Carbon Footprint and the Industrial Life Cycle: From Urban Planning to Recycling (Green Energy and Technology)

By: Roberto Álvarez Fernández and Sergio Zubelzu and Rodrigo Martínez

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Synopsis: This book analyzes the relationship between large-scale industrial activity and the carbon footprint, and provides a theoretical framework and tools to calculate the carbon footprint of industrial activities at every stage of their life cycles, including urban-planning master plans, recycling activities, project and building stages as well as managing and manufacturing. Discussing the main preventative and corrective measures that can be utilized, it includes case studies, reports on technological developments and examples of successful policies to provide inspiration to readers. This book collects the contributions of authors from four continents, in order to analyze from as many as possible points of view and using many different approaches, the problem of sustainability in today’s globalized world.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783319549842
Related ISBNs:: 9783319549835
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 10/06/18
Copyrighted By:: Springer International Publishing, Cham
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Business and Finance, Technology, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.