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1 online resource (90 pages) |
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Engineering Solutions for Sustainability; Contents; About This Report; About the Workshop Sponsors; Acknowledgments; I: Executive Summary; II: Introduction and Process; III: Human Needs (Water, Food, and Health); Figure 1: Earth's Water Balance; TABLE 1: Water Consumption by Energy Type in the United States; IV: Infrastructure (Transportation, Housing, and Urban Design); Figure 1: The Brooklyn Bridge: An Example of a Pioneering and Sustained Urban Infrastructure; Figure 2: The Los Angeles Airport "Theme Building": Melding Art, Architecture, and Air Transport; V: The Resource Cycle |
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V(A). ENERGYFigure 1: Carbon Abatement Wedges; Figure 2: Populations Without Electricity Access; V(B). MINERAL RESOURCES; Figure 3: Expansion of the Scope of Concern about Mineral Supply; Figure 4: Assessing How a Mine Project Can Contribute to Sustainable Development; TABLE 1: Five Dimensions of Mineral Availability; Figure 5: The Scope of Material Stewardship Encompasses Process and Product Stewardship; TABLE 2: Opportunities for Research and Development in the Minerals Sector; V(C). MATERIALS AND RECYCLING; VI: Human Resources; VII: Linking Technologies to Resources |
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Figure 1: Technology and Resources MatrixVIII: The Path Forward; Appendix A: List of Delegates; Appendix B: References and Recommended Readings; Appendix C: Summary of Sector-Specific Advances |
| Summary |
The resources, tools, and concepts presented in this report pull from the unique perspectives and expertise of an array of engineering disciplines convened for an international workshop sponsored by AIME, and co-sponsored by the American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), to forge a common understanding of the role and responsibility of engineering in achieving global sustainability. The workshop findings are presented within the following topic areas, while highlighting linkages between and among the specific societal sectors under exa |
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Print version record |
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Environmental engineering.
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Sustainable engineering.
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environmental engineering.
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Environmental engineering
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Sustainable engineering
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781118196793 |
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1118196791 |
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