Theory and Practice of Sustainable Engineering, The

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

The Theory and Practice of Sustainable Engineering is appropriate to use in sustainable engineering classes for both majors and non-majors. This textbook was designed as the basis for a course in itself, but it can be used to provide modules in existing courses, or as a supplementary text in sustainable engineering, green engineering, industrial ecology, sustainability law and policy, and environmental courses. Although this is a book about sustainable engineers, it is meant for a broader audience. This is not just an engineering text for engineering students, but also an engineering text for non-engineers who want to better understand the world, and be able to rationally, ethically, and responsibly respond to its challenges and emergent behaviors.

Sustainable engineering is learning how to engineer responsibly and professionally in the Anthropocene: the Age of the Human. This book sketches out the cultural, social, institutional, and environmental context within which engineering and, more broadly, technology systems are now situated. It provides frameworks to facilitate understanding, communication, and the solving of highly complex problems with significant technological dimensions — all in the name of generating more capable professionals competent in their chosen field, who are able to integrate other disciplines to address complex adaptive systems.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-09-21
Mått:10 x 10 x 10 mm
Vikt:560 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:432
Upplaga:1
Förlag:Pearson Education
ISBN:9780132127998

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Braden R. Allenby is currently Lincoln Professor of Engineering and Ethics, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and of Law, at Arizona State University, having moved from his previous position as the Environment, Health and Safety Vice President for AT&T in 2004. He is also a Batten Fellow in Residence at the University of Virginias Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, Manufactures & Commerce. Dr. Allenby received his BA from Yale University in 1972, his J. D. from the University of Virginia Law School in 1978, his Masters in Economics from the University of Virginia in 1979, his Masters in Environmental Sciences from Rutgers University in the Spring of 1989, and his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from Rutgers in 1992.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 So What Is Different Now? Or, Why We Need Sustainable Engineering1.1. Introduction1.2. Welcome to the Anthropocene1.3 Evolution of the Anthropocene 1.4 The Fingerprint of the Anthropocene: Energy and Water1.5 The Fingerprint of the Anthropocene: Human Imprints on Sinks and Material Flows1.6 ConclusionExercisesAnnotated Bibliography Chapter 2 Themes of the Anthropocene2.1 Introduction2.2 Globalization and Multiculturalism, Then and Now2.3 Information and Communications Technology and Systems2.4 Technology and Sustainability2.5 Demographic TrendsExercisesAnnotated Bibliography Chapter 3 Complexity3.1 Complexity3.2 Simple versus Complex Systems3.3 Different Forms of Complexity3.4 Understanding Complexity3.5 Models, Ideology and ComplexityExercisesAnnotated Bibliography Chapter 4 Sustainability4.1 Introduction4.2 Sustainable Development4.3 Sustainability and Resources4.4 From Sustainability to Sustainable Engineering4.5 Sustainability and Global StatesExercisesAnnotated Bibliography Chapter 5 Homo Faber: Human History and Technology5.1 Introduction5.2 The Railroad as Technology System5.3 Technology Clusters ExercisesAnnotated Bibliography Chapter 6 Characteristics of Technology6.1 Introduction6.2 Product Design6.3 Behavior of Technological Systems6.4 The Three Levels of Technology Systems6.5 Concluding ObservationsExercisesAnnotated Bibliography Chapter 7 Industrial Ecology 7.1 Introduction7.2 Industrial Ecology7.3 Life Cycle Assessment7.4 Streamlined LCA7.5 Systems EngineeringExercisesAnnotated Bibliography Chapter 8 The Five Horsemen: Emerging Technologies8.1 Introduction8.2 The Five Horsemen8.3 The Human as Design SpaceExercisesAnnotated Bibliography Chapter 9 Green Chemistry 9.1 Introduction9.2 The Chlorofluorocarbon Case Study9.3 Antimicrobials and Pharmaceuticals as Earth Systems9.4 Policy ImplicationsExercisesAnnotated Bibliography Chapter 10 Sustainable Engineering: Information and Communication Technology 10.1 Introduction10.2 Framing ICT10.3 Infrastructure Operations 10.4 Services10.5 The Virtualization of Work, Digital Nomads, and the Triple Bottom Line10.6 Virtualization of Work and the Evolution of Institutional Complexity10.7 ConclusionExercisesAnnotated Bibliography Chapter 11 The Five Horsemen, Military Operations, and National Security11.1 Introduction 11.2 Thinking about National Security11.3 Concluding ThoughtsExercisesAnnotated Bibliography Chapter 12 The Macroethics of Sustainable Engineering12.1 Introduction12.2 Framing Ethics12.3 The Challenge of MacroethicsExercisesAnnotated Bibliography Chapter 13 The Aral Sea, The Everglades, and Adaptive Management13.1 Introduction: Adaptive Management13.2 The Aral Sea13.3 The Florida Everglades13.4 Themes 13.5 Adaptive Management PrinciplesExercisesAnnotated Bibliography Chapter 14 Earth Systems Engineering and Management: Sustainable Engineering at a Planetary Scale14.1 Introduction14.2 Geoengineering14.3 Urban Design and Management, and High Modernism14.4 Theoretical ESEM Principles 14.5 ESEM Governance Principles 14.6 ESEM Design and Management Principles14.7 Sustainable Engineering, ESEM, and the Final PrincipleExercisesAnnotated Bibliography Chapter 15 The Engineer as Leader 15.1 Introduction15.2 Attitude and Preparation15.3 Lead by Following15.4 Personal CharacteristicsExercises Index of Boxes Box 1.1: What is Sustainable Engineering?Box 1.2: ExponentialsBox 1.3: Case Study: Corn-Based EthanolBox 1.4: Writing for your AudienceBox 2.1: Monsanto, Genetically Modified Organisms, and Corporate ResponsibilityBox 2.2: Lessons of the Autonomic City for Sustainable EngineeringBox 3.1: Plug-in Automobiles and Bio-Fuel: Why Not to Fall in Love with a TechnologyBox 4.1: The President’s Council on Sustainable DevelopmentBox 4.2: Reserves and ResourcesBox 4.3: Toxicity, Hazard, and RiskBox 5.1: Aspects of TechnologyBox 5.2: Technological DeterminismBox 5.3: The Technological Trajectory of MoneyBox 5.4: Perception and TechnologyBox 6.1: Levels I and II, Revisited: The Shop FloorBox 8.1: TranshumanismBox 8.2: Who Defines the Playing Field? Conservation Biology and the Biodiversity CrisisBox 8.3: Integrating the Brain with the MachineBox 8.4: Using Metaphors and AnalogiesBox 9.1: Principles of Green ChemistryBox 9.2: Arsenic Management in the United StatesBox 10.1: A Telecom Firm Perspective on Sustainable EngineeringBox 10.2: Design for EnvironmentBox 10.3: Scenarios and Scenario PlanningBox 10.4: ICT at the Bottom of the PyramidBox 11.1: Hard and Soft Power in the Modern WorldBox 12.1: Respect and Reciprocity: The Golden Rule Box 14.1: Mining as ESEM