Materials and Sustainable Development - Softcover

Ashby, Michael F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0081001762 ISBN 13: 9780081001769

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2015

Synopsis

This book, from note materials selection authority Mike Ashby, provides a structure and framework for analyzing sustainable development and the role of materials in it. The aim is to introduce ways of exploring sustainable development to readers in a way that avoids simplistic interpretations and approaches complexity in a systematic way. There is no completely "right" answer to questions of sustainable development - instead, there is a thoughtful, well-researched response that recognizes concerns of stakeholders, the conflicting priorities and the economic, legal and social aspects of a technology as well as its environmental legacy. The intent is not to offer solutions to sustainability challenges but rather to improve the quality of discussion and enable informed, balanced debate.

About this title

About the Author:

Royal Society Research Professor Emeritus at Cambridge University and Former Visiting Professor of Design at the Royal College of Art, London, UK

Mike Ashby is sole or lead author of several of Elsevier's top selling engineering textbooks, including Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Materials and the Environment, and Materials: Engineering, Science, Processing and Design. He is also coauthor of the books Engineering Materials 1&2, and Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies and Design.

About this edition

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0081001762
• ISBN 13: 9780081001769
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328