Introduction to sustainable resource use / by Callum Hill

By:

Hill, Callum

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Earthscan, 2011. London:Description: xii, 225 pISBN:

9781844079278

Subject(s):

Natural resources-management

DDC classification:

333.72 HIL-I

Contents:

1: Background (crisis? what crisis?)-- 2: Thermodynamics (the science of energy and change)-- 3: Resources (how much is left?)-- 4: Consumption (if we all get richer is this good for the planet?)-- 5: Impacts (the consequences of resource use)-- 6: Ecologic (integrating industry with nature)-- 7: Feedstocks (how can plants supply our technical needs?)-- 8: Forestry (criminal or saviour?)-- 9: Conclusions

Summary: This book explores the challenges our society faces in making the transition to renewable resource use in a way that is truly sustainable - environmentally, economically and socially. After exploring the physical limits the laws of thermodynamics impose on resource exploitation, the book outlines options for managing resources within these limits. It then moves on to look at the resources themselves (from fossil fuels, through minerals to renewable resources such as timber) and the salient question of how the relentless increase in consumption is putting untenable strain on resource use. Case s

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB F-1	Non Fiction	333.72 HIL-I (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		006196

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1: Background (crisis? what crisis?)--
2: Thermodynamics (the science of energy and change)--
3: Resources (how much is left?)--
4: Consumption (if we all get richer is this good for the planet?)--
5: Impacts (the consequences of resource use)--
6: Ecologic (integrating industry with nature)--
7: Feedstocks (how can plants supply our technical needs?)--
8: Forestry (criminal or saviour?)--
9: Conclusions

This book explores the challenges our society faces in making the transition to renewable resource use in a way that is truly sustainable - environmentally, economically and socially. After exploring the physical limits the laws of thermodynamics impose on resource exploitation, the book outlines options for managing resources within these limits. It then moves on to look at the resources themselves (from fossil fuels, through minerals to renewable resources such as timber) and the salient question of how the relentless increase in consumption is putting untenable strain on resource use. Case s

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