Описание: Covering biobased products in a broad context, this book provides chemical engineers with a better understanding of challenges, opportunities, risks, and benefits of commercialization.
Название: Catalysis For Sustainability, Goals ISBN: 1466586850 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781466586857 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22968.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Catalysis for Sustainability: Goals, Challenges, and Impacts explores the intersection between catalytic science and sustainable technologies as a means to addressing current economic, social, and environmental problems. These problems include harnessing alternative energy sources, pollution prevention and remediation, and the manufacturing of commodity products.
The book describes the nature of catalysis regarding sustainability and presents challenges to accomplishing sustainability as well as the significance of proven or potential success. The contributors have backgrounds in academia and industry to create a more integrated picture of the issues involving sustainability and catalysis.
Broad in scope, the book covers topics such as traditional metal-mediated catalysis, organocatalysis, biocatalysis, biomimicry, and heterogeneous catalysis. It includes chapters dedicated to specific research areas of catalysis as they pertain to their effectiveness, their economic and environmental benefits, and the challenges researchers face in actualizing solutions. It also contains a chapter on the application of life cycle analysis to catalytic processes, demonstrating the need to holistically consider the sustainable impacts of a process. The book can be read in a straightforward fashion or skimmed without forfeiting understanding of the narrative on the strategies and intentions of research and development.
Throughout the book the requirements of sustainability are measured by the triple bottom line of environmental, economic, and social impacts. It highlights real-world implementations of catalytic processes in drug development, manufacturing, polymers, and energy. Catalysis for Sustainability: Goals, Challenges, and Impacts is a strong and versatile text. It provides an introduction to the field and the issues with which it is concerned, as well as a detailed and far-reaching discussion on current achievements and future progress.
Описание: This book offers new perspectives of transdisciplinary research, in methodological as well as theoretical respects. It provides insights in the two-fold bio-physical and the socio-cultural global embeddedness of local living conditions on the basis of selected empirical studies from Latin America, Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe. The theoretical foundations of ecological research and sustainability policies were developed at the end of the nineteenth century. They are largely based on investigations of living spaces and the evolution and differentiation of varied life forms. This perspective is embedded in the practical and theoretical European problem situations of the past and lacks social and cultural differentiation. The transformation of spatial and natural relations as a result of the globalization process is so radical that new theories are needed to solve 21st century ecological problems. Moreover, in view of the lack of an ontologically sound and promising strategy for transdisciplinary problem solving, as well as an acceptable consideration of the power of cultural schemas relating to natural living’s interpretations, there is a strong need to focus on sustainable social practices, habits and routines, rather than on predominantly living spaces or eco-topes. This book elaborates on the transdisciplinary approach by reflecting on the theoretical heritage and a global perspective of sustainability, by focusing on the primary role of a social approach in sustainability research and by putting emphasis on cultural dimension of sustainability. It postulates that global sustainability is grounded in a global understanding of our everyday activities.
This book gathers contributions from scientists and industry representatives on achieving a sustainable bioeconomy. It also covers the social sciences, economics, business, education and the environmental sciences. There is an urgent need to optimise and maximise the use of biological resources, so that primary production and processing systems can generate more food, fibre and other bio-based products with less environmental impacts and lower greenhouse gas emissions. In other words, we need a “sustainable bioeconomy” – a term that encompasses the sustainable production of renewable resources from land, fisheries and aquaculture environments and their conversion into food, feed, fibre bio-based products and bio-energy, as well as related public goods.
Despite the relevance of achieving a sustainable bioeconomy, there are very few publications in this field. Addressing that gap, this book illustrates how biological resources and ecosystems could be used in a more sustainable, efficient and integrated manner – in other words, how the principles of sustainable bioeconomy can be implemented in practice.
Given its interdisciplinary nature, the field of sustainable bioeconomy offers a unique opportunity to address complex and interconnected challenges, while also promoting economic growth. It helps countries and societies to make a transition and to use resources more efficiently, and shows how to rely less on biological resources to satisfy industry demands and consumer needs.
The papers are innovative, cross-cutting and include many practice-based lessons learned, some of which are reproducible elsewhere. In closing, the book, prepared by the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP) and the World Sustainable Development Research and Transfer Centre (WSD-RTC), reiterates the need to promote a sustainable bioeconomy today.
