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Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization

Paperback • 2013 • English

Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization

By Vaclav Smil

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About the book

How much further should the affluent world push its material consumption? Does relative dematerialization lead to absolute decline in demand for materials? These and many other questions are discussed and answered in Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization. Over the course of time, the modern world has become dependent on unprecedented flows of materials. Now even the most efficient production processes and the highest practical rates of recycling may not be enough to result i...Show more

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ISBN

9781119942535

Publisher

JOHN WILEY SONS

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization

Format

Paperback

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