Sustainable materials science - environmental metallurgy. Volume 2, Pollution and emissions, biodiversity, toxicology and exotoxicology, economics and social roles, foresight / Jean-Pierre Birat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Birat, Jean-Pierre, author.

Series:

Science des Matériaux / Materials Ser.

Science des matériaux / Materials

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Materials science.

Metallurgy--Environmental aspects.

Metallurgy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (680 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Les Ulis : EDP sciences, [2021]

Summary:

The present book is the continuation of a first volume, which dwelt on fairly classical materials science and environmental issues. This second volume of «Sustainable Materials Science» explores more broadly the connection of materials with the biosphere, the anthroposphere and society. There is a shift, therefore, from a STEM approach (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) to an SSH one (Social Sciences and Humanities). This book is meant for students, researchers, engineers, social scientists and concerned citizens interested in how materials, nature and people interact. This volume concentrates on emissions to air, water and soil, on the connection with health and toxicology, climate change and the c collapse of biodiversity. It shows how materials exhibit a social value, in addition to their engineering properties and economic valuation. Materials also provide ecosystems services in the realm of industrial ecology. They are definitely social constructs. They exhibit agency. Their role, in their value chains, can be described in terms of Actors Network Theory (ANT). This book is unique in its approach of overarching so many fields of knowledge. There are excellent treatises on materials science and on industrial ecology. However, the connection of materials with the social dimension of sustainability is rarely discussed elsewhere and the pluridisciplinary cocktail of approaches used here is truly new. The book positions itself in a worldview of four intersecting dimensions: materials and energy, space and time.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of contents

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1 : The special roles that metals like steel or copper play in the energy system

Chapter 2 : Materials, Greenhouse Gas emissions and Climate Change

Chapter 3 : Biodiversity and Materials

Chapter 4 : Methods to deal with materials in a holistic way : Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Materials Flow Analysis (MFA), Sustainability Assessment of Technologies (SAT), etc

Chapter 5 : Materials and Health

Chapter 6 : Emissions & pollution: global & local environmental issues

Chapter 7 : History, geography and geopolitics of materials

Chapter 8 : Philosophy, social sciences and holistic views about materials

Chapter 9 : Foresight & Environmental Metallurgy

Chapter 10 : Conclusions, materials in space and time

Chapter 11 : Materials, COVID-19 and sanitary risks

Glossary – Acronyms and abbreviations

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9782759824441

2759824446

OCLC:

1239992810