Название: Base of the Pyramid Markets in Asia ISBN: 1138389137 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138389137 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Frugal Innovation in Base of the Pyramid Markets series comprises four volumes, covering theoretical perspectives, themes and various aspects of interest across four key regions. This book focuses on the BOP in Asia, and in particular the challenge of how to address the needs of deprived population groups in a sustainable manner.
Автор: Stefan Schaltegger; Sarah Elena Windolph; Dorli Ha Название: Corporate Sustainability in International Comparison ISBN: 3319062263 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319062266 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 18284.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Corporate Sustainability in International Comparison
Автор: J. Paulo Davim; Walter Leal Filho Название: Challenges in Higher Education for Sustainability ISBN: 3319237047 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319237046 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 20896.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book presents the latest advances on the incorporation of sustainability in higher education. Several examples illustrating how sustainability in higher education is being pursued in different countries can be found in this book. Case studies include institutions from Kosovo, Brazil, Portugal, UK, Canada and USA.
Автор: Stefan Schaltegger; Sarah Elena Windolph; Dorli Ha Название: Corporate Sustainability in International Comparison ISBN: 3319354353 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319354354 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 14365.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Part I.- Chapter 1: International Corporate Sustainability Barometer: Introduction and Structure.- Chapter 2: The International Corporate Sustainability Barometer: Purpose and Approach.- Chapter 3: Overview of the Aggregate Results of the International Corporate Sustainability Barometer.- Part II.- Chapter 4: International Corporate Sustainability Barometer - Australia.- Chapter 5: The Case of Belgium.- Chapter 6: International Corporate Sustainability Barometer 2012: Sustainability Management in France.- Chapter 7: Corporate Sustainability Management in Large German Companies.- Chapter 8: Sustainability Management in Hungary.- Chapter 9: Corporate Sustainability Barometer in Japan.- Chapter 10: Korean International Corporate Sustainability Barometer Survey 2012.- Chapter 11: Exploring Sustainability in Spanish Companies.- Chapter 12: State of the Art and Progress of Corporate Sustainability in Switzerland.- Chapter 13: Managing Responsible and Sustainable Business in the UK.- Chapter 14: The Case of Corporate Sustainability in the United States of America.- Part III.- Chapter 15: "Patterns & Conclusions".- Index.
Описание: This book tackles the challenges posed by accelerating urbanization, and demystifies Social Sustainability, the least understood of all the different areas of sustainable development. The volume’s twin focus on these profoundly intertwined topics creates a nuanced and vitally important resource. Large migrations from rural areas to cities without appropriate planning and infrastructure improvements, including housing, education and health care optimization, have created significant challenges across the globe. The authors suggest technology-rich strategies to meet these challenges by careful application of data on population growth and movement to the planning, design, and construction of operational infrastructures that can sustainably support our increasingly rapid population growth.
Название: Sustainability in Contemporary Rural Japan ISBN: 1138826081 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138826083 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22968.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Rural communities in Japan have suffered from significant depopulation and economic downturn in post-war years. Low birth rates, aging populations, agricultural decline and youth migration to large cities have been compounded by the triple disaster of 11 March 2011, which destroyed farming and fishing communities and left thousands of people homeless. This book identifies these challenges and acknowledges that an era of post-growth has arrived in Japan. Through exploring new forms of regional employment, community empowerment, and reverse migration, the authors address potential opportunities and benefits that may help to create and ensure the quality of life in depopulating areas and post-disaster scenarios. This book will be of interest not only to students of Japanese society, but also to those outside of Japan who are seeking new approaches for tackling depopulation challenges.
Автор: Wagner Название: Business and Environmental Sustainability ISBN: 1138632422 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138632424 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7195.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This textbook provides a thorough foundation by introducing readers to the science, reasoning and theory behind environmental sustainability, and delves into how these ideas translate into principles and business models for organisations to use.
Автор: Wagner Название: Business and Environmental Sustainability ISBN: 1138632384 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138632387 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This textbook provides a thorough foundation by introducing readers to the science, reasoning and theory behind environmental sustainability, and delves into how these ideas translate into principles and business models for organisations to use.
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