Introduction to sustainable resource use /
Hill, Callum
Introduction to sustainable resource use / by Callum Hill - London: Earthscan, 2011. - xii, 225 p.
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
9781844079278
Natural resources-management
333.72 / HIL-I
Introduction to sustainable resource use / by Callum Hill - London: Earthscan, 2011. - xii, 225 p.
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
9781844079278
Natural resources-management
333.72 / HIL-I