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Description for Factor X
Hardcover. The book examines sustainable resource use. It identifies needs and areas for action, describes measures and instruments to increase resource efficiency, and gives practical recommendations and develops proposals to improve resource efficiency. Editor(s): Angrick, Michael; Burger, Andreas; Lehmann, Harry. Series: Eco-Efficiency in Industry & Science. Num Pages: 311 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 53 colour illustrations, 17 black & white tables, 3 colour. BIC Classification: RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 606.
The editors of Factor X explore and analyze this trajectory, predicting scarcities of non-renewable materials such as metals, limited availability of ecological capacities and shortages arising from geographic concentrations of materials. They argue that what is needed is a radical change in the ways we use nature’s resources to produce goods and services and generate well-being. The goal of saving our ecosystem demands a prompt and decisive reduction of man-induced material flows. Before 2050, they assert, we must achieve a significant decrease in consumption of resources, in the line with the idea of a factor 10 reduction target. EU-wide and ... Read more
The editors of Factor X explore and analyze this trajectory, predicting scarcities of non-renewable materials such as metals, limited availability of ecological capacities and shortages arising from geographic concentrations of materials. They argue that what is needed is a radical change in the ways we use nature’s resources to produce goods and services and generate well-being. The goal of saving our ecosystem demands a prompt and decisive reduction of man-induced material flows. Before 2050, they assert, we must achieve a significant decrease in consumption of resources, in the line with the idea of a factor 10 reduction target. EU-wide and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
Series
Eco-Efficiency in Industry & Science
Number of Pages
311
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400757059
SKU
V9789400757059
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Ref
99-15
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