Technology, humans and society:toward a sustainable world

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dorf Richard C
Published: Academic Press,
Publisher Address: San Diego
Publication Dates: c2001.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Sustainable world series
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xvii, 500 p.: ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 0122210905 (alk. paper)
Index Number: F061
CLC: F061.3
F113
F403.6
F062.4
Call Number: F061.3/D695
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sustainability, economics, and the environment -- Business -- Science, technology, and progress -- Sustainable and appropriate technologies -- Business and technology methods -- Engineering design and innovation -- Business and the corporation -- Financial and cost issues in sustainable business and government -- Energy, environment, economy, and society -- Coal -- Petroleum and natural gas -- Electric energy -- Nuclear power -- Renewable energy -- Wind and solar energy -- Biomass, geothermal energy, and energy storage -- Natural resources and waste systems -- Agriculture, biotechnology, and