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Materials and Sustainable Development

Paperback • 2015 • English

Materials and Sustainable Development

By Michael F. Ashby

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About the book

This book, from noted materials selection authority Mike Ashby, provides a structure and framework for analyzing sustainable development and the role of materials in it. The aim is to introduce ways of exploring sustainable development to readers in a way that avoids simplistic interpretations and approaches complexity in a systematic way. There is no completely "right" answer to questions of sustainable development - instead, there is a thoughtful, well-researched response that recognizes conce...Show more

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ISBN

9780081001769

Publisher

Elsevier Science & Technology

Published year

2015

Language

English

Original title

Materials and Sustainable Development

Format

Paperback

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