Linkages of sustainability /

In this book, experts discuss the multiple components of sustainability, the constraints imposed by their linkages, and the necessity of taking a comprehensive view.

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Corporate Author: Ernst Strüngmann Forum Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Other Authors: Graedel, T. E., Voet, E. van der
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2010
Series:Strüngmann Forum reports.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Linkages of sustainability: an introduction / Thomas E. Graedel, Ester van der Voet
  • Agriculture and forests recent trends, future prospects / Navin Ramankutty
  • Perspectives on sustainability of ecosystem services and functions / Oswald J. Schmitz
  • Human capital, social capital, and institutional capacity / Steve Rayner
  • Stocks, flows, and prospects of land / Karen C. Seto [and others]
  • Mineral resources quantitative and qualitative aspects of sustainability / Yuichi Moriguchi
  • Geological stocks and prospects for nonrenewable resources / Stephen E. Kesler
  • Deteriorating ore resources energy and water impacts / Terry E. Norgate
  • Transforming the recovery and recycling of nonrenewable resources / Markus A. Reuter, Antoinette van Schaik
  • Complex life cycles of precious and special metals / Christian Hageluken, Christina E.M. Meskers
  • Stocks, flows, and prospects of mineral resources / Heather L. MacLean [and others]
  • Global water balance / Johannes A.C. Barth [and others]
  • Water quality as a component of a sustainable water supply / Thomas P. Knepper, Thomas A. Ternes
  • Interactions of the water cycle with energy, material resources, greenhouse gas production, and land use / Heleen De Wever
  • Issues of unsustainability related to water / Motomu Ibaraki
  • Measuring and modeling the sustainability of global water resources / Shinjiro Kanae
  • Stocks, flows, and prospects of water / Klaus Lindner [and others]
  • Resources, reserves, and consumption of energy / Donald L. Gautier [and others]
  • Considering issues of energy sustainability / Thomas J. Wilbanks
  • Measuring energy sustainability / David L. Greene
  • Energy without constraints? / Ernst Worrell
  • Stocks, flows, and prospects of energy / Andreas Loschel [and others]
  • Climate change, land use, agriculture, and the emerging bioeconomy / David L. Skole, Brent M. Simpson
  • Enhancing resource sustainability by transforming urban and suburban transportation / Mark A. Delucchi
  • The emerging importance of linkages / Ester van der Voet, Thomas E. Graedel.