Linkages of sustainability / edited by Thomas E. Graedel and Ester van der Voet.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Ernst Strüngmann Forum, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Graedel, T. E.

Voet, E. van der.

Conference Name:

Ernst Strüngmann Forum (2008 : Frankfurt, Germany)

Ernst Strèungmann Forum

Series:

Strungmann Forum reports.

Strungmann forum reports

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainability--Congresses.

Sustainability.

Conservation of natural resources--Congresses.

Conservation of natural resources.

Sustainable development--Congresses.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (547 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Contents; The Ernst Strüngmann Forum; List of Contributors; 1 - Linkages of Sustainability; Land, Human, and Nature; 2 - Agriculture and Forests; 3 - Perspectives on Sustainability of Ecosystem Services and Functions; 4 - Human Capital, Social Capital, and Institutional Capacity; 5 - Stocks, Flows, and Prospects of Land; Nonrenewable Resources; 6 - Mineral Resources; 7 - Geological Stocks and Prospects for Nonrenewable Resources; 8 - Deteriorating Ore Resources; 9 - Transforming the Recovery and Recycling of Nonrenewable Resources; 10 - Complex Life Cycles of Precious and Special Metals

11 - Stocks, Flows, and Prospects of Mineral Resources Water; 12 - Global Water Balance; 13 - Water Quality as a Component of a Sustainable Water Supply; 14 - Interactions of the Water Cycle with Energy, Material Resources, Greenhouse Gas Production, and Land Use; 15 - Issues of Unsustainability Related to Water; 16 - Measuring and Modeling the Sustainability of Global Water Resources; 17 - Stocks, Flows, and Prospects of Water; Energy; 18 - Resources, Reserves, and Consumption of Energy; 19 - Considering Issues of Energy Sustainability; 20 - Measuring Energy Sustainability

21 - Energy without Constraints? 22 - Stocks, Flows, and Prospects of Energy; Next Steps; 23 - Climate Change, Land Use, Agriculture, and the Emerging Bioeconomy; 24 - Enhancing Resource Sustainability by Transforming Urban and Suburban Transportation; 25 - The Emerging Importance of Linkages; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; List of Abbreviations; Bibliography; Subject Index

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Forum held Nov. 9-14, 2008, in Frankfurt, Germany.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-262-25884-6

OCLC:

609423050