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Sustainable Metals Management
. Ed(S): Von Gleich, Arnim; Ayres, Professor Robert U.; Gossling-Reisemann, Stefan
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Hardback. Metals have been essential to human civilisation for many thousands of years. Their durable and recyclable properties should make them ideal materials for a sustainable economy. But can metals live up to this promise? This book brings together experts from many fields to discuss the conditions and limits of a sustainable metals management. Editor(s): Von Gleich, Arnim; Ayres, Professor Robert U.; Gossling-Reisemann, Stefan. Series: Eco-Efficiency in Industry & Science. Num Pages: 610 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNU; TDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1050.
What’s in a name? What, in particular, is metals management’ all about? I suspect that my ‘ colleagues assumed that I would have a good answer, given that the endowed Sandoz Chair I occupied from 1992 until my retirement in 2000 was entitled “Environment and Management”, and at INSEAD I created a Center for Management of Environmental Resources (CMER). Metals are a subset of resources, et voila! However, in all honesty, management, as such, was never my core competence (to use another phrase popularized by business schools). Here comes the shocking secret. We used the word management in those titles ... Read more
What’s in a name? What, in particular, is metals management’ all about? I suspect that my ‘ colleagues assumed that I would have a good answer, given that the endowed Sandoz Chair I occupied from 1992 until my retirement in 2000 was entitled “Environment and Management”, and at INSEAD I created a Center for Management of Environmental Resources (CMER). Metals are a subset of resources, et voila! However, in all honesty, management, as such, was never my core competence (to use another phrase popularized by business schools). Here comes the shocking secret. We used the word management in those titles ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
610
Condition
New
Series
Eco-Efficiency in Industry & Science
Number of Pages
610
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402040078
SKU
V9781402040078
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