5. Combatting climate change. The role of government, industry and NGOs / Jacqueline Cramer -- 6. Biochar: environmental benefits and costs / David Pimentel -- 7. Technological risk, precautionary reasoning and 'sustainable safety': eternal objective-subjective tensions? / Charles Vlek -- 8. Risk assessment and environmental chemicals: a historical perspective / Ad Ragas and Mark Huijbregts -- 9. Biogeochemical nitrogen cycles and food production / Carolien Kroeze, Wilfried Ivens, Ansje Löhr, Daisy Tysmans, Jikke van Wijnen and Tobias Bolscher -- 10. The growth of renewable electricity production -- exploring the limits / Kornelis Blok and Pieter van Breevoort.

Summary: For this collection of essays, a number of leading environmentalists have been invited to present their vision, each in their own field of expertise. Sustainability and Technology invites the reader to critically think about these issues, and consider the implications that sustainability has on society, environment, and technology and its developments.

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For this collection of essays, a number of leading environmentalists have been invited to present their vision, each in their own field of expertise. Sustainability and Technology invites the reader to critically think about these issues, and consider the implications that sustainability has on society, environment, and technology and its developments.

English.

